Theme: conventional weapons

• Scrutinizing arms exports in Europe: The reciprocal relationship between transparency and parliamentary control External publication

  Information on exports of conventional military equipment was traditionally kept out of the public and political realm. In recent decades this gradually changed, and within the EU, Member States are legally bound to publish an annual report on arms exports ... read more

• Revising Export Control Lists Report

  Authors: Samuel A. W. Evans

  Publication date: 24/03/2015

  This report by Dr. Samuel Evans explains how the lists of goods (weapons, military equipment, dual-use, …) that are placed under export control are established. read more

  
• Business as usual? Assessing the impact of the Arab Spring on European arms export control policies. Report

  Authors: Nils Duquet

  Publication date: 24/03/2014

  This report evaluates the impact of the Arab Spring by analysing how four Member States (France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands) responded to these events in their arms export policies. Our research shows that the Member States responded differently. read more

  
• Advice concerning the transit of strategic goods Advice

  Publication date: 19/11/2013

  Based on a comprehensive study of transit controls in Flanders and neighbouring countries, the Flemish Peace Institute has issued an advice to optimize the legal framework and administrative practices for the transit of strategic goods. Download this file   read more

• Transit of strategic goods in Europe Report

  Authors: Kathleen Van Heuverswyn, Nils Duquet

  Publication date: 13/08/2013

  This publication contains a detailed description of regulations and administrative practices for controlling the transit of strategic goods in the Flemish Region of Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For the five national regimes investigated, the description ... read more

• Flemish Foreign Arms Trade 2012 Report

  Authors: Nils Duquet, Milou Dubois

  Publication date: 25/06/2013

  In this report, Flemish licences for the transfer and for the import, export and transit of defence products are analyzed on the basis of the available figures. In this analysis we focus not only on the total figures, but also ... read more

• Advice concerning ammunition marking Advice

  Publication date: 13/03/2013

  With reference to a legislative proposal submitted in the Belgian Senate for amending the Weapons Act of 8 June 2006, and in response to the growing attention being given to ammunition control in the international debate on arms trade, the ... read more

• A European Agenda for Security Technology: From Innovation Policy to Export Controls Report

  Authors: Dr. Jocelyn Mawdsley

  Publication date: 22/02/2013

  This report examines the EU agenda on security technology. It questions whether security and defence or internal and external security have largely merged since the end of the Cold War so that there is no longer any significant difference between ... read more

  
• Flemish Foreign Arms Trade 2011 Report

  Authors: Nils Duquet

  Publication date: 23/05/2012

  Report on the Flemish Foreign Arms Trade in 2011 (This report also exists in Dutch)   read more

  
• The Legal Framework for the Control on Dual Use Items in Flanders Report

  Authors: Sara Depauw

  Publication date: 25/11/2011

  This note gives a clear overview of the legal framework for the control on Dual Use items in Flanders with the aim of developing a view of what policy aspects need to be covered by a Flemish parliamentary Act. read more