Date: 2018-07-03Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/942 of 29 June 2018 amending Decision 2013/354/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)
**Policy Summary: Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/942 Regarding the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)**
This Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/942, adopted on June 29, 2018, amends Council Decision 2013/354/CFSP concerning the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS). The key amendment extends the mission for a further 12-month period, from July 1, 2018, until June 30, 2019. A financial reference amount of EUR 12,666,633 is allocated to cover the expenditure related to EUPOL COPPS during this extension period. The decision entered into force on the date of its adoption and is applicable from July 1, 2018. The extension is based on a strategic review of EUPOL COPPS and acknowledges that the mission will be conducted in a context that may deteriorate and impede the achievement of the Union's external action objectives.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Council Decision CFSP 2018/942: A Council Decision amending Decision 2013/354/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories EUPOL COPPS.
Decision 2013/354/CFSP: Council Decision on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories EUPOL COPPS.
EUPOL COPPS: The European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories.
Palestinian Territories: A geopolitical region commonly used to describe the territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: A role within the European Union responsible for the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
Council Decision CFSP 2017/1194: A Council Decision amending Decision 2013/354/CFSP and extending the EUPOL COPPS mission.
Brussels: The capital of Belgium, and the place where the decision was made.
3.7.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 166/17
DECISIONS
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2018/942
of 29 June 2018
amending Decision 2013/354/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian
Territories (EUPOL COPPS)
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 3 July 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/354/CFSP (1), which continued EUPOL COPPS as from
1 July 2013.
(2) On 4 July 2017, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/1194 (2) amending Decision 2013/354/CFSP and
extending it from 1 July 2017 until 30 June 2018.
(3) Following the Strategic Review of EUPOL COPPS, the Mission should be extended for a further period of
12 months, until 30 June 2019.
(4) Decision 2013/354/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) EUPOL COPPS will be conducted in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could impede the
achievement of the objectives of the Union's external action as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2013/354/CFSP is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 12(1), the following subparagraph is added:
‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to EUPOL COPPS for the period from
1 July 2018 until 30 June 2019 shall be EUR 12 666 633.’;
(2) in Article 15, the third paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘It shall expire on 30 June 2019.’.
(1) Council Decision 2013/354/CFSP of 3 July 2013 on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)
(OJ L 185, 4.7.2013, p. 12).
(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1194 of 4 July 2017 amending Decision 2013/354/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the
Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) (OJ L 172, 5.7.2017, p. 13).L 166/18 EN Official Journal of the European Union 3.7.2018
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall apply from 1 July 2018.
Done at Brussels, 29 June 2018.
For the Council
The President
E. ZAHARIEVA