Berlin Plus arrangements

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The Berlin Plus arrangements are a set of agreements that allow the European Union to use NATO’s military assets and capabilities for EU-led crisis management operations under certain conditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Berlin Plus arrangements canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf EU–NATO cooperation framework ⓘ
security agreement ⓘ
aimsTo avoid unnecessary duplication between EU and NATO ⓘ
ensure effective use of NATO military assets by the EU ⓘ
strengthen European crisis management capabilities ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Berlin Plus agreement ⓘ
appliesTo European Union ⓘ
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ⓘ
linked to: NATO
basedOn NATO–EU strategic partnership ⓘ
cameIntoForce 2003 ⓘ
condition EU must respect NATO security standards for classified information ⓘ
EU operations must not impair NATO’s core responsibilities ⓘ
NATO retains right of first refusal in crisis management ⓘ
participating non-EU European NATO members’ rights must be respected ⓘ
dateSigned 2002 ⓘ
developedFrom European Security and Defence Policy ⓘ
NATO–WEU cooperation frameworks ⓘ
enables EU-led crisis management operations using NATO capabilities ⓘ
use of NATO assets by the European Union ⓘ
geographicalScope primarily Europe and surrounding regions ⓘ
governs sharing of NATO planning capabilities with the EU ⓘ
use of NATO command options for EU-led operations ⓘ
implementedInOperation EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
EUFOR Concordia ⓘ
linked to: EUFOR

Operation Althea ⓘ
includesProvision EU access to NATO operational planning for EU-led operations ⓘ
EU use of NATO command structure for operations ⓘ
EU–NATO security of information agreement ⓘ
NATO–EU consultation mechanisms in crisis situations ⓘ
assured EU access to NATO planning capabilities ⓘ
presumption of availability of NATO capabilities and common assets for EU-led operations ⓘ
release, monitoring and return of NATO assets and capabilities ⓘ
influencedBy post–Cold War security environment in Europe ⓘ
legalBasis NATO decisions at the 1999 Washington Summit ⓘ
NATO decisions at the 2002 Prague Summit ⓘ
namedAfter Berlin ⓘ
negotiatedBy member states of NATO ⓘ
member states of the European Union ⓘ
partOf NATO–EU strategic partnership in crisis management ⓘ
predecessor NATO–WEU Berlin agreements ⓘ
relatedTo Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ
European Security and Defence Policy ⓘ
NATO crisis management operations ⓘ
linked to: NATO missions
requires political agreement between NATO and EU before asset use ⓘ
respect for interests of all NATO members, including non-EU allies ⓘ
scope crisis management operations involving military means ⓘ
subjectTo political relations between NATO and the EU ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ESDP → cooperatesThrough → Berlin Plus arrangements ⓘ
EUFOR Althea → usesLegalFramework → Berlin Plus arrangements ⓘ
subject linked to: EUFOR
NATO–EU cooperation in defence → hasKeyMechanism → Berlin Plus arrangements ⓘ