TY - JOUR T1 - Defence Procurement – Commission Proposals and EDA Code of Conduct A1 - Roe, Sally A1 - Lessenich, Christof PY - 2006 N2 - EPPPL 1|2006 Defence Procurement 33 I. Introduction 1. A large number of defence related contracts in the EU is currently not awarded in accordance with the general EU tendering rules. This is mainly because the Treaty allows Member State authorities to derogate from these rules where a contract affects their essential security interests (Art. 296 EC). Member States have in the past made widespread use of this exemption and the approach adopted h JF - European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review JA - European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review VL - 1 IS - 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.21552/EPPPL/2006/1/72 M3 - doi:10.21552/EPPPL/2006/1/72 ER -