EUFOR Tchad/RCA

credit : EUFOR Tchad/RCA

Launched on 28 January 2008, acting in accordance with the mandate set out in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1778 (2007), the military bridging operation EUFOR Tchad/RCA in eastern Chad and the north-east of the Central African Republic came to an end. MINURCAT(the UN mission in the Central African Republic and Chad) has taken over the authority of the operation.

The operation had the following objectives :

Factsheet on EUFOR TCHAD [2 MB]
Council Joint Action 2009/795/CFSP of 19 October 2009 repealing Joint Action 2007/677/CFSP on the European Union military operation in the Republic of Chad and in the Central African Republic
Council Decision 2008/868/CFSP of 13 October 2008 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation on the participation of the Russian Federation in the European Union military operation in the Republic of Chad and in the Central African Republic (Operation EUFOR Tchad/RCA)
Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation on the participation of the Russian Federation in the European Union military operation in the Republic of Chad and in the Central African Republic (EUFOR Tchad/RCA)
Council Decision 2008/783/CFSP of 15 September 2008 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Union military operation in the Republic of Chad and in the Central African Republic (Operation EUFOR Tchad/RCA)

18/05/2009
Council conclusions on EUFOR Tchad / RCA, Brussels
18/03/2009
EU HR Javier SOLANA congratulates Lieutenant General Patrick NASH, Operation Commander of EUFOR TCHAD/RCA on the successful completion of the mission
16/03/2009
La MINURCAT prend la suite de l'EUFOR au Tchad et en Centrafrique
15/03/2009
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Transfer of Authority from EUFOR to MINURCAT, New York

European External Action Service

EUFOR Tchad/RCA

Background material

Recent press releases and speeches