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United Kingdom

Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/335

of 2 March 2015

amending Decision 2010/231/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 26 April 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/231/CFSP^f1.

(2)

On 24 October 2014, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution (UNSCR) 2182 (2014) on the situation in Somalia and Eritrea which, inter alia, reaffirms the arms embargo on Somalia.

(3)

UNSCR 2182 (2014) authorises UN Member States to inspect in Somali territorial waters and on the high seas off the coast of Somalia vessels bound to or from Somalia, where there are reasonable grounds to believe that they are carrying charcoal in violation of the charcoal ban, or weapons or military equipment in violation of the arms embargo or weapons or military equipment to designated individuals or entities.

(4)

Decision 2010/231/CFSP should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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Footnotes

f1: 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).