Article 30 — Facilitating off-take agreements

1. The Commission shall set up a system to facilitate the conclusion of off-take agreements related to the industrial ramp-up of the Ukrainian DTIB’s manufacturing capacities, between Member States and Ukraine on the one hand and economic operators of the Ukrainian DTIB on the other, in compliance with the Union’s competition and procurement rules. The Commission shall ensure that access by a non-associated third country other than Ukraine or by another third-country entity to classified or sensitive information relating to the action is prevented and that the employees or other persons involved in the action have national security clearance issued by a Member State, an associated country or Ukraine. 2. The system referred to in paragraph 1 shall allow interested Member States and Ukraine to make bids for defence products indicating: (a) the volume and quality; (b) the intended price or price range; (c) the intended duration of the off-take agreement. 3. The system referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall allow manufacturers of defence products that comply with criteria equivalent to those laid out in Article 26(1), (3) and (4) to make offers indicating: (a) the volume and quality of defence products for which they are seeking to conclude off-take agreements; (b) the intended price or price range at which they are willing to sell; (c) the estimated delivery lead time of defence products within the framework of the off-take agreement; (d) the intended duration of the off-take agreement. 4. Based on the bids and offers received pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3, the Commission shall put relevant manufacturers of defence products in contact with interested Member States and Ukraine. 5. Further to the contact referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, Ukraine and interested Member States may request the Commission to engage in a joint procurement procedure or in a procurement procedure in their name, or on their behalf, pursuant to Article 28. 6. The financial envelope referred to in Article 3(2) may cover the parts of the contract on non-recurrent costs, including the reservation of manufacturing capacities.