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 (Acts adopted under Title V of the Treaty on European Union) 
COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2006/998/CFSP 
of 21 December 2006 
amending Joint Ac tion 2001/555/CFSP 
on the establishment of a European Union Satellite Centre 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty on European Un ion, and in particular Article 14 thereof, 
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 Whereas: 
(1) On 20 July 2001 the Council adopted Join t Action 2001/555/CFSP on the establishment of 
a European Union Satellite Centre1. 
(2) On 28 July 2006 the Secretary-General/High Re presentative, pursuant to  Article 22 of that 
Joint Action presented a report on the implementa tion of the Joint Action with a view to its 
possible review. 
(3) On 22 September 2006 the Political and S ecurity Committee (PSC), in its role of 
exercising political supervision over the activ ities of the Centre, noted that report and 
recommended that the Council amend the Joint Action as appropriate in the light of the 
report. 
(4) Therefore Joint Action 2001/555/CFSP should be amended accordingly, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION: 
                                                 
1 OJ L 200, 25.7.2001, p. 5. 
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 Article 1 
Joint Action 2001/555/CFSP is hereby amended as follows: 
1) Article 2 shall be replaced by the following: 
"Article 2 Mission 1. The Centre shall, in coherence wi th the European Security Strategy
1, support the 
decision-making of the European Union in the field of the CFSP, in particular of the 
ESDP, including European Union crisis management operations, by providing, as 
appropriate, products resulting from the anal ysis of satellite imagery and collateral 
data, including aerial imagery, and related se rvices, in accordance with Articles 3 
and 4. 
2. In the framework of this mission, the S ecretary-General/High Representative, will, 
upon a corresponding request and if the capacity of the Centre so allows, direct the 
Centre to provide products or services to:  
(i) a Member State or the Commission; (ii) third states having agreed to the  provisions set out in the Annex on the 
association with the Centre's activities; 
                                                
 
1 A Secure Europe in a Better World – the European Security Strategy, approved by the 
European Council, Brussels, 12 December 2003. 
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 (iii) if the request is releva nt in the field of the CFSP, in particular of the ESDP, 
international organisations such as th e United Nations (UN), the Organisation 
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organisation (NATO)."; 
2) Article 8(2) shall be replaced by the following: 
"2. The Director shall appoint the Deputy Dir ector of the Centre after approval by the 
Board. The Deputy Director shall be appoint ed for three years, with the possible 
extension of one three-year term.  The Director shall be resp onsible for recruiting all 
other staff of the Centre."; 
3) Article 11 shall be replaced by the following: 
"Article 11 
Work programme 
1. The Director shall establish by 30 Septem ber each year a draft work programme for 
the following year accompanied by a draf t long-term work programme containing 
indicative perspectives for two additional years, and shall submit it to the Board. 
2. The Board shall approve the annual and long-term work programme by 
30 November of each year."; 
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 4) Article 12(3) shall be replaced by the following: 
"3. The income of the Centre shall consist of contributions from the Member States 
except Denmark according to the gross nationa l income (GNI) scale, payments made 
in remuneration for services rend ered and miscellaneous income."; 
5) Article 12(4) shall be replaced by the following: 
"4. Task requests made in accordance with Arti cles 2(2), (3) and (4) may be subject to 
cost recovery charges pursuant to the guide lines laid down in the Centre's Financial 
Rules referred to in Article 15."; 
6) Article 13 shall be replaced by the following: 
"Article 13 Budgetary procedure 
1. The Director shall submit to the Board by 30 September each year an annual draft 
budget for the Centre covering administrati ve expenditure, oper ational expenditure 
and expected income for the following financial year as well as long-term indicative estimates on expenditure and income in  view of the draft long-term work 
programme. 
2. The Board shall adopt the annual budge t of the Centre by unanimity of the 
representatives of Member States  by 30 November of each year. 
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 3. In the case of unavoidable, exceptional or unforeseen circumstances, the Director 
may propose a draft amending budget to the Board. The Board, with due regard to 
the urgency, shall adopt the amending budget by unanimity of the representatives of 
Member States."; 
7) Article 17 shall be replaced by the following: 
"Article 17 Secondment 1. In agreement with the Director, experts from Member States and officials from 
European Union institutions or agencies ma y be seconded to the Centre for a fixed 
period either to posts within the Centre's organisational structure and/or for specific 
tasks and projects. 
2. In the event of a crisis, the Centre may be reinforced by specialist staff, seconded by 
the Member States, the Commission or the General Secretariat of the Council. The 
need for, and the length of, such s econdments shall be determined by the 
Secretary-General/High Representative in consultation with the Director of the 
Centre. 
3. The provisions relating to secondment sh all be adopted by the Board on a proposal 
from the Director. 
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 4. Staff members may be seconded for a fixed period in the in terest of the service to a 
post outside the Centre, in accordance with the provisions relating to the staff of the 
Centre."; 
8) The following Article shall be inserted: 
"Article 20a Association of the Commission The Commission shall be fully associated with  the work of the Cent re. The Centre shall 
establish the necessary administrative arra ngements and working relations with the 
Commission, with a view to maximising s ynergies and avoiding unnecessary duplication 
by exchanging expertise and advice in those areas where the activities of the Community 
have a bearing on the Centre's mission and where the activities of the Ce ntre are relevant to 
those of the Community."; 
9) Article 22 shall be replaced by the following: 
"Article 22 Reporting By 31 July 2011, the Secretary-General/High Repr esentative shall present a report to the 
Council on the functioning of the Centre a ccompanied, if necessary, by appropriate 
recommendations with a view to its further development."; 
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 10) Articles 1(3), the second sentence of Article 9( 1) and Articles 12(5) and 23(1), (2), (4), (5) 
and (6) shall be deleted.  
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, 21 December 2006. 
 For the Council 
 The President 
 J. KORKEAOJA