Article 7
Regulation (EU) No 2017/1770 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 2, the following paragraph is added: ‘3. 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: (a) the United Nations, including its programmes, funds and other entities and bodies, as well as its specialised agencies and related organisations; (b) international organisations; (c) humanitarian organisations having observer status with the United Nations General Assembly and members of those humanitarian organisations; (d) 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); (e) 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; or by, (f) appropriate other actors as determined by the Sanctions Committee as regards Annex I, and by the Council as regards Annex Ia.’ ; (2) Article 3a, paragraph 1, is replaced by the following: ‘1. Without prejudice to Article 2, paragraph 3, by way of derogation from Article 2(1) and (2) and with regard to a person, entity or body listed in Annex Ia, the competent authorities may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the provision of such funds or economic resources is necessary for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuations from Mali.’ ; (3) Article 8 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 8 It shall be prohibited to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the measures referred to in Article 2(1) and (2).’.