EN
C 433/6
Official Journal of the European Union
15.11.2022
RECOMMENDATIONS
COUNCIL COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION of 14 November 2022 assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of the permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) (2022/C 433/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 46(6) thereof,
Having regard to Protocol No 10 on permanent structured cooperation established by Article 42 of the Treaty on European Union attached to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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)
Article 4(2)(d) of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 provides that the Council is to adopt decisions and recommendations on assessing the contributions of participating Member States (pMS) to fulfil the agreed commitments, according to the mechanism described in Article 6 of that Decision.
(2)
Article 6(3) of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 provides that, on the basis of the annual report on PESCO presented by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’), the Council is to review once a year whether the pMS continue to fulfil the more binding commitments referred in Article 3 of that Decision.
(3)
Appendix 1 to the Annex to the Council Conclusions of 20 November 2020 on the PESCO Strategic Review 2020 provides that the High Representative is to present the annual report on PESCO implementation by July of each year, with a view to the Council adopting its recommendation assessing the progress made by the pMS to fulfil the commitments undertaken in the framework of PESCO by November of that year.
Paragraph 16 of the Council Recommendation of 6 March 2018 concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (2) provides that the Military Committee of the European Union is to provide the Political and Security Committee with military advice and recommendations to enable it to prepare the Council’s review on whether the pMS continue to fulfil the more binding commitments.
(1) OJ L 331, 14.12.2017, p. 57.
(2) OJ C 88, 8.3.2018, p. 1.