Berlin Plus agreement

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The Berlin Plus agreement is the short title of a comprehensive package of agreements made between NATO and the EU on 16 December 2002.[1] These agreements were based on conclusions of NATO's 1999 Washington summit, sometimes referred to as the "CJTF mechanism" (combined joint task force),[2] and allowed the EU to draw on some of NATO's military assets in its own peacekeeping operations.[3]

  1. ^ NATO, Berlin Plus agreement, June 21, 2006."SHAPE Information". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  2. ^ The Heritage Foundation report, October 4, 2004: "Through the CJTF mechanism, NATO member states do not have to actively participate actively in a specific mission if they do not feel their vital interests are involved, but their opting out [...] would not stop other NATO members from participating in an intervention if they so desired." Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Reichard, Martin (10 February 2004). "Some Legal Issues Concerning the EU-NATO Berlin Plus Agreement". Nordic Journal of International Law. 73 (1): 37–67. doi:10.1163/15718107-07301003. ISSN 0902-7351.