The Council of the EU would like the process for the authorisation regime for defence infrastructure projects to be longer than the deadlines proposed by the European Commission, according to a draft compromise text from the Secretariat-General of the EU Council dated 13 November, obtained by Agence Europe.
If, as proposed by the Commission on 17 June (see EUROPE B13661A6), the Secretariat-General agrees that the project authorisation procedure, including the issue of the corresponding...