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EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports
The European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports has the status of a
political commitment in the framework of the CFSP. Upon signing, the member
states' made a political commitment to ensure that their national legislation
enabled them to conduct their arms exports in the fashion outlined in the agreement.
The Code of Conduct stipulates that exports licenses only should be granted to
countries meeting certain criteria, such as not under UN embargoes or guilty of
gross violations of human rights. Furthermore, it establishes a common regime on
the sharing of information on arms brokering, and arms export licenses granted
and denied.
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Code of Conduct on Arms Exports
The member states agreed to a common interpretation of the highly normative
eight criteria of the Code of Conduct. In addition, the Code of Conduct embodies
a mechanism for information exchange, notification and consultation where one
country has an export license under consideration for a destination of which
another member state has previously denied a similar application.
At the end of each year, the Council issues an annual report under the Code of
Conduct. The process by which the Code of Conduct has been developed and
implemented has spurred a number of other practices not specifically mentioned
in the original agreement. These agreed practices are listed with their year of
introduction in the appendix of the fourth annual report under the Code of
Conduct.
Download:
Annual Report under the Code of Conduct 1999 (no 1)
Annual Report under the Code of Conduct 2000 (no 2)
Annual Report under the Code of Conduct 2001 (no 3)
Annual Report under the Code of Conduct 2002 (no 4)
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