The Council of the European Union extended the EU's restrictive measures against Burma on 29 April, until 30 April 2020.
The legal acts related to this decision, adopted by written procedure, will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Tuesday 30 April.
The sanctions regime includes an embargo on arms and equipment that could be used for internal repression and an export ban of dual-use goods for use by the military or by border guard police. Export restrictions of equipment for monitoring communications that might be used for internal repression are also in place.
The EU has also banned the provision of military training to, and military cooperation with, the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) since April 2018 (see EUROPE 12010/23).
Fourteen high-ranking officials from Tatmadaw and border guard police, whom the EU considers responsible for (or associated with) serious human rights violations committed against the Rohingya population, ethnic minority villagers or civilians in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States, have had their sanctions - assets freeze and visa bans - also prolonged.
These measures were initially adopted on 25 June 2018 for seven of them (see EUROPE 12048/2), and on 21 December 2018 for the others (see EUROPE 12165/16). (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)