Article 6
- (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 RCA mission commander.
2.
Brigadier General Herman Ruys is hereby appointed EU Mission Force Commander of EUTM RCA.’.
- (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 RCA.
2.
The Mission Force Headquarters of EUTM RCA shall be located in Bangui and shall operate under the command of the 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.’.
- (3)
In Article 5(1), in the fourth sentence, the words ‘the EU Mission Commanders’ are replaced by:
‘the EU Mission Force Commanders’.
- (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 Head of the Union Delegation to the Central African Republic.’.
- (7)
In Article 7(4), the words ‘EU Mission Commander’ are replaced by:
‘EU Mission Force Commander’.
- (8)
In Article 8(2), the following words are inserted before the words ‘and the EUMC’:
‘in consultation with the EU Mission Force Commander,’.
- (9)
In Article 12(5), the following words are added at the end of the sentence:
‘and/or to the EU Mission Force Commander.’.