The further development of the Common Position 944/2008/CFSP on arms exports control
In view of the upcoming review of the EU Common Position 944/2008/CFSP on arms exports, the aim of the workshop was to provide an overview of the context in which this process will take place together with a set of possible outcomes the review could produce. The speakers from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), first defined the context by describing how, since the EU Common Position was adopted in 2008, EU member states performed in terms of military expenditure, arms production and arms transfers. Recent measures adopted at the EU level to boost defence industrial cooperation were also indicated as part of this framework. The speakers also highlighted the divergences in member states’ export policies which emerged in the last decade, most recently during the conflict in Yemen. They then provided a number of options that could be taken into consideration during the 2018 review, covering both adjustments to the language of the criteria and the user’s guide and measures to improve the implementation of the EU Common Position, the quality of reporting and to increase coherence and coordination of the EU export control regime.
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Dr. Sibylle BAUER, Mark BROMLEY, Giovanna MALETTA – Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
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- activity report
- application of EU law
- arms trade
- common position
- cooperation policy
- defence
- defence expenditure
- documentation
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU Member State
- European construction
- European defence policy
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- exchange of information
- export licence
- export monitoring
- GEOGRAPHY
- information and information processing
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- military cooperation
- military research
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- research and intellectual property
- tariff policy
- the EU's international role
- TRADE
- trade policy