Article 1
Decision 2011/101/CFSP is amended as follows:
1. in Article 3, the following paragraph is added:
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Article 2 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of certain equipment which might be used for internal repression where the equipment is solely for civilian use in mining or infrastructure projects, subject to authorisation on a case-by-case basis by the competent authorities of the exporting Member State.
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2. Article 10 is replaced by the following:
Article 10
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This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
2
This Decision shall apply until 20 February 2018.
3
The measures referred to in Article 4(1) and Article 5(1) and (2), insofar as they apply to persons listed in Annex II, shall be suspended until 20 February 2018.
4
This Decision shall be kept under constant review and shall be renewed, or amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.
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