Council Decision 2008/134/CFSP

of 18 February 2008

implementing Joint Action 2005/797/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 establishing a European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) for a period of three years. The operational phase of the EUPOL COPPS started on 1 January 2006.

(2) On 20 November 2006 the Council adopted Decision 2006/807/CFSP [2] establishing the final budget for EUPOL COPPS for the year 2007.

(3) On 6 December 2007 the Council adopted Decision 2007/808/CFSP, providing that the budget would also cover expenditure related to the Mission from 1 January 2007 to 29 February 2008.

(4) In accordance with Article 1(2) of Decision 2007/808/CFSP, the final budget of EUPOL COPPS for the period from 1 March 2008 to 31 December 2008 is to be decided by the Council before 29 February 2008,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) from 1 March 2008 to 31 December 2008 shall be EUR 5000000.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. Rupel

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

[2] OJ L 329, 25.11.2006, p. 76. Decision as amended by Decision 2007/808/CFSP (OJ L 323, 8.12.2007, p. 56).

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