As part of the crisis preparedness framework, the Commission should carry out and coordinate stress tests and simulations, building in particular on the advice of the Defence Security of Supply Board (the Board) concerning critically important topics for defence supply chains. In that context, the Commission could develop scenarios and parameters that capture the particular risks associated with a crisis in the supply of crisis-relevant products. In order to ensure the crisis preparedness of all relevant actors, it is necessary that all Member States and, where relevant, the High Representative, the EDA and other relevant actors are invited to take part, on a voluntary basis, in those stress tests. In that context, the Commission could facilitate and encourage the development of strategies for emergency preparedness, including strategies for crisis communication and exchanging information about applicable restrictions in challenging circumstances. Given the sensitivity of information related to supply-chains bottlenecks for the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States, the results of those stress tests should constitute classified information.
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