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The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement / OCCAR) was initially established by an Administrative Arrangement signed by the Defence Ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the UK on 12th November 1996. The aim of OCCAR is to increase the armaments cooperation of the Member States in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

In 1998, the Defence Ministers of the four founding Member States signed the treaty-like "OCCAR Convention", which was subsequently ratified by the national Parliaments and came into force on 28th January 2001. The Convention gives OCCAR its legal status, allowing it to award contracts and to employ its own staff. Belgium and Spain joined OCCAR respectively in 2003 and 2005.

Current OCCAR Member States

Historical Overview

DEC 1993French-German Declaration
DEC 1995French-German Principles of Baden-Baden
FEB 1996French-German precursor team. Italy and UK join precursor team
NOV 1996France, Germany, Italy & UK sign OCCAR Administrative Arrangement (pre-Legal Status)
JUL 1997Early staffing of Central Office
SEP 1998Signature of the OCCAR Convention, followed by ratification
JAN 2001OCCAR Legal Status
FEB 2001Integration of the BOXER (with the Netherlands as Participating State), COBRA, FSAF, HOT/MILAN, ROLAND and TIGER Programmes
JUN 2003Closure of the HOT/MILAN Programme
MAY 2003Accession of Belgium & Integration of the A400M Programme (with Spain and Türkiye as Participating States; Luxemburg being represented by Belgium)
JAN 2005Accession of Spain
NOV 2005Integration of the FREMM Programme
DEC 2007Closure of the ROLAND Programme
DEC 2008Integration of the ESSOR Programme (with Finland, Poland and Sweden as Participating States)
SEP 2009Türkiye joins the COBRA Programme
MAY 2011Integration of the MUSIS Federating Activities Programme
JUL 2012Signature of the EDA - OCCAR Administrative Arrangement
MAR 2015Integration of the MMCM Programme
MAY 2015Integration of the LSS and PPA Programmes
AUG 2016Lithuania joins the BOXER Programme
AUG 2016Integration of the European MALE RPAS Programme
SEP 2016MMF Programme Division established


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