Council Decision 2006/448/CFSP of  7 June 2006  concerning the extension of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Government of Indonesia on the tasks, status, privileges and immunities of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Aceh (Indonesia) (Aceh Monitoring Mission — AMM) and its personnel
Date: 2006-06-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Indonesia, agreement (EU), common foreign and security policy, fact-finding mission, peacekeeping, staff regulations (EU), the EU's international role

30.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 176/107

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

COUNCIL DECISION 2006/448/CFSP

of 7 June 2006

concerning the extension of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Union and the Government of Indonesia on the tasks, status, privileges and immunities of
the European Union Monitoring Mission in Aceh (Indonesia) (Aceh Monitoring Mission — AMM)
and its personnel

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 24 thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation from the Presidency,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

On 27 February 2006, the Council adopted Joint Action
2006/202/CFSP amending and extending Joint Action
2005/643/CFSP on the European Union Monitoring
Indonesia (Aceh Monitoring Mission
Mission in Aceh,
— AMM) (1)
three months until
15 June 2006.

for a period of

the Council

also adopted Decision
On that date
2006/201/CFSP (2)
extension for 3
concerning the
months of the Agreement between the European Union
and the Government of Indonesia on the tasks, status,
privileges and immunities of the European Union Moni-
toring Mission in Aceh (Indonesia)
(Aceh Monitoring
Mission — AMM) and its personnel.

On 5 May 2006 the Government of Indonesia invited
the European Union to extend the mandate of the Aceh
Monitoring Mission for a further period of three months.

As stated in the letter of 14 September 2005 and its
annexes from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the
Indonesia regarding the tasks, status,
Government of
privileges and immunities of
the Aceh Monitoring
Mission (AMM) and its personnel and the reply from
the Secretary General/High Representative of 3 October
2005, the Agreement may be extended for a period of
up to six months by mutual consent (3).

in the form of an
the Agreement
The extension of
Exchange of Letters for a period of three months until
15 September 2006 should be approved on behalf of the
European Union,

Article 1

The extension of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Union and the Government of
Indonesia on the tasks, status, privileges and immunities of the
European Union Monitoring Mission in Aceh (Indonesia) (Aceh
Monitoring Mission — AMM) and its personnel for a period of
3 months until 15 September 2006,
is hereby approved on
behalf of the European Union.

The text of the Exchange of Letters agreeing to the extension is
attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Exchange of Letters in
order to bind the European Union (4).

Article 3

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

Article 4

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

Done at Luxembourg, 7 June 2006.

For the Council
The President

K.-H. GRASSER

(1) OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 57.
(2) OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 53.
(3) OJ L 288, 29.10.2005, p. 60.

(4) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in
the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of
the Council.