# Commission Decision (EU) 2019/513 of 26 March 2019 on the security framework for the European Defence Industrial Development Programme, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Commission Decision (EU) 2019/513
of 26 March 2019
on the security framework for the European Defence Industrial Development Programme
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 249 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereafter ‘the Programme’) is the programme for 2019-2020 for the capability development window of the European Defence Fund.
(2)
Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 shall apply to the handling of classified information in the Programme.
(3)
Given the specificities of the Programme and the role of Member States therein, Member States on whose territory the beneficiaries are established may classify foreground information generated in the performance of a development action, setting up a security framework to this end before the signature of the grant agreement,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/513/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-513/introduction
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.