27.7.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 2511 | (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1353/2004 of 26 July 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Sudan THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof, Having regard to Council Common Position 2004/510/CFSP of 10 June 2004 amending Common Position 2004/31/CEFSP concerning the imposition of an embargo on arms, munitions and military equipment on Sudan ('), Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1)  Council Common Position 2004/31/CESP () provides for an embargo on arms, munitions and military equipment for Sudan, including a ban on the provision of technical and financial assistance related to military activities in Sudan. The ban on the provision of technical and financial assistance related to military activities is imple- mented at Community level by Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Sudan (3). 2)  In view of recent developments in Sudan and the region, including the signature on 8 April 2004 of a Humani- tarian Ceasefire Agreement on the Conflict in Darfur, and in view of the planned deployment of an African Union- led Ceasefire Commission in Sudan, Common Position 2004/31/CFSP  was amended by Common Position () OJ L 209, 11.6.2004, p. 28. (® O] L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 55. Common Position as amended by Common Position 2004/510/CESP (O] L 209, 11.6.2004, p. 28). () OJ L 21, 28.1.2004, p. 1. 2004/510/CESP on 10 June 2004 by providing for an additional exemption to the embargo for crisis management operations of the African Union. (3)  That exemption also applies to the embargo on certain financial and technical assistance. Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly. (4 In order to ensure that the exemption becomes effective as soon as possible, this Regulation should enter into force immediately and apply from the date on which Common Position 2004/510/CFSP was adopted, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 1. By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 3, the competent authorities of Member States as listed in the Annex, may authorise the provision of financing and financial assistance and technical assistance related to: (a) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for huma- nitarian or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union and the Community; (b) materiel intended for European Union and United Nations crisis management operations; (c) mine clearance equipment and materiel for use in mine clearance;