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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1797/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1797",
  "legislation_title": "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",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797\nof 19 November 2018\namending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 46(6) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 of 11 December 2017 establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) and determining the list of participating Member States,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 11 December 2017 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315.\n(2)\nPoint (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.\n(3)\nOn 6 March 2018 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO.\n(4)\nOn 6 March 2018 the Council adopted a Recommendation concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (‘the Recommendation’).\n(5)\nParagraph 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).\n(6)\nOn 25 June 2018 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects.\n(7)\nOn 11 October 2018 the High Representative made a recommendation to the Council concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.\n(8)\nOn 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.\n(9)\nThe Council should therefore amend and update Decision (CFSP) 2018/340,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 331, 14.12.2017, p. 57."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 65, 8.3.2018, p. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ C 88, 8.3.2018, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 161, 26.6.2018, p. 37."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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