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Document 32023D0995

Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/995 of 22 May 2023 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO

ST/9098/2023/INIT

OJ L 135, 23.5.2023, p. 123–130 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/995/oj

23.5.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 135/123

COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/995

of 22 May 2023

amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 46(6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 of 11 December 2017 establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) and determining the list of participating Member States (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)

On 11 December 2017 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315.

(2)

Article 4(2), point (e), 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.

(3)

On 6 March 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 (2) establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO.

(4)

On 6 March 2018, the Council also adopted a Recommendation concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (3) (‘the Recommendation’).

(5)

Paragraph 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).

(6)

On 25 June 2018 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 (4) establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects.

(7)

On 19 November 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1797 (5) amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.

(8)

On 16 November 2021 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/2008 (6) amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.

(9)

On 14 November 2022, the Council adopted a Recommendation assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of PESCO (7).

(10)

On 31 March 2023, the High Representative made a recommendation to the Council concerning the identification and evaluation of project proposals in the PESCO framework.

(11)

On 4 April 2023, the PESCO Secretariat informed the Council that the project members of the project ‘Indirect Fire Support Capability (EuroArtillery)’ had decided to close the project.

(12)

On 24 April 2023, the PESCO Secretariat informed the Council that the project members of the projects ‘EU Test and Evaluation Centres (EUTEC)’ and ‘Co-basing’ had decided to close the projects.

(13)

On 4 May 2023, 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.

(14)

The Council should therefore amend and update Decision (CFSP) 2018/340,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 1, the following projects are added:

‘62.

European Defence Airlift - Training Academy (EDA-TA);

63.

Integrated Unmanned Ground Systems 2 (iUGS 2);

64.

Counter Battery Sensors (CoBaS);

65.

Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT);

66.

Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection (CSIP);

67.

Future Short-Range Air to Air Missile (FSRM);

68.

Next Generation Medium Helicopter (NGMH);

69.

Integrated Multi-Layer Air and Missile Defence System (IMLAMD);

70.

Arctic Command & Control Effector and Sensor System (ACCESS);

71.

Robust Communication Infrastructure and Networks (ROCOMIN);

72.

ROLE 2F.’;

(2)

Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision;

(3)

Annex II is replaced in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 22 May 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

(1)   OJ L 331, 14. 12. 2017, p. 57.

(2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 of 6 March 2018 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO (OJ L 65, 8.3.2018, p. 24).

(3)  Council Recommendation of 6 March 2018 concerning a roadmap for the implementation of PESCO (OJ C 88, 8.3.2018, p. 1).

(4)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/909 of 25 June 2018 establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects (OJ L 161, 26.6.2018, p. 37).

(5)  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 (OJ L 294, 21. 11. 2018, p. 18).

(6)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2008 of 16 November 2021 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO (OJ L 407, 17.11.2021, p. 37).

(7)  Council Recommendation of 14 November 2022 assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of the permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) (2022/C 433/02) (OJ C 433, 15.11.2022, p. 6).

ANNEX I

The following entries are added to the list of the project members of each individual project set out in Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2018/340:

Project

Project Members

‘62.

European Defence Airlift - Training Academy (EDA-TA)

France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Portugal

63.

Integrated Unmanned Ground Systems 2 (iUGS 2)

Estonia, Germany, France, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden

64.

Counter Battery Sensors (CoBaS)

France, Netherlands

65.

Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT)

Germany, Netherlands

66.

Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection (CSIP)

Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Sweden

67.

Future Short-Range Air to Air Missile (FSRM)

Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Sweden

68.

Next Generation Medium Helicopter (NGMH)

France, Spain, Italy, Finland

69.

Integrated Multi-Layer Air and Missile Defence System (IMLAMD)

Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden

70.

Arctic Command & Control Effector and Sensor System (ACCESS)

Finland, Estonia, France, Sweden

71.

Robust Communication Infrastructure and Networks (ROCOMIN)

Sweden, Estonia, France

72.

ROLE 2F

Spain, Bulgaria, France, Portugal, Finland, Sweden’

ANNEX II

Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 is replaced by Annex II below:

‘ANNEX II

CONSOLIDATED UPDATED LIST OF THE PROJECT MEMBERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Project

Project Members

1.

European Medical Command (EMC)

Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden

2.

European Secure Software defined Radio (ESSOR)

France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Finland

3.

Network of Logistic Hubs in Europe and support to Operations (NetLogHubs)

Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia

4.

Military Mobility

Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden

5.

