Council Joint Action of 11 March 2002 on the European Union Police Mission
Date: 2002-03-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina, EU office or agency, European Union, police

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(Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION

of 11 March 2002

on the European Union Police Mission

(2002/210/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

tion 1396 (2002) on 5 March 2002 welcoming the
Union's readiness to ensure the follow-on to the IPTF.

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and, in partic-
ular, Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

On 18 February 2002, the Council announced the readi-
ness of the European Union to ensure, by 1 January
2003, the follow-on to the United Nations International
Police Task Force (IPTF)
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(BiH).

In line with the general objectives of Annex 11 of the
Dayton/Paris Agreement,
the European Union Police
Mission (EUPM) should establish sustainable policing
arrangements under BiH ownership in accordance with
best European and international practice, and thereby
standards. The EUPM,
raising current BiH police
entrusted with the necessary authority to monitor,
mentor and inspect, should achieve its goals by the end
of 2005.

In its conclusions of 18 February 2002 the Council also
decided that in order to ensure a successful follow-up to
the UN IPTF,
the Union's aim should be a broad
approach with activities addressing the whole range of
Rule of Law aspects,
including institution building
programmes and police activities which should be mutu-
ally supportive and reinforcing. The EUPM, supported by
the Community's institution building programmes under
the CARDS Regulation, should contribute to the overall
peace implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well
as to the achievements of the Union's overall policy in
the region, notably the Stabilisation and Association
Process.

The Union should continue to coordinate with the UN
and to consult with relevant organisations, in particular
NATO and the OSCE.

Following the Peace Implementation Council Steering
Board acceptance on 28 February 2002 of the Union
offer concerning EUPM, the UN Security Council Resolu-

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

On 4 March 2002, the authorities of Bosnia and Herze-
govina invited the Union to assume responsibility for
the follow-on to the United Nations police mission. An
agreement will need to be concluded to this end
between the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and
the Union.

In order to prepare the EUPM a Planning Team should
be established.

On 18 February 2002, the Council expressed its willing-
ness to appoint the next High Representative in BiH as
the EU Special Representative in BiH (EUSR).

The Political and Security Committee should exercise
political control of and provide strategic direction to the
EUPM and should be informed on a regular basis on all
aspects of the mission, including through briefings by
the EUSR and the Head of Mission/Police Commissioner
as necessary.

(10) Acknowledging the valuable contributions other States
have made to IPTF, non-EU States are invited to contri-
bute to an EUPM in BiH. In the first instance non-EU
European NATO members and other States which are
candidates for accession to the Union as well as other
non-EU OSCE Member States, currently providing staff
to IPTF are invited to contribute to the EUPM.

(11) On 18 February 2002, the Council agreed the financing
of the EUPM as set out in Annex IV of its Conclusions.

(12) Article 14(1) of the Treaty on European Union calls for
the indication of a financial reference amount for the
whole period of implementation of the Joint Action. The
indication of amounts to be financed by the Community
budget illustrates the will of the legislative authority and
is subject to the availability of commitment appropria-
tions during the respective budget year,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Article 4

Article 1

Mission

1.
The European Union hereby establishes a European
Union Police Mission (EUPM) in order to ensure the follow-on
to the United Nations International Police Task Force (IPTF) in
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as from 1 January 2003. Before
that date and in order to prepare the EUPM a Planning Team
shall be established not later than 1 April 2002 and shall be
operational until 31 December 2002.

2.
The EUPM shall operate in accordance with the objectives
and other provisions as contained in the mission statement set
out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Planning

1.
The Planning Team shall comprise a Police Head of
Mission/Head of the Planning Team and the necessary staff to
deal with functions ensuing from the needs of the mission.

2.
The General Secretariat of the Council shall draw up the
Concept of Operations (CONOPS) with the assistance of the
Police Head of Mission/Head of the Planning Team. The Plan-
ning Team shall subsequently draw up the Operation Plan
(OPLAN) and develop all technical
instruments necessary to
execute the EUPM. The Council shall approve the CONOPS and
the OPLAN.

The Planning Team shall work in close cooperation with

3.
the IPTF.

4.
As from 1 January 2003, the Police Head of Mission/
Head of the Planning Team will become Head of Mission/Police
Commissioner as set out in Article 4.

Article 3

Structures

The EUPM shall

in principle be structured as follows:

(a) main headquarters in Sarajevo, composed of the Head of
the Mission/Police Commissioner and staff as defined in the
OPLAN. Part of this staff shall consist of a variable number
of Liaison Officers to work with other international organ-
isations on the ground. Such officers shall be deployed by
the Head of the EUPM as necessary;

(b) an initial total of 24 monitoring units co-located within the
structures at
various Bosnia and Herzegovina Police
medium-high level,
including within Entities, Public
Security Centres, Cantons, State Intelligence Protection
Agency, State Border Services and within the Brcko district.

