L 156/10 Official Journal of the European Union 16.6.2012 I (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 509/2012 of 15 June 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in 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 2011/782/CFSP  of 1 December 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (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 18 January 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 () with a view to giving effect to most of the measures provided for in Decision 2011/782]CFSP. In view of the continued brutal repression and violation of human rights by the Government of Syria, Council Decision ~ 2012/206/CFSP (}),  amending  Decision 2011/782|CFSP, provides for additional measures, namely a prohibition or prior authorisation requirement on the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and tech- nology which might be used for internal repression, and a ban on exports of luxury goods to Syria. Those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty 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. Therefore, Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be amended to give effect to the new measures, 319, 2.12.2011, p. 56. 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1. oJ L oL 0] L 110, 24.4.2012, p. 36. Syria HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is hereby amended as follows: (1) the following articles are inserted: ‘Article 2a 1. It shall be prohibited: (@) to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, equipment, goods or technology which might be used for internal repression or for the manufacture and main- tenance of products which might be used for internal repression, as listed in Annex IA, whether or not orig- inating in the Union, to any person, entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria; to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions referred to in point (a). 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities in the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex IIl, may grant, under such terms and conditions as they deem appropriate, an auth- orisation for a transaction in relation to equipment, goods or technology as listed in Annex IA, provided that the equipment, goods or technology are for food, agricultural, medical or other humanitarian purposes. Article 2b 1. A prior authorisation shall be required for the sale, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, of equipment, goods or technology which might be used for internal repression or for the manufacture and maintenance of products which might be used for internal repression, as listed in Annex IX, whether or not originating in the Union, to any person, entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria.