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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1515/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1515/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2020/1515",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1515 of 19 October 2020 establishing a European Security and Defence College, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2016/2382",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1515",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Network",
  "text": "1. The ESDC shall be organised as a network bringing together civilian and military institutes, colleges, academies, universities, institutions, centres of excellence and other actors dealing with security and defence policy issues within the Union as identified by Member States, as well as the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).\nThe ESDC shall establish close links with the Union institutions and relevant Union agencies, in particular with, but not limited to:\nthe Union Agency for law enforcement training (CEPOL),\nthe European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX),\nthe European Defence Agency (EDA),\nthe European Satellite Centre (EU SatCen), and\nthe European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).\n2. Where appropriate, international, intergovernmental, governmental or non-governmental organisations may obtain the status of 'associate network partner' (ANP), the detailed arrangements for which will be agreed by the Steering Committee.\n3. The ESDC shall work under the overall responsibility of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ('HR').",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/1515/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:07.177188+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}