Corrigendum to Council Joint Action 2006/998/CFSP of 21 December 2006 amending Joint Action 2001/555/CFSP on the establishment of a European Union Satellite Centre ( OJ L 405, 30.12.2006 )
Date: 2007-02-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU office or agency, European Union Satellite Centre, common foreign and security policy, cooperation policy, international organisation, satellite communications

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Corrigendum to Council Joint Action 2006/998/CFSP of 21 December 2006 amending Joint Action 2001/555/
CFSP on the establishment of a European Union Satellite Centre

(Official Journal of the European Union L 405 of 30 December 2006)

Joint Action 2006/998/CFSP should read as follows:

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2006/998/CFSP

of 21 December 2006

amending Joint Action 2001/555/CFSP on the establishment of a European Union Satellite Centre

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

European Union in the field of the CFSP, in particular of the
ESDP,
including European Union crisis management
operations, by providing, as appropriate, products resulting
from the analysis of satellite imagery and collateral data,
including aerial imagery, and related services, in accordance
with Articles 3 and 4.

Whereas:

(1) On 20 July 2001,

the Council adopted Joint Action
2001/555/CFSP on the establishment of a European Union
Satellite Centre (1).

(2) On 28 July 2006, the Secretary-General/High Representa-
tive, pursuant to Article 22 of that Joint Action presented a
report on the implementation of the Joint Action with a
view to its possible review.

(3) On 22 September 2006,

the Political and Security
Committee (PSC), in its role of exercising political super-
vision over the activities of the Centre, took note of that
report and recommended that the Council amend the Joint
Action as appropriate in the light of the report.

(4)

Joint Action 2001/555/CFSP should be amended accord-
ingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Article 1

Joint Action 2001/555/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

1.

Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Mission

1. The Centre shall,
in coherence with the European
Security Strategy (*), support the decision-making of the

(1) OJ L 200, 25.7.2001, p. 5.

In the framework of

2.
the Secretary-
General/High Representative, will, upon a corresponding
request and if the capacity of the Centre so allows, direct
the Centre to provide products or services to:

this mission,

(i)

a Member State or the Commission;

(ii)

third States having agreed to the provisions set out in
the Annex on the association with the Centre's
activities;

(iii)

the ESDP,

if the request is relevant in the field of the CFSP, in
particular of
international organisations
such as the United Nations (UN), the Organisation for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

(*) A Secure Europe in a Better World — the European
Security Strategy, approved by the European Council,
Brussels, 12 December 2003.’;

2.

Article 8(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2.
The Director shall appoint the Deputy Director of the
Centre after approval by the Board. The Deputy Director
shall be appointed for a period of three years, with the
possible extension of one three-year term. The Director
shall be responsible for recruiting all other staff of the
Centre.’;

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3.

Article 11 shall be replaced by the following:

7.

Article 17 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 11

Work programme

‘Article 17

Secondment

1. By 30 September each year the Director shall establish
a draft annual work programme for the following year
accompanied by a draft
long-term work programme
containing indicative perspectives for two additional years,
and shall submit it to the Board.

1.
In agreement with the Director, experts from Member
States and officials from European Union institutions or
agencies may be seconded to the Centre for a fixed period
either to posts within the Centre's organisational structure
and/or for specific tasks and projects.

2. By 30 November of each year, the Board shall approve
the annual and long-term work programme.’;

4.

Article 12(3) shall be replaced by the following:

The income of the Centre shall consist of contribu-
‘3.
tions from the Member States except Denmark according to
the gross national income (GNI) scale, payments made in
remuneration for services rendered and miscellaneous
income.’;

5.

Article 12(4) shall be replaced by the following:

‘4.
Task requests made in accordance with Article 2(2)
may be subject to cost recovery charges pursuant to the
guidelines laid down in the Centre's Financial Rules referred
to in Article 15.’;

6.

Article 13 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 13

Budgetary procedure

1. By 30 September each year, the Director shall submit
to the Board an annual draft budget for the Centre covering
administrative expenditure, operational expenditure and
expected income for the following financial year as well as
long-term indicative estimates on expenditure and income
in view of the draft long-term work programme.

2. By 30 November of each year, the Board shall approve
the annual budget of
the
representatives of Member States.

the Centre by unanimity of

staff,

seconded by the Member States,

In the event of a crisis, the Centre may be reinforced by
2.
specialist
the
Commission or the General Secretariat of the Council.
The need for, and the length of, such secondments shall be
determined by the Secretary-General/High Representative in
consultation with the Director of the Centre.

3. The provisions relating to secondment shall be adopted
by the Board on a proposal from the Director.

Staff members may be seconded for a fixed period in
4.
the interest of the service to a post outside the Centre, in
accordance with the provisions relating to the staff of the
Centre.’;

8.

The following Article shall be inserted:

‘Article 20a

Association of the Commission

The Commission shall be fully associated with the work of
the Centre. The Centre shall establish the necessary
administrative arrangements and working relations with
the Commission, with a view to maximising synergies and
avoiding unnecessary duplication by exchanging expertise
and advice in those areas where the activities of
the
Community have a bearing on the Centre's mission and
where the activities of the Centre are relevant to those of
the Community.’;

9.

Article 22 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 22

Reporting

3.
In the case of unavoidable, exceptional or unforeseen
circumstances, the Director may propose a draft amending
budget to the Board. The Board, with due regard to any
urgency, shall approve the amending budget by unanimity
of the representatives of the Member States.’;

By 31 July 2011, the Secretary-General/High Representative
shall present a report to the Council on the functioning of
if necessary, by appropriate
the Centre accompanied,
recommendations with a view to its further development.’;

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10. Articles 1(3),

the second sentence of Article 9(1) and
Articles 12(5) and 23(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) shall be deleted.

Article 3

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

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2006.

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

For the Council
The President
J. KORKEAOJA