# Publicatieblad C 202/2019

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| Uitgave in de Nederlandse taal | Mededelingen en bekendmakingen | 62e jaargang14 juni 2019 |

ISSN 1977-0995

Publicatieblad

van de Europese Unie

C 202

Uitgave in de Nederlandse taal

Mededelingen en bekendmakingen

62e jaargang14 juni 2019

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| | INFORMATIE AFKOMSTIG VAN DE INSTELLINGEN, ORGANEN EN INSTANTIES VAN DE EUROPESE UNIE |
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| 2019/C 202/01 | Jaarlijks voortgangsverslag betreffende de uitvoering van de strategie van de Europese Unie tegen de verspreiding van massavernietigingswapens (2018) | 1 |

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IV   Informatie

INFORMATIE AFKOMSTIG VAN DE INSTELLINGEN, ORGANEN EN INSTANTIES VAN DE EUROPESE UNIE

Raad

2019/C 202/01

Jaarlijks voortgangsverslag betreffende de uitvoering van de strategie van de Europese Unie tegen de verspreiding van massavernietigingswapens (2018)

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Jaarlijks voortgangsverslag betreffende de uitvoering van de strategie van de Europese Unie tegen de verspreiding van massavernietigingswapens (2018)

(2019/C 202/01)

INLEIDING

| 1. | Dit voortgangsverslag betreffende de uitvoering van de strategie van de Europese Unie tegen de verspreiding van massavernietigingswapens (MVW), die de Europese Raad in december 2003 heeft aangenomen (doc. 15708/03), heeft betrekking op de activiteiten in 2018. In het verslag wordt geen volledigheid nagestreefd en ligt de nadruk op de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen. Alle activiteiten werden ondernomen binnen het bredere verband van het EU-beleid inzake veiligheid en conflictpreventie. |
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| 2. | Op basis van de integrale strategie voor het buitenlands en veiligheidsbeleid van de Europese Unie (doc. 10715/16), de strategie van de Europese Unie tegen de verspreiding van MVW en de nieuwe actielijnen (doc. 17172/08) zijn de leidende beginselen van de Europese Unie nog altijd de volgende:






  a. | effectief multilateralisme, met een waakzaam oog voor de spilfunctie en voor het uitdragen van het universele karakter van een mondiale architectuur voor non-proliferatie en ontwapening, via diplomatieke actie en financiële bijstand aan derde landen en internationale organisaties; |
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effectief multilateralisme, met een waakzaam oog voor de spilfunctie en voor het uitdragen van het universele karakter van een mondiale architectuur voor non-proliferatie en ontwapening, via diplomatieke actie en financiële bijstand aan derde landen en internationale organisaties;

| b. | nauwe samenwerking met landen om de internationale non-proliferatieregeling aan kracht te doen winnen; |
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nauwe samenwerking met landen om de internationale non-proliferatieregeling aan kracht te doen winnen;

| c. | aanpak van non-proliferatiekwesties in de bilaterale dialoogvergaderingen van de EU over politieke, non-proliferatie- en ontwapeningsvraagstukken, en in meer informele contacten; |
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aanpak van non-proliferatiekwesties in de bilaterale dialoogvergaderingen van de EU over politieke, non-proliferatie- en ontwapeningsvraagstukken, en in meer informele contacten;

| d. | effectieve en complementaire inzet van alle beschikbare instrumenten en financiële middelen (begroting voor het gemeenschappelijk buitenlands en veiligheidsbeleid, het instrument voor bijdrage aan stabiliteit en vrede (IcSP), andere instrumenten) om de EU-activiteiten ter verwezenlijking van de doelstellingen van het buitenlands beleid van de EU maximaal te laten renderen. |
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effectieve en complementaire inzet van alle beschikbare instrumenten en financiële middelen (begroting voor het gemeenschappelijk buitenlands en veiligheidsbeleid, het instrument voor bijdrage aan stabiliteit en vrede (IcSP), andere instrumenten) om de EU-activiteiten ter verwezenlijking van de doelstellingen van het buitenlands beleid van de EU maximaal te laten renderen.

| 3. | De Europese Dienst voor extern optreden (EDEO), in het bijzonder de speciaal gezant voor ontwapening en non-proliferatie, heeft de EU in 2018 vertegenwoordigd op een aantal belangrijke internationale bijeenkomsten:






  — | de vergaderingen van de Groep directeuren non-proliferatie van de G7 in Ottawa, Banff en Québec-stad; |
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de vergaderingen van de Groep directeuren non-proliferatie van de G7 in Ottawa, Banff en Québec-stad;

| — | de startconferentie van het internationaal partnerschap tegen straffeloosheid bij het gebruik van chemische wapens (Parijs, 23 januari 2018); |
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de startconferentie van het internationaal partnerschap tegen straffeloosheid bij het gebruik van chemische wapens (Parijs, 23 januari 2018);

| — | de tweede zitting van de commissie ter voorbereiding van de in 2020 te houden toetsingsconferentie met betrekking tot het Verdrag inzake de niet-verspreiding van kernwapens (NPV) (Genève, 23 april-4 mei 2018); |
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de tweede zitting van de commissie ter voorbereiding van de in 2020 te houden toetsingsconferentie met betrekking tot het Verdrag inzake de niet-verspreiding van kernwapens (NPV) (Genève, 23 april-4 mei 2018);

| — | de 62e Algemene Conferentie van de Internationale Organisatie voor Atoomenergie (IAEA) (Wenen, 17-21 september 2018); |
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de 62e Algemene Conferentie van de Internationale Organisatie voor Atoomenergie (IAEA) (Wenen, 17-21 september 2018);

| — | de 73e zitting van de Eerste Commissie van de Algemene Vergadering van de VN (New York, 5 oktober-8 november 2018); |
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de 73e zitting van de Eerste Commissie van de Algemene Vergadering van de VN (New York, 5 oktober-8 november 2018);

| — | de 23e Conferentie van Verdragspartijen bij het Chemische Wapens Verdrag en de 4e toetsingsconferentie van dat Verdrag (Den Haag, 21-30 november 2018). |
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de 23e Conferentie van Verdragspartijen bij het Chemische Wapens Verdrag en de 4e toetsingsconferentie van dat Verdrag (Den Haag, 21-30 november 2018).

De speciaal gezant legde het accent op:

| a. | het bevorderen van de instandhouding en versterking van het Verdrag inzake de niet-verspreiding van kernwapens (NPV) als cruciaal multilateraal instrument voor het versterken van internationale vrede, veiligheid en stabiliteit; |
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het bevorderen van de instandhouding en versterking van het Verdrag inzake de niet-verspreiding van kernwapens (NPV) als cruciaal multilateraal instrument voor het versterken van internationale vrede, veiligheid en stabiliteit;

| b. | het bevorderen van de universele toetreding tot en de inwerkingtreding van het Alomvattend Kernstopverdrag (CTBT) en het zichtbaarder maken van de inzet van de EU; |
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het bevorderen van de universele toetreding tot en de inwerkingtreding van het Alomvattend Kernstopverdrag (CTBT) en het zichtbaarder maken van de inzet van de EU;

| c. | het eerbiedigen van de wereldwijde norm tegen het gebruik van chemische wapens, onder meer door het voorkomen van straffeloosheid bij een dergelijk gebruik; |
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het eerbiedigen van de wereldwijde norm tegen het gebruik van chemische wapens, onder meer door het voorkomen van straffeloosheid bij een dergelijk gebruik;

| d. | het bevorderen van de Haagse Gedragscode (HCOC) tegen de verspreiding van ballistische raketten als vertrouwenwekkende en transparantiebevorderende maatregel; |
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het bevorderen van de Haagse Gedragscode (HCOC) tegen de verspreiding van ballistische raketten als vertrouwenwekkende en transparantiebevorderende maatregel;

| e. | het op gang brengen en gaande houden van non-proliferatiedialogen met belangrijke partners en het integreren van non-proliferatiekwesties in de bilaterale betrekkingen van de EU. |
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het op gang brengen en gaande houden van non-proliferatiedialogen met belangrijke partners en het integreren van non-proliferatiekwesties in de bilaterale betrekkingen van de EU.

| 4. | De Groep non-proliferatie van de Raad kwam in 2018 elf keer bijeen, mede op het niveau van de directeuren, om standpunten en toekomstige activiteiten van de EU te bespreken. De EU-delegaties in Wenen, Genève en New York hebben een aantal EU-verklaringen voor multilaterale fora opgesteld en gecoördineerd, en actief tot de beleidsvorming bijgedragen door middel van regelmatige EU-coördinatievergaderingen. |
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NUCLEAIRE KWESTIES

| 5. | De EU is volledig gecommitteerd aan het bevorderen van de universalisering en onverkorte, volledige en effectieve uitvoering van het Verdrag inzake de niet-verspreiding van kernwapens (NPV), de spoedige inwerkingtreding van het Alomvattend Kernstopverdrag (CTBT) en de totstandbrenging van een zone in het Midden-Oosten die vrij is van massavernietigingswapens en de overbrengingsmiddelen daarvoor. De aanvang en spoedige afronding van onderhandelingen, in het kader van de ontwapeningsconferentie, over een verdrag inzake het verbod op de vervaardiging van splijtbare materialen voor kernwapens of andere nucleaire explosiemiddelen, blijft een prioriteit voor de EU. |
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Verdrag inzake de niet-verspreiding van kernwapens en de Internationale Organisatie voor Atoomenergie

| 6. | De toetsingscyclus van het NPV werd voortgezet in Genève, waar van 23 april tot en met 4 mei 2018 de tweede zitting van de commissie ter voorbereiding van de in 2020 te houden toetsingsconferentie van de partijen bij het NPV plaatsvond. De EU legde vier verklaringen af: één tijdens de algemene besprekingen en drie tijdens de besprekingen inzake respectievelijk nucleaire ontwapening, niet-verspreiding en vreedzaam gebruik; er werd ook een specifieke verklaring afgelegd ter ondersteuning van de totstandbrenging van een MVW-vrije zone in het Midden-Oosten. Daarnaast organiseerde de EU twee nevenevenementen: één over EU-steun voor het Alomvattend Kernstopverdrag en zijn organisatie, en een tweede over de voordelen van het NPV, met bijzondere aandacht voor de internationale samenwerking op het gebied van radioactieve bronnen gedurende hun hele levenscyclus. De EU diende ook werkdocumenten in over de verificatie van nucleaire ontwapening en over een splijtstofproductiestopverdrag. Alle EU-lidstaten steunden de verklaring over het Noord-Koreaanse nucleaire probleem. Tijdens de 73e zitting van de Eerste Commissie van de Algemene Vergadering van de VN over ontwapening en internationale veiligheid, droeg de EU bij tot alle relevante debatten, waaronder het thematisch debat over kernwapens. |
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| 7. | De EU bleef de kerntaken van de IAEA inzake non-proliferatie, nucleaire energie, nucleaire veiligheid, nucleaire beveiliging en technische samenwerking ondersteunen. |
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| 8. | De EU draagt bij tot de uitvoering van het plan voor nucleaire beveiliging van de IAEA voor de periode 2018-2021 door middel van Besluit (GBVB) 2016/2383 van de Raad (1), waarbij activiteiten van de IAEA worden gefinancierd die betrekking hebben op de wereldwijde toepassing van internationale instrumenten voor non-proliferatie en nucleaire beveiliging, het ondersteunen van staten bij de ontwikkeling van eigen technische, wetenschappelijke en personele capaciteit die nodig is voor doeltreffende en duurzame nucleaire beveiliging, het tot stand brengen van meer capaciteit tot preventie van, opsporing van en reactie op criminele of opzettelijke ongeoorloofde daden waarbij kernmateriaal of ander radioactief materiaal is betrokken dat aan controle op naleving van de regelgeving ontsnapt, en tot het daartegen beschermen van mensen, eigendommen, het milieu en de samenleving, het verbeteren van de opsporing en bestrijding van illegale handel in kernmateriaal en ander radioactief materiaal, het bevorderen van computerbeveiliging op nucleair gebied, het aanscherpen van de beveiliging van radioactieve bronnen, en deze veilig en beveiligd opslaan in de landen die steun nodig hebben, daaronder begrepen het terugbrengen naar het land van oorsprong of de leverancier, het aanscherpen van de fysieke bescherming van kernmateriaal en ander radioactief materiaal. |
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| 9. | Het Gemeenschappelijk Centrum voor onderzoek van de Europese Commissie (JRC) is steun blijven verlenen voor de database van incidenten en smokkel (ITDB) van de IAEA door het verstrekken van opleiding en ontwikkeling voor ITDB-contactpunten van de lidstaten van de Europese Unie en de landen van de Balkan. |
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| 10. | In de marge van de vijfde vergadering van hoge ambtenaren tussen de EU en de IAEA (15 februari 2017) hebben het JRC en de IAEA een „Praktische regeling voor samenwerking op het gebied van toepassingen in de kernwetenschap” ondertekend. Die regeling is gericht op het ontwikkelen van gezamenlijke activiteiten en moet dubbel werk vermijden. Een van de activiteiten uit die praktische regeling is de monitoring van radioactiviteit in het milieu, die in heel Europa en op een aantal andere locaties in de wereld wordt gemeten in de vorm van gemiddelde en maximale gammadosistempo’s voor de laatste 24 uur. Die metingen zijn afkomstig van ongeveer 5 500 meetstations die in 39 landen worden beheerd door de bevoegde nationale autoriteiten, die de recentste radiologische waarden melden aan het EU-platform voor de uitwisseling van radiologische gegevens (Eurdep). De kennisgeving van een ongeval of noodsituatie met radioactieve stoffen geschiedt, na overleg met de bevoegde nationale autoriteiten, via vroegtijdigekennisgevingsnetwerken, zoals Ecurie of Emercon, die respectievelijk door de Europese Commissie en de IAEA worden beheerd. De in 2018 uitgevoerde activiteiten omvatten de ontwikkeling van geharmoniseerde procedures inzake voorbereiding en reactie op noodsituaties, de deelname aan oefeningen (ConvEx, Ecurex) en de ondersteuning van het International Radiation Monitoring Information System (testen van de gegevensuitwisseling met landen buiten Europa, uitwisseling van regionale monitoringgegevens). |
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| 11. | Het gezamenlijk alomvattend actieplan (JCPOA) is een cruciaal onderdeel van de wereldwijde nucleaire non-proliferatieregeling en is tot stand gekomen door middel van multilaterale diplomatie. De onverminderde, volledige en effectieve uitvoering van het actieplan is cruciaal voor de Europese veiligheid. De EU blijft bijdragen aan de uitvoering van het JCPOA door het coördineren van de bij het JCPOA ingestelde gezamenlijke commissie en van een aantal deskundigenwerkgroepen in het kader van het JCPOA. Ook gaat de EU verder met de ondersteuning van de langetermijnmissie van de IAEA inzake verificatie en monitoring van de toezeggingen van Iran op nucleair gebied. Sinds 2016 is de EU bezig met de uitvoering van bijlage III bij het JCPOA, met name via projecten ter verbetering van de nucleaire veiligheid. Er werd reeds een bedrag van 15 miljoen EUR uitgetrokken voor civiel-nucleaire samenwerking met Iran en voor drie projecten waarvoor contracten zijn gesloten ter ondersteuning van zowel de Iraanse nucleaire regelgevende autoriteit als de exploitant van de kerncentrale in Bushehr. |
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| 12. | Civiel-nucleaire samenwerking met Iran is een belangrijke pijler van het JCPOA en de hoeksteen van de EU-betrekkingen met Iran. Die vorm van samenwerking helpt een beter inzicht te krijgen in de civiel-nucleaire behoeften van Iran en geleidelijk vertrouwen te stellen in de vreedzame aard van het Iraanse nucleaire programma. De samenwerking EU-Iran in 2018 omvatte regelmatige besprekingen op hoog niveau over beleidskwesties, met bijzondere nadruk op nucleaire governance; een gezamenlijke workshop over civiel-nucleaire aansprakelijkheid en verzekering; projecten ter ondersteuning van de inspanningen van de Iraanse nucleaire regelgevende autoriteit om de wet- en regelgeving af te stemmen op internationale normen; wetenschappelijke seminars en technische bezoeken aan nucleaire terreinen en laboratoria van het Gemeenschappelijk Centrum voor onderzoek van de EU; internationale conferenties met belanghebbenden uit de nucleaire sector; projecten ter ondersteuning van de modernisering van de onderzoeksreactor van Arak (Khondab) en de omzetting van de Fordow-faciliteit in een centrum voor kernenergie, natuurkunde en technologie. Iran bleef de grootste begunstigde van EU-steun op het gebied van nucleaire veiligheid. |
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| 13. | De integralewaarborgovereenkomsten en de aanvullende protocollen vormen samen de huidige verificatienorm en de EU blijft pleiten voor de onverwijlde universele toetreding ertoe. De nauwe samenwerking tussen Euratom en de IAEA maakt effectieve en efficiënte waarborgen mogelijk. De EU verleent actief steun aan het IAEA-waarborgensysteem via het waarborgensteunprogramma van de Europese Commissie, het instrument voor samenwerking op het gebied van nucleaire veiligheid en de steunprogramma’s van de lidstaten. |
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| 14. | De EU en haar lidstaten hechten het grootste belang aan de wereldwijde implementatie en voortdurende verbetering van de nucleaire veiligheid. De EU heeft de doelstellingen van de Verklaring van Wenen inzake nucleaire veiligheid rechtskracht verleend door middel van de gewijzigde richtlijn inzake nucleaire veiligheid, die in 2017 in werking is getreden. Een belangrijk element van de gewijzigde richtlijn is de invoering van een veiligheidsdoelstelling voor alle exploitanten om ongevallen en grote radioactieve lozingen te voorkomen. De gewijzigde richtlijn zorgde ook voor de opneming van thematische collegiale toetsingen in de Euratom-wetgeving. Een eerste Europese thematische collegiale toetsing werd reeds met succes uitgevoerd. Alle EU-lidstaten hebben de nieuwe voorschriften in nationaal recht omgezet. |
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| 15. | Ter stimulering van het vreedzaam gebruik van kernenergie heeft de EU voor de periode 2014-2020 een bedrag van 325 miljoen EUR toegewezen om nucleaire veiligheid, stralingsbescherming en de toepassing van efficiënte en effectieve waarborgen in derde landen te bevorderen. In samenwerking met de IAEA en andere partners ondersteunt de Europese Commissie de uitvoering van het strategisch masterplan voor herstel van milieuschade in Centraal-Azië, en heeft zij, samen met de Kirgizische Republiek, geijverd voor een internationale donorconferentie op 8 november 2018, waar door de deelnemers meer dan 17 miljoen EUR werd toegezegd voor de uitvoering van het masterplan. |
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| 16. | De EU en haar lidstaten blijven grote voorstander van het IAEA-programma voor technische samenwerking, onder meer via aanzienlijke bijdragen aan het fonds voor technische samenwerking (Technical Cooperation Fund) en het initiatief inzake vreedzaam gebruik (Peaceful Uses Initiative). De EU en haar lidstaten komen op de tweede plaats als contribuanten aan het programma voor technische samenwerking, een belangrijk instrument voor de verwezenlijking van een veilig, beveiligd en vreedzaam gebruik van kerntechnologie en de doelstellingen van de Agenda 2030 voor duurzame ontwikkeling. |
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| 17. | De EU en de IAEA houden een jaarlijkse vergadering van hoge ambtenaren om hun verstrekkende samenwerking te evalueren en te plannen. Voor de meest recente vergadering, op 8 februari 2018 in Wenen, was de IAEA gastheer. De besprekingen waren gericht op versterking van de samenwerking op het gebied van nucleaire veiligheid, beveiliging en waarborgen, duurzame ontwikkeling, nucleaire energie, onderzoek en het stimuleren van innovatie. De hoge vertegenwoordiger van de Unie voor buitenlandse zaken en veiligheidsbeleid en vicevoorzitter van de Commissie (HV/VV), heeft in maart besprekingen gevoerd met de directeur-generaal van de IAEA. |
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Alomvattend Kernstopverdrag

| 18. | Een spoedige inwerkingtreding en universalisering van het Alomvattend Kernstopverdrag (CTBT) zijn belangrijke doelstellingen van de strategie van de EU om de verspreiding van massavernietigingswapens tegen te gaan. Alle EU-lidstaten hebben blijk gegeven van hun gehechtheid aan het CTBT door het te ratificeren en de basisverplichtingen ervan toe te passen. Het CTBT is een belangrijke vertrouwenwekkende en veiligheidsbevorderende maatregel. De EU maakt zich onophoudelijk sterk voor de voordelen en de toegevoegde waarde van het Verdrag inzake vrede, veiligheid, ontwapening en non-proliferatie, ook in de civiele toepassingen ervan, en geeft financiële steun aan de voorbereidende commissie voor de Organisatie van het CTBT (CTBTO). |
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| 19. | Op 26 februari 2018 heeft de Raad Besluit (GBVB) 2018/298 (2) betreffende de ondersteuning door de Unie van de activiteiten van de Voorbereidende Commissie van de CTBTO ter versterking van haar toezichts- en verificatiecapaciteit vastgesteld. De financiële steun van meer dan 4,5 miljoen EUR over een periode van twee jaar is bestemd voor: gecertificeerde hulpstations voor seismische metingen van het Internationaal Toezichtsysteem van de CTBTO; de ontwikkeling van bemonsteringssystemen voor edelgassen aan de hand van de studie van materialen voor verbeterde adsorptie van xenon; voortzetting van de meetcampagnes voor radioactief xenon in verschillende regio’s van de wereld; the Ensemble Prediction System om onzekerheden en het betrouwbaarheidsniveau te kwantificeren bij simulaties van modellen van atmosferisch transport (ATM — Atmospheric Transport Modelling); de wetenschappelijke evaluatie van de grotere resolutie voor ATM-instrumenten; de ontwikkeling van nieuwe software; het verbeteren van de verwerking en opsporing van edelgassen met het oog op inspectie ter plaatse; het verbeteren van de automatische verwerkings- en integratiecapaciteiten van seismologische, hydroakoestische en infrageluidsgegevens van het NDC-pakket (National Data Centre); geïntegreerde voorlichting en capaciteitsopbouw voor ondertekenende staten en niet-ondertekenaars. De EU en haar lidstaten dragen ook bij tot het handhaven en versterken van het verificatiestelsel van het CTBT door middel van technische ondersteuning en advies in CTBTO-werkgroep B en andere workshops en seminars. |
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| 20. | Op uitnodiging van de groep „Vrienden van het CTBT”, die uit Australië, Canada, Finland, Duitsland, Japan en Nederland bestaat, nam de HV/VV van de EU deel aan de negende ministeriële vergadering in New York op 27 september 2018, waar zij een overeengekomen EU-verklaring aflegde. Namens haar nam de speciaal gezant van de EDEO voor ontwapening en non-proliferatie, samen met de uitvoerend secretaris van de CTBTO en de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, deel aan de conferentie op hoog niveau „Towards a world without nuclear tests: fulfilling the promise”, georganiseerd door België op 22 mei 2018. De uitvoerend secretaris van de CTBTO, dr. Lassina Zerbo, hield tijdens de conferentie, georganiseerd door de Belgische vicepremier en minister van Buitenlandse Zaken en Europese Zaken, Didier Reynders, een toespraak. De EU heeft in mei 2018 deelgenomen aan het CTBTO-symposium over wetenschappen en diplomatie. |
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| 21. | De EU gebruikt elke gelegenheid in internationale fora en bijeenkomsten met landen die het verdrag nog niet hebben ondertekend of geratificeerd, om te pleiten voor ratificatie van het CTBT, en blijft diplomatieke middelen gebruiken om te ijveren voor de inwerkingtreding van het CTBT in die landen. De EU-expertise en -fondsen kunnen landen helpen die over onvoldoende middelen beschikken om uitvoering te geven aan de Verdragsbepalingen. De EU was zeer verheugd over de bekrachtiging van het CTBT door Thailand in 2018. Het CTBT kwam op bilateraal niveau aan de orde in de politieke en non-proliferatiedialogen met India, Pakistan en de VS. |
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Initiatieven op het gebied van nucleaire beveiliging

| 22. | In 2018 besloot de EU tevens tot financiële ondersteuning van een van de belangrijkste elementen van de mondiale architectuur voor nucleaire beveiliging en terrorismebestrijding, het Internationaal Verdrag ter bestrijding van daden van nucleair terrorisme (ICSANT). Doelstellingen van de steun zijn vergroting van het aantal partijen bij het ICSANT, bewustmaking onder nationale beleidsmakers en besluitvormers, en capaciteitsopbouw ter verbetering van de nationale wetgeving en versterking van de capaciteit van nationale belanghebbenden, ook strafrechtelijk personeel, voor het onderzoeken, vervolgen en berechten van zaken van nucleair terrorisme. Op 10 december heeft de Raad Besluit (GBVB) 2018/1939 (3) betreffende de ondersteuning door de Unie van de universalisering en doeltreffende uitvoering van het ICSANT vastgesteld. De EU zal over een periode van drie jaar bijna 5 miljoen EUR uittrekken voor het VN-Bureau voor drugs- en misdaadbestrijding en het VN-Bureau voor terrorismebestrijding. Het Raadsbesluit zal de universalisering en doeltreffende uitvoering van het ICSANT bevorderen door middel van de ontwikkeling en het onderhoud van een met een wachtwoord beveiligde website met alle informatiebronnen betreffende het ICSANT, onder meer voorbeelden van nationale wetgeving; de ontwikkeling van een e-learningmodule over het ICSANT, die in minstens vier officiële talen van de VN moet worden vertaald; de verlening van relevante bijstand op wetgevingsgebied; capaciteitsopbouw bij relevante belanghebbenden, ook strafrechtelijk personeel, die zouden kunnen worden betrokken bij het onderzoeken, vervolgen en berechten van zaken die betrekking hebben op onder het ICSANT vallend kernmateriaal en ander radioactief materiaal; de organisatie van mondiale en regionale workshops en landenbezoeken en de verzameling en verspreiding van goede praktijken. |
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| 23. | De EU bleef steun verlenen aan het wereldwijde initiatief ter bestrijding van nucleair terrorisme (GICNT) en aan haar missie om de mondiale capaciteit voor het voorkomen, opsporen en bestrijden van nucleair terrorisme te vergroten. De EU heeft deelgenomen aan de vergadering van de toepassings- en evaluatiegroep van het GICNT die op 11 en 12 juni 2018 in Finland werd georganiseerd. De werkgroep nucleaire detectie organiseerde op 25 en 26 januari 2018 een tweedaagse bijeenkomst van deskundigen in Bilthoven, Nederland. De EU en haar lidstaten zijn actief betrokken bij de werkzaamheden van de groep implementatie en beoordeling van het GICNT, en wel op alle gebieden, te weten: nucleaire detectie, nucleair forensisch onderzoek en nucleaire reactie en mitigatie. De EU heeft actief bijgedragen aan de inhoud van alle referentiedocumenten van de werkgroepen van de IAG. De Europese Unie en haar lidstaten organiseren en nemen deel aan evenementen ter bevordering van internationaal bewustzijn omtrent en streven naar nucleaire beveiliging, zoals Blue Lion: Recovery and Consequence Management Workshop and Experts Meeting, een op 6-8 februari 2018 door het Verenigd Koninkrijk georganiseerde workshop en bijeenkomst van deskundigen over herstel en gevolgenbeheersing; Fierce Falcon: Radiological Source Security and Theft Response Workshop, de in samenwerking met het GICNT en het Amerikaanse ministerie van Energie, door Hongarije georganiseerde workshop over beveiliging van radiologische bronnen en respons op diefstal op 10-12 april 2018; en de Sentinel II-workshop: Developing National Nuclear Security Exercise Programmes, de in samenwerking met het Verenigd Koninkrijk, door Litouwen georganiseerde workshop over de ontwikkeling van oefenprogramma’s in verband met nationale nucleaire beveiliging op 9-11 oktober 2018. |
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| 24. | Het opleidingscentrum voor nucleaire beveiliging van de EU, bedoeld voor opsporing en bestrijding van illegale handelingen met nucleair en ander radioactief materiaal (Eusectra), is sinds 2013 volledig operationeel ten behoeve van de lidstaten van de Europese Unie en partnerlanden, waaronder verscheidene GICNT-leden. Het centrum wordt gerund door het Gemeenschappelijk Centrum voor onderzoek van de EU (JRC) in de vestigingen in Karlsruhe (Duitsland) en Ispra (Italië), in nauwe samenwerking met andere internationale initiatieven van de Internationale Organisatie voor Atoomenergie en verscheidene GICNT-partnerlanden. Het opleidingscentrum voor nucleaire beveiliging van de EU wordt ook gebruikt voor praktische oefeningen, voornamelijk met betrekking tot de bestrijding van nucleaire smokkel. Eusectra pakt opleidingsbehoeften van EU-lidstaten en -partners actief aan. Zo werden op het gebied van douane en rechtshandhaving reeds zeer gewaardeerde gecoördineerde opleidingen verstrekt aan afgevaardigden van de lidstaten, of staan ze gepland voor 2019-2021 (in rechtstreekse samenwerking met DG HOME en DG TAXUD van de Europese Commissie). Daarnaast geeft Eusectra op verzoek van de lidstaten een beoordeling van de prestaties van apparatuur. |
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| 25. | De Europese Commissie en de lidstaten van de EU zetten hun nucleaire forensische activiteiten inzake de basiskarakterisering van onderschept nucleair materiaal voort, met behulp van geavanceerd nucleair forensisch onderzoek van de JRC-vestiging in Karlsruhe (Duitsland). In totaal is nucleair materiaal dat werd ontdekt en in beslag genomen bij meer dan vijftig incidenten, onderzocht. Deze inbeslagnames hebben de bevoegde autoriteiten in de EU-lidstaten en daarbuiten geholpen in hun activiteiten. |
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Initiatieven in verband met nucleaire verificatie

| 26. | De EU en haar lidstaten steunden de in 2016 aangenomen AVVN-resolutie inzake de verificatie van nucleaire ontwapening, waarin werd opgeroepen tot de oprichting van een groep van regeringsdeskundigen die zich zouden moeten beraden op de rol van verificatie bij de bevordering van nucleaire ontwapening. De EU steunde tevens het daaropvolgende, in 2017 genomen besluit van de eerste commissie om dit punt op de agenda te houden. De EU steunt het werk van bredere partnerschappen en op samenwerking gebaseerde verificatieregelingen, en heeft deelgenomen aan de werkzaamheden van het internationaal partnerschap voor de verificatie van nucleaire ontwapening (IPNDV) sinds de oprichting hiervan in 2015. De actieve betrokkenheid van de EU werd voortgezet tijdens fase II van het IPNDV met de EU (de EDEO, het Gemeenschappelijk Centrum voor onderzoek van de Europese Commissie en DG ENER), en de EU nam deel aan de vergaderingen van de werkgroepen in Stockholm op 26-28 maart 2018 en in Seoul op 10-12 juli, alsook aan de plenaire vergadering in Londen op 3-7 december. De inhoudelijke ondersteuning van de VN-groep van regeringsdeskundigen inzake de verificatie van nucleaire ontwapening en de in 2020 te houden toetsingsconferentie inzake het Verdrag inzake de niet-verspreiding van kernwapens worden gedefinieerd als voornaamste doelstellingen. |
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Regionale kwesties

| 27. | De aanhoudende diplomatieke inspanningen met de Democratische Volksrepubliek Korea (DVK) vormen een positieve ontwikkeling die bijdraagt tot het temperen van spanningen op het Koreaanse schiereiland. De EU dringt er bij de DVK op aan zich oprecht in te zetten voor de vervolgonderhandelingen en op een volledige, verifieerbare en onomkeerbare manier afstand te doen van haar programma’s voor kernwapens, massavernietigingswapens en ballistische raketten, onmiddellijk alle daarmee verband houdende activiteiten stop te zetten en spoedig opnieuw toe te treden tot het Verdrag inzake de niet-verspreiding van kernwapens en de IAEA-waarborgen, en onverwijld het Alomvattend Kernstopverdrag te ondertekenen en te ratificeren. |
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| 28. | Totdat de DVK concrete stappen in de richting van denuclearisatie zet, zal de EU doorgaan met de strikte tenuitvoerlegging van de bestaande sancties, en zij spoort alle staten aan hetzelfde te doen. De EU heeft alle resoluties van de VN-Veiligheidsraad in verband met de DVK omgezet en daarbovenop haar eigen autonome sanctieregeling ten aanzien van de DVK ingevoerd, ter aanvulling en versterking van de beperkende maatregelen van de VN. In totaal zijn 59 personen autonoom door de EU op de lijst geplaatst. In het kader van haar eigen sanctieregeling heeft de EU de tegoeden van 9 entiteiten bevroren. Daarnaast heeft de EU uitgebreide diplomatieke contacten gehad om de nadruk te leggen op de noodzaak van daadkrachtige uitvoering van alle betrokken resoluties van de VN-Veiligheidsraad door alle VN-lidstaten. Waar nodig staat de EU paraat om concrete steun te verlenen voor capaciteitsopbouw met betrekking tot de tenuitvoerlegging van sancties. |
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De Ontwapeningsconferentie (OC)/het Verdrag over het verbod op de vervaardiging van splijtbare materialen voor kernwapens

| 29. | De EU blijft verenigd streven naar verifieerbare verdragsmatige nucleaire ontwapening en wapenbeheersing, en benadrukt dat er hernieuwde multilaterale inspanningen nodig zijn en dat er een nieuw elan moet worden gegeven aan multilaterale onderhandelingsorganen, met name de Ontwapeningsconferentie (OC). De EU prijst het inhoudelijke werk, in overeenstemming met het overeengekomen mandaat van de nevenorganen, om overeenstemming te bereiken over de gebieden van gemeenschappelijk belang, de technische besprekingen te verdiepen, de punten van overeenstemming te verbreden en na te denken over doeltreffende maatregelen, met inbegrip van juridische instrumenten voor onderhandelingen en de vaststelling van vier inhoudelijke verslagen die een solide basis vormen waarop in 2019 kan worden voortgebouwd. |
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| 30. | De EU geeft al lang voorrang aan de onmiddellijke start van de onderhandelingen, in het kader van de ontwapeningsconferentie, over een verdrag over het verbod op de vervaardiging van splijtbare materialen voor kernwapens of andere nucleaire explosiemiddelen (FMCT), op basis van document CD/1299 en het daarin vervatte mandaat. De EU prijst Canada voor het feit dat de werkzaamheden van de groep deskundigen op hoog niveau ter voorbereiding van het FMCT tot een consensus hebben geleid, en is ingenomen met het inclusief raadplegingsproces als bedoeld in Resolutie 71/259 van de Algemene Vergadering om rekening te houden met de standpunten van alle VN-lidstaten. De EU verleent het VN-Bureau voor ontwapeningszaken (Unoda) aanzienlijke financiële steun ter facilitering van de deelname van Afrikaanse, Aziatische, Latijns-Amerikaanse en Caribische landen aan FMCT-gerelateerde raadplegingen en andere activiteiten. De EU roept alle OC-lidstaten op onverwijld onderhandelingen over het FMCT te beginnen en een aanvang te maken met de bespreking van de andere agendapunten. De EU moedigt alle landen die over kernwapens beschikken aan om een onmiddellijk moratorium op de vervaardiging van splijtstoffen voor kernwapens en andere nucleaire explosiemiddelen af te kondigen en te handhaven, voor zover zij dat nog niet hebben gedaan. De twee Europese kernwapenstaten hebben moratoria afgekondigd en de desbetreffende installaties ontmanteld of omgebouwd. |
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CHEMISCHE WAPENS

| 31. | De EU zette haar steun aan de Organisatie voor het verbod van chemische wapens (OPCW) voort om te zorgen voor de volledige en doeltreffende uitvoering van en universele toetreding tot het Verdrag inzake chemische wapens (CWC). Op 16 april 2018 heeft de Raad conclusies aangenomen waarin de EU opnieuw haar krachtige steun uitspreekt voor chemische ontwapening en non-proliferatie, en waarin de EU-standpunten worden bepaald voor de vierde buitengewone vergadering van de Conferentie van de staten die partij zijn, ter toetsing van de werking van het CWC, op 21-30 november 2018. De EU was in dit kader actief en constructief betrokken bij de voorbereiding en de werkzaamheden van de vierde toetsingsconferentie van het CWC om de relevantie van het verdrag te verzekeren en de doeltreffendheid en het vermogen ervan te vergroten, onder meer bij het aanpakken van huidige en toekomstige uitdagingen. Ondanks het ontbreken van een op consensus gebaseerd definitief slotdocument van de toetsingsconferentie, bleef de EU het mandaat en de werkzaamheden van de OPCW krachtig steunen. In dit verband was de EU ingenomen met de besluiten over het OPCW-programma en de OPCW-begroting voor 2019, die het technisch secretariaat van de OPCW een stevige en solide basis geven om de vele in het verschiet liggende opdrachten en uitdagingen aan te pakken. |
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| 32. | Voorts heeft de EU krachtige steun verleend aan het initiatief voor het beleggen van de buitengewone bijeenkomst van de Conferentie van de staten die partij zijn bij het CWC, op 26-27 juni 2018, ter bewaring en handhaving van het CWC en het wereldwijde verbod op het gebruik van chemische wapens. De conferentie bood het passende antwoord op het herhaalde gebruik van deze wapens sinds 2012 in Syrië, Irak, Maleisië, en het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland. De EU was dan ook ingenomen met de aanneming van OPCW-besluit C-SS-4/DEC.3 van 27 juni 2018, getiteld „Addressing the Threat from Chemical Weapons”. De Europese Raad heeft in zijn conclusies van 28 juni verklaard dat de EU toezegt de uitvoering van het besluit van de buitengewone bijeenkomst van de Conferentie te zullen steunen. In dit verband heeft de EU bij een groot aantal CWC-staten een demarche ondernomen om te ijveren voor een constructieve aanpak bij de uitvoering van het OPCW-besluit en steun te verlenen voor het welslagen van de vierde toetsingsconferentie van het CWC. |
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| 33. | Op 26 februari 2018 heeft de Raad Besluit (GBVB) 2018/294 (4) vastgesteld, waarbij de duur van Besluit (GBVB) 2015/259 van de Raad (5) wordt verlengd tot eind 2018 om te zorgen voor de volledige uitvoering van de activiteiten na de datum waarop laatstgenoemd besluit verstrijkt. Parallel hieraan heeft de Raad zich beraden op het ontwerp voor een nieuw, zevende besluit op rij van de Raad ter ondersteuning van de OPCW, met het oog op de vaststelling ervan begin 2019. Het nieuwe besluit breidt de EU-steun uit tot de OPCW-kernactiviteiten (zoals nationale uitvoering, internationale samenwerking, universalisering, het Afrika-programma) voor de periode 2019-2022. Het besluit levert ook een aanzienlijke bijdrage aan de ombouw van het laboratorium van de OPCW tot Centrum voor chemie en technologie, en aan de uitvoering van het OPCW-besluit „Addressing the Threat from Chemical Weapons”. |
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| 34. | De EU bleef krachtig steun verlenen voor het werk van de onderzoeksmissie van de OPCW en het Declaration Assessment Team voort wat betreft het onderzoeken van berichten over het gebruik van chemische wapens in Syrië en het verifiëren van de verklaring van Syrië. In deze context heeft de Raad op 10 december 2018 Besluit (GBVB) 2018/1943 (6) vastgesteld, waarbij de uitvoeringstermijn van Besluit (GBVB) 2017/2303 van de Raad (7) voor de levering van satellietbeelden ter ondersteuning van OPCW-operaties in Syrië met twaalf maanden wordt verlengd. |
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| 35. | In oktober 2018 stelde de EU een nieuw stelsel van beperkende maatregelen ter bestrijding van het gebruik en de verspreiding van chemische wapens vast, door middel van Besluit (GBVB) 2018/1544 van de Raad (8) en Verordening (EU) 2018/1542 van de Raad (9). |
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BIOLOGISCHE WAPENS

| 36. | Na het akkoord, tijdens de vergadering van de staten die partij zijn bij het Verdrag biologische wapens (BTWC) op 4-8 december 2017, over een intersessioneel werkprogramma, heeft de EU haar krachtige politieke en financiële steun voor de volledige en doeltreffende uitvoering en universalisering van het verdrag voortgezet, onder andere door de alomvattende uitvoering, door de ondersteunende eenheid voor de uitvoering van het BTWC (ISU — Implementation Support Unit), van het vierde programma voor bijstand van de EU dat is vastgelegd in Besluit (GBVB) 2016/51 van de Raad (10). Er werden twee regionale workshops ter ondersteuning van de universele toetreding tot het Verdrag in Afrika en vier regionale workshops ter bevordering van de dialoog inzake wetenschap en technologie tussen de landen van Latijns-Amerika, Azië, Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara, het Midden-Oosten en Noord-Afrika georganiseerd. Zeven andere workshops en opleidingen vonden plaats in de landen die begunstigde zijn van uitgebreide bijstandsprogramma’s inzake de nationale uitvoering van het verdrag. |
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| 37. | De EU was ook actief en constructief betrokken bij de besprekingen tijdens de bijeenkomst van staten die partij zijn bij het verdrag van 4 tot en met 7 december 2018. De EU bevestigde haar krachtige steun aan het BTWC als belangrijke pijler van het op regels gebaseerde internationale bestel, maar toonde zich ernstig bezorgd over de kritieke financiële situatie van het verdrag en drong aan op dringende maatregelen om de financiële stabiliteit te waarborgen en te zorgen voor een correcte uitvoering van het intersessionele programma. De EU toonde zich verheugd over de start van het intersessionele proces en de technische en inhoudelijke besprekingen tijdens de BTWC-vergaderingen van deskundigen op 7-16 augustus 2018, en pleitte ervoor om tijdens de bijeenkomst van staten die partij zijn bij het BTWC follow-upmaatregelen te nemen. Daarom is het bemoedigend dat tijdens de bijeenkomst van staten die partij zijn bij het BTWC in december overeenstemming kon worden bereikt over maatregelen om te zorgen voor financiële stabiliteit en voorspelbaarheid gedurende het volgende jaar. Niettemin zal de EU nauwlettend de financiële situatie van het BTWC volgen, welke opnieuw zal worden bezien in 2019 tijdens de bijeenkomst van staten die partij zijn bij het verdrag. Tegelijkertijd is het betreurenswaardig dat er geen consensus kon worden bereikt over belangrijke kwesties in aansluiting op de resultaten van de bijeenkomst van BTWC-deskundigen in augustus 2018. De EU ondersteunde de werkzaamheden van de BTWC-bijeenkomsten in 2018 via de indiening van een werkdocument en de organisatie van verschillende nevenevenementen. |
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| 38. | Sinds 2006 heeft de EU aanzienlijke steun verstrekt voor de BTWC-kernactiviteiten uit vier opeenvolgende bijstandsprogramma’s. In januari 2019 heeft de Raad een vijfde besluit ter ondersteuning van het BTWC voor de periode 2019-2022 vastgesteld. Daarmee zal het totale bedrag van de EU-steun voor het BTWC oplopen tot bijna 10 miljoen EUR. Dat omvat tevens financiering voor het mechanisme van de secretaris-generaal van de Verenigde Naties (UNSGM) waarmee Unoda gekwalificeerde leden van de deskundigenlijst kan sturen naar opleidingscursussen die door de lidstaten worden georganiseerd. |
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BALLISTISCHE RAKETTEN

Haagse Gedragscode

| 39. | De Haagse Gedragscode tegen de verspreiding van ballistische raketten (HCOC) is het resultaat van de inspanningen van de internationale gemeenschap ter regulering van het domein van ballistische raketten die massavernietigingswapens kunnen overbrengen. De Haagse Gedragscode is het enige multilaterale instrument voor transparantie en vertrouwenwekkende maatregelen in verband met de verspreiding van ballistische raketten. De EU is sterk voorstander van de code sinds de instelling ervan. Alle EU-lidstaten hebben de code onderschreven. |
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| 40. | Door de Haagse Gedragscode te onderschrijven, gaan de leden vrijwillig de politieke verplichting aan om lanceringen van ballistische raketten en ruimteraketten, en testvluchten, vooraf aan te kondigen. De ondertekenende landen verbinden zich er tevens toe jaarlijks een verklaring over het nationale beleid inzake ballistische raketten en ruimteraketten af te leggen. |
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| 41. | Sinds de ondertekening en inwerkingtreding van de politiek bindende Haagse Gedragscode in november 2002 in Den Haag (Nederland) is het aantal ondertekenaars toegenomen van 93 tot 139. |
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| 42. | De EU speelt een leidende rol bij het bevorderen en ondersteunen van de drie hoofddoelen van de code, namelijk universaliteit, volledige implementatie en betere werking. Meer dan een decennium al stelt de Raad van de EU in het kader van het GBVB een reeks besluiten/gemeenschappelijke optredens vast waarmee de middelen worden verstrekt voor verdere EU-steun aan de Haagse Gedragscode en de niet-verspreiding van raketten in het algemeen. Via deze Raadsbesluiten financiert de EU stimuleringsactiviteiten in verband met de Haagse Gedragscode, waaronder nevenevenementen, onderzoekspapers, deskundigenvergaderingen en regionale bewustmakingssessies. Deze activiteiten worden uitgevoerd door de in Parijs gevestigde Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), met gewoonlijk ook een inbreng van het roulerend voorzitterschap van de Haagse Gedragscode. |
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| 43. | Met Besluit (GBVB) 2017/2370 van de Raad (11) van 18 december 2017 blijft de EU zich verder inzetten voor: het onderschrijven van de code, en de uiteindelijke universaliteit ervan; het ondersteunen van de volledige uitvoering van de code; het bevorderen van de dialoog tussen ondertekenende en niet-ondertekenende staten, teneinde vertrouwen en transparantie te helpen opbouwen, terughoudendheid aan te moedigen en meer stabiliteit en veiligheid voor iedereen te scheppen; het vergroten van de zichtbaarheid van de code en van het publieke bewustzijn over de risico’s en dreigingen die uitgaan van de verspreiding van ballistische raketten; en het onderzoeken, met name via academische studies, van mogelijkheden om de code te versterken en de samenwerking tussen de code en andere multilaterale instrumenten op dit gebied te bevorderen. |
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Controleregime voor de uitvoer van rakettechnologie en -onderdelen (MTCR)

| 44. | Het Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is een informele politieke afspraak tussen landen die streven naar beperking van de verspreiding van raketten en rakettechnologie, met inbegrip van een categorisering van die waarvan algemeen wordt aangenomen dat ze massavernietigingswapens kunnen overbrengen. De MTCR-richtsnoeren en de controlelijsten vormen een internationaal ijkpunt voor beste praktijken inzake de controle op de uitvoer van raketgerelateerde producten en technologieën. |
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| 45. | De EU is voorstander van een forsere publieke verklaring, teneinde uiting te geven aan de internationale bezorgdheid over de lanceringen van ballistische raketten en de significante ontwikkeling van rakettechnologie door Iran en de DVK. Het feit dat de toetreding tot de regeling van Kroatië, Cyprus, Estland, Letland, Litouwen, Malta, Roemenië, Slowakije en Slovenië geblokkeerd is, blijft voor de EU een belangrijk punt in MTCR-verband. Voorts is het langdurig uitblijven van een voorzitterschap van het regime een bijzonder zorgwekkende kwestie. |
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RESOLUTIE 1540 (2004) VAN DE VEILIGHEIDSRAAD VAN DE VERENIGDE NATIES EN BEPERKING VAN CBRN-RISICO’S

| 46. | Resolutie 1540 (2004) van de VN-Veiligheidsraad blijft een centrale pijler van de internationale non-proliferatieregeling. Ze is het eerste internationale instrument dat op geïntegreerde en alomvattende wijze massavernietigingswapens, de overbrengingsmiddelen ervoor en de daarvoor bestemde materialen bestrijkt. UNSCR 1540 (2004) bevat bindende verplichtingen voor alle landen. Die moeten voorkomen dat niet-statelijke actoren toegang krijgen tot dergelijke wapens en daarvoor bestemde materialen, en moeten een afschrikkende werking hebben. De resolutie, die is aangenomen op grond van hoofdstuk VII van het Handvest van de Verenigde Naties, vereist dat alle landen de nodige wetgeving aannemen die voorkomt dat niet-statelijke actoren nucleaire, chemische of biologische wapens in handen krijgen, en dat zij passende nationale controles instellen op gerelateerde materialen om illegale handel te voorkomen. Tijdens de alomvattende evaluatie in 2016 van Resolutie 1540 (2004) van de VN-Veiligheidsraad werden de centrale rol, het belang en de autoriteit ervan, die in Resolutie 2325 (2016) van de VN-Veiligheidsraad zijn weergegeven, bevestigd. |
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| 47. | Op 11 mei 2017 heeft de Raad Besluit (GBVB) 2017/809 (12) ter ondersteuning van de uitvoering van Resolutie 1540 (2004) van de Veiligheidsraad van de Verenigde Naties inzake de non-proliferatie van massavernietigingswapens en de overbrengingsmiddelen daarvoor vastgesteld, als hulpmiddel voor de uitvoering van het resultaat van de alomvattende evaluatie in 2016 en ook als ondersteuning voor de uitvoering van Resolutie 1540 (2004) van de VN-veiligheidsraad. Het Raadsbesluit bestrijkt een periode van 36 maanden en wordt uitgevoerd door Unoda in New York, dat een deel van de uitvoering heeft uitbesteed aan de OVSE in Wenen. De EU onderschrijft de doelstellingen om landen bij te staan met de inventarisering van specifieke technische bijstand, de bewustmaking rond programma’s voor technische bijstand, en de intensivering van de samenwerking met internationale en regionale organisaties, teneinde inspanningen voor nationale capaciteitsopbouw te steunen. |
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| 48. | Het EU-initiatief kenniscentra op het gebied van chemische, biologische, radiologische en nucleaire risicobestrijding (CBRN) is een wereldwijd programma voor capaciteitsopbouw dat 61 partnerlanden samenbrengt die in groepen zijn ingedeeld rond acht regionale secretariaten in de onderstaande regio’s: Atlantische zijde van Afrika, Centraal-Azië, Oost- en Centraal-Afrika, landen van de Raad voor samenwerking van de Golfstaten, Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en de Sahel, Zuidoost-Azië, Zuidoost- en Oost-Europa. |
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48.

