
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 3 

1. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authority, as listed in Annex I, of the Member State where the service provider is established, may authorise the provision of:
(a) technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to:
((i)) arms and related materiel, where such assistance or services are intended solely for support of, and use by, the United Nations Mission in Liberia; or
((ii)) weapons and ammunition which both remain in the custody of the Special Security Service for unencumbered operational use and were provided, pursuant to approval of the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003), to the members of that Service for training purposes before 13 June 2006;
(b) financing and financial assistance related to:
((i)) arms and related materiel intended solely for support of, and use in, an international training and reform programme for the Liberian armed forces and police, provided that the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) has approved the export, sale, supply or transfer of the arms or related materiel concerned;
((ii)) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, provided that the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) has approved the export, sale, supply or transfer of the equipment concerned; or
((iii)) weapons and ammunition intended for use by members of the Government of Liberia police and security forces who have been vetted and trained since the inception of the United Nations Mission in Liberia in October 2003, provided that the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) has approved the export, sale, supply or transfer of the weapons or ammunition concerned.
2. No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.';
2.. Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 4 

1. Where such activities have been approved in advance by the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003), and by way of derogation from Article 2 of this Regulation, the competent authority, as listed in Annex I, of the Member State where the service provider is established, may authorise the provision of technical assistance related to:
(a) arms and related materiel intended solely for support of, and use in, an international training and reform programme for the Liberian armed forces and police;
(b) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use; or
(c) weapons and ammunition intended for use by members of the Government of Liberia police and security forces who have been vetted and trained since the inception of the United Nations Mission in Liberia in October 2003.The approval of the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) shall be requested through the competent authority, as listed in Annex I, of the Member State where the service provider is established.The Government of the Member State concerned and the Government of Liberia shall make a joint request for approval of technical assistance related to the weapons and ammunition referred to in point (c), to the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UN Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003).
2. No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.'
Article 2 
Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 shall be suspended until 18 September 2006.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 1 shall apply as from 13 June 2006. Article 2 shall apply as from 23 June 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 24 July 2006.
For the Council
The President
K. RAJAMÄKI