Arms Trade: Export Controls
(asked on 14th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what basis European Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP has in UK law.
This question was answered on 20th March 2017
The UK acts in accordance with Common Position 2008/944/CFSP in its application of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. These Criteria were set out in a written ministerial statement by the former Business Secretary on 25 March 2014 as guidance given under section 9 of the Export Control Act 2002.