L 280/10 Official Journal of the European Union 26.10.2010 DECISIONS COUNCIL DECISION 2010/638/CFSP of 25 October 2010 concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof, Whereas: (1) ~ On 27 October 2009, the Council adopted Common Position 2009/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea (), in response to the violent crackdown by security forces on political demon- strators in Conakry on 28 September 2009. (2)  On 22 December 2009, the Council adopted Decision 2009/1003/CFSP amending ~ Common  Position 2009/788|CESP (3), including additional restrictive measures. (3) On 29 March 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/186/CFSP  amending ~ Common  Position 2009/788/CFSP (3). (4 On the basis of a review of Common Position 2009/788|CESP, the restrictive measures should be renewed until 27 October 2011. (5)  The Union implementing measures are set out in Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 of 22 December 2009 imposing certain specific restrictive measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea (*), HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 1. The sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related material of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned, as well as equipment which might be used for internal repression, to the Republic of Guinea by nationals of Member States or from the territories of Member States or using their flag vessels or aircraft, shall be prohibited whether originating or not in their territories. 2. It shall be prohibited to: (a) provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the items referred to in () O] L 281, 28.10.2009, p. 7. () O] L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 51. () O] L 83, 30.3.2010, p. 23. (4 O] L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 26. paragraph 1 or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of such items, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, the Republic of Guinea; (b) provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the items referred to in paragraph 1, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of such items, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, the Republic of Guinea; () participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities, the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions referred to in points (a) or (b). Article 2 1. Article 1 shall not apply to the: (a) sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal military equipment or of equipment which might be used for internal repression, intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution building programmes of the United Nations (UN) and the European Union, or for Union and UN crisis management operations; (b) sale, supply, transfer or export of non-combat vehicles which have been manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for protective use of personnel of the Union and its Member States in the Republic of Guinea; (c) provision of technical assistance, brokering services and other services related to such equipment or to such programmes and operations; (d) provision of financing and financial assistance related to such equipment or to such programmes and operations; on condition that such exports and assistance have been approved in advance by the relevant competent authority.