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Document 91997E003958

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3958/97 by Johanna MAIJ-WEGGEN to the Commission. Arms exports in Sweden

OL C 174, 1998 6 8, p. 156 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

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91997E3958

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3958/97 by Johanna MAIJ-WEGGEN to the Commission. Arms exports in Sweden

Official Journal C 174 , 08/06/1998 P. 0156


WRITTEN QUESTION E-3958/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen (PPE) to the Commission (12 December 1997)

Subject: Arms exports in Sweden

Is the Commission aware that in May 1997 the Swedish government forwarded a report to the Swedish Parliament entitled Swedish Arms Exports in 1996?

Can the Commission investigate which governments of EU Member States also provide their parliaments with such information on arms exports from their countries?

Is the Commission willing to request these annual reports, to combine them and to forward them with an inventory and comments to the European Parliament?

Answer given by Mr Van den Broek on behalf of the Commission (29 January 1998)

The Commission is aware of and welcomes the Swedish government's report 'Swedish arms exports in 1996' which was submitted to the Swedish Parliament.

Through public information the Commission is also aware that, in different forms, some Member States' governments notify their national parliaments on licensed arms exports.

The Commission draws the attention of the Honourable Member to the communication 'Implementing European Union strategy on defence-related industry' it adopted recently ((COM(97) 583 final. )). In this communication the Commission explains that an integrated European market for defence products should be set up using a combination of all the instruments at the Union's disposal. The communication consists of an action plan for defence-related industries as well as a proposal for a common position on drawing up a European armaments policy.

As part of this action plan the Commission will draw up a white paper formulating possible options for progress toward a common arms export policy, which will then also contribute to the establishment of a code of conduct.

As part of this white paper the Commission could for example suggest information exchange between Member States and the Community institutions on arms exports.

However, it is not foreseen that the Commission requests at this stage copies of Member States' reports on arms exports.

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