Description
Book SynopsisA critical evaluation of the EU Defence and Security Procurement Directive, now the basis for all entities buying armaments and sensitive goods and services in the EU. This book is an essential overview of a legislative milestone in the field.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Context of the Defence Directive: 1. The political and economic context of the Defence Directive: buyers, sellers, and national security; 2. The legal base of the Defence Directive in EU internal market law: prohibitions, exemptions, and proportionality; 3. Defence derogations from the Treaty: Articles 346 and 347 TFEU; 4. The EU law and policy context beyond the Defence Directive: intra-Community transfers, exports, standardisation, competition law, mergers, and State aids; 5. European armaments law and policy outside the EU internal market: EDA, OCCAR, Letter of Intent, and NATO; Part II. The Defence Directive: 6. Inside or outside the Defence Directive: limitation of scope; 7. Security through flexibility: the procurement procedures of the Defence Directive; 8. Security of supply and security of information: description in the specifications, contract conditions, qualification and award criteria; 9. Addressing the structure of the European defence industries: substituting offsets with subcontracts?; 10. The 'hidden Remedies Directive': review and remedies in the Defence Directive; Conclusions.
