CELEX: 32021D2008
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Date: 2021-11-16 00:00:00
Title: 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

17.11.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 407/37
               
            
         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
         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 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 14 May 2019, the Council adopted a Recommendation assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of PESCO (6).
                  
               
                     (9)
                  
                  
                     On 12 November 2019, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/1909 (7) amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.
                  
               
                     (10)
                  
                  
                     On 20 November 2020, the Council adopted Conclusions on the PESCO Strategic Review 2020.
                  
               
                     (11)
                  
                  
                     On 20 November 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/1746 (8) amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.
                  
               
                     (12)
                  
                  
                     On 29 September 2021, the High Representative made a recommendation to the Council concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.
                  
               
                     (13)
                  
                  
                     On 19 October 2021, 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.
                  
               
                     (14)
                  
                  
                     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:
                        
                                    ‘48.
                                 
                                 
                                    Main Battle Tank Simulation and Testing Centre (MBT-SIMTEC);
                                 
                              
                                    49.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Military Partnership (EU MilPart);
                                 
                              
                                    50.
                                 
                                 
                                    Essential Elements of European Escort (4E);
                                 
                              
                                    51.
                                 
                                 
                                    Medium-sized Semi-Autonomous Surface Vehicle (M-SASV);
                                 
                              
                                    52.
                                 
                                 
                                    Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC);
                                 
                              
                                    53.
                                 
                                 
                                    Next Generation Small RPAS (NGSR);
                                 
                              
                                    54.
                                 
                                 
                                    Rotorcraft Docking Station for Drones;
                                 
                              
                                    55.
                                 
                                 
                                    Small Scalable Weapons (SSW);
                                 
                              
                                    56.
                                 
                                 
                                    Air Power;
                                 
                              
                                    57.
                                 
                                 
                                    Future Medium-sized Tactical Cargo (FMTC);
                                 
                              
                                    58.
                                 
                                 
                                    Cyber Ranges Federations (CRF);
                                 
                              
                                    59.
                                 
                                 
                                    Automated Modelling, Identification and Damage Assessment of Urban Terrain (AMIDA-UT);
                                 
                              
                                    60.
                                 
                                 
                                    Common Hub for Governmental Imagery (CoHGI);
                                 
                              
                                    61.
                                 
                                 
                                    Defence of Space Assets (DoSA).’;
                                 
                              
                  
                        (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, 16 November 2021.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            
         
         
            (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).
         
            (7)  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 (OJ L 293, 14.11.2019, p. 113).
         
            (8)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1746 of 20 November 2020 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO (OJ L 393, 23.11.2020, p. 12).
      
      
         
            ANNEX I
            
                        Project
                     
                     
                        Project Members
                     
                  
                        
                                    48.
                                 
                                 
                                    Main Battle Tank Simulation and Testing Centre (MBT-SIMTEC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Greece, France, Cyprus
                     
                  
                        
                                    49.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Military Partnership (EU MilPart)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Estonia, Italy, Austria
                     
                  
                        
                                    50.
                                 
                                 
                                    Essential Elements of European Escort (4E)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Spain, Italy, Portugal
                     
                  
                        
                                    51.
                                 
                                 
                                    Medium-sized Semi-Autonomous Surface Vehicle (M-SASV)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Estonia, France, Latvia, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    52.
                                 
                                 
                                    Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, Czechia, France, Netherlands, Slovenia
                     
                  
                        
                                    53.
                                 
                                 
                                    Next Generation Small RPAS (NGSR)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Spain, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia
                     
                  
                        
                                    54.
                                 
                                 
                                    Rotorcraft Docking Station for Drones
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    55.
                                 
                                 
                                    Small Scalable Weapons (SSW)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    56.
                                 
                                 
                                    Air Power
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Greece, Croatia
                     
                  
                        
                                    57.
                                 
                                 
                                    Future Medium-sized Tactical Cargo (FMTC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Germany, Sweden
                     
                  
                        
                                    58.
                                 
                                 
                                    Cyber Ranges Federations (CRF)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Estonia, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Finland,
                     
                  
                        
                                    59.
                                 
                                 
                                    Automated Modelling, Identification and Damage Assessment of Urban Terrain (AMIDA-UT)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Portugal, Spain, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    60.
                                 
                                 
                                    Common Hub for Governmental Imagery (CoHGI)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, Spain, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    61.
                                 
                                 
                                    Defence of Space Assets (DoSA)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania
                     
                  
      
      
         
            ANNEX II
            CONSOLIDATED UPDATED LIST OF THE PROJECT MEMBERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
            
                        Project
                     
                     
                        Project Members
                     
                  
                        
                                    1.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Medical Command (EMC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, 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 Training Certification Centre for European Armies
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, Greece
                     
                  
                        
                                    6.
                                 
                                 
                                    Energy Operational Function (EOF)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Slovenia
                     
                  
                        
                                    7.
                                 
                                 
                                    Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package (DM-DRCP)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria
                     
                  
                        
                                    8.
                                 
                                 
                                    Maritime (semi-) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Belgium, Greece, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    9.
                                 
                                 
                                    Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal
                     
                  
                        
                                    10.
                                 
                                 
                                    Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance (UMS)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus
                     
                  
                        
                                    11.
                                 
                                 
                                    Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform (CTISP)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Portugal
                     
                  
                        
                                    12.
                                 
                                 
                                    Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security (CRRT)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Lithuania, Estonia, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    13.
                                 
                                 
                                    Strategic Command and Control (C2) System for CSDP Missions and Operations (EUMILCOM)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal
                     
                  
                        
                                    14.
                                 
                                 
                                    Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle / Amphibious Assault Vehicle / Light Armoured Vehicle (AIFV/AAV/LAV)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, Greece, Slovakia
                     
                  
                        
                                    15.
                                 
                                 
                                    Indirect Fire Support (EuroArtillery)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Slovakia, Italy, Hungary
                     
                  
                        
                                    16.
                                 
                                 
                                    EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Austria
                     
                  
                        
                                    17.
                                 
                                 
                                    Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Greece, Italy, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    18.
                                 
                                 
                                    Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Greece, Cyprus
                     
                  
                        
                                    19.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Test and Evaluation Centres
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Sweden, Slovakia
                     
                  
                        
                                    20.
                                 
                                 
                                    Integrated Unmanned Ground System (iUGS)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Finland
                     
                  
                        
                                    21.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Belgium, Cyprus
                     
                  
                        
                                    22.
                                 
                                 
                                    Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (DIVEPACK)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Bulgaria, Greece, France, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    23.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems - MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy
                     
                  
                        
                                    24.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Germany, Spain
                     
                  
                        
                                    25.
                                 
                                 
                                    Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, Czechia
                     
                  
                        
                                    26.
                                 
                                 
                                    European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) – Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    27.
                                 
                                 
                                    One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) – (SOCC) for SJO
                                 
                              
                     
                        Greece, Cyprus
                     
                  
                        
                                    28.
                                 
                                 
                                    Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Czechia, Germany
                     
                  
                        
                                    29.
                                 
                                 
                                    Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia
                     
                  
                        
                                    30.
                                 
                                 
                                    Co-basing
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
                     
                  
                        
                                    31.
                                 
                                 
                                    Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, Belgium, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    32.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland
                     
                  
                        
                                    33.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands
                     
                  
                        
                                    34.
                                 
                                 
                                    Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Hungary, Germany, France, Poland, Slovenia
                     
                  
                        
                                    35.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Portugal, Spain
                     
                  
                        
                                    36.
                                 
                                 
                                    Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Poland, Hungary
                     
                  
                        
                                    37.
                                 
                                 
                                    Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Romania, France, Italy
                     
                  
                        
                                    38.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Romania, Bulgaria, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    39.
                                 
                                 
                                    Maritime Unmanned Anti-Submarine System (MUSAS)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Portugal, Spain, France, Sweden
                     
                  
                        
                                    40.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Patrol Corvette (EPC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, Greece, Spain, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    41.
                                 
                                 
                                    Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Spain, France, Sweden
                     
                  
                        
                                    42.
                                 
                                 
                                    Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, France, Hungary, Netherlands
                     
                  
                        
                                    43.
                                 
                                 
                                    Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Finland
                     
                  
                        
                                    44.
                                 
                                 
                                    Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC-EU)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    45.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden
                     
                  
                        
                                    46.
                                 
                                 
                                    European Global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Insertion Architecture System (GLORIA)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, France, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    47.
                                 
                                 
                                    Main Battle Tank Simulation and Testing Center (MBT-SIMTEC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Greece, France, Cyprus
                     
                  
                        
                                    48.
                                 
                                 
                                    EU Military Partnership (EU MilPart)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Estonia, Italy, Austria
                     
                  
                        
                                    49.
                                 
                                 
                                    Essential Elements of European Escort (4E)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Spain, Italy, Portugal
                     
                  
                        
                                    50.
                                 
                                 
                                    Medium size Semi-Autonomous Surface Vehicle (M-SASV)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Estonia, France, Latvia, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    51.
                                 
                                 
                                    Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, Czechia, France, Netherlands, Slovenia
                     
                  
                        
                                    52.
                                 
                                 
                                    Next Generation Small RPAS (NGSR)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Spain, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia
                     
                  
                        
                                    53.
                                 
                                 
                                    Rotorcraft Docking Station for Drones
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    54.
                                 
                                 
                                    Small Scalable Weapons (SSW)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Italy, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    55.
                                 
                                 
                                    Air Power
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Greece, Croatia
                     
                  
                        
                                    56.
                                 
                                 
                                    Future Medium-size Tactical Cargo (FMTC)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Germany, Sweden
                     
                  
                        
                                    57.
                                 
                                 
                                    Cyber Ranges Federations (CRF)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Estonia, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Finland,
                     
                  
                        
                                    58.
                                 
                                 
                                    Automated Modelling, Identification and Damage Assessment of Urban Terrain (AMIDA-UT)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Portugal, Spain, France
                     
                  
                        
                                    59.
                                 
                                 
                                    Common Hub for Governmental Imagery (CoHGI)
                                 
                              
                     
                        Germany, Spain, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Romania
                     
                  
                        
                                    60.
                                 
                                 
                                    Defence of Space Assets (DoSA)
                                 
                              
                     
                        France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania