CELEX: 32019D1909
Language: en
Date: 2019-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1909 of 12 November 2019 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO

14.11.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 293/113
               
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2019/1909
         of 12 November 2019
         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)
                  
                  
                     Point (e) of Article 4(2) 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 adopted a Recommendation (3) concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (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 14 May 2019, the Council adopted a Recommendation (6) assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of permanent structured cooperation (PESCO).
                  
               
                     (9)
                  
                  
                     On 30 September 2019, the High Representative made a recommendation to the Council concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.
                  
               
                     (10)
                  
                  
                     On 22 October 2019, 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.
                  
               
                     (11)
                  
                  
                     The Council should therefore amend and update Decision (CFSP) 2018/340,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 is amended as follows:
            
                        (1)
                     
                     
                        in Article 1, the following projects are added to the list:
                        
                                    ‘35.
                                 
                                 
                                    Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM);
                                 
                              
                                    36.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH);
                                 
                              
                                    37.
                                 
                                 
                                    Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC);
                                 
                              
                                    38.
                                 
                                 
                                    CBRN Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR);
                                 
                              
                                    39.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC);
                                 
                              
                                    40.
                                 
                                 
                                    Maritime Unmanned Anti‐Submarine System (MUSAS);
                                 
                              
                                    41.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Patrol Corvette (EPC);
                                 
                              
                                    42.
                                 
                                 
                                    Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA);
                                 
                              
                                    43.
                                 
                                 
                                    Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC);
                                 
                              
                                    44.
                                 
                                 
                                    Timely Warning and Interception with Space‐based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER);
                                 
                              
                                    45.
                                 
                                 
                                    Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC‐EU);
                                 
                              
                                    46.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR);
                                 
                              
                                    47.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Global RPAS Insertion Architecture System.’;
                                 
                              
                  
                        (2)
                     
                     
                        in Annex I, the entries set out in Annex I to this Decision are added;
                     
                  
                        (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, 12 November 2019.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               F. MOGHERINI
            
         
         
            (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 Recommendation of 14 May 2019 assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) (OJ C 166, 15.5.2019, p. 1).
      
      
         
            ANNEX I
            
                        Project
                     
                     
                        Project Members
                     
                  
                        
                                    35.
                                 
                                 
                                    Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Hungary, Germany, France, Poland, Slovenia
                     
                  
                        
                                    36.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Portugal, Spain
                     
                  
                        
                                    37.
                                 
                                 
                                    Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Poland, Hungary
                     
                  
                        
                                    38.
                                 
                                 
                                    Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Romania, France, Italy
                     
                  
                        
                                    39.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Romania, Bulgaria, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    40.
                                 
                                 
                                    Maritime Unmanned Anti‐Submarine System (MUSAS)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Portugal, Spain, France, Sweden
                     
                  
                        
                                    41.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Patrol Corvette (EPC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    42.
                                 
                                 
                                    Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Spain, France, Sweden
                     
                  
                        
                                    43.
                                 
                                 
                                    Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, Czechia, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands
                     
                  
                        
                                    44.
                                 
                                 
                                    Timely Warning and Interception with Space‐based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Finland
                     
                  
                        
                                    45.
                                 
                                 
                                    Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC‐EU)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Spain, Portugal, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    46.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Sweden
                     
                  
                        
                                    47.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Insertion Architecture System
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, France, Romania
                     
                  
      
      
         
            ANNEX II
            
               
                  
                     ‘ANNEX II
                     CONSOLIDATED UPDATED LIST OF THE PROJECT MEMBERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
                     
                                 Project
                              
                              
                                 Project Members
                              
                           
                                 
                                             1.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Medical Command
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden
                              
                           
                                 
                                             2.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Secure Software defined Radio (ESSOR)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Finland
                              
                           
                                 
                                             3.
                                          
                                          
                                             Network of logistic Hubs in Europe and support to Operations
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia
                              
                           
                                 
                                             4.
                                          
                                          
                                             Military Mobility
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden
                              
                           
                                 
                                             5.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Union Training Mission Competence Centre (EU TMCC)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Germany, Czechia, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden
                              
                           
                                 
                                             6.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Training Certification Centre for European Armies
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Italy, Greece
                              
                           
                                 
                                             7.
                                          
                                          
                                             Energy Operational Function (EOF)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Belgium, Italy, Spain
                              
                           
                                 
                                             8.
                                          
                                          
                                             Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria
                              
                           
                                 
                                             9.
                                          
                                          
                                             Maritime (semi‐) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania
                              
                           
                                 
                                             10.
                                          
                                          
                                             Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal
                              
                           
                                 
                                             11.
                                          
                                          
                                             Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus
                              
                           
                                 
                                             12.
                                          
                                          
                                             Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Austria, Portugal
                              
                           
                                 
                                             13.
                                          
                                          
                                             Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Lithuania, Estonia, Croatia, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Finland
                              
                           
                                 
                                             14.
                                          
                                          
                                             Strategic Command and Control (C2) System for CSDP Missions and Operations
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal
                              
                           
                                 
                                             15.
                                          
                                          
                                             Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle / Amphibious Assault Vehicle / Light Armoured Vehicle
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Italy, Greece, Slovakia
                              
                           
                                 
                                             16.
                                          
                                          
                                             Indirect Fire Support (EuroArtillery)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Slovakia, Italy, Hungary
                              
                           
                                 
                                             17.
                                          
                                          
                                             EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus
                              
                           
                                 
                                             18.
                                          
                                          
                                             Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Greece, Italy, Romania
                              
                           
                                 
                                             19.
                                          
                                          
                                             Joint EU Intelligence School
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Greece, Cyprus
                              
                           
                                 
                                             20.
                                          
                                          
                                             EU Test and Evaluation Centres
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia
                              
                           
                                 
                                             21.
                                          
                                          
                                             Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Finland
                              
                           
                                 
                                             22.
                                          
                                          
                                             EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Belgium, Cyprus
                              
                           
                                 
                                             23.
                                          
                                          
                                             Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (DIVEPACK)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Bulgaria, Greece, France
                              
                           
                                 
                                             24.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems ‐ MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy
                              
                           
                                 
                                             25.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Germany, Spain
                              
                           
                                 
                                             26.
                                          
                                          
                                             Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C‐UAS)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Italy, Czechia
                              
                           
                                 
                                             27.
                                          
                                          
                                             European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) – Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Italy, France
                              
                           
                                 
                                             28.
                                          
                                          
                                             One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) – (SOCC) for SJO
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Greece, Cyprus
                              
                           
                                 
                                             29.
                                          
                                          
                                             Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Cooperation
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Czechia, Germany
                              
                           
                                 
                                             30.
                                          
                                          
                                             Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia
                              
                           
                                 
                                             31.
                                          
                                          
                                             Co‐basing
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
                              
                           
                                 
                                             32.
                                          
                                          
                                             Geo‐meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Germany, Greece, France, Austria, Portugal, Romania
                              
                           
                                 
                                             33.
                                          
                                          
                                             EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland
                              
                           
                                 
                                             34.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU‐SSA‐N)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Italy, France
                              
                           
                                 
                                             35.
                                          
                                          
                                             Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Hungary, Germany, France, Poland, Slovenia
                              
                           
                                 
                                             36.
                                          
                                          
                                             EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Portugal, Spain
                              
                           
                                 
                                             37.
                                          
                                          
                                             Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Poland, Hungary
                              
                           
                                 
                                             38.
                                          
                                          
                                             Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Romania, France, Italy
                              
                           
                                 
                                             39.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Romania, Bulgaria, France
                              
                           
                                 
                                             40.
                                          
                                          
                                             Maritime Unmanned Anti‐Submarine System (MUSAS)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Portugal, France, Spain, Sweden
                              
                           
                                 
                                             41.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Patrol Corvette (EPC)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Italy, France
                              
                           
                                 
                                             42.
                                          
                                          
                                             Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Spain, France, Sweden
                              
                           
                                 
                                             43.
                                          
                                          
                                             Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Germany, Czechia, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands
                              
                           
                                 
                                             44.
                                          
                                          
                                             Timely Warning and Interception with Space‐based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Finland
                              
                           
                                 
                                             45.
                                          
                                          
                                             Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC‐EU)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Spain, Portugal, Romania
                              
                           
                                 
                                             46.
                                          
                                          
                                             EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR)
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 France, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Sweden
                              
                           
                                 
                                             47.
                                          
                                          
                                             European Global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Insertion Architecture System
                                          
                                       
                              
                                 Italy, France, Romania
                              
                           
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