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Upcoming Events:
Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) has just launched a web consultation to solicit views from the broader transatlantic business community as they prepare for the next meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council. The date for the TEC meeting has yet to be confirmed. The web consultation will remain open for comments until May 15th, during which time all submissions will be posted to the TABD TEC webpage upon receipt.
On Thursday, May 7 and 13, TABD will host TEC Stakeholder’s Meetings in Washington, D.C. and Brussels for a discussion on TABD recommendations for the upcoming TEC. The discussion will focus on submissions received at that point during the currently ongoing Industry Consultation.
TABD Events: TEC Stakeholders’ Meetings
WASHINGTON MEETING
Date and time: Thursday, May 7, 3:00-4:30 pm
Location: Deloitte, 555 12th Street, NW, Ste
500,Washington, DC 20006
BRUSSELS MEETING
Date and time: Thursday, May 13, 3:00-5:00 pm
Location: Residence Palace, 155 rue de la Loi, B-1040
Brussels.
If you are interested in attending please contact hkaplan@tabd.com .
New Developments/Reports:
EC Defense Package Approved
Two new EU Directives recently approved by the European Parliament are expected to be officially endorsed soon by the EU Council of Ministers. This package of measures is aimed at laying the foundations for a European defense marketplace and rationalize defense acquisition processes.
First, a Directive on Defense Procurement will introduce common procedures for the procurement of military and sensitive nonmilitary security equipment. After being transposed into the national laws of the member States, US bidders on defense and security contracts will have to abide by the new EU Directive.
Second, the Directive on Intra-EU Transfers of Defence-Related Products introduces new pan-European Licenses that will ease the circulation of defense equipment in the EU and proposes new conditions for the certification of defense companies in the EU.
Ask for our reports on these two EU Directives (see the Market Research reports section)