Introductory text
United Kingdom
Council Decision 2010/784/CFSP
of 17 December 2010
on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28 and 43(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 14 November 2005, the Council adopted Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territoriesf1 (EUPOL COPPS) for a period of 3 years. The operational phase of EUPOL COPPS began on 1 January 2006.
(2)
The Mission was last extended by Council Decision 2009/955/CFSPf2 and will expire on 31 December 2010.
(3)
On 17 November 2010 the Political and Security Committee (PSC) recommended to extend the Mission for an additional period of 12 months until 31 December 2011.
(4)
The command and control structure of the Mission should be without prejudice to the contractual responsibilities of the Head of Mission towards the European Commission for implementing the budget of the Mission.
(5)
The watch-keeping capability should be activated for the Mission.
(6)
The Mission will be conducted in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could harm the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: