Document ID: 32014L0108

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2014/108/EU
of 12 December 2014
amending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of defence-related products
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Directive 2009/43/EC covers all defence-related products which correspond to those listed in the Common Military List of the European Union, adopted by the Council on 19 March 2007.
(2)
On 17 March 2014 the Council adopted an updated Common Military List of the European Union (2).
(3)
Directive 2009/43/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on EU Transfers of Defence-related Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
The Annex to Directive 2009/43/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 16 March 2015 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
They shall apply those provisions from 24 March 2015.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 December 2014.

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