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Council Joint Action
of 29 July 1999
confirming the appointment of the Special Representative of the European Union to act as
Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe
(1999/523/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
HavingregardtotheTreatyonEuropeanUnion,andinpartic-
ular Articles 14 and 18(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)On 10 June 1999 the Foreign Ministers of the Member
States of the European Union and the Commission ofthe European Communities, together with the otherparticipants in the Stability Pact for South-EasternEurope agreed to establish a Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, hereinafter called the ‘Stability Pact’;
(2)Decision 1999/345/CFSP(1) appointed Mr Bodo
Hombach as EUSpecial Representative to carry out thefunctionsofSpecialCoordinatoroftheStabilityPactforSouth-Eastern Europe, thereby enabling him to startwork immediately; this Decision expires on 31 July1999 unless confirmed by a Joint Action;
(3)On 19 July 1999 the Council requested its competentbodies to prepare a Joint Action to be adopted by theend of July 1999 confirming the appointment of MrHombach as EUSpecial Representative and providinghim with the necessary human and logistical resourcesto carry out this task,
HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:
Article 1
1. This Joint Action confirms the appointment of Mr Bodo
Hombach as EUSpecial Representative to carry out the func-tions of Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe according to the arrangements provided for inpoint 13 of the Stability Pact document.
2. The Special Coordinator shall carry out the tasks envis-
aged by the Stability Pact, as follows:
— promote achievement of the Pact's objectives within, and
between, the individual countries;
— chair the South-Eastern Europe Regional Table;— establish and maintain close contact with all participants
and facilitating States, organisations and institutions of theStability Pact, as well as pertinent regional initiatives andorganisations;
— provideperiodicprogressreportstotheOSCEChairmanin
Office, according to its procedures, on behalf of the South-Eastern Europe Regional Table;— participate in the High Level Steering Group of the donors
coordination process;
— cooperate closely with all EUinstitutions in order to
promote the EUrole in the Stability Pact according topoints 18, 19 and 20 of the Stability Pact document;
— meet periodically and as necessary with the Chairmen of
the Working Tables to ensure overall coordination;
— assure the Secretariat of the South-Eastern Europe Regional
Table and the three Working Tables.
3. Tothisend,theEUshall,byprovidingitsSpecialRepres-
entative with the necessary human and logistical resources,makeasubstantialcontributiontohisfunctionsalsoasSpecialCoordinator. The European Union looks to the other partici-pants in the Stability Pact also to make an equitable contribu-tion to the functioning of the Pact. The Special Representativeand his staff will be based in Brussels.
Article 2
1. TheEUSpecialRepresentativeandtheEUSpecialRepres-
entative for the Royaumont process shall coordinate theiraction.
2. TheEUSpecialRepresentativeshallliaisecloselywiththe
Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
3. The EUSpecial Representative shall also liaise closely
with the United Nations Civil Administration in Kosovo.
Article 3
1. The financial reference amount intended to cover the
costs related to the mission of the EUSpecial Representativeshall be EUR 850000 for the period ending on 31 December1999.
2. Theamountspecifiedinparagraph1shallbeallocatedto
finance the infrastructure and current expenditure of theSpecialRepresentative,includinghissalaryandaspecialallow-ance as well as salaries of his support staff not covered bysecondment plus a start-up amount, pending burden-sharingarrangements with other Stability Pact participants, to initiatework necessary for the early implementation of the StabilityPact. Member States and EUinstitutions may propose thesecondment of staff to work with the Special Representative.The remuneration of personnel who might be seconded by aMemberStateoranEUinstitutiontotheSpecialRepresentativeshall be covered respectively by the Member State or the EUinstitution concerned.
(1) OJ L 168, 3.7.1999, p. 34.
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3. The Council notes that the Presidency, Commission
and/or Member States, as appropriate, will provide logisticalsupport in the region.
4. The privileges, immunities and further guarantees neces-
saryforthecompletionandsmoothfunctioningofthemissionoftheSpecialRepresentativeandthemembersofhisstaffshallbe defined with the parties. Member States and the Commis-sion shall grant all necessary support to such effect.
Article 4
The EUSpecial Representative shall be guided by, and report
undertheauthorityof,thePresidency,assistedbytheSecretaryGeneral to, the Council on a regular basis and as the needarises. The Commission shall be fully associated.Article 5
This Joint Action shall enter into force on the date of its
adoption.
This Joint Action shall apply until 31 December 1999, unless
renewedsubjecttoareviewincludingadministrativeandfinan-cial aspects.
Article 6
This Joint Action shall be published in the Official Journal.
Done at Brussels, 29 July 1999.
For the Council
The President
T. HALONEN