Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defe...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Proposal for a Strasbourg, 17.6.2025 COM(2025) 822 final 2025/0176 (COD) REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL • Reasons for and objectives of the proposal The Russian invasion of Ukraine has underscored the urgent need to strengthen the capacity of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) of supporting the defence readiness of Member States in the face of emerging security threats. The ongoing conflict has exposed vulnerabilities in the European defence landscape, highlighting the importance of ramping-up without delay the EDTIB’s production capacities and of tapping into its full innovation potential in particular by accelerating innovation cycles. As stressed in the Joint White Paper for European Defence Readiness 20301, “rebuilding European defence requires, as a starting point, a massive investment over a sustained period. Together we must accelerate work on all strands to urgently ramp up European defence readiness to ensure that Europe has a strong and sufficient European defence posture by 2030 at the latest”. Considering the above, and further to the Council call on the European Commission to accelerate the work on all...