Article 10 · Regulation (EU) 2026/2387

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Article 10Eligible actions#

1.Actions eligible for funding under the Programme shall implement the objectives set out in Article 3 and may take one or more of the following forms:

(a)support for the rapid development of emerging and disruptive defence products and, where relevant, components necessary for their production, including where those products are based on the integration and adaptation of civilian technologies with dual-use potential for defence purposes;

(b)support for the market uptake of emerging and disruptive defence products, including through support for the aggregation of demand and dedicated and iterative field testing and demonstrations with the involvement and feedback of end users, in particular through matchmaking;

(c)support for the relocation of the establishment of an entity or of its executive management structure to the Union or to an associated third country for the effective implementation of actions referred to in points (a) and (b), where an entity was previously established or its executive management structure was located in a non-associated third country;

(d)support necessary for the effective implementation of actions referred to in points (a) and (b), including, but not limited to:

(i)qualification;

(ii)certification;

(iii)access to infrastructure;

(iv)access to innovative manufacturing capacities and processes;

(v)investment readiness support;

(vi)skills development;

(vii)procurement of studies; and

(viii)ecosystem-building and strengthening activities, including support for cooperation between SMEs and European defence industrial prime contractors, system integrators and first-tier subcontractors.

2.The Programme may provide support for actions covering the swift upgrade of existing products and technologies, provided that the use of pre-existing information, intellectual property rights or other rights necessary for carrying out the action is not subject, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate legal entities, to a restriction by a non-associated third country or by a non-associated third-country entity, where that restriction would prevent the effective implementation of the action.

3.The recipients shall benefit, where possible and appropriate, from fast-track access to Union testing and experimentation facilities and to the EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS) Business Accelerator.

4.Actions supported by the Programme shall not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, as established in the framework of the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union, including respect for the principle of good neighbourly relations.

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background information
means any information necessary for, or useful to, the implementation of the Programme, generated before or outside the framework of an action supported by the Programme and provided to and used for the purposes of that action;
control
means the ability to exercise decisive influence over a legal entity directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediate legal entities;
defence product
means any defence-related product as referred to in the Annex to Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as works, supplies and services directly related to those products for any and all elements of their life cycle within the meaning of Article 2, point (c), of Directive 2009/81/EC;
emerging and disruptive defence product
means an enhanced or completely new defence product that:
executive management structure
means a body of a legal entity, appointed in accordance with national law and, where applicable, reporting to the chief executive officer of that entity, which is empowered to establish the legal entity’s strategy, objectives and overall direction, and which oversees and monitors the legal entity’s management decision-making;
foreground information
means data, know-how or information generated in the implementation of the Programme, whatever its form or nature;
legal entity
means:
non-associated third-country entity
means:
results
means any tangible or intangible effect of an action supported by the Programme, such as data, know-how or information, whatever its form or nature and whether or not it can be protected, as well as any rights attached to that effect, including intellectual property rights;
small and medium-sized enterprises
(‘SMEs’) means small and medium-sized enterprises as defined in Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC;