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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Arms trade code of conduct (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001004.12.3-320"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-04-Speech-3-3212
lpv:speaker	lp:Johan Van Hecke2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3,3 vice-chair; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Christelijke Volkspartij (1999-07-20--2001-09-30)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-09-17)3,3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European defence industry is important, but at least as important is world peace. Mr Titley’s report provides a balanced response to this recurring theme. It argues in favour of better and stricter controls in the arms trade and greater transparency. It is, for example, necessary to develop better marking and tracing techniques for arms, by analogy with car coding. This must be done in a harmonised manner and at international level. Only in this way can obscure and illegal practices be traced and penalised more easily because – and this appears to me to be the key problem – the discrepancy between the legal and illegal arms trade is becoming increasingly smaller. The globalisation of world trade makes arms cheaper, more readily available and more difficult to trace. According to Oxfam, fifty-five percent of the total trade in light weapons is illegal. Needless to say, a stricter code of conduct only makes sense if the Member States assume their own share of the responsibility. In certain air- and seaports, arms control leaves a great deal to be desired. In addition, cooperation with candidate countries must be stepped up in this area. They may subscribe to the code, but in certain cases act as the hub of the illegal arms trade. Some will claim that the code of conduct is not ambitious enough, but it is better to have a code of conduct which is flawed than not to have one at all. In any event, future annual reports should contain more complete and transparent information, and the code of conduct should become legally binding in due course. This code of conduct is a first step in the direction of greater coherence, but I share the rapporteur’s hope that we will not leave it at that."@en1

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