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Participating Forces

The European Gendarmerie Force (EUROGENDFOR) is a Multinational Police Force, established by treaty, operational, pre-organized, robust and rapidly deployable, constituted only by elements of police forces with military status. It was an initiative of France, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain aimed at improving the crisis management capability in vulnerable areas. On the 17th of December 2008, the High Level Interdepartmental Committee Meeting (CIMIN) decided to welcome the Romanian Gendarmerie to become the sixth full member of EUROGENDFOR.

EUROGENDFOR Missions

EUROGENDFOR’s first participation in a crisis management operation took place inside the European Union mission EUFOR "ALTHEA" in 2007 in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This first operational contribution was followed, in 2009, by a EUROGENDFOR participation in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan. During 2010 EUROGENDFOR provided support to the United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) after the devastating earthquake that shook the Haitian Republic.

Logo & Symbols

A first version of the EUROGENDFOR logo (central grenade on a vertical sword and surrounded by twelve stars) was adopted by the CIMIN during the meeting held in Vicenza on the 6th of September 2005. The logo was changed slightly in 2007 when the EUROGENDFOR countries agreed on the removal of the twelve stars. In December 2009 during the CIMIN meeting held in Versailles the CIMIN adopted also a low visibility badge.