Austrian Decission Making Procedure

International commitment:

Art 42 Treaty of the EU

Art 23f B-VG

Österreich wirkt an der Gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der Europäischen Union….mit.

(Austria contributes at the CFSP of the EU)

Legal background:

§2 (1) d Wehrgesetz

§1 (1) KSE-BVG

Legal background:

§2 (1) d Wehrgesetz

…die Hilfeleistung im Ausland bei Maßnahmen der Friedenssicherung, der humanitären Hilfe und der Katastrophenhilfe sowie der Such- und Rettungs-dienste (Auslandseinsatz).

(…providing assistance to foreign countries by CMO,humanitarien aid, disaster relief and search & rescue operations.)

§1 (1) KSE-BVG

Military units or individual soldiers can be send to missions abroad for

a) Actions to secure the peace within the framework of an international organisation or the OSCEor to implement decisions of the EU within the framework of the CFSP.

b) humanitarian aid and disaster relief

c) search & rescue operations

d) exercises and trainings for purposes mentioned in para a) to c)

mandated by UNSC-R

Request for troop contribution„force generation phase“

Inter-ministerial procedure Intra-ministerial procedure

feasibility studyoptions

planing directive(Planungsweisung)

Force generation directive(Formierungsweisung)

Mission directive(Einsatzweisung)

Nationaler Sicherheitsrat(National Security Council)

Ministerrat (council of ministers): decission (Beschluss)

Hauptausschuss des Nationalrates(main committee of the National Council):

approval (Einvernehmen)

SAR – time pressure:

Decission BMLVS

Report to the governement

Humanitarian Aid – time pressure:

Decission Bundeskanzler, BMEIA, BMLVS,…

Report to the governement & HA NR

AUT troop contribution

troop contribution agreement (TCA)(Truppenbeistellungsabkommen)

status of forces agreement (SOFA)DONUS

Rules of engagement (ROE)

MNBSE

X

MN

AT

II

AT

I (+)

AT

I

(+)

AT

I

DE

I

DE

I (+)

MNBSE

X

MN

AT

II

AT

I (+)

AT

I

(+)

AT

I

DE

I

DE

I (+)

memorandum of understanding (MOU)technical agreement (TA)

10 06 99mandated by UNSCR 1244

(Chapter VII)

15 02 99: Request for troop contribution

25 06 99: Ministerrat: decission

01 07 99: approval by HA NR

09 03 99: intent to take part

planing directive(Planungsweisung)

19 07 99: advanced party

18 08 99: camp construction

23 09 99: main body

08 10 99: operational

KFOR

25 09 07mandated by UNSCR 1778

(Chapter VII)

Aug 07: Request for troop contribution

07 11 07: Ministerrat: decission

Nov 07: approval by HA NR

30 01 08: advanced party

26 02 08: main body

15 03 08: operational

EUFOR TCHAD

28 01 08: decission by theEU commisson