DEFENSE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT WITHIN EU DIRECTIVES FRAMEWORK
DEFENSE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT WITHIN EU DIRECTIVES FRAMEWORK

Summary/Abstract: This paper summarizes briefly the European Unions regulations on acquisition, trying to outline the main aspects aplying to defense area. It begins with the principles stipulated in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – TFEU than, it introduces the regulatory framework in the field of procurement adopted by European Parliament and the European Council in order to achieve a European defense equipment market. It focuses on Directive 2009/81/EC that sets new rules for the acquisitions of armaments, ammonitions and war material and as well for the procurement of sensitive supplies, works and services for security purposes. The paper makes reference to exemptions based on article 346 TFEU as well as to offset and introduce the initiative of the European Defense Agency (EDA), the Code of Conduct on Offsets, that is a voluntary, non- legally binding, non-legally enforceable regime applicable to defense procurement contracts. The bottom line conclusion is that defense resources management sooner or later ends-up with the need of an acquisitions or modernizations program and at that point, there is always required to organize and run an acquisition procedure that must not only follow national legislative framework but also take into account the EU Directives and TFEU.

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