30.11.2005, 17:31
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Zitat:EU resolves to free up defence market
Aerospace manufacturers are cautiously welcoming a voluntary deal struck between European Union countries to open defence contracts to competition.
Defence ministers passed the Intergovernmental Regime to Encourage Competition in the European Defence Equipment Market (IRECEDEM) in Brussels last week, establishing a voluntary code under which defence procurement will be opened up to cross-border competition. Currently, defence and security contracts are exempt from European anti-trust laws that ensure any European company can bid for contracts in any EU country. The European Defence Agency (EDA), created last year to co-ordinate defence procurement, had been pushing for a reversal of this exemption, but says the code of conduct, although voluntary, is a “major breakthrough”. ...