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"Member States have up to now on the basis of Article 296 (former Article 223) exempted trade in arms from the scope of application of European Community Treaty rules. There has therefore not been any scope for Community action in this field. Arms trade is currently dealt with in the context of the common foreign and security policy, with which the Commission is of course fully associated. The new Commission will have to consider whether to seek a modification of Article 296 at the next Intergovernmental Conference, taking into account the Conference agenda as well as progress on a new policy on arms exports.
Following the adoption of the Joint Action, the Commission participated in a series of troika demarches aimed at presenting the Joint Action to all governments and major regional organisations and gaining their political support for its goals. A number of specific projects are currently under way. The European Union is contributing EUR 500 000 to the UNDP Weapons in Exchange for Development pilot project in the Gramsh district of Albania, which, if successful, might be expanded to other districts. A fact-finding mission to Cambodia has put forward a series of recommendations for practical cooperation on the basis of the Joint Action. More projects are currently under consideration in the Council."@en1
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