In Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 377/2012, the following paragraph is added:

‘4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the making available of funds or economic resources necessary to ensure the timely delivery of humanitarian assistance or to support other activities that support basic human needs where such assistance and other activities are carried out by:

the United Nations, including its programmes, funds and other entities and bodies, as well as its specialised agencies and related organisations;

international organisations;

humanitarian organisations having observer status with the United Nations General Assembly and members of those humanitarian organisations;

bilaterally or multilaterally funded non-governmental organisations participating in the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plans, Refugee Response Plans, other United Nations appeals or humanitarian clusters coordinated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA);

the employees, grantees, subsidiaries, or implementing partners of the entities mentioned in points (a) to (d) while and to the extent that they are acting in those capacities.’.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2023/1593 of 28 July 2023 amending Regulation (EU) No 377/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Guinea-Bissau