European Defence Agency (Brussels)
The European Defence Agency was established by a Joint Action of the Council of Ministers on 12 July, 2004 "to support the Member States in their effort to improve European defence capabilities in the field of crisis management and to sustain the ESDP as it stands now and develops in the future".
The Agency has four main functions, relating to:
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defence capabilities development;
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(b)
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armaments co-operation;
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the European defence technological and industrial base and defence equipment market;
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(d)
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research and technology.
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For more information, please visit http://www.eda.europa.eu