Council Decision amending Decision 2012/739/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL OF Brussels, 28 February 2013

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LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS

Subject: COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 2012/739/CFSP concerning

restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL DECISION 2013/.../CFSP

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amending Decision 2012/739/CFSP

concerning restrictive measures against Syria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

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Whereas:

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On 29 November 2012, the Council adopted Decision 2012/739/CFSP concerning

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restrictive measures against Syria .

On the basis of a review of Decision 2012/739/CFSP, the Council has concluded that the

restrictive measures should be renewed until 1 June 2013.

Furthermore, it is necessary to amend the measures concerning the arms embargo to enable

the delivery of non-lethal military equipment for the protection of civilians or for the

Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces which the Union

accepts as legitimate representatives of the Syrian people and the delivery to them of

non-combat vehicles manufactured or fitted with materiel to provide ballistic protection, as

well as the provision to them of technical assistance intended for the protection

of civilians.

Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement certain measures.

Decision 2012/739/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

' OJ L 330, 30.11.2012, p. 21.

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Article 1

Decision 2012/739/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

(5) Article 3(1) is hereby amended as follows:

(a) points (b) and (c) are replaced by the following:

"(b) the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal military equipment or of

equipment which might be used for internal repression, intended for

humanitarian or protective use or for the protection of civilians, or for

institution building programmes of the United Nations (UN) and the

European Union, or for European Union and UN crisis

management operations, or for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition

and Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians;

the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-combat vehicles which have been

manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended

solely for the protective use of personnel of the European Union and its

Member States in Syria, or for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition

and Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians;";

(b) _ the following point is added:

"(f) the provision of technical assistance, brokering services and other services for

the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces

intended for the protection of civilians,".

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(2) Article 31 is replaced by the following:

"Article 31

This Decision shall apply until | June 2013. It shall be kept under constant review. It shall

be renewed, or amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not

been met.".

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the

European Union.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President

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نص مشروع قرار مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل القرار 2012/739 وتمديد عقوبات سورية (شباط/ فبراير 2013).