Date: 6-Dec-2024Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/3096 of 5 December 2024 amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP on the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia)
Executive Summary:
This Council Decision amends Decision 2012/389/CFSP, extending the EUCAP Somalia mission until 28 February 2027. It refines the mission's objectives to include advising, training, and equipping the Federal Somali Police Force and strengthening Somalia's maritime security capacity. The decision allocates a budget of EUR 110,240,125.06 for the period from 1 January 2025 to 28 February 2027.
Key Points / Main Content:
Mission Objectives:
* EUCAP Somalia will advise, train, and equip the Federal Somali Police Force to establish the rule of law in Somalia.
* The mission will assist Somalia in enhancing its maritime security capacity for effective maritime law enforcement.
Mission Tasks:
* Advise, train, and equip the Federal Somali Police Force, especially the Federal Darwish.
* Advise the Ministry of Internal Security on the legal framework for internal security and the Federal Police of Somalia.
* Advise Somali authorities on police functions and land/maritime synergies.
* Monitor the Somaliland and Puntland Maritime Police Forces.
* Transfer advising responsibilities for coastguard functions of the Somali Navy to EUTM Somalia by 31 December 2025.
* Provide training at the Djibouti Regional Training Centre upon invitation from the Republic of Djibouti.
Financial and Temporal Amendments:
* A financial reference amount of EUR 110,240,125.06 is allocated for EUCAP Somalia from 1 January 2025 to 28 February 2027.
* The period of application extends until 28 February 2027.
Impact Analysis:
Federal Somali Police Force:
* Impact: Will receive advice, training, and equipment to improve their capacity and contribute to the rule of law.
* Action Required: Engage with EUCAP Somalia to identify training needs and implement advised strategies.
Ministry of Internal Security:
* Impact: Will receive advice on developing and implementing the legal framework for internal security.
* Action Required: Collaborate with EUCAP Somalia to develop and implement necessary legal frameworks.
Somaliland and Puntland Maritime Police Forces:
* Impact: Their operations will be monitored by EUCAP Somalia.
* Action Required: Cooperate with EUCAP Somalia's monitoring activities.
Somali Navy:
* Impact: Coastguard function advisory role will transition to EUTM Somalia by 31 December 2025
* Action Required: Prepare for the transition of advisory responsibilities to EUTM Somalia and continue to engage with available maritime advisors.
Republic of Djibouti / Djibouti Coast Guard:
* Impact: May receive training support at the Djibouti Regional Training Centre.
* Action Required: Issue invitations to EUCAP Somalia for training support and coordinate training activities.
EUTM Somalia:
* Impact: Will take over advising responsibilities for coastguard functions of the Somali Navy by 31 December 2025.
* Action Required: Prepare to absorb and implement the advisory role for the Somali Navy's coastguard functions by the specified deadline.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
Somalia: A country in the Horn of Africa, the primary focus of the EUCAP Somalia mission.
EUCAP Somalia: The European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia, aimed at strengthening Somalia's maritime security capacity and contributing to the rule of law.
Federal Somali Police Force: The national police force of Somalia, which EUCAP Somalia is mandated to advise, train, and equip.
Horn of Africa: A peninsula and region in East Africa, where EUCAP NESTOR was initially focused.
Political and Security Committee: A committee within the European Union responsible for Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) matters.
Somaliland Maritime Police Force: The maritime police force of Somaliland, a self-declared independent state within Somalia, which EUCAP Somalia provides monitoring to.
Puntland Maritime Police Force: The maritime police force of Puntland, a Federal Member State of Somalia, which EUCAP Somalia provides monitoring to.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/3096 6.12.2024
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2024/3096
of 5 December 2024
amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP on the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia
(EUCAP Somalia)
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 16 July 2012, the Council adopted Decision 2012/389/CFSP (1), which established a European Union Mission on
Regional Maritime Capacity Building in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP NESTOR).
(2) On 12 December 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/2240 (2), which amended the Mission’s mandate
to focus it on capacity building in Somalia and changed its name to EUCAP Somalia.
(3) On 12 December 2022, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2022/2445 (3), which amended Deci-
sion 2012/389/CFSP and extended EUCAP Somalia until 31 December 2024.
(4) In the context of the Holistic and Coordinated Strategic Review of CSDP engagement in Somalia and the Horn of
Africa, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) agreed that EUCAP Somalia should be extended until 28 February
2027. Furthermore, the PSC agreed that EUCAP Somalia should contribute to advising, training and equipping the
Federal Somali Police Force to contribute to the gradual establishment of the rule of law in Somalia, and, in addition,
assist Somalia in strengthening its maritime security capacity in order to enable it to enforce maritime law more
effectively.
(5) Decision 2012/389/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2012/389/CFSP is amended as follows:
(1) Articles 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
Mission Statement
1. EUCAP Somalia shall contribute to advising, training and equipping the Federal Somali Police Force to contribute
to the gradual establishment of the rule of law in Somalia.
2. In addition, EUCAP Somalia shall assist Somalia in strengthening its maritime security capacity in order to enable
it to enforce maritime law more effectively.
(1) Council Decision 2012/389/CFSP of 16 July 2012 on the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia)
(OJ L 187, 17.7.2012, p. 40).
(2) Council Decision 2016/2240/CFSP of 12 December 2016 amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP on the European Union Mission on
Regional Maritime Capacity Building in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP NESTOR) (OJ L 337, 13.12.2016, p. 18).
(3) Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2445 of 12 December 2022 amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP on the European Union Capacity
Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) (OJ L 319, 13.12.2022, p. 91).
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Article 3
Tasks
1. In order to achieve the Mission Statement set out in Article 2, EUCAP Somalia shall:
(a) advise, train, and equip the Federal Somali Police Force, in particular the Federal Darwish;
(b) advise the Ministry of Internal Security on the development and implementation of the necessary legal framework
for the internal security architecture and the Federal Police of Somalia;
(c) advise Somali authorities on police functions and synergies between the land and maritime branches of the police
and other security sector actors;
(d) provide monitoring to the Somaliland Maritime Police Force and to the Puntland Maritime Police Force;
(e) gradually transfer to EUTM Somalia, and hand over by 31 December 2025, the responsibility to advise the Somali
Navy on coastguard functions, while continuing to make available maritime advisers on civilian and police related
coast guard functions.
2. In addition, upon invitation from the Republic of Djibouti, EUCAP Somalia shall, within its means and
capabilities, provide training in the Djibouti Regional Training Centre, notably to support the capacity-building efforts
of the Djibouti Coast Guard.’;
(2) in Article 13(1), the following subparagraph is added:
‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to EUCAP Somalia for the period from
1 January 2025 to 28 February 2027 shall be EUR 110 240 125,06.’;
(3) in Article 16, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘It shall apply until 28 February 2027.’.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 5 December 2024.
For the Council
The President
CSEPREGHY N.
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