RULES AND REGULATION
_The General Directorate for Armament (DGA) is under the direct control of
the Minister of Defence. Management of the DGA is assumed by the Director for General Armament,
Laurent Collet-Billon, and various other officials. They are responsible where defence
procurement is concerned. The Minister of Defence also has the task to
authorize the sale of military equipment of French origin as well as
approving any request for services that the French Armed Forces can
provide.
The basic activities which needs to approve are:
The basic activities which needs to approve are:
- Exportation / importation of the state’s array of available military and dual-purpose products and services;
- Organization of licensed armament and military equipment production abroad;
- Maintenance and repairs of weapons, armaments, and military equipment supplied to customers;
- Modernization of armaments and military equipment made in France;
- Training of foreign specialists to operate and maintain supplied material in Franceand customer countries;
- Technical assistance in building military infrastructure installations, such as defence enterprises, airfields, depots, firing grounds, training centers, etc.;
- Promotion of innovative high-technology civil-purpose products developed by French defence industry enterprises;
- Any other agreement which involves the French Ministry of Defence, French Armed Forces or French defence industry enterprises.
_Concerning the sale of military equipment of German origin certain regulations will be applied:
Rules concerning the acquisition of German military equipment
Article I:: The resale/redistribution of military equipment of French origin is only allowed after approval of the German government.
Article II:: It is not allowed to copy or re-engineer (parts of) military equipment of French origin. Request for technologies can be addressed to Ministere de la Defense directly.
Article III:: Nations must do everything in their power to keep their military equipment of French origin from being copied by any government/military/organization.
Article IV:: The French government has the right to deny selling of equipment although the purchasing country has obliged to all the rules and regulations, without giving reason for the refusal.
Violation of these regulations will result in legal and financial sanctions.
Rules concerning the acquisition of German military equipment
Article I:: The resale/redistribution of military equipment of French origin is only allowed after approval of the German government.
Article II:: It is not allowed to copy or re-engineer (parts of) military equipment of French origin. Request for technologies can be addressed to Ministere de la Defense directly.
Article III:: Nations must do everything in their power to keep their military equipment of French origin from being copied by any government/military/organization.
Article IV:: The French government has the right to deny selling of equipment although the purchasing country has obliged to all the rules and regulations, without giving reason for the refusal.
Violation of these regulations will result in legal and financial sanctions.