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            COUNCIL DECISION 2005/395/CFSP

of 10 May 2005         

amending Decision 2001/80/CFSP on the establishment of the Military Staff of the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 28(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular Article 207(2) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Council Decision 2001/80/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

Article 2

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

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 10 May 2005.

For the Council

The President

J. KRECKÉ            

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(1)OJ L 27, 30.1.2001, p. 7.

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ANNEX

EUROPEAN UNION MILITARY STAFF (EUMS) TERMS OF REFERENCE AND ORGANISATION

1.   Introduction

At Helsinki, the EU Member States decided to establish within the Council new permanent political and military bodies enabling the EU to assume its responsibilities for the full range of conflict prevention and crisis management tasks defined in the EU Treaty (TEU). As provided for in the Helsinki report, the EUMS, ‘within the Council structures provides military expertise and support to the CESDP, including the conduct of EU-led military crisis management operations’.

At its meeting of 12 and 13 December 2003, the European Council welcomed the document entitled ‘European Defence, NATO/EU consultation, planning and operations’. On 16 and 17 December 2004 the European Council endorsed the detailed proposals for the implementation of this document. The Terms of Reference of the EUMS are defined as follows:

2.   Mission

The Military Staff is to perform early warning, situation assessment and strategic planning for missions and tasks referred to in Article 17(2) of the TEU, including those identified in the European Security Strategy. This also encompasses the identification of European national and multinational forces and to implement policies and decisions as directed by the European Union Military Committee (EUMC).

3.   Role

4.   Tasks

(a)   Additional tasks in crisis management situations

(b)   Additional tasks during operations

5.   Organisation

6.   Relations with third countries

The relations between the EUMS and the non-EU European NATO members, other third States, and candidates for accession to the EU are defined in the relevant documents on the relations of the EU with third countries.

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(1)  Preliminary definitions:

Strategic planning: planning activities that start as soon as a crisis emerges and end when the EU political authorities approve a military strategic option or a set of military strategic options. The strategic process encompasses military situation assessment, definition of a POL/MIL framework and development of military strategic options.

Military strategic option: a possible military action designed to achieve the POL/MIL objectives outlined in the POL/MIL framework. A military strategic option will describe the outline military solution, the required resource and constraints and recommendations on the choice of the operations commander and OHQ.

APPENDIX

OUTLINE ORGANISATION OF EUMS
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DGEUMS ***

PERS

LEGAL (1)

EU CELL (SHAPE)

DDG/COS **

UN MLO (4)

PERS

EX OFFICE

POL/PLS *

INT *

OPS/EXE *

LOG/RES *

CIS *

CIV/MIL * (2)

POL

INT POL

CRP/COP

LOG

POL REQ

CMSP

DOC/CON

REQ

EXE/TR/ANL

RES SPT

ITS

OCPS

FOR/CAP

PRD

ADMIN

OPS CENTRE (3)

(1) Member of the Council Legal Service.

(2) Linkage with DG E.

(3) Independent if activated.

(4) EUMS officer working in the liaison office of the General Secretariat of the Council to the UN in New York.

ABBREVIATIONS

A

C

D

E

F

I

L

O

P

R

U

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