European Defence Agency
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The European Defence Agency (EDA), based in Brussels, Belgium, is an agency under the Council of the European Union.
The EDA was set up in July 2004 and it's stated intent is "to support the Member States and the Council in their effort to improve European defence capabilities in the field of crisis management and to sustain the European Security and Defence Policy as it stands now and develops in the future”.
The Agency has four main functions, relating to:
- defence capabilities development;
- armaments co-operation;
- the European defence technological and industrial base and defence equipment market;
- research and technology.
On July 12, 2004 Javier Solana, European Union foreign policy chief, was appointed Head of the EDA.
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