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MGIMO 12 December 2007
CFSP Setting up the structures
Gaston STRONCK Ambassador of Luxembourg
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British French SummitSaint Malo3-4 December
1998
The European Union needs to be in a position to
play its full role on the international
stage It will be important to achieve full and
rapid implementation of the Amsterdam provisions
on CFSP. This includes the responsibility of the
European Council to decide on the progressive
framing of a common defence policy in the
framework of CFSP
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British French SummitSaint Malo3-4 December
1998
To this end, the Union must have the capacity
for autonomous action, backed up by credible
military forces, the means to decide to use them,
and a readiness to do so, in order to respond to
international crises.
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In order for the European Union to take
decisions and approve military action where the
Alliance as a whole is not engaged, the Union
must be given appropriate structures and a
capacity for analysis of situations, sources of
intelligence, and a capability for relevant
strategic planning, without unnecessary
duplication, taking account of the existing
assets of the WEU In this regard, the European
Union will also need to have recourse to suitable
military means (European capabilities
pre-designated within NATOs European pillar or
national or multinational European means outside
the NATO framework).
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European CouncilCologne3-4 June 1999

• For conflict prevention and crisis management,
  the EU must have at its disposal the appropriate
  capabilities and instruments
• Commitment to further develop more effective
  European military capabilities from the basis of
  existing national, bi-national and multinational
  capabilities and to strengthen these capabilities
  for that purpose
• Sustained defence effort, the implementation of
  the necessary adaptations and notably the
  reinforcement of our capabilities in the field of
  intelligence, strategic transport, command and
  control
• Efforts to adapt, exercise and bring together
  national and multinational European forces.

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European CouncilCologne3-4 June 1999

• To ensure political control and strategic
  direction of operations
• Regular (or ad hoc) meetings of the General
  Affairs Council, as appropriate including Defence
  Ministers
• A permanent body in Brussels (Political and
  Security Committee) consisting of representatives
  with pol/mil expertise
• An EU Military Committee consisting of Military
  Representatives making recommendations to the
  Political and Security Committee
• An EU Military Staff including a Situation
  Centre
• Other resources such as a Satellite Centre,
  Institute for Security Studies.

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European CouncilCologne3-4 June 1999

• For the effective implementation of EU-led
  operations the EU will have to determine,
  according to the requirements of the case,
  whether it will conduct
• EU-led operations using NATO assets and
  capabilities or
• EU-led operations without recourse to NATO assets
  and capabilities.

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European CouncilCologne3-4 June 1999

• EU-led operations without recourse to NATO
  assets and capabilities
• national or multinational European means
  pre-identified by Member States
• use of national command structures providing
  multinational representation in headquarters or
• drawing on existing command structures within
  multinational forces

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European CouncilCologne3-4 June 1999

• EU-led operations with recourse to NATO assets
  and capabilities
• Implementation of the arrangements based on the
  Berlin decisions of 1996 and the Washington NATO
  summit decisions of April 1999.
• Further arrangements set out by NATO at its
  summit meeting in Washington should address in
  particular
• Assured EU access to NATO planning capabilities
  able to contribute to military planning for
  EU-led operations
• Presumption of availability to the EU of
  pre-identified NATO capabilities and common
  assets for use in EU-led operations

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• Possibility of all EU Member States, including
  non-allied members, to participate fully and on
  an equal footing in EU operations
• Satisfactory arrangements for European NATO
  members who are not EU Member States to ensure
  their fullest possible involvement in EU-led
  operations
• Arrangements to ensure that all participants in
  an EU-led operation will have equal rights in
  respect of the conduct of that operation, without
  prejudice to the principle of the EU's
  decision-making autonomy, notably the right of
  the Council to discuss and decide matters of
  principle and policy
• Development of effective mutual consultation,
  cooperation and transparency between NATO and the
  EU
• Ways to ensure the possibility for WEU Associate
  Partners to be involved

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European CouncilHelsinki10-11 December 1999
A standing Political and Security Committee
(PSC) in Brussels will be composed of national
representatives of senior/ambassadorial level.
The PSC will deal with all aspects of the CFSP,
including the CESDP, in accordance with the
provisions of the EU Treaty and without prejudice
to Community competence. In the case of a
military crisis management operation, the PSC
will exercise, under the authority of the
Council, the political control and strategic
direction of the operation. For that purpose,
appropriate procedures will be adopted in order
to allow effective and urgent decision taking.
The PSC will also forward guidelines to the
Military Committee.
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European CouncilHelsinki10-11 December 1999
The Military Committee (MC) will be composed of
the Chiefs of Defence, represented by their
military delegates. The MC will meet at the level
of the Chiefs of Defence as and when necessary.
This committee will give military advice and make
recommendations to the PSC, as well as provide
military direction to the Military Staff. The
Chairman of the MC will attend meetings of the
Council when decisions with defence implications
are to be taken.
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European CouncilHelsinki10-11 December 1999
The Military Staff (MS) within the Council
structures will provide military expertise and
support to the CESDP, including the conduct of
EU-led military crisis management operations. The
Military Staff will perform early warning,
situation assessment and strategic planning for
Petersberg tasks including identification of
European national and multinational forces.
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European CouncilHelsinki10-11 December 1999

• Headline goal by the year 2003, cooperating
  together voluntarily, MS will be able to deploy
  rapidly and then sustain forces capable of the
  full range of Petersberg tasks
• Operations up to corps level (up to 15 brigades
  or 50,000-60,000 persons). militarily
  self-sustaining with the necessary command,
  control and intelligence capabilities, logistics,
  other combat support services and additionally,
  as appropriate, air and naval elements
• Full deployment within 60 days, including smaller
  rapid response elements available and deployable
  at very high readiness
• Need to sustain such a deployment for at least
  one year
• Additional pool of deployable units (and
  supporting elements) at lower readiness to
  provide replacements for the initial forces

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COPS - PSC

• Intermediate PSC iPSC (March 1st 2000)
• PSC (Nice European Coucil - December 2000)
• Mandate
• Relations of the PSC with
• the SG/HR (PU SG Council)
• the political directors
• the EMC
• the COREPER
• the Commission

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COPS - PSC

• Subsidiary bodies of the PSC
• CFSP working groups
• POL-MIL working group
• CIVCOM (Committee for civilian aspects)

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COPS - PSC

• to monitor the international situation in the
  areas covered by the common foreign and security
  policy (CFSP)
• to contribute to the definition of policies
• to monitor implementation of the Council's
  decisions.

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COPS - PSC
Under the responsibility of the Council, the
Committee exercises political control and
strategic direction of crisis management
operations. It may thus be authorised by the
Council to take decisions on the practical
management of a crisis.