The implementation of the EU arms export control system
The aim of the workshop was to provide an overview of the EU arms export control system as well as options for improvement. The main speaker, Dr Sibylle Bauer, Director of the Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), provided a brief overview of the main elements of the EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and then focused on aspects related to strengthening implementation of the eight criteria of the Common Position, the enhancement of compliance with the reporting obligation by Member States, possible ways to increase the transparency and public scrutiny of the export control framework and the development of the EU’s institutional framework in this context. Her presentation was followed by a debate involving members of the Security and Defence Committee of the European Parliament, the outcome of which may feed into the EP Annual Report on Arms Export.
In-Depth Analysis
External author
Sibylle BAUER, Mark BROMLEY and Giovanna MALETTA, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
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Keyword
- application of EU law
- arms trade
- common position
- data collection
- defence
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- exchange of information
- export (EU)
- export licence
- export monitoring
- information and information processing
- information technology and data processing
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- parliament
- parliamentary scrutiny
- POLITICS
- tariff policy
- trade
- TRADE
- trade policy