CELEX: 32020D0663
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/663 of 18 May 2020 amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP on the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia)

19.5.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 157/1
               
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2020/663
         of 18 May 2020
         amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP on the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia)
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 42(4) and Article 43(2) thereof,
         Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     On 16 July 2012, the Council adopted Decision 2012/389/CFSP (1) concerning the European Union Mission on Regional Maritime Capacity Building in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP NESTOR).
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     On 12 December 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/2240 (2), which amended the Mission’s mandate to focus it on capacity building in Somalia and changed the Mission’s name to EUCAP Somalia.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     On 10 December 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1942 (3) amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP to extend EUCAP Somalia and provide it with a financial reference amount for the period from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2020.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     On 4 February 2020, the Political and Security Committee amended the Operations Plan EUCAP Somalia and agreed that additional security measures should be provided for.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     Decision 2012/389/CFSP should be amended by increasing the financial reference amount,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            In Article 13(1) of Decision 2012/389/CFSP, the seventh subparagraph is replaced by the following:
            
               ‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to EUCAP Somalia for the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020 shall be EUR 71 189 005,32.’.
            
         
         
            Article 2
            This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
         
         
            Done at Brussels, 18 May 2020.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               G. GRLIĆ RADMAN
            
         
         
            (1)  Council Decision 2012/389/CFSP of 16 July 2012 on the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) (OJ L 187, 17.7.2012, p. 40).
         
            (2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/2240 of 12 December 2016 amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP on the European Union Mission on Regional Maritime Capacity Building in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP NESTOR) (OJ L 337, 13.12.2016, p. 18).
         
            (3)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1942 of 10 December 2018 extending and amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP on the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) (OJ L 314, 11.12.2018, p. 56).