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Treaty on European Union (Nice consolidated version)#Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy#Article 25
Treaty on European Union (Nice consolidated version)
Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy
Article 25
Treaty on European Union (Nice consolidated version)
Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy
Article 25
HL C 325., 2002.12.24, p. 19–19
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
In force
Treaty on European Union (Nice consolidated version) - Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy - Article 25
Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0019 - 0019
Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0161 - Consolidated version
Treaty on European Union (Nice consolidated version) Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy Article 25 Article 25 Without prejudice to Article 207 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, a Political and Security Committee shall monitor the international situation in the areas covered by the common foreign and security policy and contribute to the definition of policies by delivering opinions to the Council at the request of the Council or on its own initiative. It shall also monitor the implementation of agreed policies, without prejudice to the responsibility of the Presidency and the Commission. Within the scope of this title, this Committee shall exercise, under the responsibility of the Council, political control and strategic direction of crisis management operations. The Council may authorise the Committee, for the purpose and for the duration of a crisis management operation, as determined by the Council, to take the relevant decisions concerning the political control and strategic direction of the operation, without prejudice to Article 47.