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SOME FACTS AND FIGURES REGARDING THE EUROPEAN DEFENCE FUND, IN PARTICULAR EDIDP

30 November 2016, publication of the Commission’s Defence Action Plan1

7 June 2017, Commission’s Defence Package2: Reflection Paper on the future of European defence,Communication on the European Defence Fund, and legislative proposal for a regulation on European DefenceIndustrial Development Programme (EDIDP)

The European Defence Fund has two windows: a DEFENCE RESEARCH window and a DEFENCE DEVELOPMENTwindow. Each window has legislative and budgetary implications.

EU legislative implications: Two regulations 2019-2020

DEFENCE RESEARCH: Legislative proposal to be expected in 2018: A fully fledged European Defence ResearchProgramme (EDRP) for the next MFF.

DEFENCE DEVELOPMENT: To be ready in 2019: A European Defence Industrial Development Programme(EDIDP) and before 2021 its successor for the next MFF. 4 committees in the EP are involved in the EDIDPnegotiations: ITRE (lead committee), SEDE, BUDG, IMCO. ITRE rapporteur: GROSSETETE Françoise (PPE/FR)/ shadows: POCHE Miroslav (S&D /CZ), RIQUET Dominique (ALDE/FR), KRASNODĘBSKI Zdzisław(ECR/PL), SYLIKIOTIS Neoklis (GUE/EL) BORRELLI David (EFDD/IT) LECHEVALIER Christelle (ENF/FR) andBÜTIKOFER Reinhard (Greens/EFA, DE). ITRE will vote on 21 February 2018, trialogue as from March 2018,agreement in 1st reading most probably until end 2018.

EU budget implications: EUR 690 million until 2020, more than EUR 10 billion post 2021

DEFENCE RESEARCH: 2017-2019 EUR 90 million for a Preparatory Action for Defence Research; next MFF: EUR500 million annually for a European Defence Research Programme (EDRP) (total: EUR 3.5 billion for 7 years).

DEFENCE DEVELOPMENT: 2019-2020 EUR 500 million for the defence industrial development programme, nextMFF: EUR 1 billion annually for the same program (total: EUR 7 billion for 7 years).

MORE SOURCES FOR VARIOUS AIMS: Figures yet unclear. Support to defence industry and military cooperationvia existing EU funds3 such as European Investment Fund4, European Investment Bank, European Regional andDevelopment Fund, ERASMUS+, COSME etc.

Sources of financing5 for the European Defence Industrial Development Programme 2019 2020 TotalCONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY 14532.020101 – Further integration of the internal energy market and the interoperability ofelectricity and gas networks across borders

20 20 40

32.020102 - Enhancing Union security of energy supply 20 20 4032.020103 - Contributing to sustainable development and protection of the environment 20 20 4009.0303 - Promoting interoperability, sustainable deployment, operation and upgrading oftrans-European digital service infrastructures, as well as coordination at European level

10 15 25

EUROPEAN SATELLITE NAVIGATION PROGRAMMES (EGNOS and Galileo) 135

02.0501 – Developing and providing global satellite-based radio navigation infrastructuresand services (Galileo) by 2020

80 50 130

02.0502 - Providing satellite-based services improving the performance of GPS togradually cover the whole European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC)

5 5

EUROPEAN EARTH OBSERVATION PROGRAMME, of which 1502.0601 Delivering operational services relying on space-borne observations and in-situ data(Copernicus)

10 5 15

ITER, of which 8032.050102 Construction, operation and exploitation of the ITER facilities – European JointUndertaking for ITER — Fusion for Energy (F4E)

30 50 80

Unallocated margin, of which 125Unallocated Margin 55 70 125

1 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-4088_en.htm2 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1516_en.htm3 A good overview here: https://www.eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/documents/eu-funding-opportunities-table_15052017.pdf4 Some ESIF funded defence projects 2014-2017 are listed here: https://www.eda.europa.eu/what-we-do/our-current-priorities/eu-funding-opportunities/ESIf-success-stories5 https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/com-2017-294_en