The plan was approved by all groups in 2004 and in November that year the first thirteen Battle Groups were pledged with associated niche capabilities. They would concentrate on bridging operations, preparing the group before a larger force relieved them, for example UN or regional peacekeepers under UN mandate. These would be principally in response to UN requests at short notice and can be rapidly tailored to specific missions. The document proposed a number of groups based on Artemis that would be autonomous, consisting of 1500 personnel and deployable within 15 days. On 10 February 2004, France, Germany and the United Kingdom released a paper outlining the "Battlegroup concept". It called specifically for "Battlegroup sized forces of around 1500 land forces, personnel, offered by a single nation or through a multinational or framework nation force package. The following Franco-British summit in November of that year stated that, building on the experience of the operation, the EU should be able and willing to deploy forces within 15 days in response to a UN request. Its success provided a template for the future rapid response deployments allowing the idea to be considered more practically. Operation Artemis in 2003 showed an EU rapid reaction and deployment of forces in a short time scale – with the EU going from Crisis Management Concept to operation launch in just three weeks, then taking a further 20 days for substantial deployment. The idea was reiterated at a Franco-British summit on 4 February 2003 in Le Touquet which highlighted as a priority the need to improve rapid response capabilities, "including initial deployment of land, sea and air forces within 5–10 days." This was again described as essential in the "Headline Goal 2010". The Council produced the Headline Goal 2003 and specified the need for a rapid response capability that members should provide in small forces at high readiness. However, the initial ideas for specific EU Battlegroups began at the European Council summit on 10–11 December 1999 in Helsinki.
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The Battlegroups reached full operational capacity on 1 January 2007, although, as of January 2013 they are yet to see any military action. The forces are under the direct control of the Council of the European Union. The groups rotate actively, so that two are ready for deployment at all times.
Often based on contributions from a coalition of member states, each of the eighteen Battlegroups consists of a battalion-sized force (1,500 troops) reinforced with combat support elements.
(two of which are ready for deployment at all times)Īn EU Battlegroup ( EUBG) is a military unit adhering to the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union (EU).
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