# Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1835 of 12 October 2015 defining the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency (recast), Article 2: Mission

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The mission of the Agency is to support the Council and the Member States in their effort to improve the Union's defence capabilities in the field of crisis management and to sustain the CSDP as it currently stands and as it develops in the future.
2. The Agency shall identify operational requirements, promote measures to satisfy those requirements, contribute to identifying and, where appropriate, implementing any measure needed to strengthen the industrial and technological base of the defence sector, participate in defining a European capabilities and armaments policy, and assist the Council in evaluating the improvement of military capabilities.
3. The Agency's mission shall be without prejudice to the competences of Member States in defence matters.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1835/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1835/article-2
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