Signed on January 21, 1993, the SACEUR Agreement defines the conditions of use of Eurocorps within NATO. This agreement details the missions, the necessary know-how in terms of engagement planning and the subordination of the Eurocorps to a NATO Commander-in-Chief.
At the 59th Franco-German summit in La Rochelle, French President François Mitterrand and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl sign the Rapport de la Rochelle, officially creating the Eurocorps.
Already in summer 1992, applying the fait accompli policy, a few officers settled down near the cathedral in the Sturm barracks, long before Strasbourg was officially appointed to accommodate the headquarters. A month after the signature of the Report of La Rochelle, French and German officers formed the core of the “Eurocorps Building-up Staff”. Since then, Eurocorps has become a familiar institution in Alsace. The number of personnel kept increasing, especially with the arrival of our Belgian friends starting in September 1993. In 1994, the branches of the Staff moved to the Aubert-de-Vincelles compound and nto their new premises.
