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Article 1

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Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

    ‘Article 3
    1.

    By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities, as indicated in the websites listed in Annex I, in the Member State where the service provider is established, may authorise the provision of:

    (a)

    technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to:

    1. (i)

      arms and related materiel, where such assistance or services are intended solely for support of and use by the United Nations Mission in Liberia, or

    2. (ii)

      weapons and ammunition which both remain in the custody of the Special Security Service for unencumbered operational use and were provided with the approval of the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) to the members of that Service for training purposes before 13 June 2006;

    (b)

    financing and financial assistance related to:

    1. (i)

      arms and related materiel intended solely for support of and use in an international training and reform programme for the Liberian armed forces and police, provided that the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) has approved the export, sale, supply or transfer of the arms or related materiel concerned,

    2. (ii)

      non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, provided that the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) has approved the export, sale, supply or transfer of the equipment concerned,

    3. (iii)

      weapons and ammunition intended for use by members of the Government of Liberia police and security forces who have been vetted and trained since the inception of the United Nations Mission in Liberia in October 2003, provided that the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) has approved the export, sale, supply or transfer of the weapons or ammunition concerned, or

    4. (iv)

      non-lethal military equipment, excluding non-lethal weapons and ammunition, intended solely for use by members of the Government of Liberia police and security forces who have been vetted and trained since the inception of the United Nations Mission in Liberia in October 2003, provided that the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) has been notified of the export, sale, supply or transfer of the equipment concerned.

    2.

    No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.’;

  2. 2..

    Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:

    ‘Article 4
    1.

    Where such activities have been approved in advance by the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003), and by way of derogation from Article 2 of this Regulation, the competent authority, as indicated in the websites listed in Annex I, in the Member State where the service provider is established, may authorize the provision of technical assistance related to:

    (a)

    arms and related materiel intended solely for support of and use in an international training and reform programme for the Liberian armed forces and police;

    (b)

    non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use; or

    (c)

    weapons and ammunition intended for use by members of the Government of Liberia police and security forces who have been vetted and trained since the inception of the United Nations Mission in Liberia in October 2003.

    The approval of the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) shall be requested through the competent authority, as indicated in a website listed in Annex I, in the Member State where the service provider is established.

    The Government of the Member State concerned and the Government of Liberia shall make a joint request to the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) for approval of technical assistance related to the weapons and ammunition referred to in point (c).

    2.

    No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.’;

  3. 3..

    The following Article shall be inserted:

    ‘Article 8a
    1.

    Member States shall designate the competent authorities referred to in this Regulation and identify them in, or through, the websites as listed in Annex I.

    2.

    Member States shall notify the Commission of their competent authorities without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment.’;

  4. 4..

    Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 shall be replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Regulation.