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Summaries of EU Legislation

    The EU’s Military Planning and Conduct Capability

     

    SUMMARY OF:

    Decision EU 2017/971 — planning and conduct arrangements for EU non-executive Common Security and Defence Policy missions

    WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DECISION?

    It establishes a military command and control structure, the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) within the EU Military Staff (EUMS), part of the European External Action Service (EEAS), to provide support to the Director of the MPCC (who is also Director-General of the EUMS) in his role as operations commander for non-executive* EU military operations.

    KEY POINTS

    The decision establishes the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) within the EU Military Staff (EUMS). The MPCC forms part of the implementation of the EU Global Strategy for security and defence.

    The MPCC will provide support to the commander of EU non-executive military missions — non-combat operations in non-EU countries.

    Currently, the EU has 3 such missions, training missions in:

    Role of the MPCC

    The MPCC provides a static, out-of-area command and control structure at the military strategic level. It is responsible for the operational planning and conduct of non-executive missions. This includes building up, launching, sustaining and recovery of EU forces.

    Structure and responsibility

    The MPCC is established within the EU Military Staff, which is part of the EEAS. It will work jointly and coordinate with the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability.

    The Director-General of EUMS is also the Director of the MPCC. He has a number of responsibilities including:

    • commanding and controlling the 3 current training missions and other possible future non-executive military missions;
    • the deployment and recovery of the missions as well as overall budgeting, auditing and reporting.

    Political control

    The director of the MPCC will report to the Political and Security Committee, which is composed of EU countries’ ambassadors and is based in Brussels. It will also inform the EU Military Committee.

    Funding

    Operations are funded through Athena, an EU mechanism to finance EU military or defence operations.

    FROM WHEN DOES THE DECISION APPLY?

    It applies from 8 June 2017.

    BACKGROUND

    For more information, see:

    KEY TERMS

    Non-executive: the operation is supporting the host nation with an advisory role only.

    MAIN DOCUMENT

    Council Decision (EU) 2017/971 of 8 June 2017 determining the planning and conduct arrangements for EU non-executive military CSDP missions and amending Decisions 2010/96/CFSP on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of Somali security forces, 2013/34/CFSP on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian armed forces (EUTM Mali) and (CFSP) 2016/610 on a European Union CSDP military training mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) (OJ L 146, 9.6.2017, pp. 133-138)

    Successive amendments to Decision (CFSP) 2017/971 have been incorporated into the original document. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.

    RELATED DOCUMENTS

    Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 of 19 April 2016 on a European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) (OJ L 104, 20.4.2016, pp. 21-26)

    See consolidated version.

    Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/528 of 27 March 2015 establishing a mechanism to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications (Athena) and repealing Decision 2011/871/CFSP (OJ L 84, 28.3.2015, pp. 39-63)

    Council Decision 2013/34/CFSP of 17 January 2013 on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali) (OJ L 14, 18.1.2013, pp. 19-21)

    See consolidated version.

    Council Decision 2010/427/EU of 26 July 2010 establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (OJ L 201, 3.8.2010, pp. 30-40)

    Council Decision 2010/96/CFSP of 15 February 2010 on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of Somali security forces (OJ L 44, 19.2.2010, pp. 16-19)

    See consolidated version.

    Council Decision 2001/80/CFSP of 22 January 2001 on the establishment of the Military Staff of the European Union (OJ L 27, 30.1.2001, pp. 7-11)

    See consolidated version.

    last update 07.12.2017

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