| 49. | Het initiatief CBRN-kenniscentra wordt gefinancierd uit het instrument voor bijdrage aan stabiliteit en vrede (IcSP) en de doelstelling ervan is risico’s in verband met CBRN-materialen te bestrijden, de paraatheid van partnerlanden te verhogen en een veiligheidscultuur en veiligheidsbestuur te bevorderen. Deelnemende landen worden gesteund in hun inspanningen om op vrijwillige basis en vanuit een regionale benadering van onderop, nationale en regionale coördinatie- en beheersstructuren op te zetten. Deze platforms ontwikkelen beleidsvoorstellen en capaciteit op basis van specifieke behoeftenevaluaties en nationale actieplannen. Ze worden gesteund via verscheidene regionale samenwerkingsprojecten die in het kader van dit initiatief worden gefinancierd, en staan open voor andere financieringsinstrumenten. Sedert 2010 zijn er 66 regionale projecten gefinancierd. De begroting voor het initiatief voor de tienjarige periode vanaf 2010 bedraagt 250 miljoen EUR. |
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49.

| 50. | Het netwerk van kenniscentra is nu goed ontwikkeld en heeft de EU in staat gesteld grensoverschrijdende simulatie- en echte oefeningen te houden op het gebied van civiele bescherming, reactie op incidenten, bioveiligheid en afvalbeheer in het kader van kenniscentraprojecten, teneinde de zichtbaarheid van de centra te vergroten en hun effect concreet te beoordelen. Bovendien is het initiatief rijp genoeg om verdere acties die gericht zijn op het aanpakken van veiligheidsbestuurskwesties op het gebied van cybercriminaliteit, terrorisme, kritieke infrastructuur, vervalste geneesmiddelen, hybride dreigingen en explosieven, te ondersteunen, en om de samenwerking inzake nucleair forensisch onderzoek, grenscontrole en controle op de uitvoer van producten voor tweeërlei gebruik te bevorderen. Het model is ook toegejuicht door de Europese Rekenkamer (13), en vervolgens in de conclusies van de Raad van 26 oktober 2015 (14). |
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50.

| 51. | In oktober 2017 presenteerde de Commissie — als onderdeel van een breder pakket terrorismebestrijding — een actieplan ter verbetering van de paraatheid voor chemische, biologische, radiologische en nucleaire veiligheidsrisico’s. Het nieuwe actieplan, waarmee wordt voortgebouwd op de resultaten van het CBRN-actieplan van de EU 2010-2015, stelt een breed scala aan maatregelen voor ter verbetering van de paraatheid, veerkracht en coördinatie op EU-niveau. In het plan wordt een meer op veiligheid gerichte CBRN-architectuur op EU-niveau voorgesteld, waarbij de nadruk ligt op de noodzaak om beter gebruik te maken van de bestaande middelen en beschikbare deskundigheid te bundelen. In het actieplan wordt ook opgeroepen de CBRN-paraatheid en -respons van de EU te verhogen met grensoverschrijdende en sectoroverschrijdende opleidingen en oefeningen. Het plan benadrukt dat, indien nodig, grens- en douaneautoriteiten en militaire partners hierbij moeten worden betrokken. Ook wordt in het actieplan nadrukkelijk gewezen op het belang van nauwe banden tussen interne en externe aan CBRN-veiligheid gerelateerde activiteiten en van samenwerking met gespecialiseerde multilaterale organisaties zoals de IAEA, de OPCW of Interpol. De uitvoering van het actieplan zal financieel worden ondersteund via het Fonds voor interne veiligheid — Politie. |
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51.

| 52. | Het CBRN-actieplan kreeg wetenschappelijke en technische ondersteuning vanuit een reeks onderzoeksprojecten die worden gefinancierd in het kader van de doelstelling „Een veilige samenleving” binnen het zevende kaderprogramma. Het onderzoek heeft betrekking op de volledige crisisbeheersingscyclus, van preventie tot herstel. Onderzoek naar de behoefte aan normalisatie zou kunnen uitmonden in „Europese normen”. Het horizon 2020-programma zal het huidige CBRN-onderzoekswerk intensiveren via gerichte thema’s. |
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52.

DENKTANKS

| 53. | Op grond van Besluit 2010/430/GBVB van de Raad (15) van 26 juli 2010 is de implementatie van de EU-strategie tegen de verspreiding van massavernietigingswapens actief ondersteund door het EU-Consortium non-proliferatie, dat in januari 2011 met zijn werkzaamheden is begonnen. Op 26 februari 2018 heeft de Raad Besluit (GBVB) 2018/299 (16) vastgesteld, waarbij de EU-steun voor de activiteiten van het consortium voor de periode 2018-2021 wordt verlengd, door voort te bouwen op de verwezenlijkingen tot dusver en door nieuwe projecten toe te voegen. |
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53.

| 54. | De activiteiten van het Consortium hebben de zichtbaarheid van de EU in derde landen en bij het maatschappelijk middenveld vergroot, en in aanzienlijke mate bijgedragen tot de beleidsvorming van de EU op het gebied van non-proliferatie en ontwapening. Het Consortium biedt een platform voor informele contacten tussen experts en stimuleert de dialoog tussen verschillende belanghebbenden. Zijn activiteiten hebben een groter bewustzijn helpen creëren omtrent de uitdagingen in verband met massavernietigings- en conventionele wapens. Het beschikt over een uitgebreid netwerk van meer dan zeventig denktanks in heel Europa. |
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54.

| 55. | De zevende EU-conferentie inzake non-proliferatie en ontwapening, georganiseerd door het EU-Consortium non-proliferatie, vond op 18 en 19 december 2018 plaats in Brussel. |
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55.

UITVOERCONTROLES

| 56. | In 2018 ging de EU voort met het regelmatig actualiseren van haar regelgeving als reactie op ontwikkelingen in multilaterale uitvoercontroleregelingen. Zo heeft de Europese Commissie op 10 oktober 2018 een gedelegeerde verordening vastgesteld (17), waarbij de EU-controlelijst in overeenstemming wordt gebracht met besluiten die in 2017 in het kader van multilaterale uitvoercontroleregelingen zijn genomen, en heeft zij wijzigingen doorgevoerd in onder andere de controle van genetische elementen en genetisch gemodificeerde organismen, systemen voor dimensionale inspectie en meting, hoge-energiecellen, inbraakprogrammatuur en ruimtelanceervoertuigen. |
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56.

| 57. | De coördinatiegroep tweeërlei gebruik is doorgegaan met het verlenen van steun voor een effectieve en consistente uitvoering van uitvoercontroles in de EU. Nieuwe functies werden toegevoegd aan het „elektronisch systeem producten voor tweeërlei gebruik”, waardoor de informatie-uitwisseling en de technische uitwisseling in de EU zijn verbeterd. De EU heeft een proces op gang gebracht om conformiteitsrichtsnoeren voor de industrie vast te stellen en heeft daarover in oktober en november 2018 een openbare raadpleging gehouden. De EU heeft ook de aftrap gegeven voor een project voor „elektronische vergunningverlening”, om het gebruik van elektronische vergunningssystemen door bevoegde autoriteiten te ondersteunen. Er is een jaarverslag (18) gepubliceerd om voor transparantie met betrekking tot uitvoercontroles en vergunningsactiviteiten te zorgen, en er is op 13 december 2018 een forum voor uitvoercontrole georganiseerd waarop belanghebbenden van de lidstaten, de sector en het maatschappelijk middenveld zijn samengekomen (19). |
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57.

| 58. | De herziening van het uitvoercontrolebeleid van de EU is voortgezet. De Raad en het Europees Parlement hebben besprekingen gewijd aan de wetgevingsvoorstellen van de Commissie voor modernisering van de EU-uitvoercontroles en aanpassing daarvan aan de snel veranderende technologische, economische en politieke omstandigheden. Terwijl de besprekingen in de Raad werden voortgezet, heeft het Europees Parlement op 17 januari 2018 zijn standpunt in eerste lezing bepaald. Daarnaast heeft de Commissie op 19 december 2018 een wetgevingsvoorstel voor een „noodplan brexit” aangenomen, ter beperking van de eventuele effecten van de brexit, ingeval er geen terugtrekkingsakkoord kan worden overeengekomen (COM(2018) 891 final). |
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58.

| 59. | EU-standpunten en -verklaringen werden in voorkomend geval gecoördineerd ter voorbereiding van de bijeenkomsten in het kader van de uitvoercontroleregelingen: de plenaire vergadering van de Groep van Nucleaire Exportlanden in Jurmala (11-15 juni 2018) en de plenaire vergadering van de Australiëgroep in Parijs (7-8 juni 2018). |
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59.

| 60. | Er werd voortgegaan met de uitvoering van het EU-programma voor uitvoercontrole P2P voor het doeltreffender maken van systemen voor controle op de uitvoer van producten voor tweeërlei gebruik en daarmee verband houdende uitrusting, materialen en technologieën. Het programma loopt momenteel in 36 landen uit zes regio’s. In 2017 werd het uitgebreid om samenwerking met Libanon mogelijk te maken. In 2017 en 2018 zijn samen met het Centrum voor wetenschap en technologie van Oekraïne en het Internationaal Centrum voor wetenschap en technologie in Kazachstan twee nieuwe regionale initiatieven voor uitvoercontrole, de „Export Control Targeted Initiatives”, opgezet die twaalf landen bestrijken. |
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60.

| 61. | De intensieve coördinatie van het EU-programma voor uitvoercontrole P2P met het programma Export Control and Related Border Security van het Amerikaanse Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken werd voortgezet. Er werden gezamenlijke EU-VS-seminars georganiseerd om gezamenlijke impactindicatoren vast te stellen en de ondersteuning op het terrein te coördineren. In 2018 organiseerde de EU de tweede Dialoog over uitvoercontrolebestuur („Dialogue on Export Control Governance”), een conferentie waarop de vier uitvoercontroleregelingen werden samengebracht met partnerorganisaties en -landen. Voor partners van de EU-outreachprogramma’s voor uitvoercontrole wordt jaarlijks de EU P2P Summer University georganiseerd. Het portaal EU P2P (https://export-control.jrc.ec.europa.eu/) is nog altijd het platform voor alle outreachprogramma’s van de EU betreffende de controle op de uitvoer van militaire goederen en producten voor tweeërlei gebruik, met als doel de informatie-uitwisseling met de EU-partnerlanden op maat te maken. Het programma wordt gefinancierd uit het instrument voor bijdrage aan stabiliteit en vrede. |
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61.

RUIMTE

| 62. | De EU heeft aangemoedigd tot voortzetting van de inspanningen inzake het voorkomen van een wapenwedloop in de ruimte, inzake beginselen van verantwoord gedrag in de ruimte, en inzake transparantiebevorderende en vertrouwenwekkende maatregelen. De EU heeft steun verleend aan de werkzaamheden van de werkgroep inzake de duurzaamheid van ruimteactiviteiten voor de lange termijn van de VN-Commissie voor het vreedzaam gebruik van de kosmische ruimte (Copuos). Aangezien de richtsnoeren voor de houdbaarheid op lange termijn van activiteiten in de ruimte niet werden aangenomen in 2018, zal de EU met alle partners voortwerken om de onderhandelingen af te ronden. |
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62.

| 63. | In juni heeft de EU met succes deelgenomen aan de Copuos-bijeenkomst op hoog niveau UNISPACE+50 in Wenen. In haar verklaring benadrukte de EU het belang van transparantiebevorderende en vertrouwenwekkende maatregelen en van het uitdragen van de beginselen van verantwoord gedrag in de ruimte in het kader van de Verenigde Naties. De EU wees erop dat het overeenkomen van een niet-juridisch bindend instrument een waardevolle manier is om die doelstellingen te verwezenlijken. De EU en haar lidstaten hebben zich ook voor beveiliging en veiligheid in de ruimte ingezet in de Groep van regeringsdeskundigen inzake de voorkoming van een wapenwedloop in de ruimte, op de Conferentie over ontwapening en in Hulporgaan 3 van die conferentie, in de Ontwapeningscommissie van de VN en in de Algemene Vergadering van de VN. De EU zal zich inzetten opdat de Raadsconclusies van december 2017 en februari 2018 over UNISPACE+50 tot uiting komen in de Ruimtevaartagenda 2030 en het bijbehorende uitvoeringsplan, die in 2020-2021 aan de AVVN worden voorgelegd. |
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63.

CLAUSULES OVER NON-PROLIFERATIE VAN MVW

| 64. | Overeenkomstig haar beleid inzake non-proliferatie van MVW en de conclusies van de Raad van 2003, bleef de EU voortwerken aan het mainstreamen van toezeggingen op het gebied van de non-proliferatie van MVW in overeenkomsten met derde landen. Zo werden in 2018 de onderhandelingen met Mercosur afgerond over een MVW-clausule in de nieuwe overeenkomsten met die groep landen. Daarnaast werden de onderhandelingen voortgezet over een MVW-clausule in nieuwe overeenkomsten met Azerbeidzjan, Chili en Kirgizië. |
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64.

ANDERE MULTILATERALE FORA

G7

| 65. | De EU is actief blijven deelnemen aan de vergaderingen van de Groep directeuren non-proliferatie van de G7 (NPDG). In 2018 heeft de EU deelgenomen aan de vergaderingen onder Canadees voorzitterschap over actuele non-proliferatie- en ontwapeningskwesties, waarbij tevens is nagegaan of verdere vooruitgang kon worden geboekt bij de coördinatie van de werkzaamheden van de NPDG en het mondiaal partnerschap tegen de verspreiding van massavernietigingswapens en materiaal ervoor van de G7, met name door beleidsprioriteiten nauwer te koppelen aan projectactiviteiten. |
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65.

| 66. | De EU is ook gecommitteerd aan het mondiaal partnerschap tegen de verspreiding van massavernietigingswapens en materiaal ervoor, met name via technische bijstand (dreigingsevaluatie, nationale actieplannen) die wereldwijd wordt geboden door het EU-initiatief CBRN-kenniscentra. |
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66.

BIJEENKOMSTEN IN HET KADER VAN DE POLITIEKE DIALOOG

| 67. | De speciaal gezant voor non-proliferatie en ontwapening van de EDEO heeft dialoogvergaderingen over non-proliferatie en ontwapening gehouden met Brazilië, India, Pakistan, de Russische Federatie, Oekraïne en de VS. Hij heeft talrijke malen bilateraal overleg gepleegd met verschillende belanghebbende partijen in de marge van belangrijke fora zoals de Eerste Commissie van de AVVN, de tweede zitting van de commissie ter voorbereiding van de in 2020 te houden toetsingsconferentie met betrekking tot het Verdrag inzake de niet-verspreiding van kernwapens, en de Algemene Conferentie van de IAEA. Er is bilateraal overleg geweest met de hoge VN-vertegenwoordiger voor ontwapening en met de directeur-generaal van de Organisatie voor het verbod van chemische wapens, en anderen. |
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(1)  PB L 352 van 23.12.2006, blz. 74.

(2)  PB L 56 van 28.2.2018, blz. 34.

(3)  PB L 314 van 11.12.2018, blz. 41.

(4)  PB L 55 van 27.2.2018, blz. 58.

(5)  PB L 43 van 18.2.2015, blz. 14.

(6)  PB L 314 van 11.12.2018, blz. 58.

(7)  PB L 329 van 13.12.2017, blz. 55.

(8)  PB L 259 van 16.10.2018, blz. 25.

(9)  PB L 259 van 16.10.2018, blz. 12.

(10)  PB L 12 van 19.1.2016, blz. 50.

(11)  PB L 337 van 19.12.2017, blz. 28.

(12)  PB L 121 van 12.5.2017, blz. 39.

(13)  Rekenkamer — Speciaal verslag nr. 17/2014.

(14)  Conclusies van de Raad (doc. 12747/15) van 8 oktober 2015.

(15)  PB L 202 van 4.8.2010, blz. 5.

(16)  PB L 56 van 28.2.2018, blz. 46.

(17)  Zie PB L 319 van 14.12.2018, blz. 1.

(18)  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2018/december/tradoc_157592.pdf

(19)  http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/events/index.cfm?id=1951

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BIJLAGE I

OVERVIEW OF EU COUNCIL JOINT ACTIONS AND COUNCIL DECISIONS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGY AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

| | Title | Objective and implementing entity | Budget and duration |
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| 1. | Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/2010 of 17 December 2018 in support of countering illicit proliferation and trafficking of small arms, light weapons (SALW) and ammunition and their impact in Latin America and the Caribbean in the framework of the EU Strategy against Illicit Firearms, Small Arms & Light Weapons and their Ammunition ‘Securing Arms, Protecting Citizens’ | With this Council Decision, the EU wishes to show its support to countering illicit arms in order to prevent violence, organised crime and conflicts in the region. The Council Decision has the following specific objectives:






  — | Strengthen physical security and management systems for national military and other institutional stockpiles through improved site security measures and inventory control; |

Title

Objective and implementing entity

Budget and duration

1.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/2010 of 17 December 2018 in support of countering illicit proliferation and trafficking of small arms, light weapons (SALW) and ammunition and their impact in Latin America and the Caribbean in the framework of the EU Strategy against Illicit Firearms, Small Arms & Light Weapons and their Ammunition ‘Securing Arms, Protecting Citizens’

With this Council Decision, the EU wishes to show its support to countering illicit arms in order to prevent violence, organised crime and conflicts in the region. The Council Decision has the following specific objectives:

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Strengthen physical security and management systems for national military and other institutional stockpiles through improved site security measures and inventory control;

| — | Reinforce national capabilities for destruction of seized, excess or unsafe SALW and ammunition; |
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Reinforce national capabilities for destruction of seized, excess or unsafe SALW and ammunition;

| — | Enhance national SALW marking and tracing capacity and foment regional cooperation on tracing confiscated weapons and ammunition; |
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Enhance national SALW marking and tracing capacity and foment regional cooperation on tracing confiscated weapons and ammunition;

| — | Improve SALW transfer mechanisms through national legislation, border controls, and regional coordination; and |
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Improve SALW transfer mechanisms through national legislation, border controls, and regional coordination; and

| — | Promote socially responsible behaviours in selected communities, targeting groups that are severely affected by armed violence, including the use of turn-in campaigns or other strategies designed to reduce local incidence of violent crimes. |
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Promote socially responsible behaviours in selected communities, targeting groups that are severely affected by armed violence, including the use of turn-in campaigns or other strategies designed to reduce local incidence of violent crimes.

Implementing agency: Organization of American States (OAS)

Budget: EUR 3 000 000

Official Journal: L 322/27 – 18.12.2018

Estimated duration of the action: 36 months

2.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1939 of 10 December 2018 on Union support for the universalisation and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism

With this Decision, the EU is supporting one of the key elements of the global nuclear security and anti-terrorism architecture, the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT).

The objectives of the support are to increase the number of adherents to ICSANT, to raise awareness among national policy- and decision-makers, as well as capacity-building: to help improve national legislation and to strengthen the capacity of national stakeholders, including criminal justice officials to investigate, prosecute and adjudicate cases of nuclear terrorism.

The Council Decision aims to build synergies with on-going EU projects in support for relevant international legal instruments, such as the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and UN Security Council Resolution 1540.

The Council Decision will promote the universalization and effective implementation of ICSANT through the development and maintenance of a password-protected website on all resources on ICSANT including examples of national legislation; the development of an e-learning module on ICSANT, to be translated into at least four UN official languages; the provision of relevant legislative assistance; capacity building of relevant stakeholders including criminal justice officials that could be involved in investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating cases involving nuclear and other radioactive material covered by ICSANT; holding of global and regional workshops and country visits and by the collection and dissemination of good practices.

Implementing agency: United Nations (UN) Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT)

Budget: EUR 4 999 986

Official Journal: L 314/41 – 11.12.2018

Estimated duration of the action: 36 months

3.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1943 of 10 December 2018 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/2303 in support of the continued implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2118 (2013) and OPCW Executive Council decision EC-M-33/DEC.1 on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons, in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The duration of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2303, on the provision of satellite imagery in support of the OPCW, has been extended for 12 months. This to allow the OPCW to continue the implementation of the activities and to reach their planned objectives.

Implementing agency: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Budget: EUR 0

Official Journal: L 314/58 – 11.12.2018

4.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1788 of 19 November 2018 in support of the South-Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) for the implementation of the Regional Roadmap on combating illicit arms trafficking in the Western Balkans

With a view to fighting the illicit trade in firearms and SALW in the Western Balkans, support is provided for the implementation of the ‘Regional Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of SALW/firearms and their ammunition in the Western Balkans by 2024’.

This Council Decision also provides support for countering illicit arms trafficking in the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus.

Implementing agency: South-Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)

Budget: EUR 4 002 588

Official Journal: L 293/11 – 20.11.2018

Estimated duration of the action: 36 months

5.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1789 of 19 November 2018 in support of combating the illicit trade in and proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the Member States of the League of Arab States

The focus of the project is on capacity-building in Arab States for implementing the UN Programme of Actions against illicit small arms and light weapons.

Actions in the following areas are supported:

| — | international SALW transfer control (combating illicit arms flows); |
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international SALW transfer control (combating illicit arms flows);

| — | identification and disruption of sources of illicit small arms (capacity-building for law-enforcement agencies); |
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identification and disruption of sources of illicit small arms (capacity-building for law-enforcement agencies);

| — | other measures related to small-arms control, including stockpile management, control of related supplies and security; |
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other measures related to small-arms control, including stockpile management, control of related supplies and security;

| — | disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR); |
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disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR);

| — | provision of information relevant to illicit SALW and enhanced SALW control. |
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provision of information relevant to illicit SALW and enhanced SALW control.

Implementing agency: League of Arab States (LAS)

Budget: EUR 2 858 550

Official Journal: L 293/24 – 20.11.2018

Estimated duration of the action: 24 months

6.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/298 of 26 February 2018 on Union support for the activities of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in order to strengthen its monitoring and verification capabilities and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

The EU assistance is supporting universal adherence to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and the long term sustainability of its verification regime through outreach and capacity building.

