WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3306/98 by Kenneth COATES to the Council. Code of conduct on arms exports
C 182/62 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 28. 6. 1999 (1999/C 182/078) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3304/98 by Kenneth Coates (GUE/NGL) to the Council (10 November 1998) Subject: Code of conduct on arms exports The objective of the recent code of conduct on arms exports is to ‘prevent the export of equipment which might be used for internal repression. ’ What is the position on equipment which may be used in violations of human rights outside the recipient country’s borders? Is it covered by the code? (1999/C 182/079) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3305/98 by Kenneth Coates (GUE/NGL) to the Council (10 November 1998) Subject: Code of conduct on arms exports Member States have yet to agree on a common list of equipment to be covered by the code. Existing national and international lists currently in use omit much of the military, security and police equipment often used in human rights abuses. Will the common list be comprehensive and include such items? (1999/C 182/080) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3306/98 by Kenneth Coates (GUE/NGL) to the Council (10 November 1998) Subject: Code of conduct on arms exports How will arms brokers such as Sandline International be brought within the scope of the code of conduct on arms exports? (1999/C 182/081) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3307/98 by Kenneth Coates (GUE/NGL) to the Council (10 November 1998) Subject: Code of conduct on arms exports What preparations are in hand for a common system of end-use control on arms exports, with follow-up checks, for all Member States to prevent end-users from re-exporting or using arms for prescribed purposes? Joint answer to Written Questions E-3301/98, E-3302/98, E-3303/98, E-3304/98, E-3305/98, E-3306/98 and E-3307/98 (22 and 23 February 1999) As the Honourable Member knows, the Code of Conduct on arms exports was adopted on 8 June 1998 with a view to setting high common standards which should be regarded as the minimum for the management of, and restraint in, conventional arms transfers by all Member States and to strengthen the exchange of relevant information with a view to achieving greater transparency within the Union