32004E0087

Council Joint Action 2004/87/CFSP

of 26 January 2004

amending Joint Action 2003/681/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (EUPOL Proxima)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 29 September 2003, the Council adopted Joint Action 2003/681/CFSP(1), laying down, inter alia, financial arrangements, including the financing of per diems for 2003 out of the Community budget.

(2) Per diems for 2004 should be financed out of the Community budget.

(3) Joint Action 2003/681/CFSP should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Article 1

Article 10(1) of Joint Action 2003/681/CFSP shall be amended as follows:

1. in the first subparagraph, the following point shall be added:

"(d) a maximum of EUR 6,555 million for per diems of EUR 100 per person for 2004 to be financed out of the Community budget.";

2. the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following subparagraph:"The financing of per diems for 2003 and 2004 out of the Community budget does not prejudge their amount and the modalities of their financing for the following years.";

3. the third subparagraph shall be deleted.

Article 2

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

It shall be applicable from 1 January 2004.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2004.

For the Council

The President

B. Cowen

(1) OJ L 249, 1.10.2003, p. 66.