Decision 2008/836 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of 29 October 2008 on the treatment of documents of EU civilian crisis management missions and military operations (1) provides that documents of EU civilian crisis management missions and military operations are, upon termination of those missions and operations, archived by the General Secretariat of the Council (‘GSC’).

shall inform in due time the EU civilian crisis management operation Head of Mission (hereinafter ‘Head of Mission’) and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of any change to its contribution to the EU civilian crisis management operation.

Civilian crisis management operations have four priority fields of action, established by the Feira European Council: the police, the rule of law, civilian protection and civilian administration.

On 18 June 2007, the Council approved Guidelines for Command and Control Structure for EU Civilian Operations in Crisis Management; these Guidelines notably provide that a Civilian Operation Commander will exercise command and control at strategic level for the planning and conduct of all civilian crisis management operations, under the political control and strategic direction of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) and the overall authority of the Secretary-General/High Representative for the CFSP (SG/HR); these Guidelines further provide that the Director of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) established withi ...[+++]n the Council Secretariat will, for each civilian crisis management operation, be the Civilian Operation Commander.

Civilian crisis management operations have four priority fields of action, established by the Feira European Council: the police, the rule of law, civilian protection and civilian administration.

The European Council in Feira identified four priority areas for civilian crisis management intervention: police, rule of law, civil protection and civilian administration. These priority areas fall within a much broader set of civilian crisis management interventions, for which the Community has clear competence, including, for example, trade, economic incentives, humanitarian interventions, rehabilitation and institution building.