Poland (Donald Tusk) and Germany (Angela Merkel) who together have qualified majority on the council. The debate was joined with a view presented by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who maintained that "NATO will remain the bedrock of Euro-Atlantic security". Rasmussen's view prevailed on the Council at this time because QMV did not take effect in Council decisions until 1 November 2014. Relationships with non-EU European countries The Agency signed Administrative Arrangements with Norway (2006), Switzerland (2012), Serbia (2013) and Ukraine (2015) enabling them to participate in EDA's projects and programmes without exercising voting rights. All Administrative Arrangements are approved by the European Council. The Head of the Agency is responsible for negotiating these arrangements in accordance with directives given by the EDA Steering Board. A transcript of the European Commission represented by Michel Barnier at the Berlin Security Conference stated that "[after its withdrawal from the union] the United Kingdom will, as is its wish, become a third country when it comes to defence and security issues" and that "the UK will no longer be a member of the European Defence Agency or Europol". See also CSDP leadership High Representative European Council Foreign Affairs Council CSDP structures Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space European External Action Service European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre European Security and Defence College Permanent Structured Cooperation Committee of Permanent Representatives Political and Security Committee Politico-Military Group Military Committee Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management European Union Institute for Security Studies European Union Satellite Centre Other structures Franco-British Defence and Security Cooperation Treaty and Downing Street Declaration NATO Science and Technology Organization Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) References External links European Defence Agency Official website (eda.europa.eu) Council Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP of 12 July 2004 on the establishment of the European Defence Agency Official website (eur-lex.europa.eu) CSDP structure, instruments, and agencies, EEAS website European Defence White Paper EU ISS Document A proposed CSDP evolution in the Eurocorps and ESDI in NATO Defence Agency Military acquisition International military organizations 2004 establishments in Belgium 2004 in the European Union Government agencies established in 2004