Regulation (EU) 2026/2387

In forceThis text since 4 Nov 2026law://eu/reg/2026/2387/art_12__para_4@2026-11-12

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4.The work programme may set up targeted two-stage bottom-up award procedures in accordance with the following rules:

(a)during the first stage:

(i)a call for expressions of interest may be launched without specifying the kind of activities or the instrument of budget implementation to be used, to enable the applicants and tenderers to submit project proposals or offers for goods, works or services that might contribute to the objectives of this Regulation, as set out in the work programme referred to in Article 16;

(ii)proposals and offers shall be evaluated and ranked based on common award criteria set out in the work programme, such as their comparative contribution to the objectives;

(iii)the evaluation committee shall determine the most appropriate instrument of budget implementation under direct or indirect management and propose the maximum amount and form of the Union contribution;

(b)during the second stage, the applicants and tenderers whose projects or offers have been successfully evaluated shall be invited to adjust and complete their proposals or offers, within the available budget, in accordance with the conclusions of the evaluation committee.

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Key facts

Type: Regulation · (EU) 2026/2387 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 21 Oct 2026
In force: 4 Nov 2026
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32026R2387 · ELI

Topics

common security and defence policy defence industry EU programme European arms policy European defence policy innovation scale-up company small and medium-sized enterprises start-up technology Common foreign and security policy Industrial policy

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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;