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⏳ Are you still waiting on key defense components you ordered from your EU supplier months ago... ?

... Did you know there are 17-year-old EU tools designed to speed up such a process for both you AND your supplier ?

It is the combination of :

📑 the CERTIDER Certification ; and

📋the General License covering the transfer of certain ML items to CERTIDER-certified entities.

If you are CERTIDER-certified, your EU supply chain doesn't need to :

⚡ apply for an individual license,

⚡ wait months and months for a feedback, nor

⚡ estimate a specific value or quantity of items to be transferred.


This is even more crucial when your supplier is a SME as they are not always the best equipped to deal with such administrative burden and complexity. There are currently more than 2 500 SMEs in the EU defence industry !


They will just need to comply with these 3 rules:

👉 Check carefully that they fulfill all the conditions listed in the General License

👉 Notify their authorities of their intention to use the General License prior to the transfer

👉 Provide their authorities with a reporting a posteriori of the transfers performed.


And it could become even more vital: the upcoming EU Omnibus Defense package foresees a complete license exemption for transactions where both the supplier and recipient are CERTIDER-certified !


Yet, across the entire EU, only 82 companies are currently CERTIDER-certified. Below some examples :

📈 France : 16

📈 Germany : 17

📈 Belgium : 12

📈 Poland : 6

Which is still quite low for countries with such an active defense industry !

📉 Spain, Norway & Romania : 1 chacun

📉 Czech Republic & Finland : 0

Despite their increasing role in the EU Defence ecosystem !


So... Are you ready to leverage EU regulatory tools to accelerate your growth?

👉  Are you an EU SME facing increasing orders from EU OEMs ? We can help you identify the right General License mechanism.

👉Are you a structured EU defense entity procuring most of your defense components in the EU ? We can help you evaluate if CERTIDER is relevant for your business and assess your readiness.

🗯️Just wondering what are the requirements to obtain such a certification ? Reach out - we are here to inform you !


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