On 27 April 2018, the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/647 of 26 April 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Myanmar/Burma was published on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ L 108/29 of 27/04/2018).
The Regulation implements, within the scope of the Treaty, measures adopted by the Council with Decision (CFSP) 2018/655 of 26 April 2018 (OJ L 108/29 of 27/04/2018) aiming at strengthening restrictive measures against Myanmar/Burma, by extending trade restrictions to dual-use items for military end-use and to equipment for monitoring communications that might be used for internal repression.
The extended restrictive measures concern in particular:
Derogations to these trade restrictions are established if the controlled items are intended solely for humanitarian of protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the United Nations and the European Union, or for European Union and United Nations crisis-management operations.