The Council of the European Union adopted on 12 August 2010 a decision extending the mandate of the European Union monitoring mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia) by twelve months until 14 September 2011. The main tasks of the Mission remain the same, focused on stabilisation, normalisation, confidence building as well as informing European policy and future Union engagement.

EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia) seeks to provide civilian monitoring of parties' actions, including full compliance with the six-point agreement and subsequent implementing measures throughout Georgia, working in close coordination with partners, particularly the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Mission will be consistent with other EU activity, in order to contribute to stabilisation,  normalisation and confidence building whilst also contributing to informing European policy in support of a durable political solution for Georgia.

The particular objectives of the Mission established in the Joint Action in 2008 will be focused on contributing to long-term stability throughout Georgia and the surrounding region, and in the short term, the stabilisation of the situation with a reduced risk of a resumption of hostilities, in full compliance with the six-point Agreement and the subsequent implementing measures. For that purpose, the elements of the EU-Georgia Agreement about EUMM status reached in 2008 will remain in force.

EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia) Tasks

1. Stabilisation: Monitor, analyse and report on the situation pertaining to the stabilisation process, centred on full compliance with the six-point Agreement, including troop withdrawals, and on freedom of movement and actions by spoilers, as well as on violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.
2. Normalisation: Monitor, analyse and report on the situation pertaining to the normalisation process of civil governance, focusing on rule of law, effective law enforcement structures and adequate public order. The Mission shall also monitor the security of transport links, energy infrastructures and utilities, as well as the political and security aspects of the return of internally displaced persons and refugees.
3. Confidence building: Contribute to the reduction of tensions through liaison, facilitation of contacts between parties and other confidence building measures.
4. Contribute to informing European policy and to future Union engagement.

In order to fulfil these tasks the Mission counts upon a structure with the Headquarters based in Tiflis, Field Offices in different locations in the country and the Support Element located within the General Secretariat of the Council in Brussels. Every six months a review of the Mission will be done, on the basis of a report by the Head of Mission and the General Secretariat of the Council.

The Decision, which has been adopted by the Council on 12 August 2010 and published in the OJEU on 13 August, entered into force the day of its adoption and will remain in force since 15 September 2010 until 14 September 2011.