The Council Decision continues the support for:

| — | certified auxiliary seismic stations part of the CTBTO International Monitoring System; |
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certified auxiliary seismic stations part of the CTBTO International Monitoring System;

| — | the development of noble gas sampling systems through study of materials for improved adsorption of xenon; |
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the development of noble gas sampling systems through study of materials for improved adsorption of xenon;

| — | continuing the radio-xenon background measurement campaigns in different regions of the world; |
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continuing the radio-xenon background measurement campaigns in different regions of the world;

| — | the Ensemble Prediction System to quantify uncertainties and confidence level in Atmospheric Transport Modelling (ATM) simulations; |
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the Ensemble Prediction System to quantify uncertainties and confidence level in Atmospheric Transport Modelling (ATM) simulations;

| — | the scientific evaluation of the increase in resolution for ATM tools; |
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the scientific evaluation of the increase in resolution for ATM tools;

| — | the development of new software; |
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the development of new software;

| — | enhancing the on-site inspection noble gas processing and detection; |
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enhancing the on-site inspection noble gas processing and detection;

| — | enhancing the automatic processing and integration capabilities in seismic, hydro-acoustic and infrasound National Data Centre-in-a-Box; |
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enhancing the automatic processing and integration capabilities in seismic, hydro-acoustic and infrasound National Data Centre-in-a-Box;

| — | integrated outreach and capacity-building targeting State Signatories and Non-Signatories. |
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integrated outreach and capacity-building targeting State Signatories and Non-Signatories.

Implementing agency: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Budget: EUR 4 594 752

Official Journal: L 56/34 – 28.2.2018

Estimated duration of the action: 24 months

7.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/299 of 26 February 2018 promoting the European network of independent non-proliferation and disarmament think tanks in support of the implementation of the EU Strategy against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Over the period 2018-2021, EU funding for the activities of the European Network of Independent Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Think Tanks will be continued.

The following objectives will be further pursued:

| (a) | to encourage political and security-related dialogue and long-term discussion of measures to combat the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems; |
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(a)

to encourage political and security-related dialogue and long-term discussion of measures to combat the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems;

| (b) | to provide those participating in the relevant preparatory bodies of the Council with the opportunity to consult the Network on issues related to non-proliferation and disarmament; |
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(b)

to provide those participating in the relevant preparatory bodies of the Council with the opportunity to consult the Network on issues related to non-proliferation and disarmament;

| (c) | to constitute a useful stepping stone for non-proliferation and disarmament action by the Union and the international community; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

to constitute a useful stepping stone for non-proliferation and disarmament action by the Union and the international community;

| (d) | to contribute to enhancing third countries’ awareness of proliferation and disarmament challenges and of the need to work in cooperation with the Union; |
| --- | --- |

(d)

to contribute to enhancing third countries’ awareness of proliferation and disarmament challenges and of the need to work in cooperation with the Union;

| (e) | to contribute to the development of expertise and institutional capacity in non-proliferation and disarmament matters in think tanks and governments in the Union and third countries. |
| --- | --- |

(e)

to contribute to the development of expertise and institutional capacity in non-proliferation and disarmament matters in think tanks and governments in the Union and third countries.

Implementing agency: EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

Budget: EUR 4 507 005

Official Journal: L 56/46 – 28.2.2018

Estimated duration of the action: 42 months

8.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/294 of 26 February 2018 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/259 in support of activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

The duration of Decision (CFSP) 2015/259 has been extended until December 2018, with a view to the full implementation of the activities.

Implementing agency: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Budget: EUR 0

Official Journal: L 55/58 – 27.2.2018

9.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/101 of 22 January 2018 on the promotion of effective arms export controls

This is a new phase of EU outreach activities in the field of arms export controls. 24 third countries in the EU close neighbourhood will receive technical assistance to improve their controls over arms transfer. In addition to promoting effective arms export controls, the objective of this Decision is to support regional cooperation, enhanced transparency and greater responsibility in line with the principles of the EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and the risk assessment criteria contained therein.

Implementing agency: German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (‘BAFA’)

Budget: EUR 1 304 107

Official Journal: L 17/40 – 23.1.2018

Estimated duration of the action: 30 months

10.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2370 of 18 December 2017 in support of the Hague Code of Conduct and ballistic missile non-proliferation

The contribution aims to:

| a) | promote the subscription to the Code by an ever larger number of States and ultimately its universality; |
| --- | --- |

a)

promote the subscription to the Code by an ever larger number of States and ultimately its universality;

| b) | support the full implementation of the Code; |
| --- | --- |

b)

support the full implementation of the Code;

| c) | promote dialogue among subscribing and non-subscribing States with the aim of helping to build confidence and transparency, encouraging restraint and creating more stability and security for all; |
| --- | --- |

c)

promote dialogue among subscribing and non-subscribing States with the aim of helping to build confidence and transparency, encouraging restraint and creating more stability and security for all;

| d) | reinforce the Code’s visibility and raising public awareness about the risks and threats posed by ballistic missile proliferation; |
| --- | --- |

d)

reinforce the Code’s visibility and raising public awareness about the risks and threats posed by ballistic missile proliferation;

| e) | explore, in particular through academic studies, possibilities of enhancing the Code and of promoting cooperation between the Code and other relevant multilateral instruments, such as the Missile Technology Control Regime, UNSCR 1540 (2004) and the United Nations Register of Objects Launched in Outer Space. |
| --- | --- |

e)

explore, in particular through academic studies, possibilities of enhancing the Code and of promoting cooperation between the Code and other relevant multilateral instruments, such as the Missile Technology Control Regime, UNSCR 1540 (2004) and the United Nations Register of Objects Launched in Outer Space.

Implementing agency: Fondation pour le Recherche Stratégique

Budget: EUR 1 878 120

Official Journal: L 337/28 – 19.12.2017

Estimated duration of the action: 40 months

11.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2302 of 12 December 2017 in support of the OPCW activities to assist clean-up operations at the former chemical weapons storage site in Libya

| a) | The contribution aims to support the OPCW in the complete destruction of Libya’s chemical weapons stockpile subject to the verification measures provided for in the Chemical Weapons Convention. The specific objectives of the project are to: |
| --- | --- |

a)

The contribution aims to support the OPCW in the complete destruction of Libya’s chemical weapons stockpile subject to the verification measures provided for in the Chemical Weapons Convention. The specific objectives of the project are to:

| b) | complete the full clean-up operations at the former chemical weapons storage site at Ruwagha (Al Jufra province), in an environmentally compliant manner, subject to the verification measures provided for in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC); |
| --- | --- |

b)

complete the full clean-up operations at the former chemical weapons storage site at Ruwagha (Al Jufra province), in an environmentally compliant manner, subject to the verification measures provided for in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC);

| c) | increase the capacity of the Libyan National Authority (LNA), as designated pursuant to Article VII(4) of the CWC, and those engaged in destruction, decontamination, and disposal of chemical materials in Libya, and |
| --- | --- |

c)

increase the capacity of the Libyan National Authority (LNA), as designated pursuant to Article VII(4) of the CWC, and those engaged in destruction, decontamination, and disposal of chemical materials in Libya, and

| d) | train those engaged in these efforts to collect, record, and transport soil samples in and around the Ruwagha tank farm in accordance with OPCW standards, with the use of live video feeds and sealed OPCW cameras, for compliance with the report of the Eighty-Third Session of the Executive Council. |
| --- | --- |

d)

train those engaged in these efforts to collect, record, and transport soil samples in and around the Ruwagha tank farm in accordance with OPCW standards, with the use of live video feeds and sealed OPCW cameras, for compliance with the report of the Eighty-Third Session of the Executive Council.

Implementing agency: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Budget: EUR 3 035 591

Official Journal: L 329/50 – 13.12.2017

Estimated duration of the action: 20 months

12.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2303 of 12 December 2017 in support of the continued implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2118 (2013) and OPCW Executive Council decision EC-M-33/DEC.1 on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons

The project supported through this Decision is the provision of situation-awareness products related to the security of the OPCW fact-finding mission, including the status of the road network through the delivery to OPCW of SatCen satellite imagery products.

Implementing agency: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Budget: EUR 1 003 717

Official Journal: L 329/55 – 13.12.2017

Estimated duration of the action: 12 months

13.

Council Decision (EU) 2017/2284 of 11 December 2017 to provide support to States in the African, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and Caribbean regions to participate in the high-level fissile material cut-off treaty expert preparatory group consultative process

The contribution provides support to States in the African, the Asia-Pacific and the Latin America and Caribbean regions to participate in the high-level FMCT expert preparatory group consultative process, in sub-regional workshops and expert meetings. It also aims to facilitate the transmission of knowledge between academia, civil society organisations and Member States relating to fissile materials and to establish a repository of relevant information and publications.

Implementing agency: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

Budget: EUR 1 220 881

Official Journal: L 328/34 – 12.12.2017

Estimated duration of the action: 36 months

14.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1252 of 11 July 2017 in support of the strengthening of chemical safety and security in Ukraine in line with the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery

Aiming to enhance peace and security in the neighbourhood of the Union by reducing the threat posed by the illicit trade of controlled and toxic chemicals in the OSCE region, in particular in Ukraine and to uphold effective multilateralism at regional level by supporting the action of the OSCE to enhance the capabilities of the competent authorities in Ukraine to prevent the illicit trade of controlled and toxic chemicals in line with obligations under UNSCR 1540, the contribution provides support for:

| a) | improving Ukraine’s regulatory system on chemical safety and security; |
| --- | --- |

a)

improving Ukraine’s regulatory system on chemical safety and security;

| b) | establishing a Ukrainian national reference centre to identify controlled and toxic chemicals; |
| --- | --- |

b)

establishing a Ukrainian national reference centre to identify controlled and toxic chemicals;

| c) | strengthening controls over cross-boundary movement of controlled and toxic chemicals. |
| --- | --- |

c)

strengthening controls over cross-boundary movement of controlled and toxic chemicals.

Implementing agency: the OSCE Secretariat and an OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine

Budget: EUR 1 431 157

Official Journal: L 179/8 – 12.7.2017

Estimated duration of the action: 36 months

15.

Council Decision 2017/1195/CFSP of 4 July 2017 amending Decision 2014/129/CFSP, promoting the European network of independent non-proliferation think tanks in support of the implementation of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (EU Consortium Second Extension)

Second Extension of the EU Consortium Council Decision

Implementing agency: EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

Budget: EUR 434 254

Official Journal: L 172/14 – 5.7.2017

Estimated duration of the action: 6 months

16.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/809 of 11 May 2017 in support of the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery

The support provided aims to help enhance the relevant national and regional efforts and capabilities, primarily through training, capacity-building and assistance facilitation in close coordination with other Union programmes and other actors involved in the implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004); to ensure synergies and complementarity; to contribute to the practical implementation of specific recommendations of both the 2009 comprehensive review on the status of implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004) and the outcome of the comprehensive review conducted during 2016, in particular in the areas of technical assistance, international cooperation and raising public awareness; to support the development of voluntary UNSCR 1540 (2004) national implementation action plans upon States’ request; to promote the engagement of relevant stakeholders from industry and civil society in the implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004).

Implementing agency: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

Budget: EUR 2 672 770

Official Journal: L 121/39 – 12.5.2017

Estimated duration of the action: 36 months

17.

Council Decision 2017/632/CFSP Amending Decision 2014/129/CFSP, promoting the European network of independent non-proliferation think tanks in support of the implementation of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (EU Consortium First Extension)

Extending the duration of Council Decision 2014/129/CFSP to enable the full implementation of the activities contained therein.

Implementing agency: EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

Budget: no-cost extension

Official Journal: L 90/10 – 4.4.2017

Estimated duration of the action: 3 months

18.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/2383 of 21 December 2016 on the Union support for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) activities in the area of nuclear security and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The support provided for the nuclear security activities of the IAEA aims to:

| a) | ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of support provided through previous Joint Actions and Decisions; |
| --- | --- |

a)

ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of support provided through previous Joint Actions and Decisions;

| b) | strengthen countries indigenous nuclear security support infrastructure; |
| --- | --- |

b)

strengthen countries indigenous nuclear security support infrastructure;

| c) | strengthen countries legislative and regulatory framework; |
| --- | --- |

c)

strengthen countries legislative and regulatory framework;

| d) | strengthen nuclear security systems and measures for nuclear and other radioactive materials; |
| --- | --- |

d)

strengthen nuclear security systems and measures for nuclear and other radioactive materials;

| e) | strengthen countries institutional infrastructure and capabilities to deal with nuclear and radioactive materials out of regulatory control; |
| --- | --- |

e)

strengthen countries institutional infrastructure and capabilities to deal with nuclear and radioactive materials out of regulatory control;

| f) | strengthen countries response and resilience to cybercrime and mitigate its impact on nuclear security; |
| --- | --- |

f)

strengthen countries response and resilience to cybercrime and mitigate its impact on nuclear security;

| g) | enhance education and training capacities in the field of nuclear security; |
| --- | --- |

g)

enhance education and training capacities in the field of nuclear security;

| h) | provide focused and continuing support for the implementation and universal adherence to the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. |
| --- | --- |

h)

provide focused and continuing support for the implementation and universal adherence to the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

Implementing agency: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Budget: EUR 9 361 204,23

Official Journal: L 352/74 – 23.12.2016

Estimated duration of the action: 36 months

19.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/2001 of 15 November 2016 on a Union contribution to the establishment and the secure management of a Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the framework of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The contribution provides support for the safe and secure operation and management of the IAEA LEU Bank by ensuring high levels of security and safety during transport and storage, in line with the IAEA safety standards and security guidance documents. It provides support for:

| a) | the safe and secure establishment of storage for the 90 tonnes of LEU; |
| --- | --- |

a)

the safe and secure establishment of storage for the 90 tonnes of LEU;

| b) | the secure transport of 90 tonnes of LEU; |
| --- | --- |

b)

the secure transport of 90 tonnes of LEU;

| c) | the long term storage of the 90 tonnes of LEU |
| --- | --- |

c)

the long term storage of the 90 tonnes of LEU

Implementing agency: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Budget: EUR 4 362 200

Official Journal: L 308/22 – 16.11.2016

Estimated duration of the action: 60 months after the date of the conclusion of the financing agreement

20.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/51 of 18 January 2016 in support of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) in the framework of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The contribution provides support for:

| a) | promoting universal adherence to the BTWC by encouraging States not party to better understand the benefits of joining the BTWC and getting more involved in BTWC meetings and other activities, |
| --- | --- |

a)

promoting universal adherence to the BTWC by encouraging States not party to better understand the benefits of joining the BTWC and getting more involved in BTWC meetings and other activities,

| b) | enhancing interaction with non-governmental stakeholders on science and technology and biosafety and biosecurity, |
| --- | --- |

b)

enhancing interaction with non-governmental stakeholders on science and technology and biosafety and biosecurity,

| c) | developing national capacities for BTWC implementation — in particular in developing countries, and on areas such as Articles VII and X — by improving the quality and quantity of declarations submitted under the Confidence-Building Measures system in order to enhance confidence in compliance with the BTWC, |
| --- | --- |

c)

developing national capacities for BTWC implementation — in particular in developing countries, and on areas such as Articles VII and X — by improving the quality and quantity of declarations submitted under the Confidence-Building Measures system in order to enhance confidence in compliance with the BTWC,

| d) | supporting the intersessional programme and the preparations for the Eighth Review Conference, |
| --- | --- |

d)

supporting the intersessional programme and the preparations for the Eighth Review Conference,

| e) | strengthening the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical, Biological and Toxin Weapons (SGM), |
| --- | --- |

e)

strengthening the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical, Biological and Toxin Weapons (SGM),

| f) | enabling tools for awareness-raising, education and engagement. |
| --- | --- |

f)

enabling tools for awareness-raising, education and engagement.

Implementing agency: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

Budget: EUR 2 340 000

Official Journal: L 12/50 – 19.1.2016

Estimated duration of the action: 36 months from the conclusion of the financing agreement.

21.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/2215 of 30 November 2015 in support of UNSCR 2235 (2015), establishing an OPCW-UN joint investigative mechanism to identify the perpetrators of chemical attacks in the Syrian Arab Republic

The decision supported the OPCW and the JIM by contributing to costs associated with their activities under UNSCR 2235 (2015), with the following overall objective: identification to the greatest extent feasible of individuals, entities, groups or governments who were perpetrators, organisers, sponsors or otherwise involved in the use of chemicals, including chlorine or any other toxic chemical, as weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic, where the OPCW FFM determines or has determined that a specific incident in the Syrian Arab Republic involved or likely involved the use of chemicals, including chlorine or any other toxic chemical, as weapons.

Implementing agency: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Budget: EUR 2 290 463

Official Journal: L 314/51 – 1.12.2015

Estimated duration of the action: 18 months from the conclusion of the financing agreement.

22.

Implementing agency: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

Budget: EUR 2 295 632

Official Journal: L 314/51 – 1.12.2015

Estimated duration of the action: 18 months from the conclusion of the financing agreement.

23.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1838 of 12 October 2015 amending Decision 2013/391/CFSP in support of the practical implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery

Decision 2013/391/CFSP was amended as follows: (1) in Article 5, paragraph 2 was replaced by the following: ‘2.This Decision shall expire on 25 April 2016.’ (2) in the Annex, point 6 was replaced by the following: ‘6. DURATION This Decision will expire on 25 April 2016.’

Implementing agency: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

Budget: EUR 750 000

Official Journal: L 266/96 – 13.10.2015

Duration of the action:

| 1) | CD 2013/391/CFSP (row 65): 24 months; |
| --- | --- |

1)

CD 2013/391/CFSP (row 65): 24 months;

| 2) | CD2015/1838/CFSP: extended it until 25 April 2016. |
| --- | --- |

2)

CD2015/1838/CFSP: extended it until 25 April 2016.

24.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1837 of 12 October 2015 on Union support for the activities of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) in order to strengthen its monitoring and verification capabilities and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The sixth Council Decision supports the CTBT Organisation, without substituting actions/projects funded through the regular budget, a) in its technical pillars to enhance the technical and scientific capacity of the PTS and b) in its capacity to promote the universal adherence and entry-into-force of the Treaty and the verification regime through training and educational activities. The projects aim to:

| a) | sustain the operability of the CTBTO verification system; |
| --- | --- |

a)

sustain the operability of the CTBTO verification system;

| b) | expand the capabilities of the Multispectral/Infrared (MSIR) system, developed by the PTS under EU Council Decision V, by adding dedicated sensors to help inspection teams detect OSI-relevant features; |
| --- | --- |

b)

expand the capabilities of the Multispectral/Infrared (MSIR) system, developed by the PTS under EU Council Decision V, by adding dedicated sensors to help inspection teams detect OSI-relevant features;

| c) | promote universal adherence and the entry into force of the Treaty and the long term sustainability of its verification regime through outreach activities and capacity building. |
| --- | --- |

c)

promote universal adherence and the entry into force of the Treaty and the long term sustainability of its verification regime through outreach activities and capacity building.

Implementing agency: The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).

Budget: EUR 3 024 756

Official Journal: L 266/83 – 13.10.2015

Duration of the action: 24 months from the conclusion of the financial agreement.

25.

Council Decision 2015/259/CFSP of 17 February 2015 in support of activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The EU Council Decision 2015/259/CFSP for the years 2015-17 has made available to the OPCW some EUR 2.5 mln to support:

| a) | universality, |
| --- | --- |

a)

universality,

| b) | national implementation, |
| --- | --- |

b)

national implementation,

| c) | international cooperation, |
| --- | --- |

c)

international cooperation,

| d) | the Africa Programme and |
| --- | --- |

d)

the Africa Programme and

| e) | implementation of lessons learned from the Syrian operation. |
| --- | --- |

e)

implementation of lessons learned from the Syrian operation.

Implementing agency: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Budget: EUR 2 528 069

Official Journal: L 43/14 – 18.2.2015

Duration of the action: 36 months

26.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/203 of 9 February 2015 in support of the Union proposal for an international Code of Conduct for outer- space activities as a contribution to transparency and confidence building measures in outer-space activities

The objective was to promote the proposal for an international Code of Conduct on outer-space activities as a contribution to the creation of TCBMs in outer-space activities in line with UNGA Resolution A/RES/68/50, while building on the lessons-learned from Council Decision 2012/281/CFSP.

The projects supported by the EU aimed to:

| a) | enhance awareness, knowledge and understanding of the proposal for an international Code of Conduct and the process led by the European Union. |
| --- | --- |

a)

enhance awareness, knowledge and understanding of the proposal for an international Code of Conduct and the process led by the European Union.

| b) | continue to provide a framework for the multilateral process on the proposal for an international Code of Conduct for outer-space activities, that will enable the international community to continue to engage with a view to building the widest possible consensus for adoption of the Code of Conduct, through supporting multilateral meetings for negotiations on the draft Code, and for its formal adoption. |
| --- | --- |

b)

continue to provide a framework for the multilateral process on the proposal for an international Code of Conduct for outer-space activities, that will enable the international community to continue to engage with a view to building the widest possible consensus for adoption of the Code of Conduct, through supporting multilateral meetings for negotiations on the draft Code, and for its formal adoption.

Implementing agency: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

Budget: EUR 775 729

Official Journal: L 33/38 – 10.2.2015

Duration of the action: 18 months

27.

Council Decision 2014/913/CFSP of 15 December 2014 in support of the HCoC and ballistic missile Non-Proliferation in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The objectives were to:

| 1. | Support the Hague Code of Conduct against ballistic missile proliferation and the Missile Technology Control Regime, in particular with the aim to:






  a) | promote universality and the subscription to the Code by all States with ballistic missile capabilities; |
| --- | --- | --- |

1.

Support the Hague Code of Conduct against ballistic missile proliferation and the Missile Technology Control Regime, in particular with the aim to:

a)

promote universality and the subscription to the Code by all States with ballistic missile capabilities;

| b) | support the implementation and reinforce the visibility of the Code; |
| --- | --- |

b)

support the implementation and reinforce the visibility of the Code;

| c) | promote adherence to the MTCR guidelines and its annex. |
| --- | --- |

c)

promote adherence to the MTCR guidelines and its annex.

| 2. | More generally, to support a range of activities to fight against the proliferation of ballistic missiles, aimed notably at raising awareness of this threat, stepping up efforts to increase the effectiveness of multilateral instruments, building up support to initiatives to address these specific challenges and helping interested countries to reinforce nationally their relevant export control regimes.

  Implementing agency: Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS). |
| --- | --- |

2.

More generally, to support a range of activities to fight against the proliferation of ballistic missiles, aimed notably at raising awareness of this threat, stepping up efforts to increase the effectiveness of multilateral instruments, building up support to initiatives to address these specific challenges and helping interested countries to reinforce nationally their relevant export control regimes.

Implementing agency: Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS).

Budget: EUR 990 000

Official Journal: L 360/44 – 17.12.2014

Duration of the action: 30 months

28.

Council Decision 2014/129/CFSP of 10 March 2014 promoting the European network of independent non-proliferation think tanks in support of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The Council Decision continued the support to the Consortium of think-tanks. It built on the achievements and experiences since 2011. New tasks were added, among which:

| a) | annual international conference on non-proliferation and disarmament (3 in total; 250-300 targeted participants, international in scope, held in Brussels) |
| --- | --- |

a)

annual international conference on non-proliferation and disarmament (3 in total; 250-300 targeted participants, international in scope, held in Brussels)

| b) | annual consultative meeting on non-proliferation and disarmament (3 in total, 100 targeted participants, European in scope, held in Brussels) |
| --- | --- |

b)

annual consultative meeting on non-proliferation and disarmament (3 in total, 100 targeted participants, European in scope, held in Brussels)

| c) | internet platform and production of policy papers; |
| --- | --- |

c)

internet platform and production of policy papers;

| d) | ad hoc seminars; |
| --- | --- |

d)

ad hoc seminars;

| e) | help-desk facility for production within two weeks-time of up to twenty 5-10 pages policy papers on demand by EEAS; |
| --- | --- |

e)

help-desk facility for production within two weeks-time of up to twenty 5-10 pages policy papers on demand by EEAS;

| f) | education on non-proliferation and disarmament (European online curriculum for university use to be available 24 months after the starting of the contract). |
| --- | --- |

f)

education on non-proliferation and disarmament (European online curriculum for university use to be available 24 months after the starting of the contract).

Implementing agency: The EU Non-Proliferation Consortium of Think-Tanks.

Budget: EUR 3 600 000

Official Journal: L 71/3 – 12.3.2014

Duration of the action: 36 months

29.

Council Decision 2013/726/CFSP of 9 December 2013 in support of the UNSCR 2118 (2013) and OPCW Executive Council EC-M-33/Dec 1, in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The overall objective was to support the OPCW activities by contributing to costs associated with the inspection and verification of the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons, and costs associated with activities complementary to the core mandated tasks in support of UNSCR 2118 (2013) and the OPCW Executive Council Decision of 27 September 2013 on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons and subsequent and related resolutions and decisions. The project under the Council Decision provided situation-awareness products: satellite imagery and related information products of the EU Satellite Centre, related to the security of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission, including the status of the road network.

