(1)

On 30 January 2006, the Council adopted Joint Action 2006/49/CFSP (1) appointing Mr Christian Schwarz-Schilling as the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(2)

On 7 February 2007, the Council adopted Joint Action 2007/87/CFSP (2) amending and extending, until 30 June 2007, the mandate of Mr Christian Schwarz-Schilling as the EUSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(3)

Mr Christian Schwarz-Schilling has informed the Secretary General/High Representative that he would not seek an extension of his mandate beyond 30 June 2007.

(4)

On the basis of a review of Joint Action 2007/87/CFSP, the mandate of the EUSR should be extended until 29 February 2008. A new EUSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina should therefore be appointed for the remaining period from 1 July 2007 until 29 February 2008.

(5)

The Secretary General/High Representative has recommended that Mr Miroslav Lajčák be appointed as the new EUSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(6)

Article 49(3) of the Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) provides that basic acts may notably take the form of a decision pursuant to Article 18(5) of the Treaty.

(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,