Beschreibung:
Controlling the exports of items with both civil and military uses is vital to ensure international peace, security, and the protection of human rights. It ensures that such items do not get into the wrong hands. Most of today's controls are agreed in a multilateral setting and adopted into controls at EU level, with Member States taking the decisions on whether to authorize or block an export to a given country from their territories. The current EU Framework dates from 2021. It contains the agreed lists of controlled items, which is updated annually, to ensure implementation and coordination between EU Member States' national export control authorities. On 24 January 2024, the Commission published a White Paper to assess whether current rules can be improved in the face of geopolitical challenges and rapid technological developments to ensure uniform and effective controls across the EU.