List of military and civilian missions of the European Union

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Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Template:Use dmy dates The European Union (EU) has undertaken a number of overseas missions and operations, drawing on civilian and military capabilities, in several countries across three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia), as part of its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The operation or mission in question will work in agreement and coordination with the EU delegations, until 2009 known as the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).[1][2]

Classification

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An EUNAVFOR badge displayed aboard a German frigate as part of the mission titled European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) Somalia, commonly referred to as Operation Atalanta.

In the EU terminology, civilian CSDP interventions are called 'missions', regardless of whether they have an executive mandate such as EULEX Kosovo or a non-executive mandate (all others). Civilian missions include uniformed personnel such as Police and Gendarmerie, but not military personnel.

Military interventions, however, can either have an executive mandate such as for example Operation Atalanta in which case they are referred to as 'operations' and are commanded at two-star level; or non-executive mandate (e.g. EUTM Somalia) in which case they are called 'missions' and are commanded at one-star level.

Deployment procedure

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Military operations may be launched after four planning phases, through which the Operation Commander (Op. Cdr.), Military Staff (EUMS), Military Committee (EUMC), Political and Security Committee (PSC) and Council have different roles.[3]

Command and control structure

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List of ongoing missions

Beginning Name Abbreviation
2 December 2004 European Union Force Bosnia and Herzegovina ALTHEA EUFOR ALTHEA
25 November 2005 European Union Border Assistance Mission to Rafah EUBAM Rafah
1 January 2006 European Union Mission for the Support of Palestinian Police and Rule of Law EUPOL COPPS
1 October 2008 European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia EUMM Georgia
5 November 2008 European Union Naval Force Operation Somalia ATALANTA EU NAVFOR ATALANTA
9 December 2008 European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo EULEX Kosovo
10 April 2010 European Union Training Mission in Somalia EUTM Somalia
16 July 2012 European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia EUCAP Somalia
May 2013 European Union Integrated Border Assistance Mission in Libya EUBAM Libya
April 2014 European Union Capacity Building Mission in Mali EUCAP Sahel Mali
December 2014 European Union Advisory Mission in Ukraine EUAM Ukraine
16 July 2016 European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic EUTM RCA
22 November 2017 European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq EUAM Iraq
June 2019 European Union Regional Advisory Cell for the Sahel EU RACC SAHEL
9 December 2019 European Union Advisory Mission in the Central African Republic EUAM RCA
31 March 2020 European Union Naval Force Mediterranean IRINI EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
17 October 2022 European Union Military Assistance Mission in Support of Ukraine EUMAM Ukraine
23 January 2023 European Union Mission in Armenia EUM Armenia
December 2023 European Union Security and Defence Initiative in Support of West African Countries of the Golf of Guinea EU SDI GOG
24 April 2023 European Union Partnership Mission in the Republic of Moldova EUPM Moldova
19 February 2024 European Union Naval Force Operation ASPIDES EUNAVFOR ASPIDES
1 September 2024 European Union Military Assistance Mission Mozambique EUMAM Mozambique

List of past missions

Beginning End Name Abbreviation Alternative name Personnel OHQ
July 1991 31 December 2007 European Union Monitoring Mission in the former Yugoslavia ECMM / EUMM N/A ? ?
December 2002 Template:Sdash Police Assistance Mission of the European Community to Albania PAMECA N/A ? ?
1 January 2003 30 June 2012 European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina EUPM BiH N/A 774[4] ?
31 March 2003 15 December 2003 European Union Military Operation in the Republic of Macedonia EUFOR Concordia Operation Concordia 400[4] File:Coat of arms of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.svg ACO
12 June 2003 1 September 2003 European Union Military Operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo EUFOR Artemis Operation Artemis 1800[4] Template:Coat of arms
15 December 2003 14 December 2005 European Union Police Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaTemplate:Efn EUPOL FYROM EUPOL Proxima 200[4] ?
16 July 2004 14 July 2005 European Union Rule of Law Mission in GeorgiaTemplate:Efn EUJUST Georgia EUJUST Themis 27[4] ?
12 April 2005 30 June 2007 European Union Police Mission in KinshasaTemplate:Efn EUPOL Kinshasa N/A ? ?
8 June 2005 2016 European Union Security Sector Reform Mission in the Democratic Republic of the CongoTemplate:Efn EUSEC RD Congo N/A ? ?
1 July 2005 31 December 2013 European Union Integrated Rule of Law Mission in Iraq EUJUST LEX Iraq N/A ? ?
18 July 2005 31 December 2007 European Union Support to African Union Mission in SudanTemplate:Efn AMIS EU Supporting Action N/A ? ?
15 September 2005 15 December 2006 European Union Monitoring Mission in Aceh AMM N/A ? ?
15 December 2005 14 June 2006 European Union Police Advisory Team in the former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaTemplate:Efn EUPAT N/A ? ?
12 June 2006 30 November 2006 European Union Military Operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006) EUFOR RD Congo N/A 2300[4] ?
15 June 2007 31 December 2016 European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan EUPOL Afghanistan N/A ? ?
1 July 2007 30 September 2014 European Union Police Mission in the Democratic Republic of the CongoTemplate:Efn EUPOL RD Congo N/A ? ?
12 February 2008 30 September 2010 European Union Mission in Support of Security Sector Reform in Guinea-BissauTemplate:Efn EUSSR Guinea-Bissau N/A ? ?
17 March 2008 15 March 2009 European Union Military Operation in Chad and the Central African Republic EUFOR Tchad/RCA N/A 3700[4] ?
July 2012 30 June 2024[5] European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger EUCAP Sahel Niger N/A ? Template:Coat of arms
February 2013 January 2014 European Union Aviation Security Mission in South SudanTemplate:Efn EUAVSEC South Sudan N/A ? ?
18 February 2013 17 May 2024 European Union Training Mission in Mali EUTM Mali N/A 500[4] Template:Coat of arms
10 February 2014 23 March 2015 European Union Military Operation in the Central African Republic EUFOR RCA N/A 600[4] ?
23 March 2015 16 July 2016 European Union Military Advisory Mission in the Central African Republic EUMAM RCA N/A ? ?
22 June 2015 31 March 2020 European Union Naval Force Mediterranean EUNAVFOR Med Operation Sophia ? Template:Coat of arms
20 February 2023 30 June 2024 European Union Military Partnership Mission in Niger[6][7][8] EUMPM Niger N/A ? ?

See also

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Operations and exercises of the precursors of the Common Security and Defence Policy

Operations and exercises of the multinational forces made available to the CSDP in accordance with article 42.3 of the Treaty on European Union:

Missions and exercises of other organisations:

Notes

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References

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  1. European Union External Action > EU Operations [1]
  2. Benjamin Pohl (2013) The logic underpinning EU crisis management operations, European Security, 22(3): 307-325, DOI:10.1080/09662839.2012.726220, p. 311.
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External links

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