Implementing agency: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Budget: EUR 2 311 842

Official Journal: L 329/41 – 10.12.2013

Duration of the action: 12 months. Extended until 30 September 2015.

Implemented.

30.

Council Decision 2013/668/CFSP of 18 November 2013 in support of World Health Organisation activities in the area of bio-safety and bio-security in the framework of the European Union Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The overall objective was to support the implementation of the BTWC focusing on the safety and security of microbial or other biological agents or toxins in laboratories and other facilities, including during transportation and to promote bio-risk reduction practices and awareness, including biosafety, biosecurity, bioethics and preparedness against intentional misuse of biological agents and toxins.

Implementing entity: The World Health Organisation (WTO).

Budget: EUR 1 727 000

Official Journal: L 310 – 20.11.2013

Duration of the action: 24 months

31.

Council Decision 2013/517/CFSP of 21 October 2013 on the Union support for the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency in the areas of nuclear security and verification and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – IAEA VI

The overall aim was to support the IAEA activities in the areas of nuclear security and verification to:

| (a) | promote universal adherence to international non-proliferation and nuclear security instruments, including IAEA comprehensive safeguards agreements and additional protocols; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

promote universal adherence to international non-proliferation and nuclear security instruments, including IAEA comprehensive safeguards agreements and additional protocols;

| (b) | protect proliferation-sensitive materials and equipment and the relevant technology by providing legislative and regulatory assistance in the area of nuclear security and safeguards; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

protect proliferation-sensitive materials and equipment and the relevant technology by providing legislative and regulatory assistance in the area of nuclear security and safeguards;

| (c) | strengthen the detection of, and response to, illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

strengthen the detection of, and response to, illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials.

Implementing entity: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Budget: EUR 8 050 000

Official Journal: L 281/6 – 23.10.2013

Duration of the action: 36 months

32.

Council Decision 2013/391/CFSP of 22 July 2013 in support of the practical implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery

The support focused on:

| (a) | enhancing relevant national and regional efforts and capabilities primarily through capacity-building and assistance facilitation; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

enhancing relevant national and regional efforts and capabilities primarily through capacity-building and assistance facilitation;

| (b) | contributing to the practical implementation of specific recommendations of the 2009 Comprehensive Review of the status of implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004), in particular in the areas of technical assistance, international cooperation and raising public awareness; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

contributing to the practical implementation of specific recommendations of the 2009 Comprehensive Review of the status of implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004), in particular in the areas of technical assistance, international cooperation and raising public awareness;

| (c) | initiating, developing and implementing national action plans upon states request. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

initiating, developing and implementing national action plans upon states request.

Implementing entity: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

Budget: EUR 750 000

Official Journal: L 198 – 23.7.2013

Duration of the action: 24 months.

33.

Council Decision 2012/699/CFSP of 13 November 2012 on support for activities of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) in order to strengthen its monitoring and verification capabilities and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – CTBTO V.

The Union supported four projects, the objectives of which were to:

| (a) | provide technical assistance and capacity building to State Signatories to enable them to fully participate in and contribute to the implementation of the CTBT verification system; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

provide technical assistance and capacity building to State Signatories to enable them to fully participate in and contribute to the implementation of the CTBT verification system;

| (b) | develop capacity for future generations of CTBT experts through the Capacity Development Initiative (CDI); |
| --- | --- |

(b)

develop capacity for future generations of CTBT experts through the Capacity Development Initiative (CDI);

| (c) | enhance the Atmospheric Transport Model (ATM); |
| --- | --- |

(c)

enhance the Atmospheric Transport Model (ATM);

| (d) | characterise and mitigate Radio Xenon noble gases; |
| --- | --- |

(d)

characterise and mitigate Radio Xenon noble gases;

| (e) | support the Integrated Field Exercise in 2014 (IFE14) through the development of an integrated multispectral array; |
| --- | --- |

(e)

support the Integrated Field Exercise in 2014 (IFE14) through the development of an integrated multispectral array;

| (f) | sustain certified IMS Auxiliary Seismic Stations. |
| --- | --- |

(f)

sustain certified IMS Auxiliary Seismic Stations.

Implementing entity: The Preparatory Commission of the CTBTO.

Budget: EUR 5 185 028

Official Journal: L 314 – 14.11.2012

Duration of the action: 24 months. Extended to 3 December 2015.

Implemented

34.

Council Decision 2012/423/CFSP of 23 July 2012 on support of ballistic missile non-proliferation in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of the Council Common Position 2003/805/CFSP

The objectives were to:

| (a) | support the activities of The Hague Code of Conduct against ballistic missile proliferation, in particular with the aim to:






  — | promote the universality of the Code and the subscription to the Code by all States with ballistic missile capabilities; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(a)

support the activities of The Hague Code of Conduct against ballistic missile proliferation, in particular with the aim to:

—

promote the universality of the Code and the subscription to the Code by all States with ballistic missile capabilities;

| — | support the implementation of the Code; |
| --- | --- |

—

support the implementation of the Code;

| — | reinforce the visibility of the Code on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of its signature; |
| --- | --- |

—

reinforce the visibility of the Code on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of its signature;

| (b) | support a range of activities to fight against the proliferation of ballistic missiles, step up efforts to increase the effectiveness of multilateral instruments, build up support for initiatives addressing these specific challenges and help interested countries to reinforce nationally their relevant export control regimes. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

support a range of activities to fight against the proliferation of ballistic missiles, step up efforts to increase the effectiveness of multilateral instruments, build up support for initiatives addressing these specific challenges and help interested countries to reinforce nationally their relevant export control regimes.

Implementing entity: Fondation pour le Recherche Stratégique (FRS).

Budget: EUR 930 000

Official Journal: L 196 – 24.7.2012

Duration of the action: 24 months. Extended to 28 March 2015.

Implemented

35.

Council Decision 2012/422/CFSP of 23 July 2012 in support of a process leading to the establishment of a zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.

The objectives were to:

| (a) | support the work of the Facilitator for the 2012 Conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

support the work of the Facilitator for the 2012 Conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction;

| (b) | enhance the visibility of the Union as a global actor and in the region in the field of non-proliferation; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

enhance the visibility of the Union as a global actor and in the region in the field of non-proliferation;

| (c) | encourage regional political and security-related dialogue within civil societies and governments, and more particularly among experts, officials and academics; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

encourage regional political and security-related dialogue within civil societies and governments, and more particularly among experts, officials and academics;

| (d) | identify concrete confidence-building measures that could serve as practical steps towards the prospect of a Middle East zone free of WMD and their means of delivery; |
| --- | --- |

(d)

identify concrete confidence-building measures that could serve as practical steps towards the prospect of a Middle East zone free of WMD and their means of delivery;

| (e) | encourage discussion on the universalization and implementation of relevant international treaties and other instruments to prevent the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems; |
| --- | --- |

(e)

encourage discussion on the universalization and implementation of relevant international treaties and other instruments to prevent the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems;

| (f) | discuss issues related to peaceful uses of nuclear energy and international and regional cooperation. |
| --- | --- |

(f)

discuss issues related to peaceful uses of nuclear energy and international and regional cooperation.

Implementing entity: EU Non-Proliferation Consortium.

Budget: EUR 352 000

Official Journal: L 196 – 24.7.2012

Duration of the action: 18 months.

A contingency amount of EUR 20 000 was given to the Arab Institute for Security Studies in Amman, Jordan for organising a meeting on the subject of the WMDFZ in the M.E. (13-14 November 2013).

Implemented.

36.

Council Decision 2012/421/CFSP of 23 July 2012 in support of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), in the framework of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The objectives were to:

| (a) | promote universal adherence to the BTWC, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

promote universal adherence to the BTWC,

| (b) | support the implementation of the BTWC and the submission of CBMs by the States Parties, |
| --- | --- |

(b)

support the implementation of the BTWC and the submission of CBMs by the States Parties,

| (c) | support the work of the 2012-2015 inter-sessional programme with a view to strengthening the implementation and effectiveness of the BTWC. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

support the work of the 2012-2015 inter-sessional programme with a view to strengthening the implementation and effectiveness of the BTWC.

Implementing entity: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

Budget: EUR 1 700 000

Official Journal: L 196 – 24.7.2012

Duration of the action: 24 months. Extended to 31 January 2015.

Implemented

37.

Council Decision 2012/281/CFSP of 29 May 2012 in the framework of the European Security Strategy in support of the Union proposal for an international Code of Conduct on outer-space activities.

The objectives were:

| (a) | consultations with States, active or not yet active on space issues to discuss the proposal and to gather their views, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

consultations with States, active or not yet active on space issues to discuss the proposal and to gather their views,

| (b) | gathering expert support for the process of developing an international Code of Conduct for outer-space activities. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

gathering expert support for the process of developing an international Code of Conduct for outer-space activities.

Implementing entity: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).

Budget: EUR 1 490 000

Official Journal: L 140 – 30.5.2012

Duration of the action: 18 months. Extended to 31 July 2014.

Implemented.

38.

Council Decision 2012/166/CFSP of 23 March 2012 in support of activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction — V.

The objectives were to:

| (a) | enhance the capacities of States Parties in fulfilling their obligations under the CWC, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

enhance the capacities of States Parties in fulfilling their obligations under the CWC,

| (b) | enhance the preparedness of States Parties to prevent and respond to attacks involving toxic chemicals, |
| --- | --- |

(b)

enhance the preparedness of States Parties to prevent and respond to attacks involving toxic chemicals,

| (c) | enhance international cooperation in the field of chemical activities, |
| --- | --- |

(c)

enhance international cooperation in the field of chemical activities,

| (d) | support the ability of the OPCW to adapt to developments in the field of science and technology, |
| --- | --- |

(d)

support the ability of the OPCW to adapt to developments in the field of science and technology,

| (e) | promote universality by encouraging States not Parties to join the CWC. |
| --- | --- |

(e)

promote universality by encouraging States not Parties to join the CWC.

Implementing entity: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Budget: EUR 2 140 000

Official Journal: L 87 – 24.3.2012

Duration of the action: 24 months. Extended to 31 December 2014

Implemented

39.

Council Decision 2010/799/CFSP of 13 December 2010 in support of a process of confidence-building leading to the establishment of a zone free of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery in the Middle East in support of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The objectives were to:

| (a) | encourage regional political and security-related dialogue within civil societies and governments, and among experts, officials and academics, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

encourage regional political and security-related dialogue within civil societies and governments, and among experts, officials and academics,

| (b) | identify confidence-building measures that could serve as practical steps towards the prospect of a Middle East zone free of WMD and their means of delivery, |
| --- | --- |

(b)

identify confidence-building measures that could serve as practical steps towards the prospect of a Middle East zone free of WMD and their means of delivery,

| (c) | encourage discussion on the universalization and implementation of relevant international treaties and other instruments to prevent the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems, |
| --- | --- |

(c)

encourage discussion on the universalization and implementation of relevant international treaties and other instruments to prevent the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems,

| (d) | discuss issues related to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and international and regional cooperation in this regard. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

discuss issues related to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and international and regional cooperation in this regard.

Implementing entity: EU Non-Proliferation Consortium.

Budget: EUR 347 700

Official Journal: L 341/27 – 23.12.2012

Implemented.

40.

Council Decision 2010/585/CFSP of 27 September 2010 on support for IAEA activities in the areas of nuclear security and verification and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – IAEA V.

The objectives were:

| (a) | strengthening national legislative and regulatory infrastructures for the implementation of relevant international instruments in the areas of nuclear security and verification, including comprehensive safeguards agreements and the Additional Protocol, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

strengthening national legislative and regulatory infrastructures for the implementation of relevant international instruments in the areas of nuclear security and verification, including comprehensive safeguards agreements and the Additional Protocol,

| (b) | assisting States in strengthening the security and control of nuclear and other radioactive materials, |
| --- | --- |

(b)

assisting States in strengthening the security and control of nuclear and other radioactive materials,

| (c) | strengthening States’ capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

strengthening States’ capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials.

Implementing entity: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Budget: EUR 9 966 000

Official Journal: L 302 – 1.10.2010

Duration of the action: 24 months. Extended to 31 December 2014.

Implemented.

41.

Council Decision 2010/430/CFSP of 26 July 2010 establishing a European network of independent non-proliferation think tanks in support of the implementation of the EU strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The objective of this network of independent non-proliferation think tanks was to encourage political and security-related dialogue and the long-term discussion of measures to combat the WMD proliferation and their delivery systems within civil society, and among experts, researchers and academics. The support for the network focused on:

| (a) | organising a kick-off meeting and an annual conference with a view to submitting a report and/or recommendations to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR), |
| --- | --- |

(a)

organising a kick-off meeting and an annual conference with a view to submitting a report and/or recommendations to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR),

| (b) | creating an internet platform to facilitate contacts and foster research dialogue among the network of non-proliferation think tanks. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

creating an internet platform to facilitate contacts and foster research dialogue among the network of non-proliferation think tanks.

Implementing entity: EU Non-Proliferation Consortium.

Budget: EUR 2 182 000

Official Journal: L 205 – 4.8.2010

Duration of the action: 36 months. Extended to 30 June 2014.

Implemented

42.

Council Decision 2010/461/CFSP of 26 July 2010 on support for activities of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) in order to strengthen its monitoring and verification capabilities and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – CTBTO IV.

The objectives were to:

| (a) | improve the operation and sustainability of the auxiliary seismic stations network of the CTBT’s International Monitoring System; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

improve the operation and sustainability of the auxiliary seismic stations network of the CTBT’s International Monitoring System;

| (b) | improve the CTBT verification system through strengthened cooperation with the scientific community; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

improve the CTBT verification system through strengthened cooperation with the scientific community;

| (c) | provide technical assistance to States Signatories in Africa and in the Latin American and Caribbean Region so as to enable them to fully participate in and contribute to the implementation of the CTBT verification system; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

provide technical assistance to States Signatories in Africa and in the Latin American and Caribbean Region so as to enable them to fully participate in and contribute to the implementation of the CTBT verification system;

| (d) | develop an OSI noble gas capable detection system. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

develop an OSI noble gas capable detection system.

Implementing entity: The Preparatory Commission of the CTBTO.

Budget: EUR 5 280 000

Official Journal: L 219 – 20.8.2010

Duration of the action: 18 months. Extended to 16 May 2014.

Implemented

43.

Council Decision 2009/569/CFSP of 27 July 2009 on support for OPCW activities in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: OPCW IV.

The objective was to support universal adherence to the CWC, to promote ratification/accession to the CWC by States not Parties (signatory States as well as non-signatory States) and to support the full implementation of the CWC by the States Parties:

Implementing entity: The Organisation for the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Budget: EUR 2 110 000

Official Journal: L 197 – 29.7.2009

Duration of the action: 18 months.

Implemented.

44.

Council Decision 2008/974/CFSP of 18 December 2008 in support of the Hague Code of Conduct against ballistic missile proliferation in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The EU supported three aspects of the Code:

| (a) | universality of the Code, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

universality of the Code,

| (b) | implementation of the Code, |
| --- | --- |

(b)

implementation of the Code,

| (c) | improved functioning of the Code. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

improved functioning of the Code.

Implementing entity: Fondation pour le Recherche Stratégique (FRS).

Budget: EUR 1 015 000

Official Journal: L 345 – 23.12.2008

Duration of the action: 24 months.

Implemented.

45.

Council Joint Action 2008/858/CFSP of 10 November 2008 in support of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The overall objective was to:

| (a) | support universal adherence to the BTWC, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

support universal adherence to the BTWC,

| (b) | improve implementation of the BTWC, including the submission of confidence building measures declarations, and |
| --- | --- |

(b)

improve implementation of the BTWC, including the submission of confidence building measures declarations, and

| (c) | support the best use of the inter-sessional process 2007-2010 for the preparation of the 2011 Review Conference. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

support the best use of the inter-sessional process 2007-2010 for the preparation of the 2011 Review Conference.

Implementing entity: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) – Geneva.

Budget: EUR 1 400 000

Official Journal: L 302 – 13.11.2008

Duration of the action: 24 months.

Implemented.

46.

Council Joint Action 2008/588/CFSP of 15 July 2008 on support for activities of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) in order to strengthen its monitoring and verification capabilities and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction — CTBTO III.

The EU supported the building of capacity of the Preparatory Commission of the CTBTO in the area of verification by:

| (a) | noble gas monitoring: radio-xenon measurements and data analysis, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

noble gas monitoring: radio-xenon measurements and data analysis,

| (b) | integrating States Signatories in Africa to fully participate in and contribute to the implementation of the CTBTO monitoring and verification system. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

integrating States Signatories in Africa to fully participate in and contribute to the implementation of the CTBTO monitoring and verification system.

Implementing entity: The CTBTO Preparatory Commission.

Budget: EUR 2 316 000

Official Journal: L 189 – 17.7.2008

Duration of the action: 18 months.

Implemented.

47.

Council Joint Action 2008/368/CFSP of 14 May 2008 in support of the implementation of UNSCR 1540.

The projects in support of the implementation of UNSCR 1540 were six workshops aiming at enhancing the capacity of export-control officials in six sub regions: Africa, Central America, Mercosur, the Middle East and Gulf Regions, Pacific Islands and South-East Asia – to implement UNSCR 1540 in practice. The workshops were tailored for border, customs and regulatory officials and contained the main elements of an export control process including applicable laws (including national and international legal aspects), regulatory controls (including licensing provisions, end-user verification and awareness-raising programmes) and enforcement (including commodity identification, risk-assessment and detection methods).

Implementing entity: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

Budget: EUR 475 000

Official Journal: L 127 – 15.5.2008

Duration of the action: 24 months.

Implemented.

48.

Council Joint Action 2008/314/CFSP of 14 April 2008 on support for IAEA activities in the areas of nuclear security and verification and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction– IAEA IV.

The objectives were to:

| (a) | strengthen national legislative and regulatory infrastructures for the implementation of relevant international instruments in the areas of nuclear security and verification, including comprehensive safeguards agreements and the Additional Protocol, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

strengthen national legislative and regulatory infrastructures for the implementation of relevant international instruments in the areas of nuclear security and verification, including comprehensive safeguards agreements and the Additional Protocol,

| (b) | assist States in strengthening the security and control of nuclear and other radioactive materials, |
| --- | --- |

(b)

assist States in strengthening the security and control of nuclear and other radioactive materials,

| (c) | strengthen States’ capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

strengthen States’ capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials.

Implementing entity: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Budget: EUR 7 703 000

Official Journal: L 107 – 17.4.2008

Duration of the action: 24 months.

Implemented.

49.

Council Joint Action 2008/307/CFSP of 14 April 2008 in support of World Health Organisation activities in the area of laboratory bio-safety and bio-security – WHO I.

The overall objective was to support the implementation of the BTWC, in particular those aspects that relate to the safety and security of microbial or other biological agents and toxins in laboratories and other facilities, including during transportation as appropriate, to prevent unauthorised access to and removal of such agents and toxins. The contribution aimed to:

| (a) | promote bio-risk reduction management through regional and national outreach, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

promote bio-risk reduction management through regional and national outreach,

| (b) | strengthen the security and laboratory management practices against biological risks. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

strengthen the security and laboratory management practices against biological risks.

Implementing entity: The World Health Organisation (WTO).

Budget: EUR 2 105 000

Official Journal: L 106 – 16.4.2008

Duration of the action: 24 months.

Implemented.

50.

Council Joint Action 2007/753/CFSP of 19 November 2007 in support of the IAEA monitoring and verification activities in the DPRK.

The objective was to contribute to the monitoring and verification activities in the DPRK, in accordance with the Initial Actions of 13 February 2007, as agreed in the framework of the six-party-talks.

Implementing entity: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA — Department of Safeguards)

Budget: EUR 1 780 000

Official Journal: L 304 – 22.11.2007

Estimated duration of the action: 18 months. Suspension, Force majeure. Ended

51.

Council Joint Action 2007/468/CFSP of 28 June 2007 of 28 June 2007 on support for activities of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) in order to strengthen its monitoring and verification capabilities and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction CTBTO II.

The objective was to support the early entry into force of the Treaty, and the establishing of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) verification regime through:

| (a) | improvement of the knowledge of Provisional Technical Secretariat noble gas measurements; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

improvement of the knowledge of Provisional Technical Secretariat noble gas measurements;

| (b) | support for the Integrated Field Exercise 2008. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

support for the Integrated Field Exercise 2008.

Implementing entity: The CTBTO Preparatory Commission.

Budget: EUR 1 670 000

Official Journal: L 176 – 6.7.2007

Duration of the action: 15 months.

Implemented.

52.

Council Joint Action 2007/185/CFSP of 19 March 2007 on support for OPCW activities in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – OPCW III.

The objective was to support universal adherence to the CWC, to promote ratification/accession to the CWC by States not Parties (signatory States as well as non-signatory States) and to support the full implementation of the CWC by the States Parties. The contribution also promoted international cooperation in the field of chemical activities, as accompanying measures to the implementation of the CWC and provided support for the creation of a collaborative framework among the chemical industry, OPCW and national authorities on the 10th anniversary of the OPCW.

Implementing entity: The Organisation for the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Budget: EUR 1 700 000

Official Journal: L 85 – 27.3.2007

Duration of the action: 18 months.

Implemented.

53.

Council Joint Action 2007/178/CFSP of 19 March 2007 in support of chemical weapons destruction in the Russian Federation in the framework of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – Russian Federation IV.

The objective was to assist the Russian Federation in destroying some of its chemical weapons as required by the CWC. This Joint Action supported the completion of the electricity supply infrastructure at Shchuch’ye chemical weapon destruction facility.

Implementing entity: The Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Budget: EUR 3 145 000

Official Journal: L 81 – 22.3.2007

Duration of the action: 18 months. Implemented.

54.

Council Joint Action 2006/418/CFSP of 12 June 2006 on support for IAEA activities in the areas of nuclear security and verification and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – IAEA III.

The objective was to strengthen nuclear security in selected countries focusing on:

| (a) | legislative and regulatory assistance; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

legislative and regulatory assistance;

| (b) | strengthening the security and control of nuclear and other radioactive materials; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

strengthening the security and control of nuclear and other radioactive materials;

| (c) | strengthening of countries capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

strengthening of countries capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking.

Implementing entity: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Budget: EUR 6 995 000

Official Journal: L165 – 17.6.2006

Duration of the action: 15 months.

Implemented.

55.

Council Joint Action 2006/419/CFSP of 12 June 2006 in support of the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The action aimed at addressing three aspects:

| (a) | awareness-raising of requirements and obligations under the Resolution, |
| --- | --- |

(a)

awareness-raising of requirements and obligations under the Resolution,

| (b) | strengthening national capacities in three target regions: Africa, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, in drafting national reports on the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1540 (2004) and |
| --- | --- |

(b)

strengthening national capacities in three target regions: Africa, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, in drafting national reports on the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1540 (2004) and

| (c) | sharing experience from the adoption of national measures required for the implementation of the Resolution. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

sharing experience from the adoption of national measures required for the implementation of the Resolution.

Implementing entity: United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

Budget: EUR 195 000

Official Journal: L 165 – 17.6.2006

Duration of the action: 22 months.

Implemented.

56.

Council Joint Action 2006/243/CFSP of 20 March 2006 on support for activities of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) in the area of training and capacity building for verification and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction — CTBTO I.

The objective was to improve the capacity of CTBT Signatory States to fulfil their verification responsibilities and to enable them to fully benefit from participation in the treaty regime with the help of a computer-based training/self-study.

Implementing entity: The CTBTO Preparatory Commission.

Budget: EUR 1 133 000

Official Journal: L 88 – 25.3.2006

Duration of the action: 15 months. Implemented.

57.

Council Joint Action 2006/184/CFSP of 27 February 2006 in support of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, in the framework of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The objective was to support universal adherence to the BTWC, promote accession to the BTWC by States not Party (signatory States as well as non-signatory States) and support the implementation of the BTWC by States Parties.

Implementing entity: The Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS), Geneva.

Budget: EUR 867 000

Official Journal: L 65 – 7.3.2006

Duration of the action: 18 months. Implemented.

58.

Council Joint Action 2005/913/CFSP of 12 December 2005 on support for OPCW activities in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – OPCW II.

