EU rules on control of arms exports
At a Glance
08-12-2015
The EU's Common Position on arms exports is the only legally binding region-wide arrangement on conventional arms exports. While the Common Position has increased information-sharing and transparency of Member States' arms exports, there is still scope for enhancing the convergence of national arms-exports policies and for stricter implementation of the criteria defined in the act.
At a Glance
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- application of EU law
- arms trade
- common foreign and security policy
- common position
- defence
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- exchange of information
- export (EU)
- export monitoring
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- trade
- TRADE
- trade policy
- Wassenaar arrangement
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