Council of the European Union 22 March 2021, Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/509 of 22 March 2021 establishing a European Peace Facility, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2015/528

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TITLE I. ESTABLISHMENT AND STRUCTURE
CHAPTER 1. Establishment, scope, definitions and objectives
Article 1. Establishment and scope
Article 2. Financial ceiling
Article 3. Legal capacity and exemption from indirect taxes and customs duties
Article 4. Definitions
Article 5. Participation in decisions on and contribution to the financing of operations and assistance measures
Article 6. Initiative for operations and assistance measures to be funded under the Facility
Article 7. Legal basis for financing Union operations and assistance measures under the Facility
Article 8. Consistency of Union action
Article 9. Strategic priorities and orientation
CHAPTER 2. Organisational structure of the Facility
Article 10. Management bodies and staff
Article 11. Facility Committee
Article 12. Administrators
Article 13. Accounting officers
Article 14. General provisions applicable to the administrators, the accounting officers and staff
Article 15. Operation commanders
Article 16. Liability
TITLE II. BUDGET
CHAPTER 3. Principles and structure, amending budgets, transfers and carryovers of appropriations
Article 17. Budgetary principles
Article 18. Annual budget
Article 19. Amending budgets
Article 20. Transfers of appropriations
Article 21. Carry-over of appropriations
Article 22. Split commitments
Article 23. Recovery of funds
Article 24. Anticipated implementation
CHAPTER 4. Contributions
Article 25. Early forecasting
Article 26. Determination of contributions
Article 27. Contributions following an abstention
Article 28. Early financing
Article 29. Collection of contributions
Article 30. Management by the Facility of voluntary financial contributions
Article 31. Interest on late payment
CHAPTER 5. Implementation
Article 32. Principles
Article 33. Methods of implementation
Article 34. Bank accounts
Article 35. Procurement
Article 36. Grants
Article 37. Administrative arrangements to facilitate future procurement or mutual support
CHAPTER 6. Financial reports, accounts and audit
Article 38. Regular financial reports to the Committee
Article 39. Accounts
Article 40. General rules applicable to controls
Article 41. Internal auditing of the Facility
Article 42. External auditing of the Facility
Article 43. Presentation of annual accounts and budget outturn
TITLE III. SPECIFIC RULES APPLICABLE TO OPERATIONS
CHAPTER 7. Common costs and nation-borne costs
Article 44. Definition of common costs and periods for eligibility
Article 45. Exercises
Article 46. Reference amount for an operation
Article 47. Reimbursement of pre-financing
Article 48. Management by the Facility of expenditure not included in common costs (nation-borne costs)
Article 49. Management by the Facility of pre-financing and expenditure not included in common costs to facilitate the initial deployment of the forces to an operation
Article 50. Common costs incurred in preparation for, or further to, operations, or not linked directly to a specific operation
Article 51. Common costs during the active phase of an operation
CHAPTER 8. Management of funds and assets
Article 52. Final destination of equipment and infrastructure financed in common
Article 53. Joint signature of payments
Article 54. Accounting
Article 55. Auditing
TITLE IV. SPECIFIC RULES APPLICABLE TO ASSISTANCE MEASURES
CHAPTER 9. Objectives, principles and procedures for the adoption of assistance measures
Article 56. Objectives and principles
Article 57. Preparatory phase
Article 58. Urgent measures
Article 59. Assistance measures
Article 60. Implementation of an assistance measure by an operation
Article 61. Contracts with implementing actors
Article 62. Arrangements with beneficiaries
Article 63. Reporting and follow-up
Article 64. Suspension and termination of assistance measures
Article 65. Suspension and termination of contracts with implementing actors
CHAPTER 10. Controls on expenditure and assets financed under the Facility and entrusted to implementing actors
Article 66. Assessment of the capacity of implementing actors to implement expenditure financed under the Facility
Article 67. Standard provisions in contracts with implementing actors
Article 68. Additional provisions in contracts with implementing actors on the management of assets financed under the Facility and on sub-contracting
TITLE V. FINAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 11. Miscellaneous provisions
Article 69. Security rules for protecting classified information
Article 70. Protection of personal data
Article 71. Public access to documents
Article 72. Communication, information and visibility
Article 73. Transitional measures
CHAPTER 12. Repeal, review and entry into force
Article 74. Repeal of the Athena mechanism
Article 75. Review
Article 76. Entry into force
ANNEX I. ANNUAL FINANCIAL CEILINGS

24.3.2021

Official Journal of the European Union

L 102/14

COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2021/509

of 22 March 2021

establishing a European Peace Facility, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2015/528

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1), 41(2), 42(4) and 30(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the

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