Council Joint Action 2007/192/CFSP of 27 March 2007 amending Joint Action 2005/355/CFSP on the European Union mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Date: 2007-03-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, EU financing, common foreign and security policy, forces abroad, institutional structure, public safety, the EU's international role

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(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2007/192/CFSP

of 27 March 2007

amending Joint Action 2005/355/CFSP on the European Union mission to provide advice and
assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

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

Joint Action 2005/355/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 2 May 2005 the Council adopted Joint Action
2005/355/CFSP on the European Union mission to
provide advice and assistance for security sector reform
the Congo (DRC) (1)
in the Democratic Republic of
(EUSEC RD Congo Mission). The mandate of
the
mission runs until 30 June 2007.

The European Union's support for the Congolese autho-
rities in reforming the security sector in the DRC should
be reviewed in order to promote a global approach
which combines the various initiatives taken by the
the EUSEC RD Congo Mission.
Union,
Initially,
the Political and
Security Committee decided to step up the action taken
by the Mission,
in particular in the light of the needs
identified by the Head of Mission.

including
to prepare for that review,

1.

in Article 2, the following subparagraphs shall be added:

‘In addition,
the Head of Mission is authorised to have
recourse to financial contributions from Member States to
supervise and ensure, in coordination with the Commission,
the implementation of specific projects for the benefit of the
authorities of the DRC,
in the framework of the mission
defined in Article 1.

end,

enter

the Head of Mission shall

To this
into
arrangements with the Member States concerned. These
arrangements shall also cover the specific procedures for
dealing with any complaint from third parties concerning
damage caused as a result of acts or omissions by the
Head of Mission in the use of the funds provided by the
contributing Member States.

Under no circumstances may the European Union or the
Secretary-General/High Representative for Common Foreign
and Security Policy (SG/HR) be held liable by contributing
Member States as a result of acts or omissions by the Head
of Mission in the use of funds from those States.’;

2. points (a) and (b) of Article 3 shall be replaced by the

following:

(3)

Joint Action 2005/355/CFSP
accordingly,

should be

amended

(1) OJ L 112, 3.5.2005, p. 20. Joint Action as last amended by Joint

Action 2006/303/CFSP (OJ L 112, 26.4.2006, p. 18).

‘(a) an office in Kinshasa, composed of the Head of Mission
and staff not attached to the Congolese authorities,
including:

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— a unit responsible in particular for identifying and
supporting the specific projects financed or imple-
mented by the Member States,

— a team responsible for contributing to the reform of
the security sector conducted by the Congolese
administration at inter-ministerial level;

Article 2

The financial reference amount in Article 2 of Joint Action
2006/303/CFSP shall also cover expenditure relating to the
measures referred to in Article 1(2) of this Joint Action.

Article 3

(b) experts assigned,

inter alia, to the following key posts

within the Congolese administration:

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

its

— the private office of the Minister for Defence,

Article 4

— the combined general staff,

— the army general staff,

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

— the naval forces general staff,

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2007.

— the air force general staff, and

— provincial administrations under

Defence.’.

the Ministry of

For the Council
The President

P. STEINBRÜCK