# Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 of 25 June 2018 establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects, Article 3: PESCO secretariat

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In accordance with Article 7 of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315, and in order to fulfil its responsibilities, the PESCO secretariat shall:
(a) provide a single point of contact within the Union's framework for all PESCO matters;
(b) provide a single point of contact also for all participating Member States with a view to sharing relevant information, using a functional email address and a common electronic workspace. The PESCO secretariat shall also distribute its documents via the common electronic workspace;
(c) provide supporting and coordinating functions related to the assessment of PESCO projects proposals, and contribute to implementing in a structured way the submission by the participating Member States of the information required for assessing the projects as well as for the reporting to the Council;
(d) support at their request participating Member States which intend to propose a project when they inform the other participating Member States. In accordance with Article 5(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315, such information shall be circulated in due time in order to gather support and to give interested participating Member States the opportunity to join in collectively submitting the proposal;
(e) support project members when they provide updates on their respective projects in the relevant Council preparatory bodies and in the EDA framework, as appropriate;
(f) forward requests received from project members to the relevant services in the EEAS, including the EUMS, and to the EDA, in order to support the respective projects and their implementation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/909/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-909/article-3
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