Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1972 of 15 July 2024 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO
Date: 2024-07-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, European defence policy, European security, common security and defence policy, military cooperation








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2024/1972


16.7.2024







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2024/1972
         
of 15 July 2024
         
amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 46(6) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 of 11 December 2017 establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) and determining the list of participating Member States (1),


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 11 December 2017, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315.












(2)


Article 4(2), point (e), of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 provides that the Council is to establish the list of projects to be developed under permanent structured cooperation (PESCO), reflecting both support for capability development and the provision of substantial support within means and capabilities to common security and defence policy (CSDP) operations and missions.












(3)


On 6 March 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 (2) establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO.












(4)


On 6 March 2018, the Council also adopted a Recommendation concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (3) (the ‘Recommendation’).












(5)


Paragraph 9 of the Recommendation specified that the Council should update the list of PESCO projects by November 2018 to include the next set of projects, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 5 of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315, which provides in particular that the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy may make a recommendation concerning the identification and evaluation of PESCO projects, on the basis of assessments provided by the PESCO secretariat, for the Council to take a decision, following military advice by the Military Committee of the European Union (EUMC).












(6)


On 25 June 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 (4) establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects.












(7)


On 19 November 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797 (5) amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.












(8)


On 16 November 2021, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/2008 (6) amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.












(9)


On 22 May 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/995 (7) amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.












(10)


On 13 November 2023, the Council adopted a Recommendation assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of PESCO (8).












(11)


On 30 April 2024, the PESCO Secretariat informed the Council that the project members of the projects ‘European Union Force Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC)’ and ‘European Medical Command (EMC)’ had decided to close those projects.












(12)


Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 should therefore be amended and updated,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 1, the following projects are removed, and the entries corresponding to their numbers left blank:






‘1.


European Medical Command;’; and,










‘17.


EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC);’




;










(2)


Annex II is replaced in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 15 July 2024.


For the Council


The President


               NAGY I.





(1)  
            OJ L 331, 14.12.2017, p. 57.

(2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 of 6 March 2018 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO (OJ L 65, 8.3.2018, p. 24).

(3)  Council Recommendation of 6 March 2018 concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (OJ C 88, 8.3.2018, p. 1).

(4)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 of 25 June 2018 establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects (OJ L 161, 26.6.2018, p. 37).

(5)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797 of 19 November 2018 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO (OJ L 294, 21.11.2018, p. 18).

(6)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2008 of 16 November 2021 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO (OJ L 407, 17.11.2021, p. 37).

(7)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/995 of 22 May 2023 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO (OJ L 135, 23.5.2023, p. 123).

(8)  Council Recommendation of 13 November 2023 assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of the permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) (OJ C, C/2023/994, 14.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/994/oj).




ANNEX
Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 is replaced by the following:



                     ‘ANNEX II
CONSOLIDATED UPDATED LIST OF THE PROJECT MEMBERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT







 


Project


Project Members




1.


European Secure Software defined Radio (ESSOR)


France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Finland




2.


Network of Logistic Hubs in Europe and support to Operations (NetLogHubs)


Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia




3.


Military Mobility


Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden




4.


European Training Certification Centre for European Armies


Italy, Greece




5.


Energy Operational Function (EOF)


France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Slovenia




6.


Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package (DM-DRCP)


Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria




7.


Maritime (semi-) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM)


Belgium, Ireland, Greece, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden




8.


Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO)


Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal




9.


Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance (UMS)


Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus




10.


Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform (CTISP)


Greece, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Portugal




11.


Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security (CRRT)


Lithuania, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Romania, Slovenia




12.


Strategic Command and Control (C2) System for CSDP Missions and Operations (EUMILCOM)


Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal




13.


Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle / Amphibious Assault Vehicle / Light Armoured Vehicle (AIFV/AAV/LAV)


Italy, Greece, Slovakia




14.


Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)


Greece, Italy, Romania




15.


Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS)


Greece, Cyprus




16.


Integrated Unmanned Ground System (iUGS)


Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Finland




17.


EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems


France, Belgium, Cyprus, Sweden




18.


Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (DIVEPACK)


Bulgaria, Greece, France, Italy, Romania




19.


European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems – MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)


Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy




20.


European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III


France, Spain




21.


Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)


Italy, Czechia, Sweden




22.


European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) – Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability


Italy, France




23.


One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) – (SOCC) for SJO


Greece, Cyprus




24.


Electromagnetic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR)


Czechia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania




25.


Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)


Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia




26.


Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)


Germany, Belgium, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Romania




27.


EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)


France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Sweden




28.


European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)


Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands




29.


Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM)


Hungary, Germany, France, Poland, Slovenia




30.


EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH)


Portugal, Bulgaria, Spain, Romania




31.


Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC)


Poland, Hungary




32.


Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR)


Romania, France, Italy




33.


European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC)


Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, France




34.


Maritime Unmanned Anti-Submarine System (MUSAS)


Portugal, Spain, France, Sweden




35.


European Patrol Corvette (EPC)


Italy, Greece, Spain, France, Romania




36.


Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA)


Spain, France, Sweden




37.


Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC)


Germany, France, Hungary, Netherlands




38.


Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER)


France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Finland




39.


Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC-EU)


France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania




40.


EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR)


France, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Romania, Sweden




41.


European Global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Insertion Architecture System (GLORIA)


Italy, France, Romania




42.


Main Battle Tank Simulation and Testing Center (MBT- SIMTEC)


Greece, Cyprus




43.


EU Military Partnership (EU MP)


France, Estonia, Italy, Austria




44.


Essential Elements of European Escort (4E)


Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sweden




45.


Medium size Semi-Autonomous Surface Vehicle (M-SASV)


Estonia, France, Latvia, Romania




46.


Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC)


Germany, Czechia, France, Netherlands




47.


Next Generation Small RPAS (NGSR)


Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia




48.


Rotorcraft Docking Station for Drones (RDSD)


Italy, France




49.


Small Scalable Weapons (SSW)


Italy, France




50.


Air Power


France, Greece, Croatia, Sweden




51.


Future Medium-size Tactical Cargo (FMTC)


France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden




52.


Cyber Ranges Federations (CRF)


Estonia, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Finland




53.


Automated Modelling, Identification and Damage Assessment of Urban Terrain (AMIDA-UT)


Portugal, Spain, France, Austria




54.


Common Hub for Governmental Imagery (CoHGI)


Germany, Spain, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Romania




55.


Defence of Space Assets (DoSA)


France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania




56.


European Defence Airlift – Training Academy (EDA-TA)


France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Portugal




57.


Integrated Unmanned Ground Systems 2 (iUGS 2)


Estonia, Germany, France, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden




58.


Counter Battery Sensors (CoBaS)


France, Netherlands




59.


Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT)


Germany, Netherlands




60.


Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection (CSIP)


Italy, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Sweden




61.


Future Short-Range Air to Air Missile (FSRM)


Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Sweden




62.


Next Generation Medium Helicopter (NGMH)


Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Finland




63.


Integrated Multi-Layer Air and Missile Defence System (IMLAMD)


Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden




64.


Arctic Command & Control Effector and Sensor System (ACCESS)


Finland, Estonia, France, Sweden




65.


Robust Communication Infrastructure and Networks (ROCOMIN)


Sweden, Estonia, Germany, France




66.


ROLE 2F


Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Portugal, Finland, Sweden’









ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1972/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)