During the meeting held at the Ministry of National Defence the representatives of EU states participating in the project discussed the legal questionnaire developed by the Lithuanian Coordination Team, shared their views on the EU CRRTs legal regulation possibilities and means.
The EU’s and other funding mechanisms which could be used in establishing these CRRTs were also introduced at the meeting.
The insights and attitudes of the project Member States shared during the round-table discussion will be used as the basis for drafting the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the establishment of such EU cyber forces. This document is planned to be developed and submitted to be signed by the EU Member States later in 2019.
The initiative on EU Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security launched by Lithuania is one of the overall 17 projects approved by EU Member States in late 2017 under the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO).
The EU cyber defence cooperation project is led by Lithuania. Seven EU member countries – Estonia, Poland, Spain, Croatia, the Netherlands, France, Romania, and Finland, are participants of the project, and four more countries – Belgium, Greece, Slovenia, and Germany, are observers. The number of EU members willing to join has been increasing.
On 25 June 2018 the project Member States confirmed their political resolve to develop this particular PESCO project by signing the Declaration of Intent, which serves as the basis for legal acts consolidating this commitment.
