#32026D0777Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/777 amending Joint Action 2008/851/CFSP on EUNAVFOR ATALANTA
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This Council Decision updates the mandate of the EU naval operation EUNAVFOR ATALANTA in the West Indian Ocean and Red Sea. It aligns ATALANTA’s monitoring tasks with EUNAVFOR ASPIDES regarding shadow fleets, removes the non-executive task of monitoring illicit charcoal trade, and adds a new task to collect and share information on suspicious activities related to Critical Submarine Infrastructures (CSI) within available means and capabilities. The core anti-piracy mission remains unchanged while secondary tasks are adjusted. The operation’s mandate is already extended until 28 February 2027.
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Key Changes
- Removal of the non-executive task of monitoring illicit trade in charcoal
- Alignment of monitoring and reporting tasks on shadow fleets with EUNAVFOR ASPIDES
- New task added: collect and share information on suspicious activities related to Critical Submarine Infrastructures (CSI), within means and capabilities
+ 3 more changes with Pro
Obligations
What this law requires
EUNAVFOR ATALANTA must monitor arms trafficking off the coast of Somalia as a secondary non-executive task
EUNAVFOR ATALANTA must monitor illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing off the coast of Somalia as a secondary non-executive task
EUNAVFOR ATALANTA must monitor narcotic drugs trafficking off the coast of Somalia consistent with the UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 20 December 1988
EUNAVFOR ATALANTA must collect and share information on suspicious activities related to Critical Submarine Infrastructures (CSI) within available means and capabilities
EUNAVFOR ATALANTA must align its monitoring and reporting on shadow fleets with EUNAVFOR ASPIDES