Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘defence product’ means goods, services and works that fall within the scope of Directive 2009/81/EC, as set out in Article 2 thereof; (2) ‘other products for defence purposes’ means any good, service and work other than those falling within the scope of Directive 2009/81/EC, as set out in Article 2 thereof, which are necessary for or aimed at defence purposes; (3) ‘common procurement’ means the procurement procedure of defence products or other products for defence purpose and the resulting contracts, carried out by at least one Member State receiving financial assistance under the SAFE instrument and one additional Member State or one Member of the European Free Trade Association which are members of the European Economic Area (‘EEA EFTA States’) or Ukraine. In addition, the common procurement may include acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, and other third countries with whom the Union has entered a Security and Defence Partnership (Non-Binding Instrument, NBI). Common procurement may include existing procurement contracts which fulfil the same conditions.