Council Decision 2013/34/CFSP(1) is amended as follows:
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 Mali mission commander.
2.Brigadier General Peter Devogelaere is hereby appointed EU Mission Force Commander of EUTM Mali.’.
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 Mali.
2.The Mission Force Headquarters of EUTM Mali shall be located in Mali and shall operate under the command of the EU Mission Force Commander.
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.’.
In Article 5(1), at the end of the fourth sentence, the words ‘EU Mission Commanders’ are replaced by:
‘EU Mission Force Commanders’.
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’.
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’.
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 European Union Special Representative for the Sahel coordinated with the Head of the Union Delegation in Bamako.’.
In Article 8(2), the following words are inserted before the words ‘and the EUMC’:
‘in consultation with the EU Mission Force Commander,’.
In Article 11(5), the following words are added at the end of the sentence:
‘and/or to the EU Mission Force Commander.’.
Council Decision 2013/34/CFSP of 17 January 2013 on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali) (OJ L 14, 18.1.2013, p. 19).