Ahead of the European Parliament’s Annual Report on Arms Export, Dr Sibylle Bauer, Director of SIPRI’s Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, was the main speaker at a European Parliament workshop for the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE).
During the workshop, entitled ‘Implementation of the EU arms export control system’, Bauer provided a brief overview of the main elements of the European Union 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.
The workshop paper, prepared by SIPRI’s Dual-use and Arms Trade Control Programme for the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence, can be accessed through the European Parliament’s online database, ‘Think tank’, here.
A video recording of the workshop can be found on the European Parliament webpage here.
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