Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797

of 19 November 2018

amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 46(6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 of 11 December 2017 establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) and determining the list of participating Member States1,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)

On 11 December 2017 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315.

(2)

Point (e) of Article 4(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 provides that the Council is to establish the list of projects to be developed under permanent structured cooperation (PESCO), reflecting both support for capability development and the provision of substantial support within means and capabilities to common security and defence policy (CSDP) operations and missions.

(3)
On 6 March 2018 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO2.
(4)
On 6 March 2018 the Council adopted a Recommendation concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO3 (‘the Recommendation’).
(5)

Paragraph 9 of the Recommendation specified that the Council should update the list of PESCO projects by November 2018 to include the next set of projects, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 5 of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315, which provides in particular that the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (‘the High Representative’) may make a recommendation concerning the identification and evaluation of PESCO projects, on the basis of assessments provided by the PESCO secretariat, for the Council to take a decision, following military advice by the Military Committee of the European Union (EUMC).

(6)
On 25 June 2018 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects4.
(7)

On 11 October 2018 the High Representative made a recommendation to the Council concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.

(8)

On 13 November 2018 the Political and Security Committee agreed on the recommendations contained in the EUMC military advice on the High Representative's recommendation concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.

(9)

The Council should therefore amend and update Decision (CFSP) 2018/340,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    in Article 1, the following projects are added to the list:

    1. ‘18.

      Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)

    2. 19.

      Joint EU Intelligence School

    3. 20.

      EU Test and Evaluation Centres

    4. 21.

      Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)

    5. 22.

      EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems

    6. 23.

      Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (Divepack)

    7. 24.

      European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System — European MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)

    8. 25.

      European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III

    9. 26.

      Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)

    10. 27.

      European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) — Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability

    11. 28.

      One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) — (SOCC) for SJO

    12. 29.

      Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Cooperation

    13. 30.

      Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)

    14. 31.

      Co-basing

    15. 32.

      Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)

    16. 33.

      EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)

    17. 34.

      European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)’;

  2. (2)

    Article 2 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Article 2

    The list of the project members of each individual project shall be as set out in Annex I.’;

  3. (3)

    the following Article is inserted:

    ‘Article 2a

    For information purposes, the consolidated updated list of the project members of each individual project appears in Annex II.’;

  4. (4)

    the Annex is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      it is renumbered as ‘Annex I’;

    2. (b)

      the entries set out in Annex I to this Decision are added to the table;

  5. (5)

    the text appearing in Annex II to this Decision is added as Annex II.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 19 November 2018.

For the Council

The President

F. Mogherini

ANNEX I

Project

Project members

‘18.

Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)

Greece, Italy, Romania

19.

Joint EU Intelligence School

Greece, Cyprus

20.

EU Test and Evaluation Centres

France, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia

21.

Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)

Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Spain, France, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Finland

22.

EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems

France, Belgium, Cyprus

23.

Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (Divepack)

Bulgaria, Greece, France

24.

European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System — European MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)

Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy

25.

European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III

France, Germany, Spain

26.

Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)

Italy, Czechia

27.

European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) — Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability

Italy, France

28.

One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) — (SOCC) for SJO

Greece, Cyprus

29.

Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Cooperation

Czechia, Germany

30.

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)

Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia

31.

Co-basing

France, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands

32.

Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)

Germany, Greece, France, Romania

33.

EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)

France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy

34.

European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)

Italy, France’

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX IICONSOLIDATED UPDATED LIST OF THE PROJECT MEMBERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Project

Project members

1.

European Medical Command

Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden

2.

European Secure Software defined Radio (ESSOR)

France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Finland

3.

Network of logistic Hubs in Europe and support to Operations

Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia

4.

Military Mobility

Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden

5.

European Union Training Mission Competence Centre (EU TMCC)

Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Romania, Sweden

6.

European Training Certification Centre for European Armies

Italy, Greece

7.

Energy Operational Function (EOF)

France, Belgium, Spain, Italy

8.

Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package

Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria

9.

Maritime (semi-) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM)

Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania

10.

Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO)

Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal

11.

Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance

Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus

12.

Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform

Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Austria, Portugal

13.

Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security

Lithuania, Estonia, Spain, France, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Finland

14.

Strategic Command and Control (C2) System for CSDP Missions and Operations

Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal

15.

Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle/Amphibious Assault Vehicle/Light Armoured Vehicle

Italy, Greece, Slovakia

16.

Indirect Fire Support (EuroArtillery)

Slovakia, Italy

17.

EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC)

Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus

18.

Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)

Greece, Italy, Romania

19.

Joint EU Intelligence School

Greece, Cyprus

20.

EU Test and Evaluation Centres

France, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia

21.

Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)

Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Spain, France, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Finland

22.

EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems

France, Belgium, Cyprus

23.

Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (Divepack)

Bulgaria, Greece, France

24.

European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System — European MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)

Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy

25.

European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III

France, Germany, Spain

26.

Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)

Italy, Czechia

27.

European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) — Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability

Italy, France

28.

One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) — (SOCC) for SJO

Greece, Cyprus

29.

Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Cooperation

Czechia, Germany

30.

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)

Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia

31.

Co-basing

France, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands

32.

Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)

Germany, Greece, France, Romania

33.

EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)

France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy

34.

European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)

Italy, France’