According to Leakey, its main tasks will be the maintenance of peace and stability in BiH, assistance with defence reform in the country and co-operation with NATO's headquarters in BiH in locating and arresting war crimes indictees.
Prema Likijevim rečima, glavni zadatak EUFOR-a biće održavanje mira i stabilnosti u BiH, pružanje pomoći u reformi sistema odbrane u zemlji i saradnja sa sedištem NATO-a u BiH u pronalaženju i hapšenju optuženika za ratne zločine.