National Caveats Sample Clauses

National Caveats. ‌ A defining factor in all multinational military collaborations is national caveats. National caveats place restrictions on what that country’s forces can and cannot do. They are therefore often seen as a potentially inhibiting factor in multilateral operations, as they will decide the extent to which different militaries can cooperate. If a country prohibits its forces from night operations or in specific geographical areas, for example, this will naturally affect the extent to which those forces can operate with forces that do not have the same restrictions. Before a country joins Operation Atalanta, it provides the OHQ with its national caveats and ROE. Similarly, the ships provide the OHQ on a daily basis with a list of planned activities for the next five days, including a list of potential restrictions and available resources.291 National caveats are also checked during the Decision Board process to ensure that tasks are achievable. While national caveats must therefore always be taken into account, interviewees agreed that national caveats had not been a hindering factor in the collaboration between Dutch and Swedish forces.292 One view was that the mandate of Operation Atalanta was so well defined that national caveats had less room for influence.293 WFP, for example, was said to have asked Operation Atalanta whether it could provide protection for its vessels on the way to Yemen.294 This task, however, was outside the mandate of Operation Atalanta and consequently would have required clearance from the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC). The issue of national caveats would only have come into play if the mandate had been amended. Some interviewees were of the view that the mandate placed 290 Interviews 17 and 22. 291 Interview 39. 292 Interviews 18, 28, 29, 30, 33, 38, 41 and 46. 293 Interviews 30 and 41. 294 Interview 41. significant constraints on the mission, possibly even to the extent of hampering truly effective collaboration with the land-locked sister mission EUCAP Nestor.295 At the same time, however, it is worth noting that a move closer to Somalia’s coastline would probably have increased the threat level and could have led to some countries’ withdrawal or non-participation. Another explanation mentioned for why national caveats had not become an issue on HNLMS Xxxxx xx Xxxx was that the head of the Swedish contingent was involved in planning and, as the holder of a red card, had the power to reject any proposed assignments. Thi...