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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-178/attachment-1/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/178",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2013/178/CFSP of 25 February 2013 on the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mali on the status in the Republic of Mali of the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-178",
  "path": "attachment/1/article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Scope and definitions",
  "text": "1. This Agreement shall apply only within the territory of the Host State.\n2. This Agreement shall apply to the EU military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali) and to its personnel.\n3. For the purposes of this Agreement:\n(a) ‘EUTM Mali’ shall mean the military headquarters and national contingents, their facilities, assets and means of transport, contributing to the mission;\n(b) ‘mission’ shall mean the preparation, establishment, execution and support of EUTM Mali;\n(c) ‘Mission Commander’ shall mean the commander of EUTM Mali in the theatre of the mission;\n(d) ‘European Union (EU)’ shall mean the permanent bodies of the EU and their staff;\n(e) ‘EU military headquarters’ shall mean the military headquarters and elements thereof, whatever their location, under the authority of EU military commanders exercising the military command or control of EUTM Mali;\n(f) ‘national contingents’ shall mean units and elements belonging to the Member States of the EU and to other States participating in EUTM Mali;\n(g) ‘EUTM Mali personnel’ shall mean the civilian and military personnel assigned to EUTM Mali as well as personnel deployed for the preparation of the mission and personnel on mission for a Sending State or an EU institution or body in the context of the mission, present, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, within the territory of the Host State, with the exception of personnel employed locally and personnel employed by international commercial contractors;\n(h) ‘personnel employed locally’ shall mean personnel who are nationals of or permanently resident in the Host State;\n(i) ‘EUTM Mali facilities’ shall mean all premises, accommodation and land areas required for EUTM Mali and EUTM Mali personnel;\n(j) ‘Sending State’ shall mean a State providing a national contingent for EUTM Mali;\n(k) ‘official correspondence’ shall mean all correspondence relating to EUTM Mali and its functions;\n(l) ‘EUTM Mali assets’ shall mean equipment and consumer goods necessary for the mission;\n(m) ‘EUTM Mali means of transport’ shall mean all vehicles and other means of transport owned, hired or chartered by EUTM Mali that are necessary for the mission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/178/attachment/1/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:07.623851+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."
}