Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1302 of 26 June 2023 amending Decision 2013/354/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 42(4) and Article 43(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

On 3 July 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/354/CFSP⁽¹⁾, which continued EUPOL COPPS as from 1 July 2013.
On 27 June 2022, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2022/1018⁽²⁾ amending Decision 2013/354/CFSP and extending it from 1 July 2022 until 30 June 2023.
On 28 February 2023, in the context of the coordinated Strategic Review of EUBAM Rafah and EUPOL COPPS, the Political and Security Committee agreed that the two Missions should be extended until 30 June 2025, in the form of two extensions for one year each.
Taking into account information provided by Israel and the Palestinian Authority, at this stage, EUPOL COPPS should be extended by one year, until 30 June 2024.
Decision 2013/354/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly.
EUPOL COPPS will be conducted in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could impede the achievement of the objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2013/354/CFSP is amended as follows:

in Article 12(1), the following subparagraph is added:
‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to EUPOL COPPS for the period from 1 July 2023 until 30 June 2024 shall be EUR 11 360 000.’;
in Article 15, the third paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘It shall expire on 30 June 2024.’.

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2023.

Done at Luxembourg, 26 June 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. Borrell Fontelles