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Arms exports: MEPs demand stronger EU controls  Plenary Session
Press release - Security and defence04-07-2013 - 12:43  The EU
should tighten up its export control policy on military
technology and equipment, MEPs said on Thursday. Member states
must apply and interpret more uniformly the EU's 2008 common
rules setting out criteria and checks for arms export licences
because of the impact that arms exports have on development,
they add.  In the resolution, Parliament says member states must
ensure greater transparency of their arms exports and provide
full information on their arms transfers to the Council every
year. They want the guidance on the common rules to be worded
more clearly to make it less open to different interpretations
and also say the existing criteria should be better applied
before new ones are suggested.  MEPs say the European Parliament
and national parliaments must have a greater role in ensuring
effective oversight of the