Considerations on JOIN(2024)4 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 147/2003 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Somalia

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dossier JOIN(2024)4 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 147/2003 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Somalia.
document JOIN(2024)4 EN
date March 18, 2024
 
table>(1)Regulation (EC) No 147/2003 of 27 January 2003 (2) concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Somalia restricts the provision of financing, financial assistance and technical assistance related to military activities in relation to goods and technology included in the Common Military List of the European Union to any person, entity or body in Somalia. It also restricts the supply to Somalia of goods that can contribute to the manufacture of improvised explosive devices (‘IEDs’).
(2)On 1 December 2023, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2713 (2023). That Resolution establishes a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Al-Shabaab in Somalia, renames the Sanctions Committee, introduces changes to the scope of exemptions to the arms embargo and the related financing, financial assistance and technical assistance intended for certain recipients in Somalia, and adjusts the ban on components of IEDs.

(3)On 1 December 2023, the UNSC adopted Resolution (UNSCR) 2714 (2023). That Resolution lifted the arms embargo on the Federal Republic of Somalia previously established under UNSC Resolution 733 (1992).

(4)On 18 March 2024, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2024/882, which amended Decision 2010/231/CFSP (3) in accordance with UNSCR 2713 (2023) and UNSCR 2714 (2023).

(5)Decision (CFSP) 2024/882 also amended the title of Decision 2010/231/CFSP.

(6)Some of those amendments fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to implement them, notably with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.

(7)Regulation (EC) No 147/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,