Legal provisions of JOIN(2012)34 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 imposing certain specific restrictive measures in respect of Guinea

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dossier JOIN(2012)34 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 imposing certain specific restrictive measures in respect of Guinea.
document JOIN(2012)34 EN
date January 22, 2013

Contents

Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 is hereby amended as follows:

(1)Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a)in paragraph 1, the following points are added:

‘(g)the sale, supply, transfer or export of explosives and related equipment as listed in point 4 of Annex I, intended solely for civilian use in mining and infrastructure investments, provided that the storage and use of the explosives and the related equipment and services are controlled and verified by an independent body and that the providers of the related services are identified;

(h)the provision of financing, financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services and other services related to explosives and related equipment intended solely for civilian use in mining and infrastructure investments, provided that the storage and use of the explosives and the related equipment and services are controlled and verified by an independent body and that the providers of the related services are identified.’;

(b)the following paragraph is added:

‘3.   The relevant Member State shall inform the other Members States at least two weeks in advance of the intention to grant an authorisation referred to in points (g) and (h) of paragraph 1.’.

(2)Annex III is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.