ASD Europe

ASD represents the interests of the European Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries. With 26 major European companies and 23 National Associations members, the overall representation adds up to more than 4,000 companies across 21 European countries. We are actively supporting the competitive development of the sector in Europe and worldwide.

The Cybersecurity Act (the CSA) set a permanent mandate for the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and established a European Cybersecurity Certification Framework (ECCF) for voluntary European cybersecurity certification schemes for ICT products, services and processes.

ASD welcomes formal inclusion of the aviation sector within the EU Taxonomy framework and the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed amendments to the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act. We appreciate the European Commissions continued efforts and the visible changes introduced since the previous stakeholder consultation.

ASD welcomes the EU Commissions initiative to update the EUs Aviation Strategy and to formally include the aeronautics sector in the strategy. Civil aeronautics is currently one of the EUs few remaining globally leading industries and a strategic asset for competitiveness, technological leadership, strategic autonomy, exports, defence spillovers, and decarbonisation.

ASD welcomes the Commission's initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act and shares the ambition for increasing the efficiency, sustainability and competitiveness of European industry. The Commission rightly highlights that advanced materials play a key role in areas such as space and defence - but also civil aeronautics.

Here attached is the feedback provided on behalf of the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) . We welcome the Commission's white paper on EU support to R&D for technologies with dual-use potential. It is a complex but important issue, which is of particular relevance to our industries given the inherently dual civil-military nature of a lot of our technologies.

ASD is the voice of the European aerospace, security and defence industries. With 28 major European companies and 24 national associations, the overall representation adds up to more than 4,000 companies across 22 European countries.

AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) thanks the European Commission for this opportunity to provide comments to the call for evidence on the “European Chemicals Agency – proposal for a basic regulation”.

ASD welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to this consultation on the development of ecodesign requirements for iron and steel products. In the following, we would like to share our considerations pertaining to the A&D sector to help ensure that the requirements are workable for our industry, taking into account its specific characteristics, including long product lifecycles, complex global supply chains, and…

ASD would like to use this opportunity to share some concerns regarding the amendment of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 to include medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCP) as substances subject to certain restrictions.

ASD welcomes all initiatives that aim at creating the conditions that support the competitive development and resilience of the Union's defence industry. A strong EDTIB is vital for Europe's defence readiness, especially in today's geopolitical and security environment.