Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-003012/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Marc Botenga (The Left)
Investigate Europe and Reporters United have revealed that the European Defence Fund is subsidising Intracom Defense, a Greek company. However, according to Intracom’s financial reports, since 2023 it has actually been controlled by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), an Israeli state-owned company, which holds 94.5 % of its shares and 100 % of its voting rights[1].
The technologies and results of EU projects could thus end up in the hands of a government-owned company of a third country. The Commission’s response was that the projects could not be controlled by, or transferred to, a third-country government, neither while they were in progress nor after they had ended[2].
- 1.Does this ban apply to non-EU public companies, such as IAI, which are owned or controlled by the government of a third country?
- 2.Intracom is currently developing technologies as part of the ACTUS project. Given that Intracom is controlled by IAI, a non-EU state-owned company, can the Commission guarantee that the latter has absolutely no access to the technologies developed, and if so, how is it able to give that guarantee?
- 3.Who will own the intellectual property rights for the results of the ACTUS project?
Submitted: 18.7.2025