Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2022/105 of 19 January 2022 on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2021/1435 (EUTM RCA/1/2022)
Date: 2022-01-19
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: Central African Republic, EU military mission, appointment of members, military cooperation, military personnel, military training








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27.1.2022   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2022/105
of 19 January 2022
         
on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2021/1435 (EUTM RCA/1/2022)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 of 19 April 2016 on a European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) (1), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By means of Decision (CFSP) 2016/610, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC), in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty on European Union, to take the relevant decisions concerning the political control and strategic direction of EUTM RCA, including the decisions on the appointment of subsequent EU Mission Force Commanders.












(2)


On 26 August 2021, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/1435 (2) appointing Brigadier General Jacques LANGLADE DE MONTGROS as the EU Mission Force Commander of EUTM RCA.












(3)


On 27 October 2021, the Belgian Military authorities proposed the appointment of Brigadier General Jacky CABO to succeed Brigadier General Jacques LANGLADE DE MONTGROS as the EU Mission Force Commander of EUTM RCA as from 4 February 2022.












(4)


On 23 November 2021, the EU Military Committee agreed to recommend that PSC approve that proposal.












(5)


A decision on the appointment of Brigadier General Jacky CABO should be taken. Furthermore, Decision (CFSP) 2021/1435 should be repealed.












(6)


In accordance with Article 5 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark does not participate in the elaboration and the implementation of decisions and actions of the Union which have defence implications,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Brigadier General Jacky CABO is hereby appointed as the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) as from 4 February 2022.


Article 2
Decision (CFSP) 2021/1435 is hereby repealed as of 4 February 2022.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 19 January 2022.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

D. PRONK
            





(1)  
            OJ L 104, 20.4.2016, p. 21.

(2)  Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2021/1435 of 26 August 2021 on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1250 (EUTM RCA/1/2021) (OJ L 312, 3.9.2021, p. 1).