European Peace Facility for military operations

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The European Peace Facility for military operations is an off-budget EU funding instrument that supports the Union’s external military and defense actions, including training, equipment, and operations in partner countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union off-budget funding instrument
security and defence policy instrument
adoptedBy Council of the European Union
aimsTo enable rapid EU support to partners in crisis situations
increase the effectiveness of EU military missions and operations
appliesTo Common Security and Defence Policy
European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy
beneficiariesInclude international organisations
regional organisations
third countries
canFinance assistance measures for non-state actors in exceptional cases
assistance measures for regional and international organisations
assistance measures for third states
common costs of EU military operations
canProvide lethal military equipment to partner countries
non-lethal military equipment to partner countries
decisionMaking unanimity in the Council of the European Union
establishedIn 2021
excludes financing of actions with military or defence implications from the EU budget
funder Member States of the European Union
fundingType off-budget instrument
geographicalScope outside the territory of the European Union
legalBasis Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/509
managedBy European External Action Service
overseenBy Political and Security Committee of the European Union
partOf European Peace Facility
policyArea European Union external action
European Union security and defence policy
purpose to enable the EU to support partners’ military capacities
to enhance the EU’s ability to prevent conflicts
to strengthen international security
replaces African Peace Facility
subjectTo EU export control and arms export criteria
human rights due diligence
international humanitarian law
supports EU external defence actions
EU external military actions
capacity building of military actors in partner countries
military operations in partner countries
military training in partner countries
provision of military equipment to partner countries
timeFrame 2021–2027 multiannual financial period

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
European Union crisis management operations
financedBy
European Peace Facility for military operations ("European Peace Facility")
partOf

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