Article 1
This Decision is directed towards the continuation of European Union support for the activities carried out by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), pursuant to the General Framework Agreement for Peace.
97/224/CFSP: Council Decision of 24 March 1997 supplementing Joint Action 96/406/CFSP concerning action by the Union to support the electoral process in Bosnia and Herzegovina
97/224/CFSP: Council Decision of 24 March 1997 supplementing Joint Action 96/406/CFSP concerning action by the Union to support the electoral process in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Article 2
1. In respect of the local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the support referred to in Article 1 shall take the form of the provision of a contingent of EU supervisors to oversee the electoral process under the aegis of the OSCE, including a voter registration, polling and counting. 2. EU long-term supervisors shall stay in the region for a period of up to 220 days. EU medium-term supervisors shall stay in the region for a period of up to 70 days. EU short-term supervisors shall stay in the region for a period of 14 days.
Article 3
1. In order to cover the additional costs involved in realizing the activities mentioned in Article 2, a sum of ECU 5,5 million shall be charged to the general budget of the European Communities for 1997. 2. The costs incurred for the participation of the supervisors (e.g. per diem, subsistence costs, training costs, transport in the region and return travel costs to the areas concerned) shall be set off against the comprehensive amount charged to the general budget of the European Communities under Joint Action 96/406/CFSP. 3. The expenditure financed from the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be managed in compliance with the Community's budgetary procedures and rules.
Article 4
The Council shall review the implementation of this Decision.
Article 5
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Article 6
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 24 March 1997. For the Council The President H. VAN MIERLO (1) OJ No L 168, 6. 7. 1996, p. 1. Joint Action as amended by Decision 97/153/CFSP (OJ No L 63, 4. 3. 1997, p. 1).
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