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dossier	COM(2010)180 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 renewing and further strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of ...
source	COM(2010)180
date	26-04-2010

Article 2b of Common Position 2006/318/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar provides that the purchase in Burma/Myanmar, or the import or transport from Burma/Myanmar of certain specified categories of goods are to be prohibited.

Article 3 of Common Position 2006/318/CFSP provides that non-humanitarian aid or development programmes are to be suspended, but that exceptions are to be made for projects and programmes in support of certain specified objectives.

Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 gives effect to the prohibition on the purchase, import and transport of the categories of goods specified in Article 2(2). It should however be clarified that the prohibition on the purchase of those goods in Burma/Myanmar should not apply where that purchase is made as part of a humanitarian aid project or programme, or a non-humanitarian development project or programme which is in support of the objectives described in Article 3(a), (b) and (c) of Common Position 2006/318/CFSP.

Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 should therefore be amended to clarify that the exception is to apply to those activities.