3.5.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 121/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 401/2013 of 2 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Myanmar/Burma and repealing Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP of 22 April 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Myanmar/ Burma (1), Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Represen- tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1942008 of 25 February 2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar (3 provides for certain measures to be taken in relation to Myanmar/Burma, including restrictions on certain exports from Myan- mar/Burma and a freezing of the assets of certain indi- viduals and entities. (2) By Decision 2013/184/CFSP, the Council agreed, as a means of encouraging positive changes to continue, that all those restrictive measures should be lifted, with the exception of the arms embargo and the embargo on equipment which might be used for internal repression. (3)  Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 should therefore be repealed, and certain of its provisions replaced by this Regulation. () In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication, (") OJ L 111, 23.4.2013, p. 75. OJ L 66, 10.3.2008, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) 'import' means any entry of goods into the customs territory of the Union or other territories to which the Treaty applies, under the conditions laid down in Articles 349 and 355 thereof. It includes, within the meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (%), placing in a free zone or free warehouse, placing under a suspensive procedure and release for free circu- lation, but it excludes transit and temporary storage; (2) 'export' means any departure of goods from the customs territory of the Union or other territories to which the Treaty applies, under the conditions laid down in Articles 349 and 355 thereof. It includes, within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, the departure of goods that requires a customs declaration and the departure of goods after their storage in a free zone of control type 1 or free warechouse, but it excludes transit; (3) 'exporter' means any natural or legal person on whose behalf an export declaration is made, being the person who, at the time when the declaration is accepted, holds the contract with the consignee in the third country and has the power for determining the sending of the item out of the customs territory of the Union or other territories to which the Treaty applies; (4) 'technical assistance' means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, main- tenance, or any other technical service, and may take such forms as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services; technical assistance shall include verbal forms of assistance; (5) 'territory of the Union' means the territories to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty. () OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.