Article 1

Article 1 of Political and Security Committee Decision Atalanta/2/2009 is replaced by the following:

Article 1Third States’ contributions

Following the Force Generation and Manning Conferences and the recommendations by the EU Operation Commander and the European Union Military Committee, the contributions from Norway, Croatia, Montenegro, Ukraine and Serbia shall be accepted for the EU military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (Atalanta).

Article 2

The Annex to Political and Security Committee Decision Atalanta/3/2009 is replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2011.

For the Political and Security Committee

The Chairperson

O. Skoog