# Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797 of 19 November 2018 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO

EU Decision 2018/1797 · adopted 19 November 2018

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797 of 19 November 2018 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO

## Introductory text

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797
of 19 November 2018
amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 46(6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 of 11 December 2017 establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) and determining the list of participating Member States,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1)
On 11 December 2017 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315.
(2)
Point (e) of Article 4(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 provides that the Council is to establish the list of projects to be developed under permanent structured cooperation (PESCO), reflecting both support for capability development and the provision of substantial support within means and capabilities to common security and defence policy (CSDP) operations and missions.
(3)
On 6 March 2018 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO.
(4)
On 6 March 2018 the Council adopted a Recommendation concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (‘the Recommendation’).
(5)
Paragraph 9 of the Recommendation specified that the Council should update the list of PESCO projects by November 2018 to include the next set of projects, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 5 of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315, which provides in particular that the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (‘the High Representative’) may make a recommendation concerning the identification and evaluation of PESCO projects, on the basis of assessments provided by the PESCO secretariat, for the Council to take a decision, following military advice by the Military Committee of the European Union (EUMC).
(6)
On 25 June 2018 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects.
(7)
On 11 October 2018 the High Representative made a recommendation to the Council concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.
(8)
On 13 November 2018 the Political and Security Committee agreed on the recommendations contained in the EUMC military advice on the High Representative's recommendation concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.
(9)
The Council should therefore amend and update Decision (CFSP) 2018/340,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

## 1 

Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 1, the following projects are added to the list:
18.. ‘Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)
19.. Joint EU Intelligence School
20.. EU Test and Evaluation Centres
21.. Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)
22.. EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems
23.. Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (Divepack)
24.. European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System — European MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)
25.. European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III
26.. Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)
27.. European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) — Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability
28.. One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) — (SOCC) for SJO
29.. Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Cooperation
30.. Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)
31.. Co-basing
32.. Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)
33.. EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)
34.. European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)’;
(2) Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 2 The list of the project members of each individual project shall be as set out in Annex I.’;
(3) the following Article is inserted:
‘Article 2a For information purposes, the consolidated updated list of the project members of each individual project appears in Annex II.’;
(4) the Annex is amended as follows:
(a) it is renumbered as ‘Annex I’;
(b) the entries set out in Annex I to this Decision are added to the table;
(5) the text appearing in Annex II to this Decision is added as Annex II.

## 2 

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

## Signature

Done at Brussels, 19 November 2018.
For the Council
The President
F. Mogherini

## Annex I 

Project
Project members
‘18.
Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)
Greece, Italy, Romania
19.
Joint EU Intelligence School
Greece, Cyprus
20.
EU Test and Evaluation Centres
France, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia
21.
Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)
Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Spain, France, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Finland
22.
EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems
France, Belgium, Cyprus
23.
Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (Divepack)
Bulgaria, Greece, France
24.
European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System — European MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)
Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy
25.
European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III
France, Germany, Spain
26.
Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)
Italy, Czechia
27.
European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) — Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability
Italy, France
28.
One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) — (SOCC) for SJO
Greece, Cyprus
29.
Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Cooperation
Czechia, Germany
30.
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)
Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia
31.
Co-basing
France, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
32.
Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)
Germany, Greece, France, Romania
33.
EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)
France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy
34.
European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)
Italy, France’

## Annex II 

‘ANNEX II
CONSOLIDATED UPDATED LIST OF THE PROJECT MEMBERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Project
Project members
1.
European Medical Command
Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden
2.
European Secure Software defined Radio (ESSOR)
France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Finland
3.
Network of logistic Hubs in Europe and support to Operations
Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia
4.
Military Mobility
Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden
5.
European Union Training Mission Competence Centre (EU TMCC)
Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Romania, Sweden
6.
European Training Certification Centre for European Armies
Italy, Greece
7.
Energy Operational Function (EOF)
France, Belgium, Spain, Italy
8.
Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package
Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria
9.
Maritime (semi-) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM)
Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania
10.
Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO)
Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal
11.
Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance
Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus
12.
Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform
Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Austria, Portugal
13.
Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security
Lithuania, Estonia, Spain, France, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Finland
14.
Strategic Command and Control (C2) System for CSDP Missions and Operations
Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal
15.
Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle/Amphibious Assault Vehicle/Light Armoured Vehicle
Italy, Greece, Slovakia
16.
Indirect Fire Support (EuroArtillery)
Slovakia, Italy
17.
EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC)
Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus
18.
Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)
Greece, Italy, Romania
19.
Joint EU Intelligence School
Greece, Cyprus
20.
EU Test and Evaluation Centres
France, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia
21.
Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)
Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Spain, France, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Finland
22.
EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems
France, Belgium, Cyprus
23.
Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (Divepack)
Bulgaria, Greece, France
24.
European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System — European MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)
Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy
25.
European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III
France, Germany, Spain
26.
Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)
Italy, Czechia
27.
European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) — Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability
Italy, France
28.
One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) — (SOCC) for SJO
Greece, Cyprus
29.
Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Cooperation
Czechia, Germany
30.
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)
Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia
31.
Co-basing
France, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
32.
Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)
Germany, Greece, France, Romania
33.
EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)
France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy
34.
European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)
Italy, France
’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1797 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1797
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