11.7.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 179/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 617/2012 of 10 July 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1742005 imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military activities to Cote d’Ivoire 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 2012/371/CESP of 10 July 2012 amending Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Cote d’Ivoire (), Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Represen- tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and of the European Commission, Whereas: (1)  On 29 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/656/CFSP () renewing the restrictive measures against Cote d'Ivoire and repealing Common Position 2004/852/CESP (}). Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 (%), adopted initially to give effect to Common Position 2004/852|CFSP, also gives effect to Decision 2010/656/CFSP at Union level by imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military activities to Cote d'Ivoire. (2)  Decision 2012/371/CFSP amends the scope of Decision 2010/656/CESP in the light of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2045 (2012) and removes the restrictions on the supply of technical and financial assistance related to military activities. It also removes the restrictions on the supply of technical and financial assistance related to internal repression equipment. (3)  Those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, notably with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement them. (4)  Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly. 1) See page 21 of this Official Journal. ® () O] L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28. () O] L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 50. (4 O] L 29, 2.2.2005, p. 5. (5)  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, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1742005 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 1 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 For the purposes of this Regulation, “Sanctions Committee” shall mean the Committee of the Security Council of the United Nations which was established pursuant to paragraph 14 of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1572 (2004).; (2) Article 2 is repealed; (3) Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 It shall be prohibited: (a) to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex I, whether or not originating in the Union, to any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Cote d'Ivoire; (b) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions referred to in point (a) of this Article.; (4) Article 4 is repealed; (5) in Article 4a, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: