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Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1746

of 20 November 2020

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 States(1),

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 the 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(2) establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO.

(4) On 6 March 2018, the Council adopted a Recommendation(3) concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (the ‘Recommendation’).

(5) Paragraph 9 of the Recommendation specifies 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 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.

(6) On 25 June 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/909(4) establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects.

(7) On 19 November 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797(5) amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.

(8) On 14 May 2019, the Council adopted a Recommendation(6) assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of PESCO.

(9) On 12 November 2019, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/1909(7) amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.

(10) On 5 February 2020, the PESCO Secretariat informed the Council that the project members of the project ‘European Union Training Mission Competence Centre (EU TMCC)’ had decided to close the project.

(11) Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 should therefore be amended and updated,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 U.K.

The text appearing in the Annex to this Decision replaces Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.

Article 2 U.K.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. Roth

ANNEX U.K.

‘ANNEX II CONSOLIDATED UPDATED LIST OF THE PROJECT MEMBERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Project		Project Members
1.	European Medical Command	Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, 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, Lithuania, 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 Training Certification Centre for European Armies	Italy, Greece
6.	Energy Operational Function (EOF)	France, Belgium, Spain, Italy
7.	Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package	Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria
8.	Maritime (semi‐) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM)	Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania
9.	Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO)	Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal
10.	Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance	Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus
11.	Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform	Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary Portugal
12.	Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security	Lithuania, Estonia, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania
13.	Strategic Command and Control (C2) System for CSDP Missions and Operations	Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal
14.	Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle / Amphibious Assault Vehicle / Light Armoured Vehicle	Italy, Greece, Slovakia
15.	Indirect Fire Support (EuroArtillery)	Slovakia, Italy, Hungary
16.	EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC)	Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus
17.	Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)	Greece, Italy, Romania
18.	Joint EU Intelligence School	Greece, Cyprus
19.	EU Test and Evaluation Centres	France, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia
20.	Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)	Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Finland
21.	EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems	France, Belgium, Cyprus
22.	Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (DIVEPACK)	Bulgaria, Greece, France, Romania
23.	European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems ‐ MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)	Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy
24.	European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III	France, Germany, Spain
25.	Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C‐UAS)	Italy, Czechia
26.	European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) – Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability	Italy, France
27.	One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) – (SOCC) for SJO	Greece, Cyprus
28.	Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Cooperation	Czechia, Germany
29.	Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)	Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia
30.	Co‐basing	France, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
31.	Geo‐meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)	Germany, Greece, France, Austria, Portugal, Romania
32.	EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)	France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland
33.	European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU‐SSA‐N)	Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands
34.	Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM)	Hungary, Germany, France, Poland, Slovenia
35.	EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH)	Portugal, Spain
36.	Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC)	Poland, Hungary
37.	Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR)	Romania, France, Italy
38.	European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC)	Romania, Bulgaria, France
39.	Maritime Unmanned Anti‐Submarine System (MUSAS)	Portugal, Spain, France, Sweden
40.	European Patrol Corvette (EPC)	Italy, Greece, Spain, France
41.	Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA)	Spain, France, Sweden
42.	Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC)	Germany, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands
43.	Timely Warning and Interception with Space‐based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER)	France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Finland
44.	Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC‐EU)	France, Spain, Portugal, Romania
45.	EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR)	France, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden
46.	European Global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Insertion Architecture System	Italy, France, Romania’

(1)

OJ L 331, 14.12.2017, p. 57.

(2)

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 of 6 March 2018 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO (OJ L 65, 8.3.2018, p. 24).

(3)

Council Recommendation of 6 March 2018 concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (OJ C 88, 8.3.2018, p. 1).

(4)

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 of 25 June 2018 establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects (OJ L 161, 26.6.2018, p. 37).

(5)

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 (OJ L 294, 21.11.2018, p. 18).

(6)

Council Recommendation of 14 May 2019 assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) (OJ C 166, 15.5.2019, p. 1).

(7)

Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1909 of 12 November 2019 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO (OJ L 293, 14.11.2019, p. 113).