Article 4
1. Articles 1 and 3 shall not apply to: (a) the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal military equipment, or of equipment which might be used for internal repression, intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the United Nations (UN) and the Union and its Member States or of regional and subregional organisations, or of materiel intended for crisis-management operations of the UN and the Union or of regional and subregional organisations; (b) the sale, supply, transfer or export of demining equipment and materiel for use in demining operations; (c) the maintenance of non-lethal equipment which might be used by the navy and coastguard of Venezuela intended solely for border protection, regional stability and the interception of narcotics; (d) the provision of financing and financial assistance related to the equipment or materiel referred to in points (a), (b) and (c); (e) the provision of technical assistance related to the equipment or materiel referred to in points (a), (b) and (c), on condition that such exports have been approved in advance by the relevant competent authority. 2. Articles 1 and 3 shall not apply to protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Venezuela by UN personnel, personnel of the Union or its Member States, representatives of the media, and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only.