EDF eligibility (Article 9)
Who may receive EDF funding: established in the Union or an associated country, executive management there, and not controlled by a non-associated third country.
At a glance
- Kind
- Eligibility rule (assessed, not obtained)
- Needed for
- EDF funding.
- Legal basis
- Regulation (EU) 2021/697, Article 9; associated countries: Article 5 as replaced by Regulation (EU) 2025/2653
- Last reviewed
- Verification
- Verified: the page was fetched and the fact is in it.
What the rules say
This is a set of rules that the applicant declares and the Commission assesses, not a document to obtain. The rules are listed below, each with the text of the regulation.
Which programmes ask for it
- European Defence Fund (EDF): Established in the Union or an associated country (Required)Your company is established outside the EU, the EEA EFTA states and Ukraine. EDF recipients must be established in the Union or in an associated country.
- European Defence Fund (EDF): Executive management in the Union or an associated country (Required)Your executive management structures are outside the EU, the EEA EFTA states and Ukraine. EDF recipients must have them in the Union or in an associated country.
- European Defence Fund (EDF): Not controlled by a non-associated third country (Required)Your company is controlled from a non-associated third country.
Questions
- Who needs EDF eligibility (Article 9)?
- EDF funding.
Source
Regulation (EU) 2021/697, Article 9 · Open the source
[Regulation (EU) 2021/697, Article 9(1)] Recipients and subcontractors involved in an action shall be established in the Union or in an associated country.
Quoted from the Official Journal text of the regulation. Last reviewed 2026-10-17.