Military Planning and Conduct Capability

Military Planning and Conduct Capability
Active 8 June 2017–present[1]
Allegiance  European Union
Type Command
Role Commands non-executive CSDP operations
Part of European Union Military Staff of the European External Action Service
Location Kortenberg building, Brussels, Belgium
Website europa.eu
Commanders
High Repr. Federica Mogherini
Director Lieutenant General Esa Pulkkinen

The Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) is a permanent operational headquarters (OHQ) at the military strategic level for non-executive military missions deployed as part of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union (EU). The MPCC is part of the EU Military Staff (EUMS), a directorate-general of the European External Action Service (EEAS), and the Director General of the EUMS also serves as Director of the MPCC - exercising command and control over the operations.

Structure

The CSDP command structure involving the High Representative, the Military Staff and Military Committee as of 1 November 2017:[2] Colour key:
     High Representative (a Vice-President of the Commission)
     Military Committee (a Council body)
     Military Staff (a Directorate-General of the External Action Service)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
High Representative
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Military Committee
Chairman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Working Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Working Group/Headline Goal Task Force
 
 
 
 
Military Staff
Director General
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Legal advisor
 
Deputy Director General
Horizontal Coordination
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assistant Chief of Staff for SynchronisationEU cell at SHAPE
 
 
EU Liaison at the UN in NYAssistant Chief of Staff for External Relations
 
NATO Permanent Liaison Team
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Directorate A:
Concepts & Capabilities
 
Directorate B:
Intelligence
 
Directorate C:
Operations
 
Directorate D:
Logistics
 
Directorate E:
Communications & Information Systems
Military Planning and
Conduct Capability
Chief of Staff
Working Group
Current Operations

The MPCC will be single military strategic command and control structure, responsible for the operational planning and conduct of non-executive missions. This includes the building up, deployment, sustaining and recovery of EU forces. The MPCC will at present control the three EU training missions in Central African Republic, Mali and Somalia.

The MPCC will be reporting to the Political and Security Committee (PSC), and informing the EU Military Committee (EUMC).[3] The MPCC will also cooperate with its existing civilian counterpart, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC), through a Joint Support Coordination Cell (JSCC).

Director

Lieutenant General Esa Pulkkinen has served as EUMS Director General and thereby MCPP Director since 2016

The Director General of the EUMS also serves as the Director of the MPCC and in that capacity assume the function of the single commander for all non-executive military missions, exercising command and control over the current three training Missions and other possible future non-executive military Missions.

The current three Mission Commanders will become ‘Mission Force Commanders’ who will act under the command of the Director of the MPCC and will remain responsible for exercising military command authority on the ground. The Director of the MPCC will assume the same role, tasks and command relationships as those attributed to a military Operation Commander (OpCdr). He will also exercise the responsibilities related to deployment and recovery of the missions as well as overall budgeting, auditing and reporting.[3]

History

Creation

The MPCC was initially called for as a standing EU military operational headquarters (OHQ), replacing the current practice of having the Council determine a dedicated ad hoc OHQ for each operation, typically out of one of the following categories:

This however was blocked by the United Kingdom which, despite their impending withdrawal, were keen to oppose anything that might undermine NATO. As a result, the headquarters was not permitted to run executive missions in order to avoid a British veto.[4]

Possible mandate extension

EU officials have indicated that a review in 2018 might extend the MPCC's mandate to also include operations with combat elements - or so-called executive missions.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Timeline: EU cooperation on security and defence - Consilium". www.consilium.europa.eu.
  2. ↑ https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/impetus_24_dp_final_1.pdf
  3. 1 2 "EU defence cooperation: Council establishes a Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) - Consilium". www.consilium.europa.eu.
  4. ↑ Mogherini sees way past UK spat over military HQ, Euractiv 16 May 2017
  5. ↑ EU military HQ to take charge of Africa missions, EUObserver 6 March 2017
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