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Article 4Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021#
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 is amended as follows:
(1)in Article 2, the following point is added:
(14)“defence readiness” means the state of preparedness of a Member State or several Member States to respond to a crisis as defined in Article 1, point (10), of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote, which relates to defence.
(2)in Article 3, the following paragraph is inserted:‘4a.When collecting, assessing and submitting information related to socio-economic considerations pursuant to Annex F to the Convention for the purpose of the risk management evaluation referred to in Article 8(7) and (8) of the Convention, the Commission and Member States shall duly take into account defence readiness and specificities of the defence sector, including impact on defence production supply chains.’;
(3)in Article 13(1), the following subparagraph is added:‘Where necessary, Member States may make exemptions from this article on grounds of protection of Union or national defence interests for the purpose of protecting sensitive information provided that such exemptions do not undermine the Union’s or Member States’ compliance, where relevant, with their reporting obligations under the Convention.’.
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