
Article 1 
Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 is amended as follows:

((1)) In Article 3, point (a) is replaced by the following:
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(a) intended solely for the support of or use by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the Union missions and the French forces deployed in the Central African Republic, as well as other United Nations Member States' forces providing training and assistance as notified in accordance with point (c);
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((2)) Article 5(3) is amended as follows:

((a)) point (c) is replaced by the following:
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(c) involved in planning, directing, or committing acts in the Central African Republic that violate international human rights law or international humanitarian law, as applicable, or that constitute human rights abuses or violations, including those involving targeting of civilians, ethnic- or religious-based attacks, attacks on civilian objects, including administrative centres, courthouses, schools and hospitals, and abduction and forced displacement;
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((b)) point (h) is replaced by the following:
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(h) involved in planning, directing, sponsoring, or conducting attacks against United Nations missions or international security presences, including MINUSCA, the Union missions and the French forces which support them, as well as against humanitarian personnel;
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((c)) the following point is added:
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(j) committing acts of incitement to violence, in particular on an ethnic or religious basis, that undermine the peace, stability or security of the Central African Republic, and then engaging in or providing support for acts that undermine the peace, stability or security of the Central African Republic.
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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 Brussels, 12 March 2018.
For the Council
The President
E. KARANIKOLOV