# L_2006205EN.01003001.xml

| 27.7.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 205/30 |
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27.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 205/30

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COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2006/523/CFSP

of 25 July 2006

amending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the European Union, and in particular Articles 14, 18(5) and 23(2) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 14 December 2005, the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board appointed Mr Christian SCHWARZ-SCHILLING as High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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(1)

On 14 December 2005, the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board appointed Mr Christian SCHWARZ-SCHILLING as High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

| (2) | On 30 January 2006, the Council adopted Joint Action 2006/49/CFSP (1) appointing Mr Christian SCHWARZ-SCHILLING as the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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(2)

On 30 January 2006, the Council adopted Joint Action 2006/49/CFSP (1) appointing Mr Christian SCHWARZ-SCHILLING as the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

| (3) | According to the decision of the Steering Board Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council of 22/23 June 2006, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) will begin preparations to close on 30 June 2007. Preparations for a reinforced European Union Special Representative (EUSR) office should proceed in parallel. |
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(3)

According to the decision of the Steering Board Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council of 22/23 June 2006, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) will begin preparations to close on 30 June 2007. Preparations for a reinforced European Union Special Representative (EUSR) office should proceed in parallel.

| (4) | The mandate of the EUSR should be amended in order to enable him to support planning for a future reinforced EUSR office in the context of the closure of the OHR, |
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(4)

The mandate of the EUSR should be amended in order to enable him to support planning for a future reinforced EUSR office in the context of the closure of the OHR,

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Article 1

Joint Action 2006/49/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

| 1. | the following subparagraph shall be added to Article 3:






  ‘(m) | support planning for a reinforced EUSR office in the context of the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), including advice on public information aspects of the transition, in close coordination with the Commission.’ |
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1.

the following subparagraph shall be added to Article 3:

‘(m)

support planning for a reinforced EUSR office in the context of the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), including advice on public information aspects of the transition, in close coordination with the Commission.’

| 2. | Article 6(1) shall be replaced by the following:

  ‘1.   The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mandate of the EUSR shall be EUR 1 090 000.’ |
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2.

Article 6(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.   The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mandate of the EUSR shall be EUR 1 090 000.’

Article 2

This Joint Action shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Article 3

This Joint Action shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2006.

For the Council

The President

E. TUOMIOJA

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(1)  
  OJ L 26, 31.1.2006, p. 21.

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