Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1107 of 27 May 2025 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO
Date: 2025-05-27
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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2025/1107


28.5.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/1107
         
of 27 May 2025
         
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 (‘the High Representative’) 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 15 July 2024, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2024/1972 (8), amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.












(11)


On 19 July 2024, the PESCO Secretariat informed the Council that the project members of the project ‘European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III’ had decided to close the project.












(12)


On 18 November 2024, the Council adopted a Recommendation assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of PESCO (9).












(13)


On 25 March 2025, the High Representative made a recommendation to the Council concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.












(14)


On 27 March 2025, the PESCO Secretariat informed the Council that the project members of the project ‘European Training Certification Centre for European Armies’ had decided to close the project.












(15)


On 29 April 2025, the Political and Security Committee agreed on the recommendations contained in the EUMC military advice on the High Representative’s recommendation concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.












(16)


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)


Article 1 is amended as follows:






(a)


point 6 (European Training Certification Centre for European Armies) is deleted;










(b)


point 25 (European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III) is deleted;










(c)


the following points are added:






‘73.


Joint European Electromagnetic Warfare Convergence Initiative (JEEWCI);










74.


Substitute for Lead in Infantry Ammunition (SLIA);










75.


Common Handheld Optronic Interface (CHOI);










76.


Infantry Navigation w/o GNSS (InfNav w/o GNSS);










77.


Directed Energy Systems (DES);










78.


Next Generation Dismounted Soldier System (NGDSS);










79.


Modular Seabed Vessel (MSV);










80.


Future (unmanned) Air-to-Air Refuelling Capability;










81.


Unmanned Air Transport of Injured Soldiers (UNATIS);










82.


Quantum Enablers for Strategic Advantage (QUEST);










83.


Medical Treatment Facility Role 2 Forward – Capability Development (MTF R2F-CD);’.


















(2)


Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision;










(3)


Annex II is replaced by the text appearing in Annex II to this Decision.






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




Done at Brussels, 27 May 2025.


For the Council


The President

A. SZŁAPKA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 331, 14.12.2017, p. 57, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2017/2315/oj.


(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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2018/340/oj).


(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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2018/909/oj).


(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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2018/1797/oj).


(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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/2008/oj).


(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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/995/oj).


(8)  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 (OJ L, 2024/1972, 16.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1972/oj).

(9)  Council Recommendation of 18 November 2024 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/2024/6982, 19.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6982/oj).




ANNEX I
The following entries are added to the list of the project members of each individual project set out in Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2018/340:








 


Project


Project members




‘73.


Joint European Electromagnetic Warfare Convergence Initiative (JEEWCI)


Germany, Netherlands




74.


Substitute for Lead in Infantry Ammunition (SLIA)


Germany, Czechia




75.


Common Handheld Optronic Interface (CHOI)


Germany, Netherlands




76.


Infantry Navigation w/o GNSS (InfNav w/o GNSS)


Germany, Italy, Netherlands




77.


Directed Energy Systems (DES)


Italy, Spain




78.


Next Generation Dismounted Soldier System (NGDSS)


Italy, Latvia




79.


Modular Seabed Vessel (MSV)


France, Italy




80.


Future (unmanned) Air-to-Air Refuelling Capability


Germany, Spain




81.


Unmanned Air Transport of Injured Soldiers (UNATIS)


Germany, Netherlands




82.


Quantum Enablers for Strategic Advantage (QUEST)


Finland, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Latvia




83.


Medical Treatment Facility Role 2 Forward – Capability Development (MTF R2F-CD)


France, Belgium, Finland’










ANNEX II




                     ‘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, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland




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.


Energy Operational Function (EOF)


France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Slovenia




5.


Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package (DM-DRCP)


Italy, Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Austria




6.


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


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




7.


Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO)


Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal




8.


Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance (UMS)


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




9.


Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform (CTISP)


Greece, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Portugal




10.


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


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




11.


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


Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal




12.


