Translation of "chef des relations extérieures " (French → English) :

However, at Heads of State or Government level, apart from the relationships with our Member States, we have, in the Treaty of Lisbon, the President of the Council, who represents Europe in external policy and common security matters, and the Commission which, pursuant to Article 17, represents Europe in every other aspect of external relations.

B. whereas the EEAS is the consequence of three innovations introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon: the election of a non-rotating President of the European Council who is responsible for external representation of the Union at head of state or government level; the appointment by the European Council, with the agreement of the Commission President, of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who will be Vice-President of the Commission responsible for external relations ("the VP/HR"); and the explicit conferral of legal personality on the Union, designed to provide it with complete freedom of action a ...[+++]t international level,

B. whereas the EEAS is the consequence of three innovations introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon: the election of a non-rotating President of the European Council who is responsible for external representation of the Union at head of state or government level; the appointment by the European Council, with the agreement of the Commission President, of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who will be Vice-President of the Commission responsible for external relations ("the VP/HR"); and the explicit conferral of legal personality on the Union, designed to provide it with complete freedom of action at ...[+++] international level,

Summary code: Development / Sectoral development policies / Environment and management of natural resources / Energy Development / African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP) / Sectoral cooperation Enlargement / Ongoing enlargement / Instruments / Sectoral cooperation Enlargement / The stabilisation and association process: the Western Balkans / Sectoral cooperation Energy / Nuclear energy / Nuclear safety External relations / Eastern Europe and Central Asia / Sectoral cooperation External relations / Mediterranean partner countries / Sectoral cooperation External relations / Middle East / General framework External relations / Latin Ame ...[+++]rica / Sectoral cooperation External relations / Asia / Sectoral partnerships External relations / Industrialised countries / Relations with industrialised countries / Sectoral cooperation

4. Takes note of the briefing presented by the Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY, Carla Del Ponte, to the General Affairs and External Relations Council of the EU, meeting in Luxembourg on 15 October 2007; calls on Serbia to resolve the still open issues concerning full cooperation with the ICTY in connection with the forthcoming visit of Ms Del Ponte to Belgrade; calls on the Commission, once those issues have been resolved, to initial the SAA without further delay;

The heads of State or government decided to reduce the number of Council formations and to integrate all matters relating to the Union's external actions within the new General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC).