Arms exports
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The EU has common rules for the export of most weapons.
The rejected Constitution suggested a common weapons market and procurement agency, including common rules for sale of all weapons and military equipment. This provision is now included in the Lisbon Treaty
See Art. 27 TEU.
The establishment of an EU arms agency, the European Defence Agency, was decided by the Council on 16 June 2004 without waiting for ratification of the new treaty.
Links
European Defence Agency http://www.eda.europa.eu/
SIPRI Institute http://www.sipri.org/
