EU NAVFOR’s Counter-Piracy Core Gets New Tasks To Reinforce For Somalia ‘Operation Atalanta’
On 01.01.2021, Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/2188 will certainly become part of pressure, which will certainly prolong the required of the European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta for an additional 2 years, till 31 December 2022.
The brand-new required likewise consists of some brand-new jobs enhancing ATALANTA ´ s duty as a maritime safety supplier in the location and also improved its existing success in responding to piracy and also shielding WFP and also various other at risk vessels.
Hence, since 01.01.21, brand-new non-executive jobs such as IUU angling, medications, tools and also charcoal trafficking will certainly be applied, whilst getting ready for the formalization of the exec jobs concerning controlled substances and also tools trafficking, which will certainly be applied in a particular location of the Gulf of Aden, as soon as the choice to trigger these jobs is taken by the suitable EU authorities.

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These modifications will certainly raise the Operation’s Maritime Domain Awareness, leading to a much more reliable counterpiracy goal and also enhancing EU NAVFOR ´ s duty as a maritime safety supplier in accordance with the purposes of the EUMaritime Security Strategy They will certainly likewise assure the Shipping Industry in sustaining liberty of navigating and also profession.
The choice was taken based upon an all natural and also collaborated tactical evaluation of CSDP interaction in Somalia and also the Horn of Africa, with the goal to combine and also enhance the EU reaction by more creating the safety context and also boosting its duty as a protection supplier, in the context of the EU Global Strategy for the international and also safety plan of the European Union.
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