Council Decision 2006/666/CFSP of 15 September 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: 2006-09-15
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

L 273/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.10.2006

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

COUNCIL DECISION 2006/666/CFSP

of 15 September 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)

the Council adopted Joint Action
On 7 June 2006,
2006/407/CFSP (1)
Joint
amending
Action 2005/643/CFSP on the European Union Moni-
toring Mission in Aceh (Indonesia)
(Aceh Monitoring
Mission — AMM) for a further period of three months
until 15 September 2006.

extending

and

the Council

On that date
also adopted Decision
2006/448/CFSP (2) concerning the extension for three
months, until 15 September 2006, of the Agreement
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.

On 21 July 2006 the Government of Indonesia invited
to extend the mandate of
the European Union (EU)
the AMM for a final period of
three months until
15 December 2006.

The extension of
in the form of an
the Agreement
Exchange of Letters for a period of three months until
15 December 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
three months until 15 December 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 (3).

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 Brussels, 15 September 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. TUOMIOJA

(1) OJ L 158, 10.6.2006, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 107.

(3) 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.