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Council Joint Action 2007/732/CFSP of 13 November 2007 amending Joint Action 2007/106/CFSP extending the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan in Scotland

EU Decision 2007/732 · Adopted 13 November 2007 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Joint Action 2007/732/CFSP

of 13 November 2007

amending Joint Action 2007/106/CFSP extending the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 14, 18(5) and 23(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 15 February 2007, the Council adopted Joint Action 2007/106/CFSP extending the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistanf1.

(2)

On 30 May 2007, the Council adopted Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP on establishment of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN)f2 for a period of three years.

(3)

On 13 November 2007, the Council adopted Joint Action 2007/733/CFSPf3 amending Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP to reflect the new command and control structure for EU civilian crisis management operations as approved by the Council on 18 June 2007.

(4)

The mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan should be amended to reflect his role in relation to EUPOL AFGHANISTAN in line with the new command and control structure for EU civilian crisis management operations,

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 46, 16.2.2007, p. 55.

f2

OJ L 139, 31.5.2007, p. 33.

f3

See page 31 of this Official Journal.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature

1

Joint Action 2007/106/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    The following point shall be added to Article 3:

    1. (i)

      ‘provide the Head of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) with local political guidance. The EUSR and the Civilian Operation Commander shall consult each other as required.’

  2. 2..

    Point (e) of Article 7(2) shall be deleted.

2

This Joint Action shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

3

This Joint Action shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Signature

Done at Brussels, 13 November 2007.

For the Council

The President

F. Teixeira dos Santos