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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX
5. ANNEX II CONSOLIDATED UPDATED LIST OF THE PROJECT MEMBERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

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,

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 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 (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 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 establishing a common set of governance rules for PESCO projects.

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

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

(9) On 22 May 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/995 amending and updating Decision (CFSP) 2018/340.

(10) On 13 November 2023, the Council adopted a Recommendation assessing the progress made by the participating Member States to fulfil commitments undertaken in the framework of PESCO.

(11) On 30 April 2024, the PESCO Secretariat informed the Council that the project members of the projects European Union Force Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC) and European Medical Command (EMC) had decided to close those projects.

(12) Decision (CFSP) 2018/340 should therefore be amended and updated,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1) in Article 1, the following projects are removed, and the entries corresponding to their numbers left blank: ;

1. European Medical Command;; and,

17. EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC);

(2) Annex II is replaced in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 July 2024. For the Council The President Nagy I.

ANNEX

ANNEX

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

ANNEX II CONSOLIDATED UPDATED LIST OF THE PROJECT MEMBERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Project Project Members 1. European Secure Software defined Radio (ESSOR) France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Finland 2. 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 3. Military Mobility Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden 4. European Training Certification Centre for European Armies Italy, Greece 5. Energy Operational Function (EOF) France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Slovenia 6. Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package (DM-DRCP) Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Austria 7. Maritime (semi-) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM) Belgium, Ireland, Greece, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden 8. Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection (HARMSPRO) Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal 9. Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance (UMS) Greece, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus 10. Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform (CTISP) Greece, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Portugal 11. Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security (CRRT) Lithuania, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Romania, Slovenia 12. Strategic Command and Control (C2) System for CSDP Missions and Operations (EUMILCOM) Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal 13. Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle / Amphibious Assault Vehicle / Light Armoured Vehicle (AIFV/AAV/LAV) Italy, Greece, Slovakia 14. Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training) Greece, Italy, Romania 15. Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS) Greece, Cyprus 16. Integrated Unmanned Ground System (iUGS) Estonia, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Finland 17. EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems France, Belgium, Cyprus, Sweden 18. Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability Package (DIVEPACK) Bulgaria, Greece, France, Italy, Romania 19. European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems – MALE RPAS (Eurodrone) Germany, Czechia, Spain, France, Italy 20. European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III France, Spain 21. Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) Italy, Czechia, Sweden 22. European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) – Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability Italy, France 23. One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) – (SOCC) for SJO Greece, Cyprus 24. Electromagnetic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Czechia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania 25. Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS) Austria, France, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia 26. Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE) Germany, Belgium, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Romania 27. EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS) France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Sweden 28. European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N) Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands 29. Integrated European Joint Training and Simulation Centre (EUROSIM) Hungary, Germany, France, Poland, Slovenia 30. EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH) Portugal, Bulgaria, Spain, Romania 31. Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC) Poland, Hungary 32. Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR) Romania, France, Italy 33. European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC) Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, France 34. Maritime Unmanned Anti-Submarine System (MUSAS) Portugal, Spain, France, Sweden 35. European Patrol Corvette (EPC) Italy, Greece, Spain, France, Romania 36. Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) Spain, France, Sweden 37. Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre (CIDCC) Germany, France, Hungary, Netherlands 38. Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER) France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Finland 39. Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC-EU) France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania 40. EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR) France, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Romania, Sweden 41. European Global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Insertion Architecture System (GLORIA) Italy, France, Romania 42. Main Battle Tank Simulation and Testing Center (MBT- SIMTEC) Greece, Cyprus 43. EU Military Partnership (EU MP) France, Estonia, Italy, Austria 44. Essential Elements of European Escort (4E) Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sweden 45. Medium size Semi-Autonomous Surface Vehicle (M-SASV) Estonia, France, Latvia, Romania 46. Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC) Germany, Czechia, France, Netherlands 47. Next Generation Small RPAS (NGSR) Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia 48. Rotorcraft Docking Station for Drones (RDSD) Italy, France 49. Small Scalable Weapons (SSW) Italy, France 50. Air Power France, Greece, Croatia, Sweden 51. Future Medium-size Tactical Cargo (FMTC) France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden 52. Cyber Ranges Federations (CRF) Estonia, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Finland 53. Automated Modelling, Identification and Damage Assessment of Urban Terrain (AMIDA-UT) Portugal, Spain, France, Austria 54. Common Hub for Governmental Imagery (CoHGI) Germany, Spain, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Romania 55. Defence of Space Assets (DoSA) France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania 56. European Defence Airlift – Training Academy (EDA-TA) France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Portugal 57. Integrated Unmanned Ground Systems 2 (iUGS 2) Estonia, Germany, France, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden 58. Counter Battery Sensors (CoBaS) France, Netherlands 59. Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT) Germany, Netherlands 60. Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection (CSIP) Italy, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Sweden 61. Future Short-Range Air to Air Missile (FSRM) Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Sweden 62. Next Generation Medium Helicopter (NGMH) Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Finland 63. Integrated Multi-Layer Air and Missile Defence System (IMLAMD) Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden 64. Arctic Command & Control Effector and Sensor System (ACCESS) Finland, Estonia, France, Sweden 65. Robust Communication Infrastructure and Networks (ROCOMIN) Sweden, Estonia, Germany, France 66. ROLE 2F Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Portugal, Finland, Sweden

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