Establishment, objectives, scope and duration
Article 1
1. An assistance measure benefiting Mauritania (the ‘beneficiary’) to be financed under the European Peace Facility (EPF) (the ‘assistance measure’) is hereby established. The objectives of the assistance measure are the following: (a) to strengthen the cooperation between the Union and the beneficiary in the area of security and defence; (b) to reinforce the beneficiary’s overall military and defence capabilities; (c) to support the development of surveillance capacities of the Armed Forces of Mauritania near the beneficiary’s borders; (d) to support the reinforcement of the beneficiary’s situational awareness, and therefore its ability to protect its national territory against external threats, including armed groups and illegal activities, and to protect its territorial sovereignty; (e) to improve security conditions for the civilian population; (f) to improve the stability of the country and the region. 2. To achieve the objectives set out in paragraph 2, the assistance measure shall finance the following types of equipment not designed to deliver lethal force: — surveillance assets. The assistance measure shall also finance related supplies, infrastructure works and services, including training, where needed. 3. The duration of the assistance measure shall be 36 months from the date of adoption of this Decision.