(1)

On 18 June 2007, the Council adopted Decision 2007/427/CFSP (1) appointing Mr Miroslav LAJČÁK European Union Special Representative (EUSR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(2)

On 18 February 2008, the Council adopted Joint Action 2008/130/CFSP (2) extending the mandate of the EUSR until 28 February 2009.

(3)

On the basis of a review of Joint Action 2008/130/CFSP, the mandate of the EUSR should be extended for a further 12-month period.

(4)

By letter dated 26 January 2009, Mr LAJČÁK submitted his resignation. A new EUSR should therefore be appointed for the period from 1 March 2009 to 28 February 2010.

(5)

The Secretary General/High Representative (SG/HR) has recommended that Mr Valentin INZKO be appointed as the new EUSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(6)

The EUSR's mandate should be implemented in coordination with the Commission in order to ensure consistency with other relevant activities falling within Community competence.

(7)

The EUSR will implement his mandate in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could harm the Common Foreign and Security Policy objectives set out in Article 11 of the Treaty,

(a)

offer the EU's advice and facilitate the political process;

(b)

promote overall EU political coordination and contribute to the reinforcement of internal EU coordination and coherence in BiH, including through briefings to EU Heads of Mission and participation in, or representation at, their regular meetings; by chairing a coordination group composed of all EU actors present in the field with a view to coordinating the implementation aspects of the EU's action, and by providing them with guidance on relations with the BiH authorities;

(c)

promote overall EU coordination of, and give local political direction to, EU efforts in tackling organised crime, without prejudice to the leading role of the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in coordinating the policing aspects of such efforts and to the Althea (Eufor) military chain of command;

(d)

without prejudice to the military chain of command, offer the EU Force Commander political guidance on military issues with a local political dimension, in particular concerning sensitive operations, relations with local authorities and with the local media;

(e)

consult with the EU Force Commander before taking political action that may have an impact on the security situation;

(f)

ensure consistency and coherence of EU action towards the public; the EUSR spokesperson shall be the main EU point of contact for BiH media on Common Foreign and Security Policy/European Security and Defence Policy (CFSP/ESDP) issues;

(g)

maintain an overview of the whole range of activities in the field of the rule of law and, in this context, provide the Secretary General/High Representative (SG/HR) and the Commission with advice as necessary;

(h)

provide the Head of Mission of the EUPM with local political guidance; the EUSR and the Civilian Operation Commander shall consult each other as required;

(i)

as part of the broader approach to the rule of law taken by the international community and the BiH authorities and, drawing upon the EUPM's provision of technical policing expertise and assistance in this respect, support the preparation and implementation of police restructuring;

(j)

provide support for a reinforced and more effective BiH criminal justice/police interface, in close liaison with the EUPM;

(k)

consult with the Head of the EUPM before taking political action that may have an impact on the police and security situation;

(l)

as far as activities under Title VI of the Treaty, including Europol, and related Community activities are concerned, provide the SG/HR and the Commission with advice as necessary, and take part in the required local coordination;

(m)

with a view to coherence and possible synergies, continue to be consulted on priorities for the Instrument of Pre-accession Assistance;

(n)

support the planning for a reinforced EUSR office in the context of the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), including providing advice on public information aspects of the transition, in close coordination with the Commission;

(o)

contribute to the development and consolidation of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in BiH, in accordance with the EU human rights policy and EU Guidelines on human rights;

(p)

engage with relevant BiH authorities on their full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY);

(q)

provide political advice and facilitation in the process of constitutional reform;

(r)

without prejudice to the applicable chains of command, provide help to ensure that all EU instruments in the field are applied coherently to attain the EU's policy objectives.

(a)

establishing a mission-specific security plan based on guidance from the General Secretariat of the Council, including mission-specific physical, organisational and procedural security measures, governing management of the secure movement of personnel to, and within, the mission area, as well as management of security incidents and including a mission contingency and evacuation plan;

(b)

ensuring that all personnel deployed outside the EU are covered by high risk insurance as required by the conditions in the mission area;

(c)

ensuring that all members of his team to be deployed outside the EU, including locally contracted personnel, have received appropriate security training before or upon arriving in the mission area, based on the risk ratings assigned to the mission area by the General Secretariat of the Council;

(d)

ensuring that all agreed recommendations made following regular security assessments are implemented and providing the SG/HR, the Council and the Commission with written reports on their implementation and on other security issues within the framework of the mid-term and mandate implementation reports.