Brussels calls for defence market to be freed

The European Commission published a Green Paper on 23 September 2004 on how to improve cross-border competition in certain types of defence procurement. The Commission wants to help Member States to get better value in the €30 billion plus European Union market for defence procurement and to help EU defence industries to be more competitive, by providing guidance on how EC Treaty exceptions and requirements should be interpreted.

European Commission: DG Internal Market: Consultations: Green Paper on defence procurement http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52004DC0608

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52004DC0608 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52004DC0608

European Commission: Press Release: IP/04/1133 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1133&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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