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Document 32019D1591

Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2019/1591 of 19 September 2019 on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) (EUCAP Somalia/1/2019)

ST/11476/2019/INIT

OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 65–66 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, 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Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2020

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2019/1591/oj

27.9.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 248/65


POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2019/1591

of 19 September 2019

on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) (EUCAP Somalia/1/2019)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

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

Having regard to the Council Decision 2012/389/CFSP of 16 July 2012 on the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) (1), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Decision 2012/389/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) is authorised, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising the political control and strategic direction of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia), including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.

(2)

On 26 July 2016, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/1633 (2) appointing Ms Maria-Cristina STEPANESCU as Head of Mission of EUCAP Nestor, as EUCAP Somalia was originally named.

(3)

On 10 December 2018, Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1942 (3) extended the mandate of EUCAP Somalia until 31 December 2020.

(4)

On 18 December 2018, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/2062 (4) extending the mandate of Ms Maria-Cristina STEPANESCU as Head of Mission of EUCAP Somalia until 31 August 2019.

(5)

On 9 September 2019, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy proposed the appointment of Mr Christopher REYNOLDS as Head of Mission of EUCAP Somalia from 10 September 2019 to 31 December 2020,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mr Christopher REYNOLDS is hereby appointed as Head of Mission of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) from 10 September 2019 to 31 December 2020.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 10 September 2019.

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2019.

For the Political and Security Committee

The Chairperson

S. FROM-EMMESBERGER


(1)   OJ L 187, 17.7.2012, p. 40.

(2)  Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2016/1633 of 26 July 2016 on the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Mission on Regional Maritime Capacity Building in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP NESTOR) (EUCAP NESTOR/1/2016) (OJ L 243, 10.9.2016, p. 8).

(3)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1942 of 10 December 2018 extending and amending Decision 2012/389/CFSP on the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) (OJ L 314, 11.12.2018, p. 56).

(4)  Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2018/2062 of 18 December 2018 extending the mandate of the Head of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) (EUCAP Somalia/1/2018) (OJ L 329, 27.12.2018, p. 24).


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