Date: 2022-03-31Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2022/512 of 23 March 2022 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/1/2022)
**Policy Summary: Political and Security Committee Decision CFSP 2022/512 regarding EUNAVFOR MED IRINI**
This decision, adopted by the Political and Security Committee on March 23, 2022, reconfirms and prolongs the authorization of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, from April 1, 2022, to July 31, 2022. This decision follows Council Decision CFSP 2020/472, which established the operation, and Council Decision CFSP 2021/542, which extended it until March 31, 2023, subject to four-month reconfirmations. The reconfirmation is based on the assessment of monthly pull factor reports provided by the Operation Commander, ensuring that the deployment of maritime assets does not create a pull effect on migration, as per the Operations Plan criteria. This decision enters into force on the date of its adoption.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
EUNAVFOR MED IRINI: A European Union military operation in the Mediterranean.
Mediterranean: A sea located between Europe, Asia, and Africa, where the EUNAVFOR MED IRINI military operation takes place.
Political and Security Committee: A committee within the European Union responsible for Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) matters.
Council Decision CFSP 2020/472: A Council Decision establishing and launching the EUNAVFOR MED IRINI operation.
Council Decision CFSP 2021/542: A Council Decision extending the EUNAVFOR MED IRINI operation until 31 March 2023.
Treaty on European Union: The treaty that forms the constitutional basis of the European Union.
Brussels: The capital of Belgium and a major center for European Union institutions, where the decision was made.
31.3.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 103/11
DECISIONS
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2022/512
of 23 March 2022
on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the
Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/1/2022)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 of 31 March 2020 on a European Union military operation in the
Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI)(1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 31 March 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/472, which established and launched a European
Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) for the period until 31 March 2021.
(2) Article 8(3) of Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 provides that, notwithstanding that period, the authorisation of the
operation is to be reconfirmed every 4 months and that the Political and Security Committee is to prolong the
operation unless the deployment of maritime assets of the operation produces a pull effect on migration on the
basis of substantiated evidence gathered according to the criteria set out in the Operations Plan.
(3) On 26 March 2021, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/542(2), extending the operation until 31 March
2023, subject to the same reconfirmation procedure.
(4) The Operation Commander provided monthly pull factor reports.
(5) The authorisation of the operation should be reconfirmed for the seventh four-month sub-period of its mandate and
the operation should be prolonged accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The authorisation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI is hereby reconfirmed and the operation is prolonged from 1 April 2022to
31 July 2022.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 23 March 2022.
For the Political and Security Committee
The Chairperson
D. PRONK
(1) OJ L 101, 1.4.2020, p. 4.
(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/542 of 26 March 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 on the European Union military operation
in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (OJ L 108, 29.3.2021, p. 57).