European Parliament · 15 September 2020

Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP

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636 in favour · 32 against · 29 abstained. 697 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Calls on the Member States, with regard to export controls, to pay greater attention to goods which may be used for both civilian and military purposes
• Calls on the Member States to follow the example of Germany, Finland and Denmark, which, after the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, adopted restrictions on their arms exports to Saudi Arabia
• Notes Member States’ efforts to comply with Article 346.1(b) TFEU on the production of or trade in arms

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• Roll-call results, 15 September 2020
• Minutes of the sitting
• Procedure file A9-0137/2020
• Open data record for the sitting