What are the structures related to the EGF?
Ans. The High Level Interdepartemental Committee (CIMIN)1, composed of representatives from the responsible departements, acting as a management board; The EGF Commander and its HQ, composed of a permanent core, located in Vicenza (Italy) with 15 officers and 14 NCOs, that can be reinforced up to 50 persons; An EGF force, not being a standing force, generated and deployed on an ad hoc basis. It may be a rapidly deployed police force of a maximum of 800 police officers, under a 30 days notice, including a deployed HQ in the field, for which the core will be provided by the permanent HQ. As the police units that can reinforce an EGF mission are identical to those declared in the framework of the Helsinki capacity catalogue and at the capacity conference held in Brussels on November 19th, 2001, the total strength of the Force could reach 2300, composed of : – An operational component, dedicated to missions of general public security and maintenance of public order; – A crime-fighting comp
