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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/2919 28.11.2024
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2024/2919
of 20 November 2024
on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the
Mediterranean
(EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/6/2024)
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) Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 provides that, notwithstanding that period, the authorisation of the operation is to be
reconfirmed every four months and that the Political and Security Committee (PSC) 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 in the Operations Plan.
(3) On 20 March 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/653 (2), which extended EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
until 31 March 2025, subject to the same reconfirmation procedure.
(4) On 16 July 2024, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2024/1996 (3), which reconfirmed the prolongation of
EUNAVFOR MED IRINI for the fourteenth four-month sub-period, from 1 August 2024 to 30 November 2024.
(5) The Operation Commander provided monthly pull factor reports.
(6) The authorisation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI should be reconfirmed for the fifteenth 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 December 2024
to 31 March 2025.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2024.
For the Political and Security Committee
The President
D. PRONK
(1) OJ L 101, 1.4.2020, p. 4.
(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/653 of 20 March 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 on the European Union military
operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (OJ L 81, 21.3.2023, p. 27).
(3) Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2024/1996 of 16 July 2024 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the
European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/4/2024) (OJ L, 2024/
1996, 19.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1996/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/2919/oj 1/1