{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-610/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-610/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/610",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 of 19 April 2016 on a European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-610",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Mission",
  "text": "1. The Union shall conduct a CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) in order to contribute to the Defence Sector Reform in the CAR within the Central African Security Sector Reform process coordinated by MINUSCA.\n2. Working towards the goal of modernised, effective and democratically accountable Central African Armed Forces (FACA), EUTM RCA shall provide:\n(a) strategic advice to the President’s cabinet, the Ministry of Defence, the Military Staff and the armed forces, including on civil-military cooperation;\n(b) education to the FACA's commissioned and non-commissioned officers;\n(c) training to the FACA.\n( (d) ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. EUTM RCA shall provide within its means and capabilities military, security and rule-of-law expertise to the Union delegation to the Central African Republic.\n4. EUTM RCA shall coordinate with the European Union CSDP Advisory Mission in the Central African Republic (EUAM RCA) and other international actors, in particular MINUSCA, with a view to ensuring the provision of a coherent integrated support to the Government and security forces of the Central African Republic.\n5. EUTM RCA shall operate in accordance with the political and strategic objectives set out in the Crisis Management Concept approved by the Council on 14 March 2016.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1133 of 30 July 2020 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 on a European Union CSDP Military Training mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Deleted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1133 of 30 July 2020 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 on a European Union CSDP Military Training mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1941 of 10 December 2018 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 on a European Union military training mission in the Central African Republic."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/610/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:00.153183+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}