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Document 32023D2787

Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2787 of 8 December 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/732 in support of the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism for investigation of alleged use of chemical and biological or toxin weapons

ST/15730/2023/INIT

OJ L, 2023/2787, 11.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2787/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2787/oj

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2023/2787

11.12.2023

COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/2787

of 8 December 2023

amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/732 in support of the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism for investigation of alleged use of chemical and biological or toxin weapons

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1) and 31(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas

(1)

On 2 June 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/732 (1), which provided for a 36-month period, commencing on the date of the conclusion of the agreement referred to in Article 3(3) of that Decision, for the implementation of the projects referred to in Article 1 thereof (the ‘implementation period’).

(2)

The implementation period was to end on 14 December 2023.

(3)

On 22 September 2023, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), which is responsible for the technical implementation of the projects referred to in Article 1 of Decision (CFSP) 2020/732, requested a 13-month no-cost extension of the implementation period.

(4)

The extension of the implementation period until 14 January 2025 does not have any implication as regards financial resources.

(5)

Decision (CFSP) 2020/732 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 5 of Decision (CFSP) 2020/732, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.   This Decision shall expire on 14 January 2025.’

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2023.

For the Council

The President

N. CALVIÑO SANTAMARÍA


(1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/732 of 2 June 2020 in support of the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism for investigation of alleged use of chemical and biological or toxin weapons (OJ L 172 I, 3.6.2020, p. 5).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2787/oj

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