[2] It is one of nine is NATO-certified corps headquarters[3] and can command a national or multinational land component of between 60,000 and 120,000 personnel.

The Corps HQ is designed to command forces under French, EU or NATO authority.

The Corps HQ is based in Lille, within the 17th-century Citadel of Lille, also known as the "Queen of the Citadels", designed by the French engineer and fortress designer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban[4]

The RRC-FR was officially founded on 1 October 2006, in a ceremony including representatives of 22 nations, along with generals Henri Bentégeat and Bernard Thorette, then Chief of Staff of the French Army.

[8] It employs more than 400 personnel, (including 70 officers and NCOs from 12 different EU or NATO countries) and up to 750 in times of crisis.