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Council Decision 2009/29/CFSP of 22 December 2008 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Somali Republic on the status of the European Union-led naval force in the Somali Republic in the framework of the EU military operation Atalanta

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Council Decision 2009/29/CFSP

of 22 December 2008

concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Somali Republic on the status of the European Union-led naval force in the Somali Republic in the framework of the EU military operation Atalanta

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 24 thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation from the Presidency,

Whereas:

(1) On 15 May 2008, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 1814 (2008) calling on States and regional organisations to take action to protect shipping involved in the transport and delivery of humanitarian aid to Somalia and in activities authorised by the United Nations.

(2) On 2 June 2008, the UNSC adopted Resolution 1816 (2008) authorising, for a period of six months from the date of the Resolution, States cooperating with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to enter the territorial waters of Somalia and to use, in a manner consistent with relevant international law, all necessary means to repress acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea. Those provisions were extended for an additional period of 12 months by UNSC Resolution 1846 (2008), adopted on 2 December 2008.

(3) On 10 November 2008, the Council adopted Joint Action 2008/851/CFSP on a European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast(1) (operation Atalanta).

(4) Article 11 of that Joint Action provides that the status of the EU-led forces and their personnel who are stationed on the land territory of third States, or operate in the territorial or internal waters of third States, shall be agreed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 of the Treaty.

(5) Following authorisation by the Council on 18 September 2007, in accordance with Article 24 of the Treaty, the Presidency, assisted by the SG/HR, negotiated an Agreement between the European Union and the Somali Republic on the status of the EU-led naval force in the Somali Republic.

(6) The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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