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Manufacturing and trade in firearms for civilian purposes employs around 150 000 people in the EU. In 2020, the Commission adopted a 2020-2025 action plan on firearms trafficking to help curb the illegal flows of firearms, and ammunition, while also strengthening the legal market. The adoption of Directive (EU) 2021/555 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons in 2021was the first legislative outcome of the plan. In October 2022, the Commission presented a proposal for a regulation ...

Certain goods and technologies have legitimate civilian applications but can also be used for military purposes; so-called 'dual-use' goods are subject to the European Union's export control regime. The regime has just been revised, mainly to take account of significant technological developments, increase transparency and create a more level playing field among EU Member States. The proposed regulation will recast the regulation in force since 2009. Among other elements, the proposal explicitly ...

Algunos bienes y tecnologías tienen una aplicación civil legítima, pero pueden utilizarse también con fines militares; conocidos como «productos de doble uso», están sujetos al régimen de control de las exportaciones de la Unión Europea. El régimen se está revisando en la actualidad, principalmente para tener en cuenta importantes avances tecnológicos, aumentar la transparencia y crear unas condiciones de competencia más equitativas entre los Estados miembros de la Unión. La propuesta fijará nuevos ...

The IA is well structured, clear and compact. Overall, it appears to provide well-researched explanation of the evidence base of the legislative proposal. The problem definition is illustrated by facts and figures which give a clear view of international security threats. The outcome of the stakeholder consultation is clearly presented and has been integrated into the analysis and the assessment of the different options, with a transparent presentation of stakeholders' views throughout. Nevertheless ...

The system of export controls requires its Member States to comply with general international obligations to counter the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, and other items with potential military use. The same obligation is also applicable to ‘dual-use items’, i.e. items which can be used for civil and military purposes. The existing export control system of dual-use items requires an export authorisation if a dual-use item is exported from the EU to a non-EU country. Without ...

The Commission, the Council and the European Parliament (EP) have reached a second-reading agreement on the trademark reform package. Following the Legal Affairs Committee reports adopted on 3 December 2015, the EP plenary is set to approve the amended legislation and the renaming of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) as 'European Union Intellectual Property Office'. In March 2013, the Commission presented a package of proposals for amending the Trademark Regulation and ...

La Comisión, el Consejo y el Parlamento Europeo (PE) han alcanzado un acuerdo en segunda lectura sobre el paquete relativo a la reforma de la marca comunitaria. El Consejo ha aceptado un número considerable de enmiendas introducidas por el PE. Tras la aprobación, el 3 de diciembre de 2015, de los informes de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos, el Pleno del PE se dispone ahora a aprobar la legislación modificada, así como la nueva denominación de la Oficina de Armonización del Mercado Interior, que ...