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Document 91999E002593
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2593/99 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Council. Code of Conduct on arms sales.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2593/99 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Council. Code of Conduct on arms sales.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2593/99 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Council. Code of Conduct on arms sales.
IO C 280E, 3.10.2000, p. 78–79
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91999E2593
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2593/99 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Council. Code of Conduct on arms sales.
Official Journal 280 E , 03/10/2000 P. 0078 - 0079
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2593/99 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Council (3 January 2000) Subject: Code of Conduct on arms sales Operative Provision 4 of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports states that Member States will keep mldr consultations [under the code] confidential. The British Government interprets this as including the results of such consultations (Official Report, 25 October 1999, column 738). Does the Council as a whole agree, or do individual Member States have different practices as concerns the openness of the results of these consultations? If so, what are they? Does a list exist of what arms were exported by a second Member State after the first had declined an export licence? Reply (13 March 2000) It is for Member States to decide how to interpret the confidentiality provisions of the Code of Conduct, bearing in mind that, in case of refusal, notifications communicated under the Code must remain confidential and that the fundamentally bilateral nature of the consultation process must be preserved. It is not for the Council to comment on Member States' practices in this area.