Council Joint Action 2006/867/CFSP of 30 November 2006 extending and amending the mandate of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM)
Date: 2006-11-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Western Balkans, fact-finding mission, peacekeeping, the EU's international role

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Official Journal of the European Union

1.12.2006

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2006/867/CFSP

of 30 November 2006

extending and amending the mandate of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

Joint Action 2002/921/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

1. Article 2(2)(a) shall be replaced by the following:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

On 25 November 2002,
the Council adopted Joint
Action 2002/921/CFSP extending the mandate of the
European Union Monitoring Mission (1) (‘the EUMM’).

‘(a) monitor political and security developments in the area
of its responsibility, with a particular focus on Kosovo
and Serbia, and neighbouring regions that might be
affected by any adverse developments in Kosovo;’.

On 21 November 2005,
the Council adopted Joint
Action 2005/807/CFSP (2) extending the mandate of
the EUMM until 31 December 2006.

2. Article 3(3) shall be replaced by the following:

The EUMM should continue its activities in the Western
Balkans in the support of the European Union's policy
towards that region, with the principal focus on political
and security developments in Kosovo and Serbia, and
neighbouring areas
that might be affected by any
adverse developments in Kosovo.

The EUMM presence in Albania should end by the end of
2006.

The presence of the EUMM in Montenegro should be
reduced to 2 monitors by the end of 2006 and its
presence in Montenegro should end by mid 2007.

The entire EUMM should close down by the end of
2007, and the Council Secretariat should present a full
report on the implementation of the EUMM exit strategy
by mid 2007.

‘3.
The Secretary-General/High Representative shall ensure
that
the EUMM functions flexibly and in a streamlined
manner. In that context, he shall regularly re-examine the
functions and the geographical
territory covered by the
EUMM so as to continue to adapt the internal organisation
of the EUMM to the priorities of the Union in the Western
Balkans. The Commission shall be fully associated. In view of
the agreed closure of the entire EUMM by the end of 2007, a
full report on the implementation of the EUMM exit strategy
shall be presented by mid 2007.’.

3. The second paragraph of Article 8 shall be replaced by the

following:

‘It shall apply until 31 December 2007.’.

(7)

The mandate of the EUMM should therefore be extended
and amended accordingly,

Article 3

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Article 1

The mandate of
in Joint Action
2002/921/CFSP, is hereby extended until 31 December 2007.

the EUMM, as

set out

The financial reference amount intended to cover the expen-
diture related to the EUMM between 1 January 2007 and 31
December 2007 shall be EUR 2 318 000. This amount shall
also cover expenditure relating to the closing-down of
the
EUMM.

Article 4

(1) OJ L 321, 26.11.2002, p. 51.
(2) OJ L 303, 22.11.2005, p. 61.

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

its

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

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 30 November 2006.

For the Council
The President

L. HYSSÄLÄ