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Arms Trade: Bulgaria and Romania

Volume 692: debated on Monday 14 May 2007

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Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have made an assessment of the extent to which the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union is causing improvements in the transparency and control of arms exports from both states. [HL3528]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(Lord Triesman)

All EU member states, including Romania and Bulgaria, are required to operate effective export controls in line with the EU code of conduct. Member states are committed to transparency in the conduct of the arms trade and provide detailed information as part of the EU's annual report on arms exports. If cases arise where we have concerns over the application of export controls, the UK raises them with the Government of the EU member state concerned.