European Training Certification Centre for European Armies

Italy, Greece

6.

Energy Operational Function (EOF)

France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Slovenia

7.

Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package (DM-DRCP)

Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria

8.

Maritime (semi-) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM)

Belgium, Ireland, Greece, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania

9.

Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO)

Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal

10.

Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance (UMS)

Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus

11.

Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform (CTISP)

Greece, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Portugal

12.

Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security (CRRT)

Lithuania, Belgium, Estonia, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia

13.

Strategic Command and Control (C2)

System for CSDP Missions and Operations (EUMILCOM)

Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal

14.

Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle /

Amphibious Assault Vehicle / Light

Armoured Vehicle (AIFV/AAV/LAV)

Italy, Greece, Slovakia

15.

EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC)

Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Netherlands, Austria

16.

Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)

Greece, Italy, Romania

17.

Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS)

Greece, Cyprus

18.

Integrated Unmanned Ground System (iUGS)

Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Finland

19.

EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems

France, Belgium, Cyprus, Sweden

20.

Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (DIVEPACK)

Bulgaria, Greece, France, Italy, Romania

21.

European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems - MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)

Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy

22.

European Attack Helicopters

TIGER Mark III

France, Germany, Spain

23.

Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)

Italy, Czechia, Sweden

24.

European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) – Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability

Italy, France

25.

One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) – (SOCC) for SJO

Greece, Cyprus

26.

Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR)

Czechia, Germany, Lithuania

27.

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)

Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia

28.

Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)

Germany, Belgium, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Romania

29.

EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)

France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland

30.

European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)

Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands

31.

Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM)

Hungary, Germany, France, Poland, Slovenia

32.

EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH)

Portugal, Spain, Romania

33.

Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC)

Poland, Hungary

34.

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR)

Romania, France, Italy

35.

European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC)

Romania, Bulgaria, France

36.

Maritime Unmanned Anti-Submarine System (MUSAS)

Portugal, Spain, France, Sweden

37.

European Patrol Corvette (EPC)

Italy, Greece, Spain, France, Romania

38.

Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA)

Spain, France, Sweden

39.

Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC)

Germany, France, Hungary, Netherlands

40.

Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER)

France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Finland

41.

Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC-EU)

France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania

42.

EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR)

France, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Romania, Sweden

43.

European Global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Insertion Architecture System (GLORIA)

Italy, France, Romania

44.

Main Battle Tank Simulation and Testing Center (MBT-SIMTEC)

Greece, France, Cyprus

45.

EU Military Partnership (EU MP)

France, Estonia, Italy, Austria

46.

Essential Elements of European Escort (4E)

Spain, Italy, Portugal

47.

Medium size Semi-Autonomous Surface Vehicle (M-SASV)

Estonia, France, Latvia, Romania

48.

Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC)

Germany, Czechia, France, Netherlands

49.

Next Generation Small RPAS (NGSR)

Spain, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia

50.

Rotorcraft Docking Station for Drones (RDSD)

Italy, France

51.

Small Scalable Weapons (SSW)

Italy, France

52.

Air Power

France, Greece, Croatia

53.

Future Medium-size Tactical Cargo (FMTC)

France, Germany, Spain, Sweden

54.

Cyber Ranges Federations (CRF)

Estonia, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Finland

55.

Automated Modelling, Identification and Damage Assessment of Urban Terrain (AMIDA-UT)

Portugal, Spain, France, Austria

56.

Common Hub for Governmental Imagery (CoHGI)

Germany, Spain, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Romania

57.

Defence of Space Assets (DoSA)

France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania

58.

European Defence Airlift - Training Academy (EDA-TA)

France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Portugal

59.

Integrated Unmanned Ground Systems 2 (iUGS 2)

Estonia, Germany, France, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden

60.

Counter Battery Sensors (CoBaS)

France, Netherlands

61.

Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT)

Germany, Netherlands

62.

Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection (CSIP)

Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Sweden

63.

Future Short-Range Air to Air Missile (FSRM)

Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Sweden

64.

Next Generation Medium Helicopter (NGMH)

France, Spain, Italy, Finland

65.

Integrated Multi-Layer Air and Missile Defence System (IMLAMD)

Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden

66.

Arctic Command & Control Effector and Sensor System (ACCESS)

Finland, Estonia, France, Sweden

67.

Robust Communication Infrastructure and Networks (ROCOMIN)

Sweden, Estonia, France

68.

ROLE 2F

Spain, Bulgaria, France, Portugal, Finland, Sweden
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