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"Mr President, the clear and balanced report drawn up by my colleague, Karl von Wogau, deserves my warmest thanks. The report analyses the situation at present and proposes consistent action for the future.
It is important to take account of the enlargement of the Union in this connection too, as the considerable market in conventional weapons still focuses on the countries included in the accession now and those countries bordering on them. A review and standardisation of EU practices must be undertaken without delay, and we must ensure there is compliance with the EU Code of Conduct in the countries that are to be the EU’s new neighbours and in countries with which the EU has concluded a stabilisation and association agreement.
The rapporteur rightly states it is a fault of the current Member States that data on exports to stable countries – to other EU countries and the United States of America – is given in minute detail but there is a lack of such data on exports to less stable countries. The remedy proposed in the report, greater transparency and a more multilateral approach, is the only way to correct these defects and prevent transfers of arms that pose a threat to human rights, regional stability or sustainable development.
The development and harmonisation of legislation as well as a register of transactions and an authorisation system regarding the export of arms are both essential, and the idea also presented in the report with regard to establishing a European arms export control agency should be seriously considered as a logical next step towards a joint European armaments and procurement policy and the establishment of a common market in armaments.
One piece of information in the explanatory statement in Mr von Wogau’s report needs to be corrected, however. The legislation in force in Finland on the export of armaments is in accordance with the recommendations laid down in the UN Firearms Protocol and in the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons. The control of armaments brokering in Finland aims to thwart the circumvention of bans on arms exports imposed by the European Union, the UN Security Council and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as well as the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports and other international agreements and undertakings concerning the control of exports. The aim too is to prevent the illegal manufacture of, and trade in, arms. We can therefore anticipate that my country will support the policy being proposed by my colleague, Karl von Wogau."@en1
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