Council Decision 2013/109/CFSP of 28 February 2013 amending Decision 2012/739/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

EN

L 58/8

Official Journal of the European Union

1.3.2013

DECISIONS

COUNCIL DECISION 2013/109/CFSP

of 28 February 2013

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,

Whereas:

(1)

On 29 November 2012, the Council adopted Decision

2012/739/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against

Syria (1).

(2)

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.

(3)

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 manu­

factured or fitted with materiel to provide ballistic

protection, as well as the provision to them of

technical assistance intended for the protection of

civilians.

(4)

(5)

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:

Article 1

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

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 Revol­

utionary Forces intended for the protection of

civilians;

(c) 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,".

(2) Article 31 is replaced by the following:

"Article 31

This Decision shall apply until 1 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.

(1) 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

(1) OJ L 330, 30.11.2012, p. 21.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2013.

For the Council

The President

J. BURTON

قرار من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتمديد العقوبات على سورية ثلاثة أشهر، مع استثناءات تسمح بتقديم معدات غير قاتلة ومساعدة فنية لحماية المدنيين.