Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/971Show full title

Article 4 U.K.

Council Decision 2010/96/CFSP(1) is amended as follows:

(1)

Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 are replaced by the following:

‘1. The Director of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) shall be EUTM Somalia mission commander.

2. Brigadier General Maurizio Morena is hereby appointed EU Mission Force Commander of EUTM Somalia.’.

(2)

Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 3 are replaced by the following:

‘1. The MPCC shall be the static command and control structure at the military strategic level outside the area of operations, which is responsible for the operational planning and conduct of EUTM Somalia.

2. The Mission Force Headquarters of EUTM Somalia shall be located in Mogadishu and shall operate under the command of the EU Mission Force Commander. It shall include a liaison office in Nairobi.

3. A support cell in Brussels of the Mission Force Headquarters shall be included in the MPCC until the MPCC has reached full operational capacity.’.

(3)

In Article 5(1), at the end of the fourth sentence, the words ‘the EU Mission Commander’ are replaced by:

‘the EU Mission Force Commander’.

(4)

In Article 5(3), the following words are inserted in the second sentence before the words ‘to its meetings’:

‘and the EU Mission Force Commander’.

(5)

In Article 6(2), the following words are inserted in the second sentence before the words ‘to its meetings’:

‘and the EU Mission Force Commander’.

(6)

Article 7(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2. Without prejudice to the chain of command, the EU Mission Force Commander shall receive local political guidance from the EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa coordinated with relevant Union delegations in the region.’.

(7)

In Article 8(2), the following words are inserted before the words ‘and the EUMC’:

‘in consultation with the EU Mission Force Commander,’.

(8)

In Article 11(5), the following words are added at the end of the sentence:

‘and/or to the EU Mission Force Commander.’.

(9)

In Article 13(2), the words ‘an EU Mission Commander’ are replaced by:

‘the EU Mission Force Commander’.

(1)

Council Decision 2010/96/CFSP of 15 February 2010 on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of Somali security forces (OJ L 44, 19.2.2010, p. 16).