
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 889/2005 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 2 

1. It shall be prohibited:
(a) to provide technical assistance related to military activities directly or indirectly to any non-governmental entity or person operating in the territory of the DRC;
(b) to provide financing or financial assistance related to military activities including, in particular, grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, or for any grant, sale, supply, or transfer of related technical assistance and other services, directly or indirectly to any non-governmental entity or person operating in the territory of the DRC;
(c) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions referred to in points (a) and (b).
2. The provision of technical assistance, financing or financial assistance, to any governmental or other person, entity or body in the DRC, or for use in the DRC, other than provisions of such assistance to the United Nations Organisation Mission in the DRC (MONUC) in accordance with Article 3(1)(a), shall be notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee. Such notifications should contain all relevant information, including, where appropriate, the end-user, the proposed date of delivery and the itinerary of shipments.';
2.. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 3 

1. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities, as indicated in the websites listed in the Annex, in the Member State where the service provider is established, may authorise the provision of:
(a) technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to arms and related materiel intended solely for the support of or use by MONUC;
(b) technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, where the provision of such assistance or services has been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee in accordance with Article 2(2).
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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 15 July 2008.
For the Council
The President
M. BARNIER