554 Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos Núm. 2 / 2013 Head of the Mission. The EEAS review presented by the High Representative says as much when it proposes the extension of the pilot programme of detached security/ military experts51. Currently there only exists a kind of military attaché in the EU Delegation to the United Nations in New York and in the Delegation to the African Union in Addis Ababa (AU). It is easy to understand why, given that the EU Delegation in New York is in charge of the organisation of United Nations peacekeeping missions and of EU involvement as a global player in these missions. In the second case, the presence of an expert in dealing with security and defence with the AU is explained by the Union’s responsibilities in the organisation’s member states, principally involved in CSDP missions. 2.6. A clash of competences between the EEAS and the European Commission; shared responsibilities The division of competences between the EEAS and the European Commission in determined areas of EU external action or the modalities of joint cooperation between them is a structural problem that derives from the Treaty, which the EEAS cannot resolve on its own. The two most contentious issues relate to the use of resources and the assignment of tasks52, in other words: the question of by whom and with what means external action is carried out and coordination between them. Two areas in particular related to CSDP have been the focus of review : development policy and the defence market. More specifically, to identify whether in a given crisis zone the financial and economic instruments of development cooperation controlled by the Commission are used, or the military instruments, the police and experts in governance and civil administration, specific to security and defence policy under the control of the High Representative and managed by the EEAS. The fact that the Commission maintains considerable competences in the area of development to a certain extent marginalises the High Representative in this area53. However, the Council Decision establishing the EEAS does not limit itself to “policy-making” functions, as with those concerning CFSP, but also identifies it as guarantor of the consistency of external action, developing proposals close to the work of the Commission; nevertheless, this latter has been somewhat relegated in practice54. 51 European External Action Service, EEAS Review, July 2013, p.6. 52 The management of cooperation programmes is under the responsibility of the Commission without prejudice to the various roles of the Commission and the EEAS in its programming (Article 9, Decision of the Council, 26 July 2010, cit.). 53 Concerning coordination between development and security SMITH, Michael E., “The European External Action service and the Security-Development Nexus…”, cit. 54 See article 2.1, paragraphs 1 and 3 of the decision which mentions two tasks of the EEAS: sup-
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