Council Joint Action 2006/913/CFSP of 7 December 2006 amending and extending Joint Action 2004/847/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission in Kinshasa (DRC) regarding the Integrated Police Unit (EUPOL Kinshasa ) Extension into 2007
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, election, peacekeeping, police cooperation, the EU's international role

9.12.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 346/67

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

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2006/913/CFSP

of 7 December 2006

amending and extending Joint Action 2004/847/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission in
Kinshasa (DRC) regarding the Integrated Police Unit (EUPOL ‘Kinshasa’)

Extension into 2007

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

This Joint Action should be revised, if necessary, once the
Council has decided on future EU actions in the field of
Security Sector Reform in the Democratic Republic of
Congo,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and,
in
particular Article 14 and Article 25, third subparagraph, thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

On 9 December 2004, the Council adopted Joint Action
2004/847/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission
in Kinshasa (DRC) regarding the Integrated Police Unit
(EUPOL ‘Kinshasa’) (1).

the Council

By Joint Action 2005/822/CFSP of 21 November
2005 (2),
amended and extended the
mandate of EUPOL ‘Kinshasa’ for a first phase until 30
April 2006. By Joint Action 2006/300/CFSP of 21 April
2006, the Council amended and extended the mandate
of EUPOL ‘Kinshasa’ until 31 December 2006 (3), which
notably provided for a temporary reinforcement of
EUPOL ‘Kinshasa’ during the electoral process in the
DRC.

On 30 November 2006,
the Council adopted Joint
Action 2006/868/CFSP, which extended the temporary
reinforcement of EUPOL ‘Kinshasa’ until 31 December
2006.

The overall mandate of EUPOL ‘Kinshasa’ should be
adapted and extended for a further period of
six
months, and the temporary reinforcement should be
extended for a further period of three months.

(1) OJ L 367, 14.12.2004, p. 30. Joint Action as last amended by Joint

Action 2006/868/CFSP (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 50).

(2) OJ L 305, 24.11.2005, p. 44.
(3) OJ L 111, 25.4.2006, p. 12.

Joint Action 2004/847/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1(3) shall be replaced by the following:

EUPOL “Kinshasa”

‘3.
shall be temporarily reinforced
during the electoral process and in the immediate period
thereafter
in
accordance with the provisions set out in Article 3. This
reinforcement shall end on 31 March 2007 at the latest.’.

in the Democratic Republic of Congo,

2. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

Mission Statement

The European Union shall conduct a police mission in
Kinshasa (DRC)
in order to monitor, mentor and advise
the setting up and the initial running of the IPU in order
to ensure that the IPU acts following the training received in
the Academy Centre and according to international best
practices in this field. These actions shall be focused on
the IPU chain of command to enhance the management
capability of the IPU and to monitor, mentor and advise
the operational Units in the execution of its tasks.

EUPOL “Kinshasa” shall continue to monitor, mentor and
the IPU, and shall help
advise on the development of
ensure the proper integration of the IPU in the National
Congolese Police
also
strengthen its advising capacity to the Congolese police
with a view to facilitating the Security Sector Reform
process in the DRC together with EUSEC RD CONGO.

(PNC). EUPOL “Kinshasa”

shall

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For the purposes of the temporary reinforcement of EUPOL
“Kinshasa” during the electoral process, EUPOL “Kinshasa”
shall establish, as an integral part of EUPOL “Kinshasa” and
under the overall security framework for the elections, a
police coordination support element in order to ensure an
enhanced and coordinated response of
the PNC crowd
control units in Kinshasa,
in case of disturbances during
the electoral period, with particular focus on the election
of
the DRC president. The area of responsibility
shall be limited to Kinshasa. The police coordination
support element, as part of EUPOL “Kinshasa”, shall not
have executive powers.

the of

For the purpose of the temporary reinforcement of EUPOL
“Kinshasa” during the electoral process, EUPOL “Kinshasa”
shall be authorised to use dedicated bilateral financial contri-
butions in order to procure additional equipment for PNC
crowd control units in Kinshasa.’.

3. Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

Structure of the Mission

The Mission will be composed of a Headquarter (HQ) and
police monitors. The HQ will consist of the office of the
Head of the Mission and an administration support branch.
All
IPU monitors, mentors and advisors, as well as the
trainers, will be co-located in the IPU operational base.

For the purposes of the temporary reinforcement of EUPOL
“Kinshasa” during the electoral process, EUPOL “Kinshasa”

will include a dedicated coordination element in charge of
the specific tasks assigned to the mission during this period’.

4. In Article 14 subparagraph two shall be replaced by the

following:

‘It shall expire on 30 June 2007’.

Article 2

The financial reference amount intended to cover the expen-
diture related to the mission for the period from 1 January
2007 until 30 June 2007 shall be a maximum amount of
EUR 2 075 000.

Article 3

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

its

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 7 December 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. TUOMIOJA