{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-712/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/712",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/712 of 14 May 2018 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/2382 establishing a European Security and Defence College (ESDC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-712",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/712\nof 14 May 2018\namending Decision (CFSP) 2016/2382 establishing a European Security and Defence College (ESDC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1), 42(4) and 43(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 21 December 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/2382 establishing a European Security and Defence College (ESDC).\n(2)\nOn 13 November 2017, the Council adopted conclusions on security and defence in the context of the EU Global Strategy.\n(3)\nOn 20 November 2017, the Council adopted conclusions on the Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council: Resilience, Deterrence and Defence: Building strong cybersecurity for the EU.\n(4)\nOn 6 February 2018, the ESDC Steering Committee agreed that the ESDC should take the responsibility to form a Cyber Education, Training, Evaluation and Exercise (ETEE) platform, while noting the need to ensure complementarity with other Union efforts and initiatives.\n(5)\nWhile the staff of the ESDC consists mainly of secondees, it may be necessary to fill some of the posts of cyber security training managers by contracted staff in order to allow for the rapid build-up of the Cyber ETEE platform when no national expert has been identified.\n(6)\nA new financial reference amount for the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 should therefore be established.\n(7)\nDecision (CFSP) 2016/2382 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/2382 of 21 December 2016 establishing a European Security and Defence College (ESDC) and repealing Decision 2013/189/CFSP (OJ L 352, 23.12.2016, p. 60)."
    }
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  "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."
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