Defence and Security Public Procurement Directive

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in the fields of defence and security

Stage: In force
In force: In force since 21 Aug 2009 · CELEX 32009L0081
Transposition deadline: 21 Aug 2011
Procedure: Directive
Last activity: 13 Jul 2009

4 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 3 published urgency procedure, 1 published.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2487	Delegated · Regulation	Published	Q4 2025
2023 Threshold Revision of the Defence Procurement Directive	Delegated · Regulation	Published urgency procedure	Q4 2023
2021 Threshold Revision of the Defence Procurement Directive	Delegated · Regulation	Published urgency procedure	10/2021
Application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts	Delegated · Regulation	Published urgency procedure

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Directive 2009/81/EC coordinates award procedures for defence and security contracts, covering military and sensitive equipment, works, and services. It applies to contracts at or above EUR 432,000 for supplies/services and EUR 5,404,000 for works. Exclusions cover intelligence, cooperative R&D programs, and government-to-government deals.

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