EU publishes new military list

The EU has updated its Common Military List of the European Union (equipment covered by the Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment), adopted by the Council at its meeting of 21 February 2022.

As the EU parliament has explained in a briefing:

‘In 2008, the Council adopted Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (CP), which lays down common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment, and replaced an earlier political agreement, the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports (1998). At international level, all EU Member States have signed and ratified the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), in force since 24 December 2014.

‘The aim of the CP is to enhance the convergence of EU Member States’ arms-export-control policies, since arms exports ultimately remain a matter of national competence, in accordance with Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. In this respect, the CP incorporates eight common criteria (minimum standards) to be taken into account by Member States when assessing export licence applications for military technology and equipment, but also for brokering, transit transactions and intangible transfers of technology. Moreover, the CP defines the scope of the items controlled – in a common ‘EU Military List’ covering 22 categories of arms, munitions, military equipment and technologies. The list is aligned with the Wassenaar Arrangement (a voluntary export controls regime for conventional arms and dual-use items), and is regularly updated, most recently on 26 February 2018.’

See the up-to-date list at:

https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-6441-2022-INIT/en/pdf