# Council Decision 2004/197/CFSP of 23 February 2004 establishing a mechanism to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications (repealed) EU Decision 2004/197 ยท adopted 23 February 2004 Council Decision 2004/197/CFSP of 23 February 2004 establishing a mechanism to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications (repealed) ## Introductory text Council Decision 2004/197/CFSP of 23 February 2004 establishing a mechanism to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 1: MECHANISM ## 2 Establishment of the mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Legal capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Coordination with third parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 2: ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE ## 5 Management bodies and staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 The Special Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 The administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 The operation commander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 The accounting officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 General provisions applicable to the administrator, the accounting officer and ATHENA's staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 3: ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH MEMBER STATES, EU INSTITUTIONS, THIRD STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ## 10a Administrative arrangements with Member States or EU institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10b Administrative arrangements with a third State or an international organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Standing and ad hoc administrative arrangements on modalities for the payment of third States' contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 4: BANK ACCOUNTS ## 12 Opening and purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Management of funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 5: COMMON COSTS ## 14 Definition of common costs and periods for eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Reference amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 6: BUDGET ## 17 Budgetary principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Establishment and adoption of the annual budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Amending budgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Carryover of appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Anticipated implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 7: CONTRIBUTIONS AND REIMBURSEMENTS ## 23 Determination of contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Schedule for payment of contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Early financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Reimbursement of prefinancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Management by ATHENA of expenditure not included in common costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Interest on late payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 8: IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPENDITURE ## 29 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Common costs incurred in preparation for, or further to, operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Operational common costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 9: FINAL DESTINATION OF EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCED IN COMMON ## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 10: ACCOUNTING AND INVENTORY ## 33 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Accounting for operational common costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Consolidated accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 11: AUDIT AND PRESENTATION OF ACCOUNTS ## 36 Regular reports to the Special Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Auditing the accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Annual presentation of accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Presentation of the accounts of an operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 12: LEGAL LIABILITY ## 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Final provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I Common costs borne by ATHENA whenever they are incurred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Operational common costs relative to the preparatory phase of an operation borne by ATHENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III-A Operational common costs relative to the active phase of operations always borne by ATHENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Incremental costs for (deployable or fixed) headquarters for EU-led operations or exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Incremental costs incurred for providing support to the force as a whole: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Incremental costs incurred by EU recourse to NATO common assets and capabilities made available for an EU-led operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III-B Operational common costs relative to the active phase of a specific operation, borne by ATHENA when the Council so decides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III-C Operational common costs borne by Athena when requested by the Operation Commander and approved by the Special Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV Operational common costs relative to the winding-up of an operation, borne by ATHENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/197 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-197 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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