Date: 2023-09-27Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2063 of 25 September 2023 amending Decision 2013/233/CFSP on the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya)
**Summary:**
Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2063, adopted on September 25, 2023, amends Decision 2013/233/CFSP regarding the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya). This decision provides EUBAM Libya with a financial reference amount of EUR 53,442,350.13 to cover its expenditures from October 1, 2023, until June 30, 2025. The original decision establishing EUBAM Libya was adopted on May 22, 2013. This amending decision enters into force on the date of its adoption and applies from October 1, 2023.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: An economic and political union of European countries.
Libya: Country in North Africa, location of the EUBAM mission.
EUBAM Libya: European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya.
Council Decision CFSP 2023/2063: Council Decision amending Decision 2013/233/CFSP on EUBAM Libya.
Decision 2013/233/CFSP: Council Decision establishing the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya EUBAM Libya.
Council Decision CFSP 2023/1305: Council Decision amending Decision 2013/233/CFSP, adapting and extending the mandate of EUBAM Libya until 30 June 2025.
Treaty on European Union: The treaty that forms the constitutional basis of the European Union.
Brussels: City in Belgium, where the Council Decision was done.
27.9.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 238/121
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/2063
of 25 September 2023
amending Decision 2013/233/CFSP on the European Union Integrated Border Management
Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 42(4) and 43(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/233/CFSP(1), establishing the European Union Integrated
Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya).
(2) On 26 June 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/1305(2)which adapted and extended until 30 June
2025the mandate of EUBAM Libya. That Decision also provided EUBAM Libya with a financial reference amount
until 30 September 2023.
(3) EUBAM Libya should be provided with a financial reference amount for the period from 1 October 2023 until
30 June 2025.
(4) Decision 2013/233/CFSP should be amended accordingly.
(5) EUBAM Libya 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
In Article 13(1) of Decision 2013/233/CFSP, the last subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure of EUBAM Libya from 1 October 2023
until 30 June 2025shall be EUR 53 442 350,13.’.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall apply from 1 October 2023.
Done at Brussels, 25 September 2023.
For the Council
The President
H. GÓMEZ HERNÁNDEZ
(1) Council Decision 2013/233/CFSP of 22 May 2013 on the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya
(EUBAM Libya) (OJ L 138, 24.5.2013, p. 15).
(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1305 of 26 June 2023 amending Decision 2013/233/CFSP on the European Union Integrated Border
Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya) (OJ L 161, 27.6.2023, p. 68).