The objective was to support universal adherence to the CWC and accession to the CWC by States not Party (signatory States as well as non-signatory States) and the implementation of the CWC by States Parties. The contribution also helped foster international cooperation.

Implementing entity: The Organisation for the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Budget: EUR 1 697 000

Official Journal: L 331 – 17.12.2005

Duration of the action: 12 months. Implemented.

59.

Council Joint Action 2005/574/CFSP of 18 July 2005 on support for IAEA activities in the areas of nuclear security and verification and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – IAEA II.

The objectives of the contribution were to:

| (a) | strengthen the physical protection of nuclear materials and other radioactive materials in use, storage and transport and of nuclear facilities; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

strengthen the physical protection of nuclear materials and other radioactive materials in use, storage and transport and of nuclear facilities;

| (b) | strengthen the security of radioactive materials in non-nuclear applications; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

strengthen the security of radioactive materials in non-nuclear applications;

| (c) | strengthen the countries capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

strengthen the countries capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking;

| (d) | provide legislative assistance for the implementation of obligations under IAEA safeguards agreements and additional protocols. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

provide legislative assistance for the implementation of obligations under IAEA safeguards agreements and additional protocols.

Implementing entity: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Budget: EUR 3 914 000

Official Journal: L 193 – 23.7.2005

Duration of the action: 15 months.

Implemented.

60.

Council Joint Action 2004/797/CFSP of 22 November 2004 on support for OPCW activities in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – OPCW I.

The objective was to: support universal adherence to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (CWC); promote the accession to the CWC by States not Party (signatory States as well as non-signatory States); support the implementation of the CWC by the States Parties and promote international cooperation.

Implementing entity: The Organisation for the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Budget: EUR 1 841 000

Official Journal: L 349 – 25.11.2004

Estimated duration of the action: 12 months.

Implemented.

61.

Council Joint Action 2004/796/CFSP of 22 November 2004 for the support of the physical protection of a nuclear site in the Russian Federation – Russian Federation III.

The objective was to reinforce the physical protection of nuclear sites in Russia to reduce the risk of theft of nuclear fissile material and of sabotage by improving the physical protection at the Bochvar Institute of the Russian Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (formerly MINATOM).

Implementing entity: The Federal Republic of Germany.

Budget: EUR 7 730 000

Official Journal: L 349 – 25.11.2004

Duration of the action: 36 months. Implemented.

62.

Council Joint Action 2004/495/CFSP of 17 May 2004 on support for IAEA activities under its Nuclear security programme and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – IAEA I.

The objective was to:

| (a) | strengthen the physical protection of nuclear materials and other radioactive materials in use, storage and transport and of nuclear facilities; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

strengthen the physical protection of nuclear materials and other radioactive materials in use, storage and transport and of nuclear facilities;

| (b) | strengthen the security of radioactive materials in non-nuclear applications; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

strengthen the security of radioactive materials in non-nuclear applications;

| (c) | strengthen the countries capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

strengthen the countries capabilities for detection and response to illicit trafficking;

Implementing entity: The International Atomic Energy Agency.

Budget: EUR 3 329 000

Official Journal: L 182 – 19.5.2004

Duration of the action: 15 months.

Implemented.

63.

Council Joint Action 2003/472/CFSP of 24 June 2003 on the continuation of the European Union cooperation programme for non-proliferation and disarmament in the Russian Federation – Russian Federation II.

The Joint Action financed a unit of experts under the cooperation programme for non-proliferation and disarmament in the Russian Federation.

Implementing entity: The Russian Federation.

Budget: EUR 680 000

Official Journal: L 157 – 26.6.2003

Expired on the date of expiry of the EU Common Strategy 1999/414/CFSP on Russia.

Implemented.

64.

Council Joint Action 1999/878/CFSP of 17 December 1999 establishing a European Union Cooperation Programme for Non-proliferation and Disarmament in the Russian Federation — Russian Federation I.

The project contributed to:

| (a) | a chemical weapons pilot destruction plant situated in Gorny, Saratov region, Russia; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

a chemical weapons pilot destruction plant situated in Gorny, Saratov region, Russia;

| (b) | set studies and experimental studies on plutonium transport, storage and disposition. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

set studies and experimental studies on plutonium transport, storage and disposition.

Implementing entity: The Russian Federation.

Budget: EUR 8 900 000

Official Journal: L 331 – 23.12.1999

Duration of the action: 48 months.

Implemented.

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BIJLAGE II

OVERVIEW OF INSTRUMENT CONTRIBUTING TO STABILITY AND PEACE ICSP – CBRN 1997-2018

‘RISK MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS RELATING TO CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR MATERIALS OR AGENTS’

Funding through ISCT-STCU

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Administrative operating budget, supplemental budgets and projects | Retraining former weapon scientists and engineers through support for:






  — | International Science and Technology Centre (ISTC, Moscow) and |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution period

Administrative operating budget, supplemental budgets and projects

Retraining former weapon scientists and engineers through support for:

—

International Science and Technology Centre (ISTC, Moscow) and

| — | Science and Technology Centre (STCU, Kiev) |
| --- | --- |

—

Science and Technology Centre (STCU, Kiev)

To redirect scientists/engineers’ talents to civilian and peaceful activities through science and technological cooperation

ISTC and/or STCU

235 million

Tacis

1997-2006

15 million

8 million

7,5 million

5,0 million

4,5 million

4,0 million

4,8 million

4,0 million

IfS (AAP)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

348-211

Enhancing regional CBRN detection capacity for the Border Guards in Ukraine and Moldova

To provide mobile chemical and RN detection equipment for the border guards

STCU

4,1 million

9.2014-9.2015

365-540

Provision of specialized CBRN equipment for first responders in the SEE CoE Region

EU CBRN CoE. CBRN equipment — SEE CoE Region

STCU

1,7 million

2016-6.2017 (tbc)

369-100

Strenghtening the national legal framework and provision of specialized training on bio-safety and bio-security in Central Asia

EU CBRN CoE. Biosafety-biosecurity in Central Asia

ISTC

5 000 000

2016-2018

378591

Funding of the 2017 ISTC Administrative Operating Budget (AOB), Supplemental Budgets (SBs), and projects

Administrative support — ISTC

ISTC

1 500 000

31.12.2021

378227

Support to the Centre of Excellence of Eastern and Central Africa in Nuclear Security — ISTC

EU CBRN CoE. Eastern and Central Africa in Nuclear Security.

ISTC

3 500 000

7.11.2019

378590

Funding of the 2017 STCU Administrative Operating Budget (AOB), Supplemental Budgets (SBs), and projects

EU CBRN CoE — Administrative support

STCU

700 000

7.11.2021

378591

Funding of the 2017 ISTC Administrative Operating Budget (AOB), Supplemental Budgets (SBs), and projects

EU CBRN CoE — Administrative support

ISTC

1 500 000

31.12.2021

Year 2008 (excluding funding for ISTC/STCU)

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 145-156 | Combating illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in FSU countries (Russian Federation, Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus) | To supply equipment for detection of NRM at border check points as it was identified in the previous phase of the activity financed by Tacis Nuclear Safety programme, contributing thus to reduce nuclear and radiation terrorism threat | JRC | 5 million | 11.7.2008-12.4.2013 |
| 145-130 | Assistance in export control of dual-use goods | To support the development of the legal framework and institutional capacities for the establishment and enforcement of effective export controls on dual-use items, including measures for regional cooperation with a view of contributing to the fight against the proliferation of WMD and related materials, equipment and technologies | BAFA (D) | ~ 5 million | 19.3.2008- 31.12.2010 |
| 145-132 | Knowledge Management System on CBRN Trafficking | To improve capabilities of participating states, neighbouring countries of the EU in South-East Europe and possibly Caucasus, to combat the illicit trafficking and criminal use of CBRN materials (preparation phase to ‘EU CBRN Centres of Excellence’) | UNICRI | 1 million | 31.1.2008- 1.8.2010 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution period

145-156

Combating illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in FSU countries (Russian Federation, Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus)

To supply equipment for detection of NRM at border check points as it was identified in the previous phase of the activity financed by Tacis Nuclear Safety programme, contributing thus to reduce nuclear and radiation terrorism threat

JRC

5 million

11.7.2008-12.4.2013

145-130

Assistance in export control of dual-use goods

To support the development of the legal framework and institutional capacities for the establishment and enforcement of effective export controls on dual-use items, including measures for regional cooperation with a view of contributing to the fight against the proliferation of WMD and related materials, equipment and technologies

BAFA (D)

~ 5 million

19.3.2008- 31.12.2010

145-132

Knowledge Management System on CBRN Trafficking

To improve capabilities of participating states, neighbouring countries of the EU in South-East Europe and possibly Caucasus, to combat the illicit trafficking and criminal use of CBRN materials (preparation phase to ‘EU CBRN Centres of Excellence’)

UNICRI

1 million

31.1.2008- 1.8.2010

Year 2009 (excluding funding for ISTC/STCU)

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 200-523 | Knowledge management system on CBRN trafficking in North Africa and selected countries in the Middle East | To develop a durable cooperation legacy in the area of trafficking of CBRN materials (preparation phase to ‘EU CBRN Centres of Excellence’) | UNICRI | 1 million | 16.3.2009- 15.7.2011 |
| 217-540 | Strengthening bio-safety and bio-security capabilities in Central Asian countries | To address shortcomings in the safety/security practices of key biological facilities in selected countries of Central Asia; to raise the skills of the personnel working at facilities (laboratories) handling dangerous biological agents or supervising those facilities, and to provide additional equipment, as needed, to ensure an adequate level of bio-safety and security | ISTC | 6,8 million | 21.9.2009-21.9.2014 |
| 219-636 | Combating illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in selected FSU and Mediterranean Basin countries and preparation of border management activities in the ASEAN region | To reduce the threat of nuclear and radiation terrorism. For this purpose the assistance will be provided to the partner countries in the improvement of the technical and organisational measures for detection of nuclear and radioactive materials (NRM) illicit trafficking | JRC | 6,7 million | 2.12.2009- 1.12.2014 |
| 216-327 | Awareness raising of exporters export control of dual-use goods | To enhance the effectiveness of export control of dual use items in the Russian Federation, with a view to contribute to the fight against the proliferation of WMD (the specific objectives will be achieved through information exchange with EU exporters, support industry and researchers for awareness raising, organisation of seminars for exporters in the regions of the Russian Federation) | Russian independent non-profit organisation for professional advancement ‘Export Control Training Centre’ | 1 million | 1.9.2009- 1.3.2011 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution period

200-523

Knowledge management system on CBRN trafficking in North Africa and selected countries in the Middle East

To develop a durable cooperation legacy in the area of trafficking of CBRN materials (preparation phase to ‘EU CBRN Centres of Excellence’)

UNICRI

1 million

16.3.2009- 15.7.2011

217-540

Strengthening bio-safety and bio-security capabilities in Central Asian countries

To address shortcomings in the safety/security practices of key biological facilities in selected countries of Central Asia; to raise the skills of the personnel working at facilities (laboratories) handling dangerous biological agents or supervising those facilities, and to provide additional equipment, as needed, to ensure an adequate level of bio-safety and security

ISTC

6,8 million

21.9.2009-21.9.2014

219-636

Combating illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in selected FSU and Mediterranean Basin countries and preparation of border management activities in the ASEAN region

To reduce the threat of nuclear and radiation terrorism. For this purpose the assistance will be provided to the partner countries in the improvement of the technical and organisational measures for detection of nuclear and radioactive materials (NRM) illicit trafficking

JRC

6,7 million

2.12.2009- 1.12.2014

216-327

Awareness raising of exporters export control of dual-use goods

To enhance the effectiveness of export control of dual use items in the Russian Federation, with a view to contribute to the fight against the proliferation of WMD (the specific objectives will be achieved through information exchange with EU exporters, support industry and researchers for awareness raising, organisation of seminars for exporters in the regions of the Russian Federation)

Russian independent non-profit organisation for professional advancement ‘Export Control Training Centre’

1 million

1.9.2009- 1.3.2011

Year 2010 (excluding funding for ISTC/STCU)

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 239-471 (UNICRI main) –239-481 (JRC main) 253-483
  and 253-485 (pilot projects JRC and Univ. Milan)/250-984 (UNICRI establishment of 2 Secretariats) | CBRN Centre of Excellence – First Phase | To set up a mechanism contributing to strengthen the long-term national and regional capabilities of responsible authorities and to develop a durable cooperation legacy in the fight against the CBRN threat | UNICRI/JRC main contracts/2 pilot projects in South East Asia/first step (2 Secretariats in Caucasus and South East Asia) | 5 million | May 2010- May 2012 |
| 235-364 | Border monitoring activities in the Republic of Georgia, Central Asia and Afghanistan | To enhance the detection of radioactive and nuclear materials at identified borders crossing and/or nodal points in the Republic of Georgia, at Southern borders of selected Central Asian countries with Afghanistan and at the airport of Kabul | JRC | 4 million | 4.5.2010-4.5.2013 |
| 238-194 | EpiSouth: a network for the control of health and security threats and other bio-security risks in the Mediterranean Region and South-East Europe | To increase through capacity building the bio security in the Mediterranean region and South-East Europe (10 EU + 17 non EU countries) | Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome (Italy) | 3 million | 15.10.2010- 15.4.2013 |
| 247-264 (service)
  248-064 + 258-635 (supply) | Redirection of former Iraqi WMD scientists through capacity building for decommissioning of nuclear facilities, including site and radioactive waste management | To assist Iraq with redirection of scientists and engineers possessing WMD-related skills and dual-use knowledge through their engagement in a comprehensive decommissioning, dismantling and decontamination of nuclear facilities | Università degli Studi dell’Insubria (service) –
  CANBERRA + NNL (supplies) | 2,5 million
  (1,5 mil. for service + 1,5 mil. for supplies) | Aug 2010-Aug 2013 |
| 253-484 | Knowledge Management System on CBRN risk mitigation – Evolving towards CoE ‘Mediterranean Basin’ | To integrate the existing Knowledge Management Systems, namely for South East Europe and for North Africa, and to prepare the evolution towards a Centre of Excellence in the Mediterranean Basin dealing with CBRN risk mitigation (preparation phase to ‘EU CBRN Centres of Excellence’) | UNICRI | 0,5 million | 25.11.2010- 30.4.2012 |
| 254-942 | Bio-safety and bio-security improvement at the Ukrainian anti-plague station (UAPS) in Simferopol | To contribute to full implementation of the BTWC (Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention) in Ukraine, which includes the prevention of illicit access to pathogens by terrorists and other criminals | STCU | 4 million | 22.11.2010-21.8.2014 |
| 256-885 | Assistance in export control of dual-use goods | To continue the on-going activities in this field in the already covered countries, with possible extension to other regions/countries | BAFA (D) | 5 million | 21.12.2010- 1.7.2013 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution period

239-471 (UNICRI main) –239-481 (JRC main) 253-483

and 253-485 (pilot projects JRC and Univ. Milan)/250-984 (UNICRI establishment of 2 Secretariats)

CBRN Centre of Excellence – First Phase

To set up a mechanism contributing to strengthen the long-term national and regional capabilities of responsible authorities and to develop a durable cooperation legacy in the fight against the CBRN threat

UNICRI/JRC main contracts/2 pilot projects in South East Asia/first step (2 Secretariats in Caucasus and South East Asia)

5 million

May 2010- May 2012

235-364

Border monitoring activities in the Republic of Georgia, Central Asia and Afghanistan

To enhance the detection of radioactive and nuclear materials at identified borders crossing and/or nodal points in the Republic of Georgia, at Southern borders of selected Central Asian countries with Afghanistan and at the airport of Kabul

JRC

4 million

4.5.2010-4.5.2013

238-194

EpiSouth: a network for the control of health and security threats and other bio-security risks in the Mediterranean Region and South-East Europe

To increase through capacity building the bio security in the Mediterranean region and South-East Europe (10 EU + 17 non EU countries)

Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome (Italy)

3 million

15.10.2010- 15.4.2013

247-264 (service)

248-064 + 258-635 (supply)

Redirection of former Iraqi WMD scientists through capacity building for decommissioning of nuclear facilities, including site and radioactive waste management

To assist Iraq with redirection of scientists and engineers possessing WMD-related skills and dual-use knowledge through their engagement in a comprehensive decommissioning, dismantling and decontamination of nuclear facilities

Università degli Studi dell’Insubria (service) –

CANBERRA + NNL (supplies)

2,5 million

(1,5 mil. for service + 1,5 mil. for supplies)

Aug 2010-Aug 2013

253-484

Knowledge Management System on CBRN risk mitigation – Evolving towards CoE ‘Mediterranean Basin’

To integrate the existing Knowledge Management Systems, namely for South East Europe and for North Africa, and to prepare the evolution towards a Centre of Excellence in the Mediterranean Basin dealing with CBRN risk mitigation (preparation phase to ‘EU CBRN Centres of Excellence’)

UNICRI

0,5 million

25.11.2010- 30.4.2012

254-942

Bio-safety and bio-security improvement at the Ukrainian anti-plague station (UAPS) in Simferopol

To contribute to full implementation of the BTWC (Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention) in Ukraine, which includes the prevention of illicit access to pathogens by terrorists and other criminals

STCU

4 million

22.11.2010-21.8.2014

256-885

Assistance in export control of dual-use goods

To continue the on-going activities in this field in the already covered countries, with possible extension to other regions/countries

BAFA (D)

5 million

21.12.2010- 1.7.2013

Year 2011 (excluding funding for ISTC/STCU)

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount
  (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 263-555 (set-up)
  273-506
  (actions) | CBRN Centres of Excellence – Second phase | To set-up three to four new Centres in the Middle East and, possibly, Gulf region, Mediterranean Basin, Central Asia and Southern Africa, extend the projects in South East Asia and in Ukraine/South Caucasus and implement thematic projects in all project areas of priority 1 | UNICRI | 4,5 million
  16,3 million | 23.8.2011-28.2.2013 |
| 273-571 | Enhancing the capability of the IAEA Safeguards Analytical Service (ECAS) – EU contribution to the new Nuclear Material Laboratory (NML) | To ensure that the IAEA has a strong independent analytical capability for safeguards in the decades to come by means of expansion and modernisation of the IAEA Safeguards Analytical Services | IAEA | 5 million | 30.11.2011- 30.11.2015 |
| 272-372 (service) and 272-424 (supplies) | Establishment of Mobile Laboratories for Pathogens up to Risk Group 4 in combination with CBRN Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa | To implement two units of mobile labs to be used to perform diagnosis of up to group 4 infectious agents in sub-Saharan Africa and one ‘stand-by’ unit based in the EU for training purposes and to be deployed in other countries outside the EU where these agents are endemic or outbreaks occur | Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin (service) – supply under evaluation | 3,5 million | 15.12.2011- 14.12.2015 |
| I273-572 | Strengthening bio-safety and bio-security capabilities in South Caucasus and in Central Asian Countries | To raise the capabilities of State organisations in target countries responsible for bio-safety and bio-security in a way that will result in a substantial improvement of the countries’ bio-safety/security situations | UNICRI | 5 million | 1.1.2012- 31.12.2015 |
| 278-349 | Multilateral Nuclear Assurances — EU contribution to the Low Enriched Uranium bank under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | To purchase a quantity of Low Enriched Uranium | IAEA | 20 million | 30.11.2011- 30.11.2013 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount

(EUR)

Execution period

263-555 (set-up)

273-506

(actions)

CBRN Centres of Excellence – Second phase

To set-up three to four new Centres in the Middle East and, possibly, Gulf region, Mediterranean Basin, Central Asia and Southern Africa, extend the projects in South East Asia and in Ukraine/South Caucasus and implement thematic projects in all project areas of priority 1

UNICRI

4,5 million

16,3 million

23.8.2011-28.2.2013

273-571

Enhancing the capability of the IAEA Safeguards Analytical Service (ECAS) – EU contribution to the new Nuclear Material Laboratory (NML)

To ensure that the IAEA has a strong independent analytical capability for safeguards in the decades to come by means of expansion and modernisation of the IAEA Safeguards Analytical Services

IAEA

5 million

30.11.2011- 30.11.2015

272-372 (service) and 272-424 (supplies)

Establishment of Mobile Laboratories for Pathogens up to Risk Group 4 in combination with CBRN Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa

To implement two units of mobile labs to be used to perform diagnosis of up to group 4 infectious agents in sub-Saharan Africa and one ‘stand-by’ unit based in the EU for training purposes and to be deployed in other countries outside the EU where these agents are endemic or outbreaks occur

Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin (service) – supply under evaluation

3,5 million

15.12.2011- 14.12.2015

I273-572

Strengthening bio-safety and bio-security capabilities in South Caucasus and in Central Asian Countries

To raise the capabilities of State organisations in target countries responsible for bio-safety and bio-security in a way that will result in a substantial improvement of the countries’ bio-safety/security situations

UNICRI

5 million

1.1.2012- 31.12.2015

278-349

Multilateral Nuclear Assurances — EU contribution to the Low Enriched Uranium bank under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

To purchase a quantity of Low Enriched Uranium

IAEA

20 million

30.11.2011- 30.11.2013

Year 2012 (excluding funding for ISTC/STCU)

