assistance measuremeans a Union action as referred to in point (b) of Article 1(2);
beneficiarymeans a third State or regional or international organisation for which an assistance measure provides support;
contributing Member Statesmeans the Member States contributing to the financing of an operation or assistance measure to be funded under the Facility;
exercisemeans a Union military CSDP exercise or the military component of a civilian CSDP exercise, agreed in the EU Programme of Exercises and Exercise-Related Activities under the CFSP and conducted in accordance with the Exercise Policy of the European Union under the CFSP.
implementing actormeans an actor that, in the context of indirect management, is entrusted with the implementation of an assistance measure or parts thereof and that concludes a contract with the Facility for that purpose;
operationmeans a Union operation or mission established under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in accordance with Article 42 TEU, having military or defence implications, including cases where the implementation of a task is entrusted to a group of Member States in accordance with Article 44 TEU;
operation commandermeans the EU Operation Commander as defined in the European Union Concept for Military Command and Control, including, where applicable, the Director of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability;