page_title: Eurocorps
section_title: Affiliated units and formations
hierarchical_section_title: Eurocorps / Organisation / Subordinate units / Affiliated units and formations
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Eurocorps prise d’armes de fin de mission en Afghanistan, place Broglie à Strasbourg 31 janvier 2013, en présence de M. Pieter De Crem, ministre belge de la Défense, et de M. Kader Arif, ministre délégué auprès du ministre de la Défense, chargé des Anciens Combattants.
context_page_description: The European Corps is an intergovernmental military corps with its headquarters of approximately 1,000 soldiers stationed in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. The corps had its headquarters established in May 1992, activated in October 1993 and declared operational in 1995. The nucleus of the force is the Franco-German Brigade established in 1987. The Treaty of Strasbourg, signed in 2004, gave the corps its formal legal basis when it entered into force on 26 February 2009.
  The European Corps is presently not established at the EU level; it is for instance not a project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation of the CSDP. The European Corps and its assets may however contribute in the implementation of the CSDP, when made available as a multinational force in accordance with article 42.3 of the Treaty on European Union.
context_section_description: In addition to the Franco-German Brigade, a number of nations have earmarked units or formations that they have affiliated to the corps HQ. These do not come under the permanent command of corps but rather can be provided to the corps for specific operations. For example,
  French Contribution
  A division-size unit, from 1993 to 1999 it was the 1re Division Blindée (HQ in Baden-Baden, Germany)
  German Contribution
  A division-size unit like the 10th Armored Division with its HQ in Veitshöchheim
  Belgian Contribution
  The 1st Medium Brigade, stationed in Leopoldsburg
  Spanish Contribution
  The "Cuartel General del Mando de Fuerzas Pesadas" (Heavy Forces Command) in Burgos where the 1st Mechanized Division is stationed.
  Luxembourg Contribution
  A reconnaissance company (180 soldiers) based in Diekirch, composed of two reconnaissance platoons, an anti-tank platoon and a logistics support element. This unit will probably be integrated into the Belgian contribution during operations.
  Except for the Franco-German Brigade and the staff of the Multinational Command Support Brigade (MNCS Bde) who are permanently under operational command of the headquarters, these national contributions remain under national command in peacetime. They can become fully subordinated only after Transfer of Authority has been decided by member states.
  The size and type of corps units required in operations depends on the nature and scope of assigned missions, likely deployment and the expected operational outcome. In the case that all earmarked national contributions are committed, the corps would theoretically comprise approximately 60,000 troops.
caption: A parade of the corps in Strasbourg, 2013
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