Recital (81)

The ability of the Union to anticipate and address crises in the supply of defence products affecting the proper functioning of the internal market depends on the knowledge and surveillance, at Union level, of the structure, strengths and weaknesses of the Union’s supply chains of such products. In light of the complexities of defence supply chains and of the existing tensions and risk of shortages along those supply chains, it is necessary to provide instruments for a continued coordinated approach to mapping and monitoring of the Union’s supply chains of crisis-relevant products. The results of such mapping will also provide relevant information for the development of Union measures aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of the EDTIB and for assessing the Union’s position in global defence supply chains. Mapping and monitoring should, in that perspective, focus on products whose serious disruption, or imminent risk of such disruption, would result or likely result in divergent national measures leading to a severe negative impact on the proper functioning of the internal market, in particular obstacles to cross-border trade.