The 28 member states’ ambassadors to the EU gave their approval, on Wednesday 18 July, to the transfer of anti-piracy operation Atalanta headquarters from Northwood to Rota and Brest, following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU (see EUROPE 12009).
From midday (Brussels time) on 29 March 2019, the operational headquarters will be based in Rota in Spain, with the exception of the Maritime Security Centre of the Horn of Africa (MSCHOA), which will be located in Brest in France,...