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Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/653 of 26 April 2018 on the establishment of a warehouse capability for civilian crisis-management missions
Consolidated text: Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/653 of 26 April 2018 on the establishment of a warehouse capability for civilian crisis-management missions
Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/653 of 26 April 2018 on the establishment of a warehouse capability for civilian crisis-management missions
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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2018/653 of 26 April 2018 on the establishment of a warehouse capability for civilian crisis-management missions (OJ L 108 27.4.2018, p. 22) |
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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2018/653
of 26 April 2018
on the establishment of a warehouse capability for civilian crisis-management missions
Article 1
Objectives
Article 2
Establishment of a warehouse capability
For the purposes set out in Article 1, a warehouse capability shall be established. It shall perform the following functions:
acquire, store, maintain and replenish a strategic stock of key equipment and assets, as identified in the Annex;
acquire, store, maintain and make available new and used items of key equipment and assets and provide support services, as identified in the Annex, for civilian CSDP missions, including items recovered from other such missions.
Article 3
Implementation
Article 4
Financial arrangements
The agreement referred to in paragraph 3 shall provide, inter alia, that:
the equipment and assets referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 2(1) and in Article 2(2) are to be purchased by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency on its own behalf and in accordance with its own procurement rules;
the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is to make available equipment and assets without any cost to civilian CSDP missions, and take them back as appropriate;
before the agreement expires, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is to donate all the equipment and assets stored by it to the Commission or to any other entity designated by the Commission.
Article 5
Reporting
Article 6
Review
18 months after the date of conclusion of the agreement referred to in Article 4(3), the Council shall review the financial reference amount referred to in Article 4(1) as regards the amount deemed necessary to meet requests by civilian CSDP missions, for items of equipment and assets in addition to the quantity of items stored in the strategic stock, in order to ensure that the financial reference amount takes due account of the evolving needs of such missions. The review shall also take into account the evolving needs of other operational action of the Union and of EUSRs.
Article 7
Entry into force and expiry
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. It shall expire 54 months after the date of conclusion of the agreement referred to in Article 4(3).
Article 8
Repeal
Decision 2012/698/CFSP is hereby repealed.
ANNEX
KEY EQUIPMENT AND ASSETS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE WAREHOUSE CAPABILITY OPERATOR
The strategic stock comprises the key equipment and assets needed to deploy a civilian CSDP mission of up to 200 staff to any area of operation within 30 days.
The key equipment and assets are as follows:
SUPPORT SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE WAREHOUSE CAPABILITY OPERATOR