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Written by Sebastian Clapp (6th edition, updated on 21.11.2023).
The Commission put forward its proposal for a regulation establishing the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act (EDIRPA) on 19 July 2022. The key goals were to address the EU’s most urgent and critical defence capability gaps and incentivise the EU Member States to procure defence products jointly.
On 27 June, the co-legislators reached a political agreement on EDIRPA. Parliament adopted the EDIRPA Regulation on 12 September and the Council followed suit on 9 October. The final act was signed on 18 October and it was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 26 October 2023. It entered into force the day following its publication.
Versions
- November 2023: European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act (EDIRPA) (6th edition)
| Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act |
| Committees responsible: | Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Foreign Affairs (AFET) (jointly – Rule 58) | COM(2022) 349 19.7.2022 |
| Rapporteur: | Michael Gahler (EPP, Germany) and Zdzisław Krasnodębski (ECR, Poland) | 2022/0219(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | Sara Skyttedal (EPP, Sweden) Elena Yoncheva (S&D, Bulgaria) Carlos Zorrinho (S&D, Portugal) Dominique Riquet (Renew, France) Dragoş Tudorache (Renew, Romania) Jakop Dalunde (Greens/EFA, Sweden) Hannah Neumann (Greens/EFA, Germany) Anna Bonfrisco (ID, Italy) Thierry Mariani (ID, France) Marc Botenga (The Left, Belgium) Mick Wallace (The Left, Ireland) | Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Procedure completed. Regulation (EU) 2023/2418 OJ L, 2023/2418, 26.10.2023 |
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