European Parliament · 25 March 2021

Implementation of Directive 2009/81/EC, concerning procurement in the fields of defence and security, and of Directive 2009/43/EC, concerning the transfer of defence-related products

Adopted

470 in favour · 96 against · 121 abstained. 687 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Calls on the Commission to improve access to finance for SMEs
• Calls on the Commission to continue its work and thoroughly examine the causes behind the lack of SME participation
• Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase efforts in raising awareness of the directive’s tools and benefits, in particular among SMEs

Quoted from A9-0025/2021, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

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Check it at the European Parliament

• Roll-call results, 25 March 2021
• Minutes of the sitting
• Procedure file A9-0025/2021
• Open data record for the sitting