Article 1 Nature and scope

This Decision establishes the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (‘EEAS’).

The EEAS, which has its headquarters in Brussels, shall be a functionally autonomous body of the European Union, separate from the General Secretariat of the Council and from the Commission with the legal capacity necessary to perform its tasks and attain its objectives.

The EEAS shall be placed under the authority of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (‘High Representative’).

The EEAS shall be made up of a central administration and of the Union Delegations to third countries and to international organisations.