Preparing for your first ISO 9001 certification audit
Learn what the Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits each cover, how to run a clause-by-clause gap analysis first, and which documents an auditor expects to see.
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Three partners, three Member States, one evidence base
The EDF consortium rule is usually quoted as three entities from three Member States. It has a second limb about control that the word independent quietly hides, and two exceptions that disapply it entirely.
EDIP: what changed on 30 December 2025
The European Defence Industry Programme has been in force since December 2025, with its own money, its own rules and its own deadlines. A good deal of published material still writes as though the European Defence Fund were the only instrument.
The EU classified information contingency plan your grant agreement requires
A classified EDF grant agreement obliges beneficiaries to hold business contingency plans for protecting EU classified information, and to confirm to the granting authority that they exist. It is one of the least written-about obligations in the framework.
Clearances and the Security Aspects Letter in an EDF project
Facility and personnel clearances in a classified EDF grant are one rule, not two, and the document that binds them is one many applicants never see referenced. What the timelines actually are, and when they have to start.
EDF ownership and control, and the Article 9(4) derogation
The eligibility test that decides whether a European Defence Fund proposal can be assessed at all: where an entity is established, who controls it, and how the derogation actually works.
Latest news
EDF 2026: 27 of the 31 topics close on 29 September
The 2026 European Defence Fund work programme does not have one deadline, and it does not have 31 competitive topics. Here is what is actually open, what has already closed, and what a consortium still needs in place.
ComplyTrain is now available in multiple languages
ComplyTrain is now supporting multiple languages in the UI
ISO 9001 is still the baseline serious buyers ask for
A reminder from the standards desk: ISO 9001 remains the quality-management baseline most tenders and prime contractors expect before a conversation even starts.
AI media monitoring is now in every plan
ComplyTrain’s AI media monitoring - regulatory and industry horizon-scanning, filtered to what affects you - is now part of every plan, including Free.