Appointment of the EU Operation Commander
Article 1
Open ↗Joint Action 2008/851/CFSP is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 Appointment of the EU Operation Commander Vice Admiral Antonio MARTORELL LACAVE is hereby appointed to succeed Major General Charlie STICKLAND OBE RM as the EU Operation Commander from 29 March 2019 at 12.00 hours CET.’. (2) Article 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 Designation of the EU Operation Headquarters 1. The EU Operation Headquarters shall be located at Northwood, United Kingdom, until 29 March 2019 at 12.00 hours CET. 2. As from 29 March 2019 at 12.00 hours CET, the EU Operation Headquarters shall be located at Rota, Spain, with the exception of the Maritime Security Centre Horn of Africa (MSCHOA), which shall be located at Brest, France.’. (3) In Article 14, the following paragraph is added: ‘6. The financial reference amount for the common costs of the EU military operation for the period from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2020 shall be EUR 11 777 000. The percentage of the reference amount referred to in Article 25(1) of Decision (CFSP) 2015/528 shall be 0 %.’. (4) The following article is inserted: ‘Article 14 a Transitory financial arrangements 1. From 1 September 2018, expenditure incurred by the EU Operation Commander appointed in Article 3 and the EU Operation Headquarters designated in Article 4(2) shall be financed in accordance with Decision (CFSP) 2015/528. 2. The Council hereby authorises Spain and France to pre-finance common costs incurred pursuant to paragraph 1 and to seek reimbursement thereof in accordance with Article 27 of Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/528.’. (5) In Article 16, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. The EU operation shall terminate on 31 December 2020.’.