The Defence Planning Committee was a former senior decision-making body on matters relating to the integrated military structure of NATO.
It was dissolved following a major committee review in June 2010 and its responsibilities absorbed by the North Atlantic Council.
[3] The DPC provided guidance to NATO's military authorities and oversaw the force planning process.
Following the withdrawal of France from the integrated military command, the DPC was delegated greater mandate over the integrated military command, and gained the same level of authority as the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the Nuclear Planning Group on matters within its competence.
The force planning process identified NATO's military requirements, set planning targets for individual countries to contribute to those requirements, and assessed the extent to which members meet those targets and provided other forces and capabilities to the Alliance.