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Document 32023D0615

Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2023/615 of 14 March 2023 on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of Somali security forces (EUTM Somalia) and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2022/170 (EUTM Somalia/1/2023)

ST/7215/2023/INIT

OJ L 80, 20.3.2023, p. 94–95 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 10/07/2024; Repealed by 32024D1908

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/615/oj

20.3.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 80/94


POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2023/615

of 14 March 2023

on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of Somali security forces (EUTM Somalia) and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2022/170 (EUTM Somalia/1/2023)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2010/96/CFSP of 15 February 2010 on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of Somali security forces (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Decision 2010/96/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC), in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty on European Union, to take the relevant decisions concerning the political control and strategic direction of the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of Somali security forces (EUTM Somalia), including decisions on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander.

(2)

On 8 February 2022, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2022/170 (2) appointing Brigadier General Roberto VIGLIETTA as the EU Mission Force Commander of EUTM Somalia.

(3)

On 29 November 2022, the Italian military authorities proposed the appointment of Brigadier General Fulvio POLI to succeed Brigadier General Roberto VIGLIETTA as the EU Mission Force Commander of EUTM Somalia.

(4)

On 9 December 2022, the European Union Military Committee agreed to recommend that the PSC appoint Brigadier General Fulvio POLI as the EU Mission Force Commander of EUTM Somalia.

(5)

A decision on the appointment of Brigadier General Fulvio POLI should be taken and Decision (CFSP) 2022/170 should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Brigadier General Fulvio POLI is hereby appointed as the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of Somali security forces (EUTM Somalia) from 23 March 2023.

Article 2

Decision (CFSP) 2022/170 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 23 March 2023.

Done at Brussels, 14 March 2023.

For the Political and Security Committee

The Chairperson

D. PRONK


(1)   OJ L 44, 19.2.2010, p. 16.

(2)  Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2022/170 of 8 February 2022 on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander of the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of Somali security forces (EUTM Somalia) and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1072 (EUTM Somalia/1/2022) (OJ L 28, 9.2.2022, p. 17).


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