# Council Decision 2007/384/CFSP of 14 May 2007 establishing a mechanism to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications (Athena) (codified version) (repealed) EU Decision 2007/384 ยท adopted 14 May 2007 Council Decision 2007/384/CFSP of 14 May 2007 establishing a mechanism to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications (Athena) (codified version) (repealed) ## Introductory text Council Decision 2007/384/CFSP of 14 May 2007 establishing a mechanism to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications (Athena) (codified version) (repealed) .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 ## 11 Administrative arrangements with Member States or EU institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Administrative arrangements with a third State or an international organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Standing and ad hoc administrative arrangements on modalities for the payment of third States' contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 4: BANK ACCOUNTS ## 14 Opening and purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Management of funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 5: COMMON COSTS ## 16 Definition of common costs and periods for eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Reference amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 6: BUDGET ## 19 Budgetary principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Establishment and adoption of the annual budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Amending budgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Carryover of appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Anticipated implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 7: CONTRIBUTIONS AND REIMBURSEMENTS ## 25 Determination of contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Schedule for payment of contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Early financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Reimbursement of prefinancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Management by Athena of expenditure not included in common costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Interest on late payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 8: IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPENDITURE ## 31 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Common costs incurred in preparation for or further to, operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Operational common costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 9: FINAL DESTINATION OF EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCED IN COMMON ## 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 10: ACCOUNTING AND INVENTORY ## 35 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Accounting for operational common costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Consolidated accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 11: AUDIT AND PRESENTATION OF ACCOUNTS ## 38 Regular reports to the Special Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Auditing the accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Annual presentation of accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Presentation of the accounts of an operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 12: LEGAL LIABILITY ## 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Taking of effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I Common costs borne by Athena whenever they are incurred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Operational common costs relative to the preparatory phase of an operation borne by Athena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: III-B ## Operational common costs relative to the active phase of a specific operation, borne by Athena when the Council so decides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V Repealed Decision with its successive amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI Correlation Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/384 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-384 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.