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Council Decision 2007/808/CFSP

of 6 December 2007

amending Decision 2006/807/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP of 14 November 2005 on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories [1], and in particular Article 14(2) thereof, in conjunction with the second indent of Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,

Whereas:

(1) On 14 November 2005 the Council adopted Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian territories for a period of three years. The operational phase of the Mission started on 1 January 2006.

(2) On 20 November 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/807/CFSP [2] establishing that the budget intended to cover the expenditure related to the mission from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007 was to be EUR 2800000.

(3) This budget should also cover the expenditure related to the mission from 1 January 2007 to 29 February 2008,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 1 of Decision 2006/807/CFSP should be replaced by the following:

"Article 1

1. The final budget intended to cover the expenditure related to the mission from 1 January 2007 to 29 February 2008 shall be EUR 2800000.

2. The budget of EUPOL COPPS for the period from 1 March 2008 to 31 December 2008 shall be decided by the Council before 29 February 2008.".

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2007.

For the Council

The President

A. Costa

[1] OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 65.

[2] OJ L 329, 25.11.2006, p. 76.

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