2001/328/CFSP: Council Decision of 24 April 2001 supplementing Decision 98/627/CFSP concerning a specific action of the European Union in the field of assistance for mine clearance

Council Decision
of 24 April 2001
supplementing Decision 98/627/CFSP concerning a specific action of the European Union in the field of assistance for mine clearance
(2001/328/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Joint Action 96/588/CFSP of 1 October 1996 on anti-personnel landmines(1), and in particular Article 8 thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1) The Council decided in Decision 98/627/CFSP(2) that the European Union should launch a specific action of the Union in the field of assistance for mine clearance.
(2) By Decision 98/628/CFSP(3) the Council requested the Western European Union (WEU) to implement this action.
(3) With a view to concluding the mission, an extension of the mission's financing will allow it to support the Croatian demining operations for 2001 and give it time to be gradually scaled down while completing its ongoing programmes and projects.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to provide additional financing to continue the implementation of Decision 98/627/CFSP until November 2001, the date at which the mission should be closed down,