L 136/62 Official Journal of the European Union 24.5.2011 DECISIONS COUNCIL DECISION 2011/297/CFSP of 23 May 2011 amending Joint Action 2001/555/CFSP on the establishment of a European Union Satellite Centre THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 28 thereof, Whereas: (1) (4) Following the termination of the Modified Brussels Treaty of 1954 establishing the Western European Union (WEU), it is necessary to ensure, on behalf of the ten Member ~States participating in the WEU, the continuation of certain residual administrative tasks of the WEU after its closure on 30 June 2011, in particular the administration of WEU staff pensions and the WEU Social Plan, as well as the settlement of any disputes between the WEU and former staff. For this purpose, the necessary administrative tasks should be assumed by the European Union Satellite Centre, established by  Council Joint  Action 2001/555/CFSP (1), All expenditure related to the above-mentioned tasks should be met by contributions from the ten Member States parties to the Modified Brussels Treaty of 1954 establishing the WEU. Joint Action 2001/555/CFSP  should be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Council Joint Action 2001/555/CFSP is hereby amended as follows: 1) The following paragraph is added to Article 2: > ") ‘5. As from 1 July 2011, following the dissolution of the Western European Union (“WEU”), the Centre shall perform the administrative tasks set out in Article 23a.’ The following Article is inserted: ‘Article 23a Administrative tasks following the dissolution of the WEU 1. From 1 July 2011, the Centre shall, on behalf of Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom (here- OJ L 200, 25.7.2001, p. 5. inafter “the Ten Member States”), perform the following residual administrative tasks of the WEU: (a) the administration of the pensions of former staff of the WEU; (b) the administration of the WEU Social Plan; (¢) the administration of any disputes between the WEU and any member of its former staff and the implementation of the decisions of the competent Appeals Board; (d) assistance to the Ten Member States in relation to the liquidation of the WEU's assets. 2. The administration of the pensions of former staff of the WEU shall: (a) take place in accordance with the pension rules of the WELU, as in force on 30 June 2011. If necessary, these rules may be amended by the Board referred to in paragraph 6, within the framework of the pension rules of the Coordinated Organisations; (b) be managed by the Joint Pensions Administrative Section within the Coordinated Organisations (hereinafter “[PAS/ SCAP”). To this effect, the Centre shall, on behalf of the Ten Member States, conclude a memorandum of agreement by 30 June 2011. The WEU may also be a party to this memorandum of agreement. This memorandum of agreement shall be approved by the Board referred to in paragraph 6, and shall be signed by its chairperson. Any disputes relating to these pensions and involving former staff of the WEU shall be settled in accordance with paragraph 3. 3. Any disputes between the WEU and any of its former staff members shall be subject to the dispute settlement rules of the WEU as in force on 30 June 2011. The dispute settlement rules shall be updated by the Board referred to in paragraph 6 with a view to their implemen- tation as from 1 July 2011 in the framework of the Centre. The status of former WEU staff shall be governed by the WEU staff rules as in force on 30 June 2011, any applicable contracts, any other applicable WEU decision, and the WEU Social Plan.