General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

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The administrative support for both the European Council and its president is provided by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

He assumed the role of Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union heads the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

After a country has completed its national ratification approval at all necessary political levels, it must still deposit ratification instruments with the depositary (the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union) to complete the process.

PRADO is hosted by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (GSC), General Directorate for Justice and Home Affairs (DGD 1A).

It is directly attached to the private office of the High Representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy, currently Javier Solana, and is formally part of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

A computerised system with restricted access has therefore been built that enables fast and secure information exchange between the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and between document experts in the European Union member states, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.

The website is published by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union not only for transparency reasons, but also to provide an important service to many users in Europe, especially to non-governmental organisations with a need or legal obligation to check identities, for example: