Considerations on JOIN(2014)41 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military activities to Côte d’Ivoire

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dossier JOIN(2014)41 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military ...
document JOIN(2014)41 EN
date February  9, 2015
 
table>(1)Decision 2010/656/CFSP repealed Council Common Position 2004/852/CFSP (2) and renewed the restrictive measures imposed against Côte d'Ivoire in order to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (‘UNSCR’) 1572 (2004) and successor UNSCRs. Council Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 (3) was adopted to give effect to Common Position 2004/852/CFSP and now gives effect to Decision 2010/656/CFSP at Union level by imposing restrictions on the supply, to Côte d'Ivoire, of assistance related to military activities.
(2)An additional derogation from the prohibition on the sale, supply, transfer and export of equipment which might be used for internal repression should be introduced in order to enable the authorisation of certain equipment, where appropriate, for the purposes of civilian use in mining or infrastucture projects, following the adoption of Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/202 (4).

(3)That measure falls within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, in particular with a view to ensuring uniform application of the measure by economic operators in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement it.

(4)Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly,