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Document 32023D2487

    Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2487 of 9 November 2023 amending Decision 2013/798/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic

    ST/13640/2023/INIT

    OJ L, 2023/2487, 10.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2487/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2487/oj

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    Series L

    2023/2487

    10.11.2023

    COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/2487

    of 9 November 2023

    amending Decision 2013/798/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

    Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    On 23 December 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/798/CFSP (1), concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic (‘CAR’).

    (2)

    On 27 July 2023, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2693 (2023). That Resolution establishes that the arms embargo measures and the related notification requirements are no longer to apply to the supply, sale or transfer of arms and related materiel, and the provision of assistance, advice and training to the CAR security forces, including state civilian law enforcement institutions.

    (3)

    Decision 2013/798/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

    Article 1

    In Decision 2013/798/CFSP, Article 2 is amended as follows:

    (1)

    in paragraph 1, point (g) is replaced by the following:

    ‘(g)

    the sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the aforementioned, and the provision of related assistance, advice and training to the CAR security forces, including state civilian law enforcement institutions; or’;

    (2)

    paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

    ‘2.

    Member States shall notify the Committee in advance of the delivery of any sale, supply, transfer or export as permitted in points (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (i) of paragraph 1.’.

    Article 2

    This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    Done at Brussels, 9 November 2023.

    For the Council

    The President

    N. CALVIÑO SANTAMARÍA

    (1)  Council Decision 2013/798/CFSP of 23 December 2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic (OJ L 352, 24.12.2013, p. 51).

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2487/oj

    ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)

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