18.10.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 265/7 |
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2019/1737
of 17 October 2019
amending Decision 2013/798/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Central African Republic
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 23 December 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/798/CFSP (1) concerning restrictive measures against the Central African Republic, implementing the arms embargo imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2127 (2013). |
(2) |
On 12 September 2019, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2488 (2019), which extends the exemptions to the arms embargo. |
(3) |
A provision should be added to Decision 2013/798/CFSP specifying that the Council and the High Representative may process personal data in order to carry out their tasks under this Decision. |
(4) |
Decision 2013/798/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2013/798/CFSP is amended as follows:
(1) |
Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 1. Article 1 shall not apply to:
2. Member States shall notify the Committee at least 20 days in advance of the delivery of any sale, supply, transfer or export as permitted in points (d), (f) and (g) of paragraph 1. 3. Member States shall ensure that all notifications and all exemption requests to the Committee include:
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(2) |
the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 2f 1. The Council and the High Representative may process personal data in order to carry out their tasks under this Decision, in particular:
2. The Council and the High Representative may process, where applicable, relevant data relating to criminal offences committed by listed natural persons, to criminal convictions of such persons or to security measures concerning such persons, only to the extent that such processing is necessary for the preparation of the Annex. 3. For the purposes of this Decision, the Council and the High Representative are designated as “controllers” within the meaning of point (8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*1), in order to ensure that the natural persons concerned can exercise their rights under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. (*1) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).’." |
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 17 October 2019.
For the Council
The President
T. TUPPURAINEN
(1) Council Decision 2013/798/CFSP of 23 December 2013 concerning restrictive measures against the Central African Republic (OJ L 352, 24.12.2013, p. 51).