Welcome on the European Land Forces Interoperability Center - Finabel / ELFIC Finabel "Committed to interoperability of European Armies" Homepage About us Our studies Contact Subscribe to our mailing list The Finabel Coordination Committee is a Land forces organisation comprised of 17 Member states of the European Union to promote interoperability between its Members. TOP!FINABEL MOST POPULAR PUBLIC STUDIES 2014 - FQ5 European Union Battle Group Handbook 2014 - FDE.3.R Finabel Land Forces Capabilities to assist civil authorities and other agencies with issues of domestic security and contingencies Partners THE MEMBER STATES As of 2012, membership consists of 17 countries. 1953 - France 1953 - Italia 1953 - Luxembourg 1953 - Belgium 1953 - Nederlands 1956 - Germany 1973 - United Kingdom 1990 - Spain 1996 - Greece 1996 - Portugal 2006 - Poland 2006 - Slovakia 2008 - Cyprus 2008 - Finland 2008 - Romania 2010 - Malta 2012 - Czech Republic GENERAL PRINCIPLES The missions of Finabel are : To promote and to facilitate the interoperability of land forces The harmonisation of concepts, doctrines and procedures To work towards the development of a common European understanding of defence problems The Finabel Committee takes its decisions based on consensus and equality between its Member states. The organisation expresses itself through reports entrusted to working groups, which produce 'studies', 'agreements' or 'conventions'. The proposal and recommendations that result from Finabel’s work can be freely applied. Finabel Permanent Secretariat Quartier Reine Elisabeth Rue d'Evere, n°1 1140 Brussels, BELGIUM Email : finabel[at]mil[dot]be Tel : +32 483 71 21 93 (POC - Mr. Blokken) F I N A B E L European Land Forces Interoperability Center - ELFIC Finabel.org - Homepage - About us - Our studies - Contact - Login Partners - NATO-OTAN - EDA - EUMS - EAG