Council Decision 2012/330/CFSP of 25 June 2012 amending Decision 2011/426/CFSP appointing the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Decision 2011/426/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 3(e) is replaced by the following:

   1. ensure the implementation of the Union’s efforts in the whole range of activities in the field of the rule of law, law enforcement and the security sector reform, promote overall Union coordination of, and give local political direction to, Union-led efforts in supporting police reform, the fight against organised crime, cross-border crime and corruption and, in this context, provide the HR and the Commission with assessments and advice as necessary;’;

2. Article 3(f) is deleted;

3. in Article 5(1) the following subparagraph is added:

   ‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mandate of the EUSR in the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 shall be EUR 5 250 000.’;

4. Article 10 is replaced by the following:

   In accordance with the Union’s policy on the security of personnel deployed outside the Union in an operational capacity under Title V of the Treaty, the EUSR shall take all reasonably practicable measures, in accordance with the EUSR’s mandate and the security situation in the geographical area of responsibility, for the security of all personnel under the direct authority of the EUSR, in particular by:

   1. establishing a mission-specific security plan based on guidance from the EEAS, providing for mission-specific physical, organisational and procedural security measures governing the management of the secure movement of personnel to, and within, the mission area and the management of security incidents, and providing for a contingency plan and a mission evacuation plan;

   2. ensuring that all personnel deployed outside the Union are covered by high risk insurance as required by the conditions in the mission area;

   3. ensuring that all members of the EUSR’s team to be deployed outside the Union, including locally contracted personnel, have received appropriate security training before or upon arriving in the mission area, based on the risk ratings assigned to the mission area by the EEAS;

   4. ensuring that all agreed recommendations made following regular security assessments are implemented, and providing the Council, the HR and the Commission with written reports on their implementation and on other security issues within the framework of the progress report and the report on the implementation of the mandate.’.

In accordance with the Union’s policy on the security of personnel deployed outside the Union in an operational capacity under Title V of the Treaty, the EUSR shall take all reasonably practicable measures, in accordance with the EUSR’s mandate and the security situation in the geographical area of responsibility, for the security of all personnel under the direct authority of the EUSR, in particular by:

1. establishing a mission-specific security plan based on guidance from the EEAS, providing for mission-specific physical, organisational and procedural security measures governing the management of the secure movement of personnel to, and within, the mission area and the management of security incidents, and providing for a contingency plan and a mission evacuation plan;

2. ensuring that all personnel deployed outside the Union are covered by high risk insurance as required by the conditions in the mission area;

3. ensuring that all members of the EUSR’s team to be deployed outside the Union, including locally contracted personnel, have received appropriate security training before or upon arriving in the mission area, based on the risk ratings assigned to the mission area by the EEAS;

4. ensuring that all agreed recommendations made following regular security assessments are implemented, and providing the Council, the HR and the Commission with written reports on their implementation and on other security issues within the framework of the progress report and the report on the implementation of the mandate.’.

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