Source: European Parliament
The Commission has not concluded any contract for lobbying activities in the area of Common Security Defence Policy.
In line with the competences conferred to it under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Titles XVII (Industry) and XIX (Research and technological development and space), the Commission supports the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the European defence industry.
In particular, as a result of the first three annual rounds of European Defence Fund[1] calls for proposals, grant agreements for 162 projects were signed (amounting to EUR 3.117 million) with entities established in 26 Member States (all Member States excluding Malta) and Norway.
With the objective to support the ramping up of ammunition production in Europe, 31 projects were signed under Regulation on supporting of ammunition production (ASAP)[2] involving entities from 14 Member States (Germany, France, Finland, Hungary, Sweden, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Greece, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Latvia, Poland, Romania) and Norway; total grant amount of EUR 513 million).
Under the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement[3] programme, which aims at incentivising cooperation in defence procurement, five grant agreements have been signed with national authorities of 17 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia), for a total of EUR 300 million.
- [1] Regulation (EU) 2021/697 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing the European Defence Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1092, OJ L 170, 12 May 2021.
- [2] Regulation (EU) 2023/1525 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 July 2023 on supporting ammunition production (ASAP), OJ L 185, 24 July 2023.
- [3] Regulation (EU) 2023/2418 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on establishing an instrument for the reinforcement of the European defence industry through common procurement (EDIRPA) — OJ L, 2023/2418, 26 October 2023.