The Law of Collaborative Defence Procurement in the European Union
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increasingly cooperate to buy expensive defence equipment, but the
management and legal aspects of these large collaborative procurement
programmes are complex and not well understood. The Law of Collaborative
Defence Procurement in the European Union analyses how these programmes
are managed, and highlights areas which require improvement. The book
addresses the law applicable to these programmes, which is built upon a
four-layer 'matryoshka doll' of legal relationships at the crossroads of
public international law, EU law and domestic law. Using practical
examples, the book makes proposals for clarifying the legal basis and
improving the efficiency of defence equipment cooperation among EU
member states. By covering a broad scope of legal issues, this analysis
goes beyond the defence sector and is relevant to centralised or joint
purchasing and procurement activities of international organisations,
providing invaluable information for practitioners, policy-makers and
academics aiming to analyse or improve these projects.
