25.6.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 159/5 COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 555/2010 of 24 June 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Lebanon THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215(1) thereof, Having regard to Council Common Position 2006/625/CFSP of 15 September 2006 concerning a prohibition on the sale or supply of arms and related matériel and on the provision of related services to entities or individuals in Lebanon in accordance with UNSC Resolution 1701 (2006) (}), 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) Council Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 of 25 September 2006 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Lebanon (?) prohibits the provision of certain technical assistance, financing and financial assistance to anyone in Lebanon or for use in Lebanon, in accordance with Common Position 2006/625CFSP. (2) It is appropriate to align Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 with recent developments in sanctions practice, on the one hand as regards the identification of competent authorities and on the other, as regards the Article on Union jurisdiction. For the sake of clarity, the Articles to which amendments need to be made should be replaced in full. (3)  Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 should be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 is amended as follows: 1. Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 1. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities in the Member States, as indicated in the websites listed in the Annex, may authorise, after prior written notifi- cation by the Member State concerned to the Government of () O] L 253, 16.9.2006, p. 36. () O] L 267, 27.9.2006, p. 2. Lebanon and UNIFIL, and under such conditions as they deem appropriate: (a) the provision to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Lebanon other than the armed forces of the Lebanese Republic or UNIFIL, of technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to arms or related matériel which are either in or for use in Lebanon, provided that: (i) the services shall not be provided, directly or indirectly, to any militia for whose disarmament the UN Security Council has called in its Resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006), (ii) the authorisations are granted on a case-by-case basis, and (iii) the Government of Lebanon or UNIFIL authorised in each case the provision to the person, entity or body concerned of the services concerned. If the Government of Lebanon or UNIFIL authorises a specific supply or transfer to a person, entity or body of specific arms or related matériel, that au- thorisation may be construed as authorising the provision to that person, entity or body of technical assistance related to the provision, manu- facture, maintenance and use of the goods concerned; (b) the provision to the armed forces of the Lebanese Republic of technical assistance related to military activities and to arms or related matériel, and of financing and financial assistance related to military activities, unless the Government of Lebanon raises any objection within 14 days after the receipt of a notifi- cation. 2. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities in the Member States, as indicated in the websites listed in the Annex, may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate: (a) the provision of technical assistance related to military activities and to arms or related matériel, provided that: (i) the goods to which the assistance relates are in use or will be used by UNIFIL in the performance of its mission, and (i) the services are provided to armed forces that are or will be part of UNIFIL;