# L_2022121EN.01004401.xml

| 22.4.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 121/44 |
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22.4.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 121/44

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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/668

of 21 April 2022

amending Decision (CFSP) 2021/2032 on an assistance measure under the European Peace Facility to support military units trained by the EU Training Mission in Mozambique

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1) and 41(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 19 November 2021, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/2032 (1), which established an assistance measure with a financial reference amount of EUR 40 000 000 (‘the financial reference amount’) intended to cover the provision of equipment not designed to deliver lethal force and supplies to the units of the Mozambican armed forces to be trained by the EU Training Mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique). |
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(1)

On 19 November 2021, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/2032 (1), which established an assistance measure with a financial reference amount of EUR 40 000 000 (‘the financial reference amount’) intended to cover the provision of equipment not designed to deliver lethal force and supplies to the units of the Mozambican armed forces to be trained by the EU Training Mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique).

| (2) | The financial reference amount is sufficient to provide equipment not designed to deliver lethal force and supplies as referred to in Article 1(3) of Decision (CFSP) 2021/2032 for five out of the 11 units of the Mozambican armed forces to be trained by EUTM Mozambique during the period 2021–2023. To address the needs of the remaining six units, the financial reference amount should be increased by EUR 45 000 000. |
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(2)

The financial reference amount is sufficient to provide equipment not designed to deliver lethal force and supplies as referred to in Article 1(3) of Decision (CFSP) 2021/2032 for five out of the 11 units of the Mozambican armed forces to be trained by EUTM Mozambique during the period 2021–2023. To address the needs of the remaining six units, the financial reference amount should be increased by EUR 45 000 000.

| (3) | Decision (CFSP) 2021/2032 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Decision (CFSP) 2021/2032 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision (CFSP) 2021/2032 is amended as follows:

| (1) | in Article 1, paragraph 4 is replaced as follows:

  ‘4.   The duration of the Assistance Measure shall be 36 months from the date of conclusion of the contract between the Administrator for Assistance Measures acting as authorising officer and the entity referred to in Article 4(2) in accordance with Article 32(2), point (a), of Decision (CFSP) 2021/509.’; |
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(1)

in Article 1, paragraph 4 is replaced as follows:

‘4.   The duration of the Assistance Measure shall be 36 months from the date of conclusion of the contract between the Administrator for Assistance Measures acting as authorising officer and the entity referred to in Article 4(2) in accordance with Article 32(2), point (a), of Decision (CFSP) 2021/509.’;

| (2) | in Article 2, paragraph 1 is replaced as follows:

  ‘1.   The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the Assistance Measure shall be EUR 85 000 000.’. |
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(2)

in Article 2, paragraph 1 is replaced as follows:

‘1.   The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the Assistance Measure shall be EUR 85 000 000.’.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 21 April 2022.

For the Council

The President

J.-Y. LE DRIAN

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(1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2032 of 19 November 2021 on an assistance measure under the European Peace Facility to support military units trained by the EU Training Mission in Mozambique (OJ L 415, 22.11.2021, p. 25).

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