Defence procurement in the European Union
Subtitle: the current debate
By: report of an EUISS task force ; Chairman and rapporteur: Burkard Schmitt
Contributors: Institute for Security Studies (Paris, France)
Publisher: European Union Institute for Security Studies
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Defense industries; Military-industrial complex
Description: In September 2004, the European Commission issued a Green Paper on defence procurement, proposing various options to improve transparency and openness of defence markets between EU member states. The Green Paper opened a discussion on procurement law which rapidly widened into a general debate on how to move towards a common Defence Equipment Market. The present report is the fruit of that work. It concludes that Communication, Directive and Code are not alternatives to one another, but complementary. It therefore recommends that all three of them should be developed concurrently. In order to optimise their effectiveness, the Commission and the Defence Agency should work out solutions in related areas. All of these initiatives should be launched in parallel as part of a comprehensive strategy for the establishment of a common European Defence Equipment Market.
Notes: Title from PDF title page (viewed Sept. 24, 2008).

Also available in print.