UK Releases Explanatory Memo on Proposed EU Regulation Over Firearms Trafficking
The U.K.'s Department for International Trade on Nov. 17 released an explanatory memorandum over a proposed EU regulation reshaping the bloc's rules on the import, export and transit of firearms. The proposal before the European Parliament and the European Council…
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was tabled Oct. 27 but "addresses challenges related to the tracing and illicit trafficking of civilian firearms by setting common definitions, rules and principles for export, import and transit procedures." The regulation is now being "recast" due to greater levels of firearms trafficking in the EU from post-conflict nations. The new regulation's main goals are to reduce the circumvention of embargoes, drop the diversion of civilian firearms, further coordinate controls between EU member states to boost firearm traceability, and give a clearer and harmonized legal and administrative framework for the import, export and transit of firearms.