Article 1
Open ↗Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1, the following point is added: ‘(l) “financing or financial assistance” means any action, irrespective of the particular means chosen, whereby the natural or legal person, entity or body concerned, conditionally or unconditionally, disburses or commits to disburse its own funds or economic resources, including but not limited to grants, loans, guarantees, suretyships, bonds, letters of credit, supplier credits, buyer credits, import or export advances and all types of insurance and reinsurance, including export credit insurance. Payment as well as terms and conditions of payment of the agreed price for a good or a service, made in line with normal business practice, do not constitute financing or financial assistance.’ ; (2) Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List of the European Union ( *1 ) (“the Common Military List”), as well as firearms, their parts and essential components, and ammunition as defined in Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *2 ) , whether originating or not in the Union, to armed groups and associated individuals operating in the Central African Republic. 2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly: (a) technical assistance or brokering services related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List or firearms, their parts and essential components, and ammunition as defined in Regulation (EU) No 258/2012, or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of such items, to armed groups and associated individuals operating in the Central African Republic; (b) financing or financial assistance related to the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology listed in the Common Military List or firearms, their parts and essential components, and ammunition as defined in Regulation (EU) No 258/2012, or any provision of related technical assistance or brokering services to armed groups and associated individuals operating in the Central African Republic. ( *1 ) OJ C 69, 18.3.2010, p. 19 ." ( *2 ) Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition ( OJ L 94, 30.3.2012, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/258/oj ).’;" (3) Articles 3 and 4 are deleted.