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 285-261 | CBRN protection to Ukraine in the framework of the UEFA European Football Championship 2012 | To counteract nuclear and radiation terrorism threat (for these purposes the assistance should be provided to Ukraine in the improvement of the technical and organisational measures for detection of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials (NRM) illicit trafficking, including training and establishment of an expert network) | Sateilyturvakeskus | 343 000 | 3.2012-4.2013 |
| 292-244 | Supply for POL11 — Equipment Supply for CBRN protection support to Ukraine in the framework of the UEFA European Championship 2012 | To enhance the CBRN security at Poland – Ukraine border with the occasion of the football championship Euro2012 | Sateilyturvakeskus | 307 000 | 5.2012-1.2014 |
| 301-327 | Provision of specialised technical training to enhance the first responders’ capabilities in case of CBRN incidents | To reinforce inter-agency coordination to respond to CBRN incidents (this includes defining standard operational procedures in response to such incidents, e.g. post-incident management and site restoration) | France Expertise Internationale | 699 274 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 301-675 | EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative | To provide support in the implementation of the project ‘EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence’ | JRC | 3,5 million | 10.2012-10.2014 |
| 301-740 | Building capacity to identify and respond to threats from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear substances | The European Commission is seeking external support to implement technical aspects related to the EU CBRN Risk Mitigation CoE. The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is as follows: 1) Counter the threat arising from chemical, biological and radioactive or nuclear agents in particular when used in a criminal or terrorist context; 2) Improve the preparedness and response capabilities of states to unlawful or criminal acts involving CBRN agents. | Fundacion Internacional y para Iberoamerica de Administracion y Politicas Publicas | 499 100 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 301-756 | Contribution to the establishment and development of EU Centres of Excellence Governance — Phase II | The main aim of this assignment is to link actively technical expertise, management initiative, elements of diplomacy and of cultural sensitiveness to enhance the establishment and performance of the CoE initiative. By implementing modern and judicious governance approaches, it will in particular support capacity building and management with the right sense of ownership among actors and stakeholders at national, regional and overall levels, and correctly adapt the initiative to the challenges of CBRN risk mitigation. The initiative also aims at enhancing the visibility, acceptance and support among the EU stakeholders, both at EU and MS levels. | Association Groupe ESSEC | 1 399 988 | 12.2012-6.2014 |
| 302-214 | Regional Human Resource Development for Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards Management through a University Master’s Programme carried out in Thailand | To cover the tuition fees and living expenses of 10 Thai and 10 international (limited to the Southeast Asia region) students expected to enrol and graduate from the Master’s degree programme developed jointly with the US PNNL in Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards Management at the Chulalongkorn University of Thailand | Enconet Consulting GMBH | 649 812 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 302-252 | Bio-risk Management | To share the bio-risk management program developed in Thailand with the participating countries in the project | France Expertise Internationale | 480 000 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 302-364 | Development of a methodology for RN materials detection, management and protection of the public | To develop and manage a system for the detection of RN material from sensors located in a variety of locations such as borders, critical infrastructure, ports, airports, etc.; to recommend equipment and standard procedures to respond to RN events | France Expertise Internationale | 599 830 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 302-427 | Prerequisite to strengthening CBRN national legal frameworks | To increase, through capacity building the health security in the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe Black Sea Region by enhancing and strengthening the preparedness to common health threats and bio-security risks at national and regional levels by the creation of a Network of laboratories, by strengthening the already previously created by Episouth plus (the reinforcement of relations of trust in a region is an objective and an instrument in the scope of Project’s implementation) | France Expertise Internationale | 299 936 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 302-428 | Knowledge development and transfer of best practice on bio-safety/bio-security/bio-risk management | To develop and transfer knowledge concerning best practice on bio-safety, bio-security and bio-risk management in this region | Università degli Studi di Roma Torvergata | 434 010 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 304-799 | Assistance in export control of dual-use goods | To strengthen the export control systems of partner countries, with a strong link with the Regional Centres of Excellence activities, by aligning them to the standard of the international export control regimes and treaties and therefore meeting the requirements of the UNSCR 1540 (2004) | Bundesrepublik Deutschland | 3 650 000 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 305-778 | ‘EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence’ Coordination and CBRN Need Assessment Methodology | To support countries with improving national policies and ensuring international cooperation in the area of CBRN risk mitigation through the implementation of a Needs Assessment methodology for the Regional Secretariats and the partner countries | United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute | 2 million | 12.2012-6.2015 |
| 306-644 | Supply of radiation detection equipment for South East Asia — LOT 1 | To supply radiation detecting equipment to the various entities (border guards, custom services) from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines | Polimaster Instruments UAB | 497 500 | 12.2012-3.2014 |
| 306-670 | Supply of radiation detection equipment for South East Asia — LOT2 | To supply radiation detecting equipment to the various entities (border guards, custom services) from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines | Mirion Technologies MGPI SA | 241 540 | 12.2012-3.2014 |
| 306-675 | Supply of radiation detection equipment for South East Asia — LOT 3 | To supply radiation detecting equipment to the various entities (border guards, custom services) from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines | ENVINET AS | 988 205 | 12.2012-10.2015 |
| 307-293 | Establishment of a Mediterranean Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (MediPIET) | To enhance health security in the Mediterranean region by supporting capacity building for prevention and control of natural or man-made threats to health posed by communicable diseases through the start-up of a long-term Mediterranean Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (MediPIET) | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control | 440 000 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 307-400 | Supply of radiation detection equipment for Democratic Republic of Congo- LOT1 | To supply radiation detecting equipment to the Custom and Excise Administration Directorate of the Democratic Republic of Congo | Polimaster Instruments UAB | 298 500 | 12.2012-3.2014 |
| 307-401 | Supply of radiation detection equipment for Democratic Republic of Congo- LOT2 | To supply radiation detecting equipment to the Custom and Excise Administration Directorate of the Democratic Republic of Congo | Mirion Technologies MGPI SA | 121 660 | 12.2012-3.2014 |
| 307-781 | Support for the border monitoring activities in the South East Asia and Democratic Republic of the Congo | To counteract nuclear and radiation terrorism threat (for this purposes, the assistance should be provided to the identified countries in the improvement of the technical and organisational measures for detection of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials (NRM) illicit trafficking, including training and establishment of an expert network) | JRC | 1 650 000 | 12.2012-12.2015 |
| 308-512 | Implementation of Projects CBRN - 3rd call: #77 #111 #114 | The overall objective is the enhancement of the RN security situation in the countries of concern (with a spin-off towards chemical detection under P77). Such concern needs to be addressed in a systematic manner and with interventions at quite a few different levels. Also the ‘action radius’ of the interventions needs to be described (to assure the proper engagement of the key actors). | JRC | 2,3 million | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 310-879 | Network of universities and institutes for raising awareness on dual-use concerns of chemical materials | The European Commission is seeking external support to implement technical aspects related to the EU CBRN Risk Mitigation CoE. The overall objective of the project is to reinforce inter-interagency coordination to respond to CBRN incidents. This includes defining standard operational procedures in response to such incidents, e.g. post-incident management and site restoration. | Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile — ENEA | 721 886 | 12.2012-12.2014 |
| 301-675 | EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative | To provide support for the implementation of the project ‘EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence’ | JRC | 3,5 million | 10.2012- 10.2014 |
| 306-680 | Second contribution to enhance the capability of the IAEA Safeguards Analytical Service (ECAS) – The New Nuclear Material Laboratory (NML) | To support IAEA in constructing and outfitting the chemistry and instrumentation laboratories of the new IAEA Safeguards Analytical Services NML for the analysis of nuclear material according to the latest standards assuring safety and measurement quality | IAEA | 5 million | 12.2012-12.2016 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution period

285-261

CBRN protection to Ukraine in the framework of the UEFA European Football Championship 2012

To counteract nuclear and radiation terrorism threat (for these purposes the assistance should be provided to Ukraine in the improvement of the technical and organisational measures for detection of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials (NRM) illicit trafficking, including training and establishment of an expert network)

Sateilyturvakeskus

343 000

3.2012-4.2013

292-244

Supply for POL11 — Equipment Supply for CBRN protection support to Ukraine in the framework of the UEFA European Championship 2012

To enhance the CBRN security at Poland – Ukraine border with the occasion of the football championship Euro2012

Sateilyturvakeskus

307 000

5.2012-1.2014

301-327

Provision of specialised technical training to enhance the first responders’ capabilities in case of CBRN incidents

To reinforce inter-agency coordination to respond to CBRN incidents (this includes defining standard operational procedures in response to such incidents, e.g. post-incident management and site restoration)

France Expertise Internationale

699 274

12.2012-12.2014

301-675

EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative

To provide support in the implementation of the project ‘EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence’

JRC

3,5 million

10.2012-10.2014

301-740

Building capacity to identify and respond to threats from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear substances

The European Commission is seeking external support to implement technical aspects related to the EU CBRN Risk Mitigation CoE. The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is as follows: 1) Counter the threat arising from chemical, biological and radioactive or nuclear agents in particular when used in a criminal or terrorist context; 2) Improve the preparedness and response capabilities of states to unlawful or criminal acts involving CBRN agents.

Fundacion Internacional y para Iberoamerica de Administracion y Politicas Publicas

499 100

12.2012-12.2014

301-756

Contribution to the establishment and development of EU Centres of Excellence Governance — Phase II

The main aim of this assignment is to link actively technical expertise, management initiative, elements of diplomacy and of cultural sensitiveness to enhance the establishment and performance of the CoE initiative. By implementing modern and judicious governance approaches, it will in particular support capacity building and management with the right sense of ownership among actors and stakeholders at national, regional and overall levels, and correctly adapt the initiative to the challenges of CBRN risk mitigation. The initiative also aims at enhancing the visibility, acceptance and support among the EU stakeholders, both at EU and MS levels.

Association Groupe ESSEC

1 399 988

12.2012-6.2014

302-214

Regional Human Resource Development for Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards Management through a University Master’s Programme carried out in Thailand

To cover the tuition fees and living expenses of 10 Thai and 10 international (limited to the Southeast Asia region) students expected to enrol and graduate from the Master’s degree programme developed jointly with the US PNNL in Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards Management at the Chulalongkorn University of Thailand

Enconet Consulting GMBH

649 812

12.2012-12.2014

302-252

Bio-risk Management

To share the bio-risk management program developed in Thailand with the participating countries in the project

France Expertise Internationale

480 000

12.2012-12.2014

302-364

Development of a methodology for RN materials detection, management and protection of the public

To develop and manage a system for the detection of RN material from sensors located in a variety of locations such as borders, critical infrastructure, ports, airports, etc.; to recommend equipment and standard procedures to respond to RN events

France Expertise Internationale

599 830

12.2012-12.2014

302-427

Prerequisite to strengthening CBRN national legal frameworks

To increase, through capacity building the health security in the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe Black Sea Region by enhancing and strengthening the preparedness to common health threats and bio-security risks at national and regional levels by the creation of a Network of laboratories, by strengthening the already previously created by Episouth plus (the reinforcement of relations of trust in a region is an objective and an instrument in the scope of Project’s implementation)

France Expertise Internationale

299 936

12.2012-12.2014

302-428

Knowledge development and transfer of best practice on bio-safety/bio-security/bio-risk management

To develop and transfer knowledge concerning best practice on bio-safety, bio-security and bio-risk management in this region

Università degli Studi di Roma Torvergata

434 010

12.2012-12.2014

304-799

Assistance in export control of dual-use goods

To strengthen the export control systems of partner countries, with a strong link with the Regional Centres of Excellence activities, by aligning them to the standard of the international export control regimes and treaties and therefore meeting the requirements of the UNSCR 1540 (2004)

Bundesrepublik Deutschland

3 650 000

12.2012-12.2014

305-778

‘EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence’ Coordination and CBRN Need Assessment Methodology

To support countries with improving national policies and ensuring international cooperation in the area of CBRN risk mitigation through the implementation of a Needs Assessment methodology for the Regional Secretariats and the partner countries

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

2 million

12.2012-6.2015

306-644

Supply of radiation detection equipment for South East Asia — LOT 1

To supply radiation detecting equipment to the various entities (border guards, custom services) from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines

Polimaster Instruments UAB

497 500

12.2012-3.2014

306-670

Supply of radiation detection equipment for South East Asia — LOT2

To supply radiation detecting equipment to the various entities (border guards, custom services) from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines

Mirion Technologies MGPI SA

241 540

12.2012-3.2014

306-675

Supply of radiation detection equipment for South East Asia — LOT 3

To supply radiation detecting equipment to the various entities (border guards, custom services) from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines

ENVINET AS

988 205

12.2012-10.2015

307-293

Establishment of a Mediterranean Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (MediPIET)

To enhance health security in the Mediterranean region by supporting capacity building for prevention and control of natural or man-made threats to health posed by communicable diseases through the start-up of a long-term Mediterranean Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (MediPIET)

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

440 000

12.2012-12.2014

307-400

Supply of radiation detection equipment for Democratic Republic of Congo- LOT1

To supply radiation detecting equipment to the Custom and Excise Administration Directorate of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Polimaster Instruments UAB

298 500

12.2012-3.2014

307-401

Supply of radiation detection equipment for Democratic Republic of Congo- LOT2

To supply radiation detecting equipment to the Custom and Excise Administration Directorate of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Mirion Technologies MGPI SA

121 660

12.2012-3.2014

307-781

Support for the border monitoring activities in the South East Asia and Democratic Republic of the Congo

To counteract nuclear and radiation terrorism threat (for this purposes, the assistance should be provided to the identified countries in the improvement of the technical and organisational measures for detection of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials (NRM) illicit trafficking, including training and establishment of an expert network)

JRC

1 650 000

12.2012-12.2015

308-512

Implementation of Projects CBRN - 3rd call: #77 #111 #114

The overall objective is the enhancement of the RN security situation in the countries of concern (with a spin-off towards chemical detection under P77). Such concern needs to be addressed in a systematic manner and with interventions at quite a few different levels. Also the ‘action radius’ of the interventions needs to be described (to assure the proper engagement of the key actors).

JRC

2,3 million

12.2012-12.2014

310-879

Network of universities and institutes for raising awareness on dual-use concerns of chemical materials

The European Commission is seeking external support to implement technical aspects related to the EU CBRN Risk Mitigation CoE. The overall objective of the project is to reinforce inter-interagency coordination to respond to CBRN incidents. This includes defining standard operational procedures in response to such incidents, e.g. post-incident management and site restoration.

Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile — ENEA

721 886

12.2012-12.2014

301-675

EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative

To provide support for the implementation of the project ‘EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence’

JRC

3,5 million

10.2012- 10.2014

306-680

Second contribution to enhance the capability of the IAEA Safeguards Analytical Service (ECAS) – The New Nuclear Material Laboratory (NML)

To support IAEA in constructing and outfitting the chemistry and instrumentation laboratories of the new IAEA Safeguards Analytical Services NML for the analysis of nuclear material according to the latest standards assuring safety and measurement quality

IAEA

5 million

12.2012-12.2016

Year 2013 (excluding funding for ISTC/STCU)

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 315-979 | Strengthening the National CBRN Legal Framework & Provision of specialized and technical training to enhance CBRN preparedness and response capabilities | The present procedure aims at awarding a Contract that will technically implement two projects (Component 1 and Component 2) funded by the EU Instrument for Stability (Priority 1) in the framework of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear — Centres of Excellence (CBRN-CoE) | France Expertise Internationale | 2 699 069 | 9.2013-9.2016 |
| 316-496 | Strengthening Capacities in CBRN Response and in Chemical and Medical Emergency | The CBRN emergency response needs to be identified and prioritised per country. Comprehensive technology solutions for detection, protection, decontamination, mitigation, containment and disposal should also be elaborated. CBRN incidents require full utilization of national resources to respond to and mitigate the consequences of such emergencies. The main responsibility in cases of CBRN emergencies falls upon first responders. It is therefore essential that countries build upon their national resources to mitigate and respond to the consequences of an emergency situation. Best-practices should thus be exchanged amongst these first responders at MIE regional level and CBRN risk mitigation knowledge developed. It should also result in increased awareness of stocks of hazardous chemical agents, their pre-cursors as this is one of the means of targeting illicit use and/or trafficking of WMD. | Wojskowy Instytut Higieny i Epidemiologii | 3 914 034 | 12.2013-12.2016 |
| 318-905 | Support to the European Commission – Exploratory missions in Middle East/East and south Mediterranean countries/South East of Europe in the safety and security CBRN fields | To provide support to the European Commission with finding out what kind of short-term measures should be developed taken into account different situations and circumstances regionally and/or nationally (this entails assessing countries’ preparedness – risk assessment, crisis prevention and warning systems — and response mechanisms in the field of CBRN) | France Expertise Internationale | 299 999 | 6.2013-6.2015 |
| 321-215 | Strengthening Health Security at Ports, Airports and Ground crossings | To increase health security globally by providing technical guidance and tools, information and knowledge sharing, international collaboration and assisting countries in enhancing and strengthening capacities for prevention, detection, control and response to public health events related to activities at points of entry and international travel and transport, in a multi-sectoral approach, to minimize risks in association with natural or deliberate released hazards | World Health Organisation | 1,5 million | 7.2013-7.2015 |
| 323-494 | AAF- Waste management | EU CBRN CoE.To improve the management of biologic and chemical waste in the African Atlantic Façade region and Tunisia. This includes the review of regulations and technical training on detection and sampling | Fundacion Internacional y para Iberoamerica de Administracion y Politicas Publicas | 3 871 800 | 1.2014-6.2017 |
| 329-422 | Implementation of Projects CBRN - 3rd call. Complementary actions for project: #77 #111 #114 | EU CBRN CoE.The global overall scope of work is to pursue international efforts in counteracting the threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism. This project aims at supporting the development of an integrated regional nuclear safety and security systems. This will be achieved by assessing the adoption of laws and regulation in the field in order comply with international related standards for improving the security and safety of radioactive sources by encouraging the establishment of storage facilities and completion of inventories, disseminate best practices for the development of a national response plan in the participating countries. These activities are carried out under a well-coordinated approach with other donors in the region, in order not to duplicate existing efforts. | IAEA | 700 047 | 1.2014-12.2015 |
| 332-096 | Export control outreach for dual use items | This project aims to deepen support measures to improve dual use export control systems in third countries taking specific geopolitical challenges into account. The following beneficiary countries are eligible under this project: Jordan/Neighbouring Countries and Kazakhstan/Neighbouring Countries. Regional activities may include all beneficiary countries in the region. Where appropriate and in justified cases and following the demand of beneficiary countries also activities in other countries/or regions will be carried out. | Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle | 2,5 million | 12.2013-12.2015 |
| 332-212 | Conferences associated to EU CBRN Centres of Excellence | To provide support for organising conferences and meetings in partner countries in order to enhance the inter-agency cooperation that will contribute to mitigating the risks and threats associated with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) materials and facilities | LDK Consultants, Engineers & Planners SA | 140 885,85 | 1.2014-1.2015 |
| 332-306 | Consolidation and Extension of the CBRN Regional Centre Secretariats | EU CBRN CoE. To strengthen regional capabilities in the area of CBRN risk mitigation. It is expected that the project will promote better cooperation and coordination of countries on CBRN risk mitigation at regional and international levels (the set-up of the Regional Secretariats is meant to provide the missing infrastructure at regional level to facilitate sharing of information and experience among partner countries) | United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute | 3,1 million | 5.2014-10.2015 |
| 332-312 | Strengthening Health Laboratories to minimize potential biological risks | To minimize potential biological risks through enhancement of laboratory biosafety, biosecurity, quality management and diagnostic capacity.
  Specific objective 1: Support the development of nationally-owned laboratory policies, strategies norms and regulations
  Specific objective 2: Engage institutional and individual capacity building efforts through implementation of appropriate tools, methodologies and training activities
  Specific objective 3: Enhance the ability of Member States to safely and rapidly detect and respond to natural or deliberate events of national and international concern according to the IHR through support to laboratory networks | World Health Organisation | 4 495 712 | 12.2013-12.2016 |
| 329-859 | Further development and consolidation of the Mediterranean Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (‘MediPIET’) | To contribute to the overall objective of enhancing health security in the Mediterranean region by supporting capacity building for prevention and control of natural or man-made health threats posed by communicable diseases through the further roll-out of the Mediterranean Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (MediPIET) | Fundacion Internacional y para Iberoamerica de Administracion y Politicas Publicas | 6,4 million | 12.2013-12.2016 |
| 330-961 | MEDILABSECURE | To increase, through capacity building the health security in the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe Black Sea Region by enhancing and strengthening the preparedness to common health threats and bio-security risks at national and regional levels by the creation of a Network of laboratories, by strengthening the already previously created by Episouth plus (the reinforcement of relations of trust in a region is an objective and an instrument in the scope of Project’s implementation) | Institut Pasteur
  Fondation | 3 626 410 | 12.2013-12.2017 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution period

315-979

Strengthening the National CBRN Legal Framework & Provision of specialized and technical training to enhance CBRN preparedness and response capabilities

The present procedure aims at awarding a Contract that will technically implement two projects (Component 1 and Component 2) funded by the EU Instrument for Stability (Priority 1) in the framework of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear — Centres of Excellence (CBRN-CoE)

France Expertise Internationale

2 699 069

9.2013-9.2016

316-496

Strengthening Capacities in CBRN Response and in Chemical and Medical Emergency

The CBRN emergency response needs to be identified and prioritised per country. Comprehensive technology solutions for detection, protection, decontamination, mitigation, containment and disposal should also be elaborated. CBRN incidents require full utilization of national resources to respond to and mitigate the consequences of such emergencies. The main responsibility in cases of CBRN emergencies falls upon first responders. It is therefore essential that countries build upon their national resources to mitigate and respond to the consequences of an emergency situation. Best-practices should thus be exchanged amongst these first responders at MIE regional level and CBRN risk mitigation knowledge developed. It should also result in increased awareness of stocks of hazardous chemical agents, their pre-cursors as this is one of the means of targeting illicit use and/or trafficking of WMD.

Wojskowy Instytut Higieny i Epidemiologii

3 914 034

12.2013-12.2016

318-905

Support to the European Commission – Exploratory missions in Middle East/East and south Mediterranean countries/South East of Europe in the safety and security CBRN fields

To provide support to the European Commission with finding out what kind of short-term measures should be developed taken into account different situations and circumstances regionally and/or nationally (this entails assessing countries’ preparedness – risk assessment, crisis prevention and warning systems — and response mechanisms in the field of CBRN)

France Expertise Internationale

299 999

6.2013-6.2015

321-215

Strengthening Health Security at Ports, Airports and Ground crossings

To increase health security globally by providing technical guidance and tools, information and knowledge sharing, international collaboration and assisting countries in enhancing and strengthening capacities for prevention, detection, control and response to public health events related to activities at points of entry and international travel and transport, in a multi-sectoral approach, to minimize risks in association with natural or deliberate released hazards

World Health Organisation

1,5 million

7.2013-7.2015

323-494

AAF- Waste management

EU CBRN CoE.To improve the management of biologic and chemical waste in the African Atlantic Façade region and Tunisia. This includes the review of regulations and technical training on detection and sampling

Fundacion Internacional y para Iberoamerica de Administracion y Politicas Publicas

3 871 800

1.2014-6.2017

329-422

Implementation of Projects CBRN - 3rd call. Complementary actions for project: #77 #111 #114

EU CBRN CoE.The global overall scope of work is to pursue international efforts in counteracting the threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism. This project aims at supporting the development of an integrated regional nuclear safety and security systems. This will be achieved by assessing the adoption of laws and regulation in the field in order comply with international related standards for improving the security and safety of radioactive sources by encouraging the establishment of storage facilities and completion of inventories, disseminate best practices for the development of a national response plan in the participating countries. These activities are carried out under a well-coordinated approach with other donors in the region, in order not to duplicate existing efforts.

IAEA

700 047

1.2014-12.2015

332-096

Export control outreach for dual use items

This project aims to deepen support measures to improve dual use export control systems in third countries taking specific geopolitical challenges into account. The following beneficiary countries are eligible under this project: Jordan/Neighbouring Countries and Kazakhstan/Neighbouring Countries. Regional activities may include all beneficiary countries in the region. Where appropriate and in justified cases and following the demand of beneficiary countries also activities in other countries/or regions will be carried out.

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle

2,5 million

12.2013-12.2015

332-212

Conferences associated to EU CBRN Centres of Excellence

To provide support for organising conferences and meetings in partner countries in order to enhance the inter-agency cooperation that will contribute to mitigating the risks and threats associated with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) materials and facilities

LDK Consultants, Engineers & Planners SA

140 885,85

1.2014-1.2015

332-306

Consolidation and Extension of the CBRN Regional Centre Secretariats

EU CBRN CoE. To strengthen regional capabilities in the area of CBRN risk mitigation. It is expected that the project will promote better cooperation and coordination of countries on CBRN risk mitigation at regional and international levels (the set-up of the Regional Secretariats is meant to provide the missing infrastructure at regional level to facilitate sharing of information and experience among partner countries)

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

3,1 million

5.2014-10.2015

332-312

Strengthening Health Laboratories to minimize potential biological risks

To minimize potential biological risks through enhancement of laboratory biosafety, biosecurity, quality management and diagnostic capacity.

