Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as follows:

Article 2(3) is replaced by the following:

‘3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities in the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex III, may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment which might be used for internal repression, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, if they determine that:

such equipment is intended for humanitarian or protective use or for institution building programmes of the United Nations (UN) and of the Union, or for the Union and UN crisis management operations; or

in the case of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces such equipment is non-lethal and is intended for the protection of civilians.’;

Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, and provided that the provision shall first have been approved by the competent authority of a Member State, as identified on the websites listed in Annex III, the prohibitions referred to therein shall not apply to:

the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial assistance:

intended solely for the support of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),

related to non-lethal military equipment, or equipment which might be used for internal repression, intended for humanitarian purposes or protective use or for the protection of civilians, or for institution building programmes of the UN and the Union, or for Union or UN crisis management operations, or for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians,

related to non-combat vehicles which have been manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for the protective use of personnel of the Union and its Member States in Syria, or for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians;

the provision of technical assistance, brokering services and other services for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians.’;

the following Article is inserted:

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 325/2013 of 10 April 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria ANNEX ‘ANNEX III