EF Integration Agreement
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| Type | Contracting framework |
|---|---|
| Signed | March 2022 |
| Location | Amsterdam |
| Parties | European Federation; H&A |
| Superseded by | Kraków Accords (2027) |
The EF Integration Agreement is a contracting agreement signed in March 2022 between the European Federation and the industrial group H&A, under which H&A became the primary operational contractor to the Federation's armed forces and parasite response. It brought the Federation's procurement from H&A under a single framework, and left command and political authority with the Federation's government. It was in force until the Kraków Accords of 2027.
Background
By early 2022 the Federation was fighting the parasites and, from the start of the Second World War, the United States. Its procurement system, which bought equipment and services contract by contract from many suppliers, could not supply both at the pace required. H&A was already the Federation's largest defence supplier, and its Hyperbiology Division, set up in 2020 to contest the sulfur hexafluoride lawsuit, held most of the scientific data on the parasites.
Terms
Under the agreement the Federation's individual contracts with H&A were replaced by a single framework covering equipment, munitions, logistics and research. The main provisions were:
- priority for the Federation's orders in H&A's production;
- prices at cost plus 6%, in return for priority and exclusivity;
- H&A liaison staff in the headquarters of the European Defence Force and of the federal civil defence;
- the sharing of Hyperbiology's research with the Federation's health directorate;
- joint research programmes on weapons effective against parasite organisms.
The armed forces remained under the Federation's command, and the Parliament kept oversight of the framework through annual reports.
Implementation
The development of RTG ammunition, which defeats the membrane of the larger parasites, began in 2022 under the agreement's research provisions. H&A Logistics took over an increasing share of the Federation's military transport from 2023, as marine insurance withdrew from most routes.
Reception
The agreement passed the Parliament by 497 votes to 183. The Sovereigntist Restoration Front opposed it as handing the Federation's defence to a private company, and the Social-Green Compact called for stronger parliamentary oversight. Its supporters described it as a contracting measure required by the two wars.