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Streamline and standardise defence procurement across EU and NATO countries, including binding buyer-process deadlines, harmonised testing and validation procedures, and proportionate "good enough" requirements.

THE CHALLENGE

National procurement practices remain fragmented, with limited mutual trust in other countries' procedures and persistent "not invented here" approaches.

PROPOSED ACTION

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RESPONSIBLE STAKEHOLDERS

European Commission, particularly DG DEFIS

TIMELINE

12 months

TARGET

Percentage of joint EU procurement; percentage of accepted orders (by number and volume) based on other EU/NATO countries' qualification criteria.