Article 1 
Mr Javier Solana Madariaga is hereby appointed Secretary-General, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, of the Council of the European Union for a period of five years with effect from 18 October 1999. Article 2 Council Decision 1999/543/EC, ECSC, Euratom of 29 July 1999 shall be amended insofar as it runs counter to this Decision. Article 3 This Decision shall be notified to Mr Javier Solana Madariaga and to Mr Jürgen Trumpf by the President of the Council. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 13 September 1999. For the Council The President T. HALONEN (1) OJ L 209, 7.8.1999, p. 28.
Article 2 
Council Decision 1999/543/EC, ECSC, Euratom of 29 July 1999 shall be amended insofar as it runs counter to this Decision. Article 3 This Decision shall be notified to Mr Javier Solana Madariaga and to Mr Jürgen Trumpf by the President of the Council. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 13 September 1999. For the Council The President T. HALONEN (1) OJ L 209, 7.8.1999, p. 28.
Article 3 
This Decision shall be notified to Mr Javier Solana Madariaga and to Mr Jürgen Trumpf by the President of the Council. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 13 September 1999. For the Council The President T. HALONEN (1) OJ L 209, 7.8.1999, p. 28.