{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-576/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-576/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2010/576",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2010/576/CFSP of 23 September 2010 on the European Union police mission undertaken in the framework of reform of the security sector (SSR) and its interface with the system of justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUPOL RD Congo)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-576",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Chain of command",
  "text": "1. EUPOL RD Congo shall have a unified chain of command, as a crisis management operation.\n2. Under the responsibility of the Council and of the HR, the PSC shall exercise political control and strategic direction of EUPOL RD Congo.\n3. The Civilian Operation Commander, under the political control and strategic direction of the PSC and the overall authority of the HR, shall exercise command and control of EUPOL RD Congo at the strategic level and, as such, shall issue instructions to the Head of Mission and provide him with advice and technical support.\n4. The Civilian Operation Commander shall report to the Council through the HR.\n5. The Head of Mission shall exercise command and control of EUPOL RD Congo at theatre level and shall be directly responsible to the Civilian Operation Commander.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/576/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:00.973969+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}