Specific objective 1: Support the development of nationally-owned laboratory policies, strategies norms and regulations

Specific objective 2: Engage institutional and individual capacity building efforts through implementation of appropriate tools, methodologies and training activities

Specific objective 3: Enhance the ability of Member States to safely and rapidly detect and respond to natural or deliberate events of national and international concern according to the IHR through support to laboratory networks

World Health Organisation

4 495 712

12.2013-12.2016

329-859

Further development and consolidation of the Mediterranean Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (‘MediPIET’)

To contribute to the overall objective of enhancing health security in the Mediterranean region by supporting capacity building for prevention and control of natural or man-made health threats posed by communicable diseases through the further roll-out of the Mediterranean Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (MediPIET)

Fundacion Internacional y para Iberoamerica de Administracion y Politicas Publicas

6,4 million

12.2013-12.2016

330-961

MEDILABSECURE

To increase, through capacity building the health security in the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe Black Sea Region by enhancing and strengthening the preparedness to common health threats and bio-security risks at national and regional levels by the creation of a Network of laboratories, by strengthening the already previously created by Episouth plus (the reinforcement of relations of trust in a region is an objective and an instrument in the scope of Project’s implementation)

Institut Pasteur

Fondation

3 626 410

12.2013-12.2017

Year 2014 (excluding funding for ISTC/STCU)

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 337-084 | Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons of Mass destruction | To contribute to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Special Trust Fund that finances the activities for the complete destruction of Syrian Chemical material stockpiles | OPCW | 12 million | 2.2014-12.2015 |
| 343-652 | Contribution to the establishment and development of EU Centres of Excellence Governance — Phase III | To support to the governance of the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence | ESSEC-IRENE-ENCO | 1,5 million | 9.2014-9.2016 |
| 346-176 | High risk chemical facilities and risk mitigation in the AAF Region | EU CBRN CoE. Enhancing sound chemical hazard management within the African Atlantic Façade Region in order to prevent the occurrence of high risks chemical accidents | France Expertise Internationale | 3 million | 1.2015-12.2017 |
| 346-488 | Chemical safety and security in the Central and Eastern African region | EU CBRN CoE. Enhancing sound chemical hazard management within the ECA region by strengthening the national ‘Chemical legal framework’ in order to prevent the occurrence of accident inside and around all important chemical installations, as well as to enhance Chemical preparedness and response capabilities | Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) MBH | 2 978 000 | 1.2015-1.2018 |
| 347-013 | EUWAM-Lab (P43) | EU CBRN CoE. Establishment of a Mobile Laboratory for in situ interventions on VHF outbreak sites in combination with CBRN Capacity Building in Western Africa | France Expertise Internationale | 2 579 854,40 | 9.2014-9.2016 |
| 347-135 | EU outreach programme for dual use items | Contribute to the creation, consolidation or updating the effective export control systems for dual use items in partner countries by continuing to offer them a long-term perspective for cooperation | France Expertise Internationale | 2 249 250 | 9.2015-2.2017 |
| 347-634 | Strengthening CBRN first response capabilities and regional cooperation in South East Europe, Southern Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine | EU CBRN CoE. Enhance response capabilities and promote inter-agency and regional cooperation in CBRN first response in the South East Europe, Southern Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine | Centre d’Etude de l’Energie Nucléaire Fondation d’Utilité Publique | 2 953 550 | 1.2015-12.2017 |
| 350-752 | One Health Project in Pakistan | Support the development of a structured, integrated and sustainable collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture in Pakistan for improved risk assessments and detection, prevention and control of the spread of emerging zoonotic diseases | World Health Organization | 927 608 | 1.2015-1.2017 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution period

337-084

Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons of Mass destruction

To contribute to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Special Trust Fund that finances the activities for the complete destruction of Syrian Chemical material stockpiles

OPCW

12 million

2.2014-12.2015

343-652

Contribution to the establishment and development of EU Centres of Excellence Governance — Phase III

To support to the governance of the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence

ESSEC-IRENE-ENCO

1,5 million

9.2014-9.2016

346-176

High risk chemical facilities and risk mitigation in the AAF Region

EU CBRN CoE. Enhancing sound chemical hazard management within the African Atlantic Façade Region in order to prevent the occurrence of high risks chemical accidents

France Expertise Internationale

3 million

1.2015-12.2017

346-488

Chemical safety and security in the Central and Eastern African region

EU CBRN CoE. Enhancing sound chemical hazard management within the ECA region by strengthening the national ‘Chemical legal framework’ in order to prevent the occurrence of accident inside and around all important chemical installations, as well as to enhance Chemical preparedness and response capabilities

Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) MBH

2 978 000

1.2015-1.2018

347-013

EUWAM-Lab (P43)

EU CBRN CoE. Establishment of a Mobile Laboratory for in situ interventions on VHF outbreak sites in combination with CBRN Capacity Building in Western Africa

France Expertise Internationale

2 579 854,40

9.2014-9.2016

347-135

EU outreach programme for dual use items

Contribute to the creation, consolidation or updating the effective export control systems for dual use items in partner countries by continuing to offer them a long-term perspective for cooperation

France Expertise Internationale

2 249 250

9.2015-2.2017

347-634

Strengthening CBRN first response capabilities and regional cooperation in South East Europe, Southern Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine

EU CBRN CoE. Enhance response capabilities and promote inter-agency and regional cooperation in CBRN first response in the South East Europe, Southern Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine

Centre d’Etude de l’Energie Nucléaire Fondation d’Utilité Publique

2 953 550

1.2015-12.2017

350-752

One Health Project in Pakistan

Support the development of a structured, integrated and sustainable collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture in Pakistan for improved risk assessments and detection, prevention and control of the spread of emerging zoonotic diseases

World Health Organization

927 608

1.2015-1.2017

Year 2015

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 355-376 | EU outreach programme for dual use items — South-East Asia | Support to export control outreach in South-East Asia. | France Expertise Internationale | 2 999 500 | 9.2015-2.2017 |
| 272-372 | Establishment of Mobile Laboratories for Pathogens up to Risk Group 4 in combination with CBRN Capacity Building in sub-Saharan Africa | EU CBRN CoE — Mobile labs in sub-Saharan Africa -Extension – | BERNHARD-NOCHT-INSTITUT FUR TROPENMEDIZIN | 500 000 | 6,2016 |
| 355-443 | Enhancement of CBRN capacities of South East Asia in addressing CBRN risk mitigation concerning CBRN first response, biosafety and biosecurity, awareness raising and legal framework | EU CBRN CoE Biosafety-biosecurity in South East Asia | FUNDACION INTERNACIONAL Y PARA IBEROAMERICA DE ADMINISTRACION Y POLITICAS PUBLICAS | 3 000 000,00 | 7.2015-7.2018 |
| 355-879 | Provision of specialized CBRN equipment for training first responders | EU CBRN CoE CBRN equipment for first responders in Gabon, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Uganda | PAUL BOYE TECHNOLOGIES SAS -FR | 2 712 516,87 | 9.2015-9.2017 |
| 357-652 | ON-SITE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE SECRETARIATS | EU CBRN CoE On site technical assistance (Rabat, Tbilisi, Nairobi) | AGRICONSULTING EUROPE SA -BE | 2 969 700,00 | 9.2015-9.2018 |
| 362-277 | REGIONAL MANAGEMENT OF OUTBREAKS IN THE CBRN CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PARTNER COUNTRIES OF THE AFRICAN ATLANTIC FAÇADE REGION | EU CBRN CoE Management of outbreaks in the African Atlantic Façade (pandemics) | AGENCE FRANCAISE D EXPERTISE TECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE | 3 499 600,00 | 1.2016-12.2018 |
| 370291 | Feasibility study for the establishment of the Wildlife Forensics Training Academy in South Africa | Wildlife Forensics Training | NEDERLANDS FORENSISCH INSTITUUT | 182 000 | 28.12.2016 |
| 359484 | Strengthening the CBRN Centre of Excellence Regional Secretariat for the Gulf Cooperation Council Region | Support to GCC region | CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE FONDATION D’UTILITE PUBLIQUE | 285 000 | 14.9.2016 |
| 355376 | EU outreach programme for dual use items — South-East Asia | EU outreach programme for dual use items in South-East Asia | AGENCE FRANCAISE D’EXPERTISE TECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE | 2 999 500 | 28.2.2017 |
| 371715 | Capacity building for medical preparedness and response to CBRN incidents — CoE Project 54 | EU CBRN CoE CBRN. Capacity building for medical preparedness and response to CBRN incidents. Middle East (P54) | SUSTAINABLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOLUTIONS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY | 2 999 965 | 17.7.2019 |
| 365817 | Annual meeting EU CBRN National Focal Points 2016 | | LDK CONSULTANTS ENGINEERS & PLANNERS SA | 182 949,5 | 11.10.2016 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution period

355-376

EU outreach programme for dual use items — South-East Asia

Support to export control outreach in South-East Asia.

France Expertise Internationale

2 999 500

9.2015-2.2017

272-372

Establishment of Mobile Laboratories for Pathogens up to Risk Group 4 in combination with CBRN Capacity Building in sub-Saharan Africa

EU CBRN CoE — Mobile labs in sub-Saharan Africa -Extension –

BERNHARD-NOCHT-INSTITUT FUR TROPENMEDIZIN

500 000

6,2016

355-443

Enhancement of CBRN capacities of South East Asia in addressing CBRN risk mitigation concerning CBRN first response, biosafety and biosecurity, awareness raising and legal framework

EU CBRN CoE Biosafety-biosecurity in South East Asia

FUNDACION INTERNACIONAL Y PARA IBEROAMERICA DE ADMINISTRACION Y POLITICAS PUBLICAS

3 000 000,00

7.2015-7.2018

355-879

Provision of specialized CBRN equipment for training first responders

EU CBRN CoE CBRN equipment for first responders in Gabon, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Uganda

PAUL BOYE TECHNOLOGIES SAS -FR

2 712 516,87

9.2015-9.2017

357-652

ON-SITE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE SECRETARIATS

EU CBRN CoE On site technical assistance (Rabat, Tbilisi, Nairobi)

AGRICONSULTING EUROPE SA -BE

2 969 700,00

9.2015-9.2018

362-277

REGIONAL MANAGEMENT OF OUTBREAKS IN THE CBRN CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE PARTNER COUNTRIES OF THE AFRICAN ATLANTIC FAÇADE REGION

EU CBRN CoE Management of outbreaks in the African Atlantic Façade (pandemics)

AGENCE FRANCAISE D EXPERTISE TECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE

3 499 600,00

1.2016-12.2018

370291

Feasibility study for the establishment of the Wildlife Forensics Training Academy in South Africa

Wildlife Forensics Training

NEDERLANDS FORENSISCH INSTITUUT

182 000

28.12.2016

359484

Strengthening the CBRN Centre of Excellence Regional Secretariat for the Gulf Cooperation Council Region

Support to GCC region

CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE FONDATION D’UTILITE PUBLIQUE

285 000

14.9.2016

355376

EU outreach programme for dual use items — South-East Asia

EU outreach programme for dual use items in South-East Asia

AGENCE FRANCAISE D’EXPERTISE TECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE

2 999 500

28.2.2017

371715

Capacity building for medical preparedness and response to CBRN incidents — CoE Project 54

EU CBRN CoE CBRN. Capacity building for medical preparedness and response to CBRN incidents. Middle East (P54)

SUSTAINABLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOLUTIONS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

2 999 965

17.7.2019

365817

Annual meeting EU CBRN National Focal Points 2016

LDK CONSULTANTS ENGINEERS & PLANNERS SA

182 949,5

11.10.2016

Year 2016

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 384-876 | Recommittement — Feasibility study for the establishment of the Wildlife Forensics Training Academy in South Africa (2015/370-291) | EU CBRN CoE | NEDERLANDS FORENSISCH INSTITUUT
  NET | 174 515,29 | 29.9.2017 |
| 38130 | SEACHEM — Sound management of chemicals and their associated wastes in Southeast Asia | EU CBRN CoE. Chemical Waste management | SUSTAINABLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOLUTIONS | 2 999 815 | 29.8.2020 |
| 369616 | Support to the development, adoption and implementation of CBRN Needs Assessments, National and Regional CBRN Action Plans, their promotion and visibility | EU CBRN CoE. Promotion, adoption, implementation and visibility of CBRN Needs EU CBRN CoE.Assessments, National and Regional CBRN Action Plans | UNITED NATIONS INTERREGIONAL CRIMEAND JUSTICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 2 000 000 | 31.8.2017 |
| 372955 | ON-SITE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE SECRETARIATS in Algiers and Tashkent | EU CBRN CoE On site technical assistance (Algiers, Amman, Tashkent) | ENCONET CONSULTING GMBH | 2 130 250 | 10.11.2019 |
| 373918 | Strenghtening cross-border capacity for control and detection of CBRN substances | EU CBRN CoE CBRN cross border security in the North of Africa and Sahel (P55) | AGENCE FRANCAISE D’EXPERTISE TECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE | 3 500 000 | 30.9.2019 |
| 374993 | P57 ‘Strengthening crime scene forensics capabilities in investigating CBRN incidents in the South East and Eastern Europe Centres of Excellence region’ | EU CBRN CoE. ‘Strengthening crime scene forensics capabilities | CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE FONDATION D’UTILITE PUBLIQUE | 1 399 670 | 14.1.2020 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution period

384-876

Recommittement — Feasibility study for the establishment of the Wildlife Forensics Training Academy in South Africa (2015/370-291)

EU CBRN CoE

NEDERLANDS FORENSISCH INSTITUUT

NET

174 515,29

29.9.2017

38130

SEACHEM — Sound management of chemicals and their associated wastes in Southeast Asia

EU CBRN CoE. Chemical Waste management

SUSTAINABLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOLUTIONS

2 999 815

29.8.2020

369616

Support to the development, adoption and implementation of CBRN Needs Assessments, National and Regional CBRN Action Plans, their promotion and visibility

EU CBRN CoE. Promotion, adoption, implementation and visibility of CBRN Needs EU CBRN CoE.Assessments, National and Regional CBRN Action Plans

UNITED NATIONS INTERREGIONAL CRIMEAND JUSTICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

2 000 000

31.8.2017

372955

ON-SITE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE SECRETARIATS in Algiers and Tashkent

EU CBRN CoE On site technical assistance (Algiers, Amman, Tashkent)

ENCONET CONSULTING GMBH

2 130 250

10.11.2019

373918

Strenghtening cross-border capacity for control and detection of CBRN substances

EU CBRN CoE CBRN cross border security in the North of Africa and Sahel (P55)

AGENCE FRANCAISE D’EXPERTISE TECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE

3 500 000

30.9.2019

374993

P57 ‘Strengthening crime scene forensics capabilities in investigating CBRN incidents in the South East and Eastern Europe Centres of Excellence region’

EU CBRN CoE. ‘Strengthening crime scene forensics capabilities

CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE FONDATION D’UTILITE PUBLIQUE

1 399 670

14.1.2020

Year 2017

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution Period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 376203 | Study on the sustainability of the EU CBRN CoE’s capacity building activities | EU CBRN CoE. Educational component. | FONDAZIONE ALESSANDRO VOLTA PER LAPROMOZIONE DELL UNIVERSITA DELLA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA DELL ALTA FORMAZIONE E DELLA CULTURA | 298 900 | 31.3.2018 |
| 377918 | Support to the EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence initiative and its mechanisms. Towards the consolidation of the regional secretariats. | EU CBRN CoE. Regional Secretariats. | UNITED NATIONS INTERREGIONAL CRIMEAND JUSTICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 3 000 000 | 14.1.2018 |
| 377943 | Strengthening the CBRN Centre of Excellence Regional Secretariat for the Gulf Cooperation Council Region | EU CBRN CoE.On site technical assistance (GCC region) | Senior expert | 425 000 | 2,2019 |
| 378686 | EU CBRN Centers of Excellence NFP meeting 2017 | EU CBRN CoE annual international meeting. | ITALTREND C&T SPA | 235 587 | 6.4.2017 |
| 378793 | Supporting the EC organizing European Summer School 2017 and Conference in Export Control | European Summer School 2017 and Conference in Export Control | LDK CONSULTANTS ENGINEERS & PLANNERS SA | 277 167 | 8.3.2018 |
| 378848 | Assistance on evaluation of Export Control Outreach P2P program | Evaluation of P2P programme | Individual expert | 20 000 | 17.2.2017 |
| 381687 | Worldwide technical support to the EU CBRN Centers of Excellence. | EU CBRN CoE. Portal, NAQs, NAPs, technical evaluations, communication. | EC DG JRC | 3 500 000 | 2018 |
| 381687 | Administrative arrangement. Worldwide institutional technical support to the EU CBRN Centers of Excellence. | EU CBRN CoE | CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE FONDATION D’UTILITE PUBLIQUE | 3 411 384 | 31.12.2017 |
| 384445 | Technical Assistance for the implementation of the EU Export Control programme in partner countries | EU outreach programme for dual use items | CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE FONDATION D’UTILITE PUBLIQUE | 297 750 | 6.4.2019 |
| 384614 | Project development and donor coordination for the establishment of Wildlife Forensics Training Academies in Africa | EU CBRN CoE. Forensics Training | NEDERLANDS FORENSISCH INSTITUUT
  NET | 350 000 | 24.9.2018 |
| 384772 | 2017 International Meeting of EU CBRN CoE National Focal Points, Brussels | EU CBRN CoE annual international meeting. | LDK CONSULTANTS ENGINEERS & PLANNERS | 233 799 | 16.2.2018 |
| 388844 | P2P Summer School 2018 and other meetings in the frame of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) | EU outreach programme for dual use items | LDK CONSULTANTS ENGINEERS & PLANNERS | 227 940 | 1.10.2018 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution Period

376203

Study on the sustainability of the EU CBRN CoE’s capacity building activities

EU CBRN CoE. Educational component.

FONDAZIONE ALESSANDRO VOLTA PER LAPROMOZIONE DELL UNIVERSITA DELLA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA DELL ALTA FORMAZIONE E DELLA CULTURA

298 900

31.3.2018

377918

Support to the EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence initiative and its mechanisms. Towards the consolidation of the regional secretariats.

EU CBRN CoE. Regional Secretariats.

UNITED NATIONS INTERREGIONAL CRIMEAND JUSTICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

3 000 000

14.1.2018

377943

Strengthening the CBRN Centre of Excellence Regional Secretariat for the Gulf Cooperation Council Region

EU CBRN CoE.On site technical assistance (GCC region)

Senior expert

425 000

2,2019

378686

EU CBRN Centers of Excellence NFP meeting 2017

EU CBRN CoE annual international meeting.

ITALTREND C&T SPA

235 587

6.4.2017

378793

Supporting the EC organizing European Summer School 2017 and Conference in Export Control

European Summer School 2017 and Conference in Export Control

LDK CONSULTANTS ENGINEERS & PLANNERS SA

277 167

8.3.2018

378848

Assistance on evaluation of Export Control Outreach P2P program

Evaluation of P2P programme

Individual expert

20 000

17.2.2017

381687

Worldwide technical support to the EU CBRN Centers of Excellence.

EU CBRN CoE. Portal, NAQs, NAPs, technical evaluations, communication.

EC DG JRC

3 500 000

2018

381687

Administrative arrangement. Worldwide institutional technical support to the EU CBRN Centers of Excellence.

EU CBRN CoE

CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE FONDATION D’UTILITE PUBLIQUE

3 411 384

31.12.2017

384445

Technical Assistance for the implementation of the EU Export Control programme in partner countries

EU outreach programme for dual use items

CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE FONDATION D’UTILITE PUBLIQUE

297 750

6.4.2019

384614

Project development and donor coordination for the establishment of Wildlife Forensics Training Academies in Africa

EU CBRN CoE. Forensics Training

NEDERLANDS FORENSISCH INSTITUUT

NET

350 000

24.9.2018

384772

2017 International Meeting of EU CBRN CoE National Focal Points, Brussels

EU CBRN CoE annual international meeting.

LDK CONSULTANTS ENGINEERS & PLANNERS

233 799

16.2.2018

388844

P2P Summer School 2018 and other meetings in the frame of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP)

EU outreach programme for dual use items

LDK CONSULTANTS ENGINEERS & PLANNERS

227 940

1.10.2018

Year 2018

| Project identification | Title | Objective | Contractor | Amount (EUR) | Execution Period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 378224 | P57/58 — Additional equipment — Montenegro - | EU CBRN CoE | STCU | 350 000 | 2017-2019 |
| 384876 | Feasibility study for the establishment of the Wildlife Forensics Training Academy in South Africa | EU CBRN CoE | Nederlands Forensisch Instituut | 152 373 | 2017 |
| 386600 | New African Magazine — subscription contract | EU CBRN CoE | Stirling | 1 000 | 2017-2018 |
| 386666 | Stirling Assynt Report and GT Intell Serv — subscription contract | EU CBRN CoE | TRAC | 33 600 | 2017-2018 |
| 388380 | Assistance in reporting and communication on IcSP CBRN CoE activities | EU CBRN CoE | Individual expert | 20 000 | 2018 |
| 388397 | P65 CoE CA chemical waste management | EU CBRN CoE | MICR | 401 089 | 2017-2020 |
| 388844 | 2018 P2P Summer School in Export Control | EU CBRN CoE | LDK | 227 940 | 2017-2018 |
| 390045 | STCU operational grant | EU CBRN CoE | STCU | 1 000 000 | 2018-2022 |
| 390046 | ISTC operational grant | EU CBRN CoE | ISTC | 2 500 000 | 2018-2022 |
| 390079 | CBRN CoE Governance Team | EU CBRN CoE | ASSOCIATION GROUPE ESSEC | 1 680 520 | 2018-2019 |
| 390601 | P66 MEDISAFE | EU CBRN CoE | Expertise France | 3 998 250 | 2018-2021 |
| 391059 | Assistance on mapping EU security/CT actitivies | EU CBRN CoE | Individual expert | 20 000 | 2017 |
| 391935 | UNICRI | EU CBRN CoE | UNICRI | 2 707 453 | 2018-2019 |
| 393533 | Development of a pilot CBRN Centres of Excellence Research Competition | EU CBRN CoE | Fondazione Alessadnrio Volta | 149 850 | 2018 |
| 393792 | P62 OSA South East Asia | EU CBRN CoE | Business and Strategies Europe | 1 198 750 | 2018-2021 |
| 394360 | Support for Conferences and Events CBRN | EU CBRN CoE | Pomilio Blumm | 1 052 346 | 2018-2020 |
| 395369 | Assistance and support in implementation of IcSP | EU CBRN CoE | Individual expert | 20 000 | 2018 |
| 395899 | P68 Training and Tutoring | EU CBRN CoE | LDK | 268 700 | 2018-2020 |
| 402247 | P75 — Preventing biological risks increased by environmental and climate change in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sahel regions by strengthening institutional capacities in the context of One Health (MEDILABSECURE) | EU CBRN CoE | Institut Pasteur Fondation | 2 088 964 | 2018-2020 |
| 402649 | P76 — Preventing biological risks increased by environmental and climate change by strengthening Public Health Laboratories - (STRONGLABS) | EU CBRN CoE | WHO | 1 000 000 | 2018-2020 |
| 402810 | Funding of the 2019 ISTC Administrative Operating Budget | EU CBRN CoE | ISTC | 2 500 000 | 2018-2023 |
| 402811 | Funding of the 2019 STCU Administrative Operating Budget | EU CBRN CoE | STCU | 1 000 000 | 2018-2023 |
| 404680 | Strengthening the CBRN Centre of Excellence Regional Secretariat for the Gulf Cooperation Council Region | EU CBRN CoE | OSA | 590 000 | 2018-2020 |

Project identification

Title

Objective

Contractor

Amount (EUR)

Execution Period

378224

P57/58 — Additional equipment — Montenegro -

EU CBRN CoE

STCU

350 000

2017-2019

384876

Feasibility study for the establishment of the Wildlife Forensics Training Academy in South Africa

EU CBRN CoE

Nederlands Forensisch Instituut

152 373

2017

386600

New African Magazine — subscription contract

EU CBRN CoE

Stirling

1 000

2017-2018

386666

Stirling Assynt Report and GT Intell Serv — subscription contract

EU CBRN CoE

TRAC

33 600

2017-2018

388380

Assistance in reporting and communication on IcSP CBRN CoE activities

EU CBRN CoE

Individual expert

20 000

2018

388397

P65 CoE CA chemical waste management

EU CBRN CoE

MICR

401 089

2017-2020

388844

2018 P2P Summer School in Export Control

EU CBRN CoE

LDK

227 940

2017-2018

390045

STCU operational grant

EU CBRN CoE

STCU

1 000 000

2018-2022

390046

ISTC operational grant

EU CBRN CoE

ISTC

2 500 000

2018-2022

390079

CBRN CoE Governance Team

EU CBRN CoE

ASSOCIATION GROUPE ESSEC

1 680 520

2018-2019

390601

P66 MEDISAFE

EU CBRN CoE

Expertise France

3 998 250

2018-2021

391059

Assistance on mapping EU security/CT actitivies

EU CBRN CoE

Individual expert

20 000

2017

391935

UNICRI

EU CBRN CoE

UNICRI

2 707 453

2018-2019

393533

Development of a pilot CBRN Centres of Excellence Research Competition

EU CBRN CoE

Fondazione Alessadnrio Volta

149 850

2018

393792

P62 OSA South East Asia

EU CBRN CoE

Business and Strategies Europe

1 198 750

2018-2021

394360

Support for Conferences and Events CBRN

EU CBRN CoE

Pomilio Blumm

1 052 346

2018-2020

395369

Assistance and support in implementation of IcSP

EU CBRN CoE

Individual expert

20 000

2018

395899

P68 Training and Tutoring

EU CBRN CoE

LDK

268 700

2018-2020

402247

P75 — Preventing biological risks increased by environmental and climate change in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sahel regions by strengthening institutional capacities in the context of One Health (MEDILABSECURE)

EU CBRN CoE

Institut Pasteur Fondation

2 088 964

2018-2020

402649

P76 — Preventing biological risks increased by environmental and climate change by strengthening Public Health Laboratories - (STRONGLABS)

EU CBRN CoE

WHO

1 000 000

2018-2020

402810

Funding of the 2019 ISTC Administrative Operating Budget

EU CBRN CoE

ISTC

2 500 000

2018-2023

402811

Funding of the 2019 STCU Administrative Operating Budget

EU CBRN CoE

STCU

1 000 000

2018-2023

404680

Strengthening the CBRN Centre of Excellence Regional Secretariat for the Gulf Cooperation Council Region

EU CBRN CoE

OSA

590 000

2018-2020

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