Main headlines from this issue

Denmark’s new guidelines show determination – multipliers and penalty provisions retained

Denmark’s new industrial cooperation guidelines retain multipliers and penalty provisions, becoming one of the few EC member states to do so on a formal basis. A new National Defence Industrial Strategy has been issued in relation to the new guidelines.....

Substantial confusion remains as Poland’s parliament passes new offset law

Poland’s new offset law has passed through parliament and is expected to be signed into law by President Bronislaw Komorowski. Barring the unforeseen the new offset law will become effective by August.....

Polish government refuses to face contractors at DKF conference

The Deutsches Kompensation Forum (DKF) / Wierzbowski Eversheds conference in Warsaw, Poland, was knocked for six on June 30th as two key speakers pulled out, leaving more than a hundred delegates bemused but hardly surprised.

Turkey’s new civil offset policy gets prenuptial contract

Turkey is preparing to roll out an eccentric, convoluted, yet formal civil offset policy. The Turkish parliament has approved primary legislation to justify civil offsets. Five ministries will include industrial participation requirements in selective tenders from August.

Americans in a muddle over the Buy American Act

When the Buy American Act (BAA) requires the American administration at national or state level to use local content, does that amount to an offset? “American and foreign contractors are not speaking the same language,” said ECCO Chairman Christian Sylvain.