
Article 1 
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 is replaced by the following:
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Article 4 

1. By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 3, the competent authorities of Member States as listed in the Annex, may authorise the provision of financing and financial assistance and technical assistance related to:
(a) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union and the Community;
(b) materiel intended for European Union, United Nations and African Union crisis management operations;
(c) mine clearance equipment and materiel for use in mine clearance;
(d) the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Nairobi, Kenya, on 9 January 2005.
2. No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 29 March 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 May 2005.
For the Council
The President
F. BODEN