Date: 2025-07-18Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2025/1414 of 9 July 2025 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/2/2025)
**Summary:**
On 9 July 2025, the Political and Security Committee of the European Union adopted Decision CFSP 2025/1414, reconfirming and prolonging the authorization of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI. This decision extends the operation from 1 August 2025 to 30 November 2025, marking the seventeenth four-month subperiod of its mandate. The decision is based on Article 38 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 8(3) of Council Decision CFSP 2020/472, which established EUNAVFOR MED IRINI on 31 March 2020. The reconfirmation is also in line with Council Decision CFSP 2025/488 of 11 March 2025, which extended EUNAVFOR MED IRINI until 31 March 2027, subject to four-monthly reconfirmations. The decision acknowledges the monthly pull factor reports provided by the Operation Commander. The Chairperson, D. Pronk, signed the decision in Brussels. The original Council Decision CFSP 2020/472 can be found in OJ L 101, 1.4.2020, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2020/472/oj. The amending Council Decision CFSP 2025/488 can be found in OJ L, 2025/488, 12.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/488/oj. This decision (CFSP 2025/1414) can be found in OJ L series 2025/1414, 18.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1414/oj.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
EUNAVFOR MED IRINI: A European Union military operation in the Mediterranean.
Political and Security Committee: A committee within the European Union responsible for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) matters.
Council Decision CFSP 2020/472: A Council Decision establishing and launching the European Union military operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI.
Council Decision CFSP 2025/488: A Council Decision amending Decision CFSP 2020/472, extending EUNAVFOR MED IRINI.
Mediterranean: A sea located between Europe, Asia, and Africa, where the EUNAVFOR MED IRINI military operation takes place.
Brussels: The de facto capital city of the European Union, where the decision was made.
D. PRONK: The Chairperson of the Political and Security Committee.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1414 18.7.2025
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2025/1414
of 9 July 2025
on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the
Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/2/2025)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 of 31 March 2020 on a European Union military operation in the
Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI)(1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 31 March 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/472, which established and launched a European
Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) for the period until 31 March 2021.
(2) Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 provides that, notwithstanding that period, the authorisation of the operation is to be
reconfirmed every four months and that the Political and Security Committee is to prolong the operation unless the
deployment of maritime assets of the operation produces a pull effect on migration on the basis of substantiated
evidence gathered according to the criteria set out in the Operations Plan.
(3) On 11 March 2025, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2025/488(2), which extended EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
until 31 March 2027, subject to the same reconfirmation procedure.
(4) The Operation Commander provided monthly pull factor reports.
(5) The authorisation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI should be reconfirmed for the seventeenth four-month sub-period of
its mandate and the operation should be prolonged accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) is hereby
reconfirmed and the operation is prolonged from 1 August 2025 to 30 November 2025.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 9 July 2025.
For the Political and Security Committee
The Chairperson
D. PRONK
(1) OJ L 101, 1.4.2020, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2020/472/oj.
(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/488 of 11 March 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 on the European Union military
operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (OJ L, 2025/488, 12.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/488/
oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1414/oj 1/1