Head of Mission/Police Commissioner

The Council, upon a proposal by the Secretary-General,
1.
High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security
Policy (SG/HR),
shall appoint a Head of Mission/Police
Commissioner. The Head of Mission/Police Commissioner shall
exercise operational command over the EUPM and assume the
day-to-day management of the EUPM operations.

The Head of Mission/Police Commissioner

2.
recruited on a contractual basis.

shall be

All police officers remain under full command of the
3.
appropriate national authority. National authorities will transfer
Operational Command (OPCOM) to the Head of the EUPM.

The Head of Mission/Police Commissioner

shall be
4.
responsible for disciplinary control over the personnel. For
seconded personnel, disciplinary action shall be exercised by
the national or Union authority concerned.

Article 5

Staff

1.
The numbers and competence of the EUPM staff shall be
consistent with the objectives and structure set out in Article 3
and in the mission statement set out at Annex.

Police officers shall be seconded by Member States. The
2.
minimum period of secondment should be one year. Each
Member State shall bear the costs related to the police officers
seconded by it,
including salaries, allowances and travel
expenses to and from BiH.

International civilian staff and local staff shall be recruited

3.
on a contractual basis by the EUPM as required.

4. Member States or Community institutions may also
second international civilian staff if required for a minimum
period of one year. Each Member State or Community institu-
tion shall bear the costs related to any of the staff seconded by
it,
including salaries, allowances and travel expenses to and
from BiH.

Article 6

Position of the Special Representative in the unified chain
of command

The position in the unified chain of command of the European
Union Special Representative (EUSR), appointed by a separate
Council Joint Action,

is set out in Article 7.

Article 7

Chain of command

The structure of the EUPM as part of the broader Union Rule
of Law follow-up in BiH shall have a unified chain of
command, as a crisis management operation.

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Without prejudice to the relevant provisions of the Dayton/
Paris Agreement and its annexes:

— the EUSR shall report to the Council through the SG/HR,

— the Political and Security Committee shall provide the polit-

ical control and strategic direction,

— the Head of Mission/Police Commissioner shall
EUPM and assume its day-to-day management,

lead the

— the Head of Mission/Police Commissioner shall report to

the SG/HR through the EUSR,

— the SG/HR shall give guidance to the Head of Mission/

Police Commissioner through the EUSR.

Article 8

Participation of Third States

1. Without prejudice to the decision-making autonomy of
the Union and the single institutional framework of the Union,
non-EU European NATO members and other States which are
candidates for accession to the European Union as well as
other non-EU OSCE Member States, currently providing staff to
IPTF, are invited to contribute to the EUPM on the basis that
they bear the cost of sending the police officers and/or the
international civilian staff seconded by them, including salaries,
allowances and travel expenses to and from BiH, and contri-
bute to the running costs of the EUPM as appropriate.

2.
Third States making significant contributions to the
EUPM shall have the same rights and obligations in terms of
day-to-day management of the operation as EU Member States
taking part in the operation.

Detailed arrangements

3.
regarding the participation of
Third States shall be subject to agreements pursuant to Article
24 of the Treaty on European Union.

(ii) the remainder of EUR 20 million (EUR 11 million for
operational running costs, EUR 4 million for local
staff, EUR 5 million for international civilian staff) to
be financed in common out of the Community budget.

The final budget
decided by the Council on an annual basis.

for the years 2003 to 2005 shall be

In the event that financing of the costs referred to in
2.
paragraph 1(b)(ii) on the basis of the Community budget is not
sufficient, the Council shall decide,
in accordance with the
provisions of the Treaty on European Union, how to cover any
remaining gap, which shall consist of common costs.

As regards expenditure financed out of the Community

3.
budget, the following shall apply:

(a) expenditure shall be managed in accordance with the
Community rules and procedures applicable to the budget.
Procurement
shall be undertaken in accordance with
appropriate procedures necessary to execute the EUPM,
notably with regard to time constraints and to allow
nationals of third States to tender for contracts;

(b) the Head of the Planning Team/Police Commissioner shall
report fully to, and be supervised by, the Commission on
the activities undertaken in the framework of his contract.

4.
The financial arrangements shall respect the operational
requirements of EUPM, including compatibility of equipment
and interoperability of its teams.

Article 10

Community action

Article 9

Financial arrangements

1.
The Council notes the intention of the Commission to
direct its action towards achieving the objectives of this Joint
Action, where appropriate, by relevant Community measures.

