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From 1 January 2007, the EU Operations Centre began work in Brussels. It can command a limited size force of about 2000 troops (e.g. a battlegroup).
In addition to the EU centre, 5 national operational headquarters have been made available for use by the Union; [[Mont Valérien]] in [[Paris]], [[Northwood Headquarters|Northwood]] in [[London]], [[Potsdam]], Centocelle in [[Rome]] and [[Larissa]]. For example, [[Operation Artemis]] used Mont Valérien as its OHQ and EUFOR's DR Congo operation uses Potsdam. The EU can also use NATO capabilities.<ref name=euoc>[http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=1211&lang=EN&mode=g EU Operations Centre] consilium.europa.eu. Archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20080330033425/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=1211&lang=EN&mode=g Wayback Machine on 30 Mar 2008].</ref>
With effect from 1 January 2007, the EU will have a third option for commanding, from Brussels, missions and operations of limited size (that is, like that of a battlegroup: some 2,000 troops). On that date, the new EU Operations Centre within the EU Military Staff will be ready for action. Using some EUMS core staff, as well as some extra “double-hatted” EUMS officers and so-called “augmentees” from the Member States, the EU will have an increased capacity to respond to crisis management situations. So far, the EU has had two options as to how to run a military operation at the Operation Headquarters (OHQ) level. One option is, in a so-called “autonomous” operation, to make use of facilities provided by any of the five Operation Headquarters (OHQs) currently available in European Member States. A second option is, through recourse to NATO capabilities and common assets (under the so-called “[[Berlin plus]]” arrangements), to make use of command and control options such as Operation Headquarters located at [[Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe]] (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium and D-[[SACEUR]] as the Operation Commander. This is the option used in the conduct of [[Operation ALTHEA]], where EUFOR BiH operates in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref name=euoc/>
==See also==
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