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Defence Offsets: Regulation and Impact on the Integration of the European Defence Equipment Market

The views expressed in this chapter are those of the author alone and not necessarily of the European Commission.

The Evolving Boundaries of Defence: An Assessment of Recent Shifts in Defence Activities

ISBN: 978-1-78350-974-4, eISBN: 978-1-78350-965-2

Publication date: 14 August 2014

Abstract

The use of offsets is one of the main characteristics of international defence trade. The rising costs of defence equipment and the significant contraction of defence spending have resulted in an environment that favoured the use of offset policies, the latter becoming increasingly demanding in both quantitative and qualitative terms. The chapter analyses the role of offsets on the process of integration of defence equipment markets, with a specific focus on the EU. Particular attention is given to the offset-relevant regulation and practice and to their recent evolution in the EU following the adoption of European Directive on defence and security procurement (81/81/EC). Offsets play a dual role with regard to the integration of defence industries: on one hand they can be trade-distorting and contribute to the survival of inefficient suppliers in arms importing countries; on the other hand, they can contribute in overcoming barriers that may otherwise prevent some potentially efficient suppliers from accessing the supply chains of the big system integrators. The chapter draws the attention on the need to complement the regulatory evolution by further initiatives aiming at improving the access of non-incumbent suppliers to the supply chains of the large defence system integrators.

Citation

Ianakiev, G. (2014), "Defence Offsets: Regulation and Impact on the Integration of the European Defence Equipment Market

The views expressed in this chapter are those of the author alone and not necessarily of the European Commission.

", The Evolving Boundaries of Defence: An Assessment of Recent Shifts in Defence Activities (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 251-270. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-832320140000023016

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