Translation of "EDA Steering Board " (English → French) :

16. Recalls that the Lisbon Treaty has reinforced the role of the European Defence Agency (EDA) in supporting the Member States in their efforts to improve the military capabilities for the Common Security and Defence Policy; suggests, therefore, that the Member States ask the Agency to examine how to improve coordination of defence planning in Europe; recalls, furthermore, that the Treaty tasks the EDA to evaluate the observance of capability commitments and to promote the harmonisation of operational needs, and calls for better execution of these tasks; recommends that, as a first step in the ‘European semester’ exercise, the Member States could submit their draft national security and defence reviews to the EDA for advice, to assess t ...[+++]hem in particular in the light of the capability priorities set by the EDA steering board in the Capability Development Plan, as well as of the plans of the other Member States and of the NATO Defence Planning Process; believes that, in the very short term, the EDA should also play an important role in defining a European capabilities and armaments policy;

16. Recalls that the Lisbon Treaty has reinforced the role of the European Defence Agency (EDA) in supporting the Member States in their efforts to improve the military capabilities for the Common Security and Defence Policy; suggests, therefore, that the Member States ask the Agency to examine how to improve coordination of defence planning in Europe; recalls, furthermore, that the Treaty tasks the EDA to evaluate the observance of capability commitments and to promote the harmonisation of operational needs, and calls for better execution of these tasks; recommends that, as a first step in the ‘European semester’ exercise, the Member States could submit their draft national security and defence reviews to the EDA for advice, to assess t ...[+++]hem in particular in the light of the capability priorities set by the EDA steering board in the Capability Development Plan, as well as of the plans of the other Member States and of the NATO Defence Planning Process; believes that, in the very short term, the EDA should also play an important role in defining a European capabilities and armaments policy;

In 2009, I was appointed by the EDA Steering Board as Member of the Board of Auditors of the Agency for a three-year period.

17. Stresses the need to ensure the democratic accountability and transparency of the activities undertaken by the European Defence Agency (EDA), namely by assuring a regular exchange of information between the Chief Executive of the EDA and Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Security and Defence, and by giving the Chairman of that Subcommittee the possibility of consulting with the EDA Steering Board;

Vice-President Verheugen represents the Commission on the EDA Steering Board.

Following a negotiation mandate conferred on Catherine Ashton as Head of the Agency by the EDA Steering Board in March 2010, the Council approved an administrative arrangement between the European Defence Agency and the European Space Agency concerning the establishment of their cooperation.