{"id":63227,"date":"2022-10-31T20:50:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T20:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/31\/eu-officials-flag-vulnerabilities-to-foreign-control-in-defense-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:44:48","slug":"eu-officials-flag-vulnerabilities-to-foreign-control-in-defense-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2022\/10\/31\/eu-officials-flag-vulnerabilities-to-foreign-control-in-defense-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"EU officials flag vulnerabilities to foreign control in defense sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Not all European Union members have enacted national policies for screening foreign direct investments in their critical industries, hobbling attempts at fostering an integrated defense supply chain for the bloc, according to a European Defence Agency official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agency officials diagnosed the problem during a study of defense-industrial strategies published by members countries that concluded over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pieter Taal, the head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/07\/18\/eu-members-wish-lists-are-due-for-new-ukraine-replenishment-fund\/\">EDA\u2019s<\/a> industry strategy and EU policies unit, said the lack of control policies when it comes to non-EU companies buying stakes in potentially crucial suppliers remains a \u201ccomplicating factor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the foreign investor, external control of key companies could directly challenge the vision of Europe\u2019s strategic autonomy, he told reporters in an Oct. 26 video call from Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly half of the 27 EU members lack requisite screening policies, Taal said. That is because setting up control mechanisms is each nation\u2019s prerogative, he added. Some may find them needless, others have yet to enact them, Taal explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vulnerabilities in critical supply chains are a major concern on both sides of the Atlantic. Pentagon officials have long worried about Chinese access, in particular, to critical nodes in the defense-industrial base that contribute to advanced weapon systems. The fear is that malicious actors could introduce manipulated parts into the supply chain, or steal trade secrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But simply discovering foreign-controlled lurkers in the multilayered web of the defense industry has turned out to be thorny task in its own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Commission flagged Russian and Belarusian foreign direct investment in Europe\u2019s industry landscape in the spring following Moscow\u2019s attack on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the current circumstances, there is a significantly heightened risk that FDI by Russian and Belarusian investors may pose a threat to security and public order,\u201d commission officials wrote in a note to member states. \u201cThese risks may be exacerbated by the amount of Russian investments in the EU and the intensity of prior business relations between EU and Russian companies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the 27 member states, 18 have registered with the commission their existence of a national policy regime covering the screening of foreign direct investments, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/trade.ec.europa.eu\/doclib\/docs\/2019\/june\/tradoc_157946.pdf\">list published<\/a> by the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those without such policies should \u201curgently\u201d create them and, in the meantime, use other legal avenues to ward off malicious foreign investments that could leave the bloc as a whole vulnerable, according to the commission document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a complex issue,\u201d said Taal, arguing that suitable screening criteria take time to develop. \u201cIt\u2019s not something you can do overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EDA and other defense-minded institutions have their own checks in place to ensure companies vying to be part of EU initiatives aren\u2019t controlled by entities working against EU objectives, Taal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That definition is crucial. 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