Definitions
Article 4
For the purposes of this Decision: (a) ‘operation’ means a Union operation or mission established under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in accordance with Article 42 TEU, having military or defence implications, including cases where the implementation of a task is entrusted to a group of Member States in accordance with Article 44 TEU; (b) ‘operation commander’ means the EU Operation Commander as defined in the European Union Concept for Military Command and Control, including, where applicable, the Director of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability; (c) ‘assistance measure’ means a Union action as referred to in point (b) of Article 1(2); the assistance to be provided may consist of financial, technical or material support; such action may take the form of a specific measure or of a general programme for support with a given geographical or thematic focus; (d) ‘contributing Member States’ means the Member States contributing to the financing of an operation or assistance measure to be funded under the Facility; (e) ‘implementing actor’ means an actor which is entrusted with the implementation of an assistance measure or parts thereof and which concludes a contract with the Facility for that purpose; (f) ‘beneficiary’ means a third State or regional or international organisation for which an assistance measure provides support.