The Council also notes that coordination arrangements in

2.
Brussels and Sarajevo are required.

The costs for the implementation of this Joint Action

1.
shall be:

(a) EUR 14 million for start-up costs (including equipment
and the Planning Team) for 2002, to be financed out of the
Community budget;

(b) up to EUR 38 million for yearly running costs for the

years 2003 to 2005, divided as follows:

(i) up to EUR 17 million for per diem depending on the
daily rate set and EUR 1 million for travel costs, which
pursuant to Article 5(2) shall be charged on a costs ‘lie
where they fall’ basis;

Article 11

Status of staff of EUPM

1.
The status of EUPM staff in BiH, including where appro-
priate the privileges, immunities and further guarantees neces-
sary for the completion and smooth functioning of the EUPM
shall be agreed in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union.

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The State or Community institution having seconded a
2.
staff member shall be responsible for answering any claims
linked to the secondment,
from or concerning the staff
member. The State or Community institution in question shall
be responsible for bringing any action against the secondee.

It shall apply until 31 December 2005.

Article 13

Publication

Article 12

Entry into force and duration

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

This Joint Action shall be published in the Official Journal.

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2002.

For the Council

The President

J. PIQUÉ I CAMPS

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ANNEX

MISSION STATEMENT FOR EUPM

The following outlines the Mission Statement for the EUPM that will follow-on UN IPTF as a part of the Union overall
support to the Rule of Law sector in BiH.

I. Political/Strategic level

1. The mission statement of the EUPM includes:

2. The EUPM, supported by the Commission's institution building programmes, should, as part of a broader rule of
law approach, aim,
in line with the general objectives of Annex 11 of the Dayton Agreement, to establish
sustainable policing arrangements under BiH ownership in accordance with best European and international
practice, and thereby raising current BiH police standards. To do so, this three-year EUPM should be entrusted
with the necessary authority and concentrate on the following goals:

— to preserve, through continuity with the achievements of the IPTF mission, the existing levels of institutional

and personal proficiency;

— to enhance, through monitoring, mentoring and inspecting, police managerial and operational capacities; to
this end, to focus on delegation of power and quality-oriented management principles as well as improving
operational planning capacity based on analysis;

— to strengthen professionalism at high level within the ministries as well as at senior police officers levels

through advisory and inspection functions;

— and to monitor the exercise of appropriate political control over the police.

3. The mission will not include executive powers or the deployment of an armed component.

II. Objectives at operational level

4. The EUPM, entrusted with the necessary authority to monitor, mentor and inspect, and working as an integral
part of the broader rule of law approach, should achieve the goals set out above by the end of 2005, by ensuring
that the BiH police services will:

— act in a professional manner and in accordance with relevant legislation and regulations;

— be free of political

interference, and led by an apolitical, qualified and accountable personnel;

— possess the integrity, knowledge and means to perform their duties in a transparent and objective manner;

— at ministries and senior police officers level adopt a professional culture based on a fair, transparent and
accountable internal management system including the exercise of internal controls and disciplinary proced-
ures of the highest standard;

— ensure management practices be carried out through fair and impartial personnel policies for recruitment,

training, specialisation, promotion, and discipline;

— be based on a transparent structure that takes into consideration the multiple ethnic composition of the

society and that can deal satisfactorily with gender related issues;

— effectively manage personnel and resources within an affordable and appropriate institutional framework;

— standardise data recording and analysis systems to facilitate information sharing for operational planning and

investigations, with a view to promoting a BiH-wide crime statistics system;

— develop police cooperation among all BiH police forces, including at inter-entity, inter-canton levels (building

up of structures for coordination, exchange of information and confidence building);

— undertake criminal

investigations of corruption cases regardless of political

implications;

— be capable of investigating and countering the full range of criminal activities, including organised crime and
terrorism with a State level capability forming an effective part of the administration of justice, cooperating
closely with the prosecution and operating within a reformed criminal

justice system;

— develop,

in close cooperation with the Multinational Stabilisation Force (SFOR), specialised information

sharing in support of the state level capability and other appropriate authorities;

— possess capacity to respond to public disorder in accordance with modern police standards and without

political or ethnic bias;

— enter into constructive cooperation with police services of neighbouring States (SAP States) and EU Member

States.

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III. Methodology

5.

6.

It should be noted that the effectiveness of a EUPM pursuing a management approach will directly depend on the
expertise of the personnel and ability to retain continuity and institutional memory. For this purpose, it is strongly
recommended that qualified personnel

is identified and each seconded for a minimum of one year.

In order to achieve the abovementioned objectives by the end of 2005, the EUPM should:
— co-locate the international police alongside Commanders at the various Entities, Public Security Centres (PSCs),
Cantons, Brcko district, State Intelligence Protection Agency (SIPA) and State Border Service (SBS) at medium
and senior levels of the BiH Police;

— be able to remove from offices non compliant officers, through a recommendation by the EU police

Commissioner to the High Representative;

— coordinate with the Office of the High Representative in the furtherance of the International Community
overall objectives in the field of the rule of the law, as well as with other organisations within the international
community, as appropriate;

— liaise with SFOR on public security issues including for ensuring SFOR support in extremis.