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


Italy, Greece, Slovakia




13.


Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)


Greece, Italy, Romania




14.


Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS)


Greece, Cyprus




15.


Integrated Unmanned Ground System (iUGS)


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




16.


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


France, Belgium, Cyprus, Sweden




17.


Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (DIVEPACK)


Bulgaria, Greece, France, Italy, Romania




18.


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


Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy




19.


Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)


Italy, Czechia, Sweden




20.


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


Italy, France




21.


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


Greece, Cyprus




22.


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


Czechia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania




23.


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


Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia




24.


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


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




25.


EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)


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




26.


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


Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands




27.


Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM)


Hungary, Germany, France, Poland, Slovenia




28.


EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH)


Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania




29.


Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC)


Poland, Hungary




30.


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


Romania, France, Italy




31.


European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC)


Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, France




32.


Maritime Unmanned Anti-Submarine System (MUSAS)


Portugal, Spain, France, Sweden




33.


European Patrol Corvette (EPC)


Italy, Greece, Spain, France, Romania




34.


Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA)


Spain, France, Sweden




35.


Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC)


Germany, France, Hungary, Netherlands




36.


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


France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Finland




37.


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


France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania




38.


EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR)


France, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Romania, Sweden




39.


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


Italy, France, Romania




40.


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


Greece, Cyprus




41.


EU Military Partnership (EU MP)


France, Estonia, Italy, Austria




42.


Essential Elements of European Escort (4E)


Spain, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden




43.


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


Estonia, France, Latvia, Romania, Sweden




44.


Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC)


Germany, Czechia, France, Netherlands




45.


Next Generation Small RPAS (NGSR)


Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia




46.


Rotorcraft Docking Station for Drones (RDSD)


Italy, France




47.


Small Scalable Weapons (SSW)


Italy, France




48.


Air Power


France, Greece, Croatia, Sweden




49.


Future Medium-size Tactical Cargo (FMTC)


France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden




50.


Cyber Ranges Federations (CRF)


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




51.


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


Portugal, Spain, France, Austria




52.


Common Hub for Governmental Imagery (CoHGI)


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




53.


Defence of Space Assets (DoSA)


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




54.


European Defence Airlift – Training Academy (EDA-TA)


France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Portugal




55.


Integrated Unmanned Ground Systems 2 (iUGS 2)


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




56.


Counter Battery Sensors (CoBaS)


France, Netherlands




57.


Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT)


Germany, Netherlands




58.


Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection (CSIP)


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




59.


Future Short-Range Air to Air Missile (FSRM)


Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Sweden




60.


Next Generation Medium Helicopter (NGMH)


France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Finland




61.


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


Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden




62.


Arctic Command & Control Effector and Sensor System (ACCESS)


Finland, Estonia, France, Sweden




63.


Robust Communication Infrastructure and Networks (ROCOMIN)


Sweden, Germany, Estonia




64.


ROLE 2F


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




65.


Joint European Electromagnetic Warfare Convergence Initiative (JEEWCI)


Germany, Netherlands




66.


Substitute for Lead in Infantry Ammunition (SLIA)


Germany, Czechia




67.


Common Handheld Optronic Interface (CHOI)


Germany, Netherlands




68.


Infantry Navigation w/o GNSS (InfNav w/o GNSS)


Germany, Italy, Netherlands




69.


Directed Energy Systems (DES)


Italy, Spain




70.


Next Generation Dismounted Soldier System (NGDSS)


Italy, Latvia




71.


Modular Seabed Vessel (MSV)


France, Italy




72.


Future (unmanned) Air-to-Air Refuelling Capability


Germany, Spain




73.


Unmanned Air Transport of Injured Soldiers (UNATIS)


Germany, Netherlands




74.


Quantum Enablers for Strategic Advantage (QUEST)


Finland, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Latvia




75.


Medical Treatment Facility Role 2 Forward – Capability Development (MTF R2F-CD)


France, Belgium, Finland’










ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1107/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)