to allege a ground of equitable defence

fire fighting facilities | fire fighting medium | means of extinction

allege a ground of equitable defence

suppression of enemy air defences [ SEAD ]

shark repellent | defence | defense | defensive measure | defensive tactic | porcupine provision | shark repellent technique

special pleas

33. Recalls that there is a proliferation of competing industrial standards for civilian and military products; regrets the limited success of the implementation of NATO's standardization agreements (STANAG) and recommendations (STANREC); calls on the Commission and EDA to promote a coherent set of common standards in defence and to develop 'hybrid standards' in dual-use areas; calls on the Member States to ensure that their future steps to set defence standards are based on the civilian suggestions made by the Commission and European standardisation organisations;

33. Recalls that there is a proliferation of competing industrial standards for civilian and military products; regrets the limited success of the implementation of NATO's standardization agreements (STANAG) and recommendations (STANREC); calls on the Commission and EDA to promote a coherent set of common standards in defence and to develop 'hybrid standards' in dual-use areas; calls on the Member States to ensure that their future steps to set defence standards are based on the civilian suggestions made by the Commission and European standardisation organisations;

Operators may benefit directly from certain exceptions and defences (for example force majeure , armed conflict, third party intervention) and defences introduced via transposition (for example permit defence, state of the art defence).

8. Is of the opinion that ballistic missile proliferation poses an increasing threat to the territory and the nations of the EU and that missile defence forms part of a broader response to counter this threat; recognises, therefore, the substantial contribution to the protection of the EU from long-range ballistic missiles to be provided by the planned deployment of Europe-based US missile defence assets; welcomes the endorsement of the US plans by the NATO summit in Bucharest, as well as its decision to extend the system to areas in Europe that would not be covered by current US plans; calls on NATO to explore in close cooperation wi ...[+++]th the EU ways to link the US capability with current NATO missile defence efforts as a way to ensure that it is an integral part of any future NATO- and EU-wide missile defence architecture; encourages the Russian Federation to take advantage of US missile defence cooperation proposals, and calls on all parties involved in the project to explore the potential for linking US, NATO and Russian missile defence systems at an appropriate time;