In light of those challenges, it appears necessary and appropriate to establish a Union-wide security of supply regime aimed at increasing the security of supply of defence products in order to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and make it resilient to any shock. In that context, it is essential to: provide for coordination measures and prepare for and respond to the impact of future supply crises on the internal market for defence products; ensure security of supply of defence products, components and raw materials thereof, and of any products and services critical to their production, whose availability is indispensable to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and its supply chains and which must be guaranteed in order to respond to a supply crisis (crisis-relevant products); and ensure the proper functioning of the internal market for defence products, including by preventing the emergence of obstacles to it. Those measures should be based on Article 114 TFEU.
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