{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2001-80/annex/division-4/division-a",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2001/80",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 22 January 2001 on the establishment of the Military Staff of the European Union (2001/80/CFSP)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2001-80",
  "path": "annex/division/4/division/a",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(a)",
  "heading": "Additional tasks in crisis management situations",
  "text": "It requests and processes specific information from the intelligence organisations and other relevant information from all available sources.\nIt supports the EUMC in its contributions to Initial Planning Guidance and Planning Directives of the PSC.\nIt develops and prioritises military strategic options as a basis for the military advice given by the EUMC to the PSC by:\ndefining initial broad options,\ndrawing, as appropriate, on planning support from external sources which will analyse and further develop these options in more detail,\nevaluating the results of this more detailed work and commissioning any further work that might be necessary,\npresenting an overall assessment, with an indication of priorities and recommendations as appropriate, to the EUMC.\nIt identifies in coordination with national planning staffs and, as appropriate, NATO, the forces that might participate in possible EU-led operations.\nIt assists the operation commander in technical exchanges with third countries offering military contributions to an EU-led operation, and in the preparation of the force generation conference.\nIt continues to monitor crisis situations.\nUpon a request from DGE to DGEUMS, it provides assistance to crisis response political-military strategic planning carried out under the responsibility of DGE (preparation of CMC, joint action …).\nUpon a request of DGE to DGEUMS, it provides assistance to crisis response planning at the strategic level (Fact Finding Missions, CMC) carried out under the responsibility of DGE.\nIt contributes to crisis response strategic planning for joint civil/military operations through the development of strategic options as foreseen in crisis management procedures. This planning falls under the direct responsibility of the DGEUMS and the DCPCC and the overall authority of the SG/HR.\nUpon a request of DCPCC to DGEUMS, it provides assistance to crisis-response planning at the strategic and operational level for civilian missions carried out under the responsibility of the DCPCC.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Decision 2008/298/CFSP of 7 April 2008 amending Decision 2001/80/CFSP on the establishment of the Military Staff of the European Union."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2001/80/annex/division/4/division/a",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}