{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-270/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/270",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2014/270/CFSP of 12 May 2014 amending Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-270",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision 2014/270/CFSP\nof 12 May 2014\namending Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 26 April 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/231/CFSP.\n(2)\nOn 5 March 2014, the UN Security Council adopted UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2142 (2014) on the situation in Somalia, reaffirming the arms embargo on Somalia and renewing, until 25 October 2014, its determination that the arms embargo is not to apply to deliveries of weapons, ammunition or military equipment or to the provision of advice, assistance or training intended solely for the development of the Security Forces of the Federal Government of Somalia to provide security for the Somali people, except in relation to deliveries of certain items as set out in the Annex to UNSCR 2111 (2013) which require an advance approval by the Sanctions Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 751 (1992).\n(3)\nUNSCR 2142 (2014) modifies the notification requirements in relation to deliveries of weapons, ammunition or military equipment or the provision of advice, assistance or training to Somalia's Security Forces, as well as for the exemption procedure in relation to deliveries of items set out in the Annex to UNSCR 2111 (2013).\n(4)\nDecision 2010/231/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nFurther action by the Union is needed in order to implement certain measures,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP of 26 April 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Somalia and repealing Common Position 2009/138/CFSP (OJ L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 17)."
    }
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  "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."
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