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COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2007/517/CFSP

of 16 July 2007

amending and extending Joint Action 2006/623/CFSP on the establishment of a EU team to contribute to the preparations of the establishment of a possible international civilian mission in Kosovo, including a European Union Special Representative component (ICM/EUSR Preparation Team)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Whereas:

(1)	On 15 September 2006 the Council adopted Joint Action 2006/623/CFSP (1), which expires on 31 July 2007.

(2)

In the light of the Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement, dated 26 March 2007, which provides for an International Civilian Representative in Kosovo, who will also be a European Union Special Representative and who will be supported by an International Civilian Office (ICO) in Kosovo, including a European Union Special Representative component, the ICM/EUSR Preparation Team should be renamed ICO/EUSR Preparation Team.

(3)

The mandate of the ICM/EUSR Preparation Team should be amended and extended until 30 November 2007, or until 30 days after the adoption of a new United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) replacing UNSCR 1244 and endorsing the appointment of an International Civilian Representative, if such new UNSCR is adopted before 1 November 2007.

(4)	Joint Action 2006/623/CFSP should be amended and extended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Article 1

Joint Action 2006/623/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

1.	The references to the ‘international civilian mission’, ‘ICM’ and the ‘ICM/EUSR Preparation Team’ shall be read as references to the ‘International Civilian Office’, ‘ICO’ and the ‘ICO/EUSR Preparation Team’ respectively.

The following point shall be added to Article 2:

‘5.	working with the Kosovo authorities, UNMIK and other key international partners in planning for the transition of authority from UNMIK and in preparing for the implementation of the status settlement.’

3.	Article 4(1) shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. Mr Jonas Jonsson is hereby appointed Head of the ICO/EUSR Preparation Team.’

4.	The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 9(1): ‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the ICO/EUSR Preparation Team from 1 August 2007 to 30 November 2007 shall be EUR 1 875 000.’

5.	Article 14(2) shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. It shall expire on 30 November 2007, or 30 days after the adoption of an UNSCR replacing UNSCR 1244 and endorsing the appointment of an International Civilian Representative, if such new UNSCR is adopted before 1 November 2007.’

Article 2

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

Point 3 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 August 2007.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 16 July 2007.

For the Council

The President

J. SILVA

(1) OJ L 253, 16.9.2006, p. 29. Joint Action as extended by Joint Action 2007/203/CFSP (OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 94).