Introductory text
United Kingdom
Commission Directive 2010/80/EU
of 22 November 2010
amending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of defence-related products
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Communityf1, and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Directive 2009/43/EC covers all defence-related products which correspond to those listed in the Common Military List of the European Union, adopted by the Council on 19 March 2007.
(2)
On 15 February 2010 the Council adopted an updated Common Military List of the European Unionf2.
(3)
It is therefore necessary to amend the Annex to Directive 2009/43/EC providing for the list of defence-related products.
(4)
For reasons of coherence, Member States should apply the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive from the same date as those provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2009/43/EC.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 14 of Directive 2009/43/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: