# Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 of 11 December 2017 establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) and determining the list of participating Member States, Division 2.2.2: Project governance lies first with the participating Member States


When deciding on the list of PESCO projects by the Council a list of the participating Member States associated to a project must be attached. Those Member States participating in a project will have collectively submitted the project in beforehand.
Participating Member States associated to a project will agree among themselves, by unanimity, the modalities and the scope of their cooperation, including the necessary contribution needed to join the project. They will establish the governance rules of the project and will decide on the admission of further participating Member States during the project cycle, with participating or observer status. However a common set of governance rules should be developed which could be adapted within individual projects. This would ensure a form of standardization in the governance across all projects and ease their initiation. For capability development projects in particular, project management (specifications, acquisition strategy, choice of the executive agency, selection of the industrial companies, etc.) will remain the exclusive responsibility of the participating Member States associated to the project.
Participating Member States shall inform non-participating Member States about projects as appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2315/schedule/ANNEX III – GOVERNANCE/division/2./division/2.2./division/2.2.2. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2315/schedule-ANNEX III – GOVERNANCE/division-2./division-2.2./division-2.2.2.
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