Council Joint Action 2007/520/CFSP of 23 July 2007 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: 2007-07-23
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

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III

(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2007/520/CFSP

of 23 July 2007

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

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

Article 1

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

Whereas:

1.

in point (5) of Article 2, the second subparagraph shall be
replaced by the following:

(1)

On 10 April 2006, the Council adopted Joint Action
2006/304/CFSP (1), which expires on 1 September 2007.

‘Recruiting and training personnel, as necessary before the
adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a new
Resolution replacing UNSCR 1244, who would constitute
the core of
the possible future ESDP crisis management
operation, in view of its rapid deployment.’;

(2)

(3)

On 29 June 2007, the Political and Security Committee
recommended that the EU Planning Team (EUPT Kosovo)
should
until
be
30 November 2007.

extended

further

period

for

a

2. Article 14 shall be replaced by the following:

The EUPT Kosovo should be able to recruit and train
the possible future
core personnel as necessary for
European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) crisis
management operation before the adoption of a new
United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR)
replacing UNSCR 1244.

‘Article 14

Review

By 30 September 2007 the Council shall evaluate whether
EUPT Kosovo should be continued after 30 November 2007,
taking into account the necessity of a smooth transition to a
possible EU crisis management operation in Kosovo.’;

(4)

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

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

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

Joint Action as last amended and
extended by Joint Action 2007/334/CFSP (OJ L 125, 15.5.2007,
p. 29).

‘2.

It shall expire on 30 November 2007’.

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Article 2

Article 4

The financial reference amount referred to in the second sub-
paragraph of Article 9(1) of Joint Action 2006/304/CFSP as
increased in Article 2 of
Joint Action 2007/334/CFSP shall
cover the expenditure related to the period from 1 January
2007 to 30 November 2007.

Article 3

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

its

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

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2007.

For the Council
The President

L. AMADO