Council Decision 2006/725/CFSP of 17 October 2006 implementing Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP on the European Union civilian-military supporting action to the African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan
Date: 2006-10-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: African Union, Sudan, administrative expenditure (EU), common foreign and security policy, forces abroad, military cooperation, peacekeeping

L 296/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.10.2006

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

COUNCIL DECISION 2006/725/CFSP

of 17 October 2006

implementing Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP on the European Union civilian-military supporting
action to the African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP of 18
July 2005 on the European Union civilian-military supporting
action to the African Union mission in the Darfur region of
Sudan (1), and in particular second subparagraph of Article 8(1)
in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on
thereof,
European Union,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

adopted Decision
On 11 July 2006 the Council
2006/486/CFSP concerning the implementation of Joint
Action 2005/557/CFSP on the European Union civilian-
military supporting action to the African Union mission
in the Darfur region of Sudan (2), which extended the
financing for its civilian component until 31 October
2006.

Pending transition of the African Union mission to a
United Nations (UN) operation in accordance with UN
Security Council Resolution 1706 (2006), the Council
in accordance with Article 2 of Decision
has,
in the light of the Decision
2006/486/CFSP, decided,
the African
by the Peace and Security Council of
the
Union of 20 September 2006,
European Union civilian-military supporting action to
the African Union mission in the Darfur
region of
Sudan until 31 December 2006.

to continue

As concerns the civilian component, the Council should
consequently decide on the financing of the continuation
of this supporting action. The financing should also as
necessary cover expenditure for a possible additional
transitional period preceding the hand-over
to the
United Nations.

The supporting action will be conducted in the context
of a situation which may deteriorate and could harm the
objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as
set out in Article 11 of the Treaty,

Article 1

The financial reference amount

1.
intended to cover the
expenditure related to the implementation of Section II of
Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP from 1 November 2006 shall be
EUR 1 785 000.

2.
The expenditure financed by the amount stipulated in
paragraph 1 shall be managed in accordance with the
European Community procedures and rules applicable to the
budget, with the exception that any pre-financing shall not
remain the property of
third
states shall be allowed to tender for contracts.

the Community. Nationals of

3.

The expenditure shall be eligible from 1 November 2006.

Article 2

An evaluation of the necessary transitional measures to be taken
after the end of the EU supporting action shall be undertaken
no later than 31 December 2006.

Article 3

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

Article 4

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

Done at Luxembourg, 17 October 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. TUOMIOJA

(1) OJ L 188, 20.7.2005, p. 46.
(2) OJ L 192, 13.7.2006, p. 30.