dual use items

On 23 October 2012, the European Parliament adopted a number of suggested amendments to the European Commission’s proposal to amend the Dual-Use Regulation (428/2009) (the “Dual-Use Regulation”).  The amendments include a proposal to encompass surveillance equipment within the scope of the EU’s export controls.  This move echoes developments in EU trade sanctions regimes: sanctions against Iran and Syria, for example, prohibit exports of designated equipment and technologies where authorities have reasonable grounds to suspect they would be used to monitor or intercept internet or telephone communications.
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