Council Joint Action 2006/918/CFSP of 11 December 2006 amending and extending Joint Action 2006/304/CFSP on the establishment of an EU Planning Team (EUPT Kosovo) regarding a possible EU crisis management operation in the field of rule of law and possible other areas in Kosovo
Date: 2006-12-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Kosovo, common foreign and security policy, cooperation policy, international security, rule of law, the EU's international role

12.12.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 349/57

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

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2006/918/CFSP

of 11 December 2006

amending and extending Joint Action 2006/304/CFSP on the establishment of an EU Planning Team
(EUPT Kosovo) regarding a possible EU crisis management operation in the field of rule of law and
possible other areas in Kosovo

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

2. Article 2(5) shall be replaced by the following:

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

Whereas:

On 10 April 2006 the Council adopted Joint Action
2006/304/CFSP (1) establishing an EU Planning Team
(EUPT
EU crisis
management operation in the field of rule of law and
possible other areas in Kosovo. This Joint Action expires
on 31 December 2006.

regarding

Kosovo)

possible

a

(1)

(2)

actions

Proposing

to
services and premises and conclude

‘5.
Identifying the needs of the possible future EU crisis
required means of
management operation regarding its
support, including all equipment, services and premises and
drawing up related terms of reference or technical specifi-
required
cations.
equipment,
those
the possibility to take over
actions,
suitable equipment, premises and material
from available
sources, including UNMIK, where relevant, feasible and cost
efficient.
awarding
contracts shall be done where appropriate under suspensive
clause and/or framework contracts.

taking into account

tender procedures

Launching

procure

and

the

and Security
On 11 October 2006 the Political
Committee
be
recommended
extended and agreed that the mandate of EUPT Kosovo
should be adapted.

EUPT Kosovo

that

Recruiting personnel that would constitute the core of the
possible future ESDP crisis management operation, in view
of its rapid deployment.

Issuing a deployment plan for the future possible EU crisis
management operation.’

(3)

Joint Action 2006/304/CFSP should be extended and
amended accordingly,

3. Article 4(7) shall be deleted.

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

4. Article 9(1) shall be replaced by the following:

Article 1

Joint Action 2006/304/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

‘1.
The financial reference amount intended to cover the
expenditure related to EUPT Kosovo from 10 April 2006 to
31 December 2006 shall be EUR 3 005 000.

1. In Article 1(2), the first indent shall be replaced by the

following:

The financial reference amount intended to cover the expen-
diture related to EUPT Kosovo from 1 January 2007 to
31 May 2007 shall be EUR 10 545 000.’

‘— to take forward planning and take action to ensure a
smooth transition between selected tasks of UNMIK and
a possible EU crisis management operation in the field
of the rule of law and other areas that might be iden-
tified by the Council in the context of the future status
process;’.

(1) OJ L 112, 26.4.2006, p. 19.

5. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 9:

‘6.
In duly substantiated exceptional cases, notably in
relation with suppliers offering particularly advantageous
terms, the Commission may grant exceptions to the rules
of origin applicable to procurement.’

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6. Article 14 shall be replaced by the following:

Article 2

‘Article 14

Review

By 15 April 2007 the Council shall evaluate whether EUPT
Kosovo should be continued after 31 May 2007, taking into
account the necessity of a smooth transition to a possible EU
crisis management operation in Kosovo.’

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

its

Article 3

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

7. Article 15(2) shall be replaced by the following:

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2006.

‘2.
It shall expire on 31 May 2007 or on the date of the
launching of the EU crisis management operation, whichever
is earlier.’

For the Council
The President

E. TUOMIOJA