# Political and Security Committee Decision EUSEC/1/2010 of 18 May 2010 on the establishment of the Committee of Contributors for the European Union Mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo (EUSEC RD Congo) (2010/297/CFSP), Introduction: Introductory text

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Political and Security Committee Decision EUSEC/1/2010
of 18 May 2010
on the establishment of the Committee of Contributors for the European Union Mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo (EUSEC RD Congo)
(2010/297/CFSP)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Joint Action 2009/709/CFSP of 15 September 2009 on the European Union mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo (EUSEC RD Congo), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Under Article 10(3) of Joint Action 2009/709/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC) to take relevant decisions on the establishment of a Committee of Contributors (CoC) for EUSEC RD Congo.
(2)
The European Council Conclusions of Göteborg of 15 and 16 June 2001 established guiding principles and modalities for third State’s contributions to police missions. On 10 December 2002, the Council approved the document entitled ‘Consultations and Modalities for the Contributions of non-EU States to EU civilian crisis management operations’ which further developed the arrangements for the participation of third States in civilian crisis management operations, including the establishment of a Committee of Contributors.
(3)
The CoC will play a key role in the day-to-day management of EUSEC RD Congo. It will be the main forum for discussing all problems relating to the day-to-day management of the Mission. The PSC, which exercises the political control and strategic direction of the Mission, is to take account of the views expressed by the CoC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/297/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-297/introduction
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