1Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1803 of 24 June 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2022/2309 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Haiti

Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2309 is replaced by the following:

Article 2

1. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of small arms and light weapons, their components and accessories, and ammunition as set out in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/38

Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/38 of 15 January 2021 establishing a common approach on the elements of end-user certificates in the context of the export of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition (OJ L 14, 18.1.2021, p. 4).

, as well as firearms, their parts and essential components, and ammunition as defined in Council Regulation (EU) No 258/2012

Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition (OJ L 94, 30.3.2012, p. 1)..

, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Haiti;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, as well as insurance and reinsurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of items mentioned in point (a), or for the provision of related technical assistance, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Haiti.

1. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the provision of technical assistance, financing or financial assistance as referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (b), to the UN or a UN-authorised mission or to a security unit that operates under the command of the Government of Haiti, intended to be used by or in coordination with those entities and intended solely to further the objectives of peace and stability in Haiti.

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 2024.

For the Council

The President

J. Borrell Fontelles