Article 1, Point (3) · Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/655

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(3)Article 2 is replaced by the following:‘Article 21.Articles 1 and 1a shall not apply to:

(a)the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal military equipment, or of equipment which might be used for internal repression or dual-use goods and technology listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the UN and the EU, or of materiel intended for EU and UN crisis management operations;

(b)the sale, supply, transfer or export of demining equipment and materiel for use in demining operations;

(c)the provision of financing and financial assistance related to such equipment or to such programmes and operations;

(d)the provision of technical assistance related to such equipment or to such programmes and operations;

on condition that such exports have been approved in advance by the relevant competent authority.2.Article 1 and 1a shall not apply to protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Myanmar/Burma by UN personnel, personnel of the EU or its Member States, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only.’;