The article is a study of literature and source materials on the process of building practical elements of the European Union’s armaments policy over the last two decades. Although the EU’s arms policy in the strict sense has not been defined nor established. The EU does not have even a formal competence in the field of defence policy, let alone armaments policy, the scope of activities undertaken by the EU institutions in recent years indicates the gradual implementation at the EU level of those practical aspects that at the national level are perceived as the essential elements of armaments policy. The presented examples of an increasingly clearly crystallized EU arms policy are expressed in the implicitly defined activities of sectoral policies regarding the industrial policy of the defence sector, research and development policy for the defence and space industries, policies supporting international cooperation aimed at building security and defence competences, as well as defining common goals and processes for military acquisition and operation of military equipment.
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