L 183)2 Official Journal of the European Union 13.7.2011 REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 668/2011 of 12 July 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 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 2011/412/CFSP of 12 July 2011 amending Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Cote d’Ivoire (1), Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Represen- tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission, Whereas: (1) ~ On 29 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/656/CFSP (3) renewing the restrictive measures against Cote d'Ivoire. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 (*) imposed restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military activities to Cote d'Tvoire. (3)  Decision 2011/412/CFSP amended Decision 2010/656/CESP in the light of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1980 (2011). It also provided for a specific derogation in relation to the ban on the supply to Cote d'Ivoire of internal repression equipment. (4)  Those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to implement them, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States. (5)  Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly. (1) See page 27 of this Official Journal. (3 OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28. () OJ L 29, 2.2.2005, p. 5. (6)  In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately upon its publication, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 4(1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. By way of derogation from Article 2, the prohibitions referred to therein shall not apply to: (a) the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial ~assistance related to arms and related materiel, where such assistance or services are intended solely for the support of and use by the United Nations Operation in Cote dIvoire (UNOCI) and the French forces who support that Operation; (b) the provision of technical assistance related to non- lethal military equipment intended solely for humani- tarian or protective use, including such equipment intended for European Union, United Nations, African Union and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) crisis management operations, where such activities have also been approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee; (¢) the provision of financing or financial assistance related to non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, including such equipment intended for European Union, United Nations, African Union and ECOWAS crisis management operations; (d) the provision of technical assistance related to arms and related materiel intended solely for the support of or use in the Ivorian process of Security Sector Reform, pursuant to a formal request by the Ivorian Government, as approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee;