translate English to French: The ESRP can bolster ETAP provided some of the very sensible recommendations made by the Group of Personalities that drafted the report on which the current Preparatory Action is based are followed: "(a) A European Security Research Programme should take advantage of the multifunctionality16 of capabilities and technologies; (b) A flexible approach to security research has the potential to bridge the gap between civil and traditional defence research.
« Strategic Aerospace Review for the 21st Century – Creating a coherent market and policy framework for a vital European industry », Commission européenne, juillet 2002 ; http://europa.eu.int. Les industries représentées étaient BAe Systems (Royaume-Uni), EADS, Finmeccanica (Italie), Rolls-Royce (Royaume-Uni), SNECMA (France) et Thales. 14 Le rapport du Groupe de personnalités sur le Programme européen de recherche sur la sécurité appelle à un financement minimum d’un milliard d’euros par an ; « Research for a Secure Europe – Report of the Group of Personalities in the field of Security Research », 15 mars 2003 ; http://europa.eu.int.