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Commitment 12: By 2025, participating Member States should: (a) sub-commitment 12.1: — contribute to the EU Force Catalogue with all deployable national capabilities that correspond with the requirements of the latest EU Requirements Catalogue towards a coherent EU full-spectrum force package (EU FSFP) in line with the PESCO notification (10), building on the EU Force Package defined in the Progress Catalogue (11). In accordance with the single set of forces principle, participating Member States’ inputs should be in line with the Headline Goal Process (HLGP) instructions and should include all deployable assets (including headquarters and capabilities usable in support of missions and operations). Participating Member States should report these inputs in their NIPs; — focus on the future availability of capabilities needed for the fulfilment of the High Impact Capability Goals (HICGs), optimising the planned contributions to the EU Force Catalogue for the short and medium term. Emphasis should be given to the fulfilment of all short-term HICGs. Their planning efforts will be measured through the HLGP. Participating Member States should report these planning efforts in their NIPs; (b) sub-commitment 12.2: in accordance with the EU Military Rapid Response Concept, complete the Rapid Response Database (RRDB), to enable it to be a useful military planning tool to contribute to the fulfilment of the EU level of ambition. In contributing to the RRDB, and without prejudice to any constitutional requirements with regard to deployment decisions, participating Member States will signal their potential contribution of rapidly deployable formations, capabilities and relevant supporting infrastructure which could be rapidly deployed or utilised in a military CSDP mission or operation in support of the EU level of ambition. To that end, each participating Member State should update in the RRDB the list of its available military formations and capabilities ahead of the annual Military Rapid Response Coordination Conference. That comprises updating or completing the land, maritime and air databases, and includes an indication of the level of readiness for capabilities and forces, where applicable. Without prejudice to classification requirements, that part of the RRDB should be accessible to participating Member States so as to support the ability to make an initial assessment regarding the possibility to launch a military CSDP mission or operation. In this regard, a projection of formations and capabilities based on a requirements analysis which is derived from the illustrative scenarios would allow the participating Member States to contribute to the RRDB in a more accurate way. Participating Member States should reflect their contributions to this database in their NIPs; (c) sub-commitment 12.3: have assessed the feasibility of a fast-tracked political commitment at national level, whilst respecting their constitutional requirements, including through a possible review, if not already done, of their national decision-making procedure, with a view to making improvements. If applicable, the exercising of decision-making procedures in rapid-response scenarios through POLEX-type exercises, and relevant findings, should also be reflected in the NIPs; (d) sub-commitment 12.4: — have provided substantial support within their means and capabilities to CSDP military missions and operations aiming at filling the statements of requirement (SORs) and thus complying with the agreed level of ambition for the CSDP missions and operations. To this end, participating Member States are to provide a fair share to force generation, the parameters of which should be defined by them as soon as possible and by the summer of 2022 at the latest; — these contributions to the CSDP military missions and operations, portrayed in a table, will be included in the High Representative’s annual report on PESCO implementation as an annex and should be positively highlighted. Participating Member States should report annually in their NIPs their contributions to fulfilling the SORs for the CSDP military operations and missions, aiming at maintaining or increasing these contributions, thus providing a fair share to the force generation for CSDP missions and operations; — in this process, participating Member States could refer to their national and international engagements that contribute to European and international peace and security; — these elements should increase the transparency of participating Member States’ efforts, with a view to recognising substantial contributions. They should also be used to encourage and support Member States to increase their contributions, within their means and capabilities, to CSDP missions and operations. For this purpose, recommendations would be provided and the implementation of these recommendations would be regularly reviewed, including at the political level. (e) sub-commitment 12.5: confirm their substantial and recurring contributions to the EU Battlegroups (EU BGs), in principle at least four years in advance, and prepare and train their contributing forces and capabilities in accordance with the EU BG Concept and the EU BG Preparation Guide. To this end, participating Member States should contribute as soon as possible to filling the EU BG Roster and reflecting their contributions in their NIPs. The contributions of each participating Member State to the EU BG Roster covering a five-year period will be included in the High Representative’s annual report on PESCO implementation as an annex; (f) sub-commitment 12.6: have made a tangible contribution towards the implementation of the EU Action Plan on military mobility and the PESCO projects in that area, subject to national sovereignty, decision-making, laws and regulations, including by taking forward the four measures at national level as agreed in the Council conclusions of 25 June 2018 on security and defence. To this end, as stated in paragraph 18 of those conclusions, participating Member States should develop national plans on military mobility implementation; granting the Cross Border Movement Permission (CBMP) and the Diplomatic Clearance (DIC) within five working days and considering bringing this period down further for rapid reaction units; establish a strong interconnected network of NPOCs including their Terms of Reference (ToRs); and practice military mobility in national and/or multinational exercises, as soon as possible, but no later than 2024. Those participating Member States that have not yet developed national plans for military mobility implementation should do so immediately and provide those national contributions via the common workspace and further reflect them in the NIPs. Participating Member States’ efforts in this regard should be included in the High Representative’s Annual Report on PESCO implementation as an annex.