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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 Statesnote,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)Article 4(2), point (e), 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) 2018/340note establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO.
(4)On 6 March 2018, the Council also adopted a Recommendation concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCOnote (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 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) 2018/909note establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects.
(7)On 19 November 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797note amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.
(8)On 16 November 2021, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/2008note amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.
(9)On 22 May 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/995note amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.
(10)On 13 November 2023, the Council adopted a Recommendation assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of PESCOnote.
(11)On 30 April 2024, the PESCO Secretariat informed the Council that the project members of the projects ‘European Union Force Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC)’ and ‘European Medical Command (EMC)’ had decided to close those projects.
(12)Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 should therefore be amended and updated,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1#
Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 is amended as follows:
(1)in Article 1, the following projects are removed, and the entries corresponding to their numbers left blank:
1.European Medical Command;’; and,
17.EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC);’
;
(2)Annex II is replaced in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Annex II · Consolidated updated list of the project members of each individual project
| Project | Project Members | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | European Secure Software defined Radio (ESSOR) | France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Finland |
| 2. | Network of Logistic Hubs in Europe and support to Operations (NetLogHubs) | Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia |
| 3. | Military Mobility | Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden |
| 4. | European Training Certification Centre for European Armies | Italy, Greece |
| 5. | Energy Operational Function (EOF) | France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Slovenia |
| 6. | Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package (DM-DRCP) | Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria |
| 7. | Maritime (semi-) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM) | Belgium, Ireland, Greece, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden |
| 8. | Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO) | Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal |
| 9. | Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance (UMS) | Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus |
| 10. | Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform (CTISP) | Greece, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Portugal |
| 11. | Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security (CRRT) | Lithuania, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Romania, Slovenia |
| 12. | Strategic Command and Control (C2) System for CSDP Missions and Operations (EUMILCOM) | Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal |
| 13. | Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle / Amphibious Assault Vehicle / Light Armoured Vehicle (AIFV/AAV/LAV) | Italy, Greece, Slovakia |
| 14. | Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training) | Greece, Italy, Romania |
| 15. | Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS) | Greece, Cyprus |
| 16. | Integrated Unmanned Ground System (iUGS) | Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Finland |
| 17. | EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems | France, Belgium, Cyprus, Sweden |
| 18. | Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (DIVEPACK) | Bulgaria, Greece, France, Italy, Romania |
| 19. | European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems – MALE RPAS (Eurodrone) | Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy |
| 20. | European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III | France, Spain |
| 21. | Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) | Italy, Czechia, Sweden |
| 22. | European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) – Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability | Italy, France |
| 23. | One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) – (SOCC) for SJO | Greece, Cyprus |
| 24. | Electromagnetic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) | Czechia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania |
| 25. | Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS) | Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia |
| 26. | Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE) | Germany, Belgium, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Romania |
| 27. | EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS) | France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Sweden |
| 28. | European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N) | Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands |
| 29. | Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM) | Hungary, Germany, France, Poland, Slovenia |
| 30. | EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH) | Portugal, Bulgaria, Spain, Romania |
| 31. | Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC) | Poland, Hungary |
| 32. | Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR) | Romania, France, Italy |
| 33. | European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC) | Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, France |
| 34. | Maritime Unmanned Anti-Submarine System (MUSAS) | Portugal, Spain, France, Sweden |
| 35. | European Patrol Corvette (EPC) | Italy, Greece, Spain, France, Romania |
| 36. | Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) | Spain, France, Sweden |
| 37. | Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC) | Germany, France, Hungary, Netherlands |
| 38. | Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER) | France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Finland |
| 39. | Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC-EU) | France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania |
| 40. | EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR) | France, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Romania, Sweden |
| 41. | European Global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Insertion Architecture System (GLORIA) | Italy, France, Romania |
| 42. | Main Battle Tank Simulation and Testing Center (MBT- SIMTEC) | Greece, Cyprus |
| 43. | EU Military Partnership (EU MP) | France, Estonia, Italy, Austria |
| 44. | Essential Elements of European Escort (4E) | Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sweden |
| 45. | Medium size Semi-Autonomous Surface Vehicle (M-SASV) | Estonia, France, Latvia, Romania |
| 46. | Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC) | Germany, Czechia, France, Netherlands |
| 47. | Next Generation Small RPAS (NGSR) | Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia |
| 48. | Rotorcraft Docking Station for Drones (RDSD) | Italy, France |
| 49. | Small Scalable Weapons (SSW) | Italy, France |
| 50. | Air Power | France, Greece, Croatia, Sweden |
| 51. | Future Medium-size Tactical Cargo (FMTC) | France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden |
| 52. | Cyber Ranges Federations (CRF) | Estonia, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Finland |
| 53. | Automated Modelling, Identification and Damage Assessment of Urban Terrain (AMIDA-UT) | Portugal, Spain, France, Austria |
| 54. | Common Hub for Governmental Imagery (CoHGI) | Germany, Spain, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Romania |
| 55. | Defence of Space Assets (DoSA) | France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania |
| 56. | European Defence Airlift – Training Academy (EDA-TA) | France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Portugal |
| 57. | Integrated Unmanned Ground Systems 2 (iUGS 2) | Estonia, Germany, France, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden |
| 58. | Counter Battery Sensors (CoBaS) | France, Netherlands |
| 59. | Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT) | Germany, Netherlands |
| 60. | Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection (CSIP) | Italy, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Sweden |
| 61. | Future Short-Range Air to Air Missile (FSRM) | Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Sweden |
| 62. | Next Generation Medium Helicopter (NGMH) | Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Finland |
| 63. | Integrated Multi-Layer Air and Missile Defence System (IMLAMD) | Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden |
| 64. | Arctic Command & Control Effector and Sensor System (ACCESS) | Finland, Estonia, France, Sweden |
| 65. | Robust Communication Infrastructure and Networks (ROCOMIN) | Sweden, Estonia, Germany, France |
| 66. | ROLE 2F | Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Portugal, Finland, Sweden’ |
Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 is replaced by the following:
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