{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-101/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-101/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2011/101",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP of 15 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-101",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Article 2 shall not apply to:\n(a) the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal military equipment or of equipment which might be used for internal repression, intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the UN and the EU, or of materiel intended for EU and UN crisis management operations;\n(b) the provision of financing and financial assistance related to such equipment;\n(c) the provision of technical assistance related to such equipment,\non condition that any export thereof has been approved in advance by the relevant competent authority.\n2. Article 2 shall not apply to protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Zimbabwe by UN personnel, personnel of the EU or its Member States, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only.\n3. Article 2 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of certain equipment which might be used for internal repression where the equipment is solely for civilian use in mining or infrastructure projects, subject to authorisation on a case-by-case basis by the competent authorities of the exporting Member State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/288 of 17 February 2017 amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP of 15 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe (Official Journal of the European Union L 42 of 16 February 2011)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/101/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:52.430080+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}