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31.5.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
143/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
COUNCIL DECISION 2011/318/CFSP
of 31 March 2011
on the signing and conclusion of the Framework Agreement between the United States of America
and the European Union on the participation of the United States of America in European Union
crisis management operations
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
United States of America in European Union crisis management
operations (the Agreement) is hereby approved on behalf of the
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
Union.
particular Article 37 thereof, and the Treaty on the Functioning
of the European Union, and in particular Article 218(5) and (6)
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
thereof,
Article 2
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of
the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR),
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to
Whereas:
bind the Union.
(1) Conditions
regarding
the
participation
of
third
States
in
Article 3
Union crisis management operations should be laid
The Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis as from
down in an agreement establishing a framework for
the date of signature thereof, pending the completion of the
such possible future participation, rather than defining
procedures for its conclusion (
those conditions on a case-by-case basis for each

1 ).
operation concerned.
Article 4
(2) Following
the
adoption
of
a
Decision
by
the
Council
on The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give
26 April 2010 authorising the opening of negotiations,
the notification provided for in Article 10(1) of the Agreement.
the HR negotiated a framework agreement between the
United States of America and the European Union on the
participation of the United States of America in European
Article 5
Union crisis management operations (the Agreement).
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
(3) The
Agreement
should
be
approved,
Done at Brussels, 31 March 2011.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the Council
The Framework Agreement between the United States of
The President
America and the European Union on the participation of the
VLNER P.
( 1 ) The date of signature of the Agreement will be published in the
Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the
Council.

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