Annexes to COM(2022)480 - Import, export and transit measures for firearms, components and ammunition, implementing UN Protocol on firearms and Convention against Transnational Organised Crime - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2022)480 - Import, export and transit measures for firearms, components and ammunition, implementing UN Protocol on firearms and ... |
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| document | COM(2022)480  |
| date | October 27, 2022 |
• amend Annex II and III to this Regulation
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt the following implementing acts:
• establish a list of non-convertible alarm and signal weapons in accordance with Article 8 of this Regulation;
• Establish an Union general import and export authorisation and setting out the conditions for the import and export of firearms, their essential components and ammunition by authorised economic operators for security and safety pursuant to Article 38(2), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 952/2013.
• establish or choose the secure and encrypted system in accordance with Article 28 of this Regulation and setting the conditions and timeframe for its use;
• establish uniform rules and forms for end-user certificates in accordance with Article 14(2) of this Regulation;
• establish or choose the secure and encrypted system in accordance with Article 29 of this Regulation;
• establish the criteria for a common risk management framework and, more specifically, the risk criteria, standards, and priority control areas, based on the information exchanged pursuant to this Regulation, and Union and international policies and best practice;
• establish the technical rules for the effective exchange of information via the Customs Information System established by Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 515/97;
• establish the rules and the format to be used by Member States for providing the Commission with anonymised statistical information on declarations and infractions pursuant to Article 27 of this Regulation.
Added value of Union involvement (it may result from different factors, e.g. coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For the purposes of this point 'added value of Union involvement' is the value resulting from Union intervention which is additional to the value that would have been otherwise created by Member States alone.
Reasons for action at European level (ex-ante)
As an area without internal borders in which goods and persons circulate freely, having common rules on the import and export of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition is essential at EU level. Addressing the issues mentioned can only be done at EU level, as the diversity of national legislations directly affects the effectiveness and uniform interpretation of internal EU law (i.e. the Firearms Directive). Regulatory divergences can also create legal loopholes, which criminals avail themselves of.
The differences in export, import and transit authorisation procedures and controls across Member States are at odds with the very concept of exclusive EU competence in external trade.
As a summary, the impact assessment identified three main problems: absence of centralised data at national level, the threat of firearms trafficking into and from the EU and the administrative burden of economic operators in the operations of export and import of civilian firearms.
Expected generated Union added value (ex-post)
The add value of Union would be the full alignment of the scope with that of the firearms directive would mean that the regulation would govern all civilian transactions of firearms, including civilian trade of automatic firearms, semi-automatic firearms with high-capacity magazines or semi-automatic long firearms with a folding or telescopic stock.
As in the firearms directive, transactions between governments, or sales to the military or the armed forces would remain excluded from the regulation, which means the security and the simplification objectives could only be achieved for civilian firearms.
The new simplifications introduced would respond to the requests of stakeholders to alleviate their administrative burden and provide a uniform EU approach. Furthermore, the Member States would be obliged to provide annual data.
Per specific objectives, the add value would be:
First specific objective (data collection): high added value due to compulsory data collection and digitalisation.
Second specific objective (security): high added value due to the inclusion of alarm and signal weapons, semi-finished components, end-user certificates etc, increasing notably the traceability of firearms.
Third specific objective (simplification): high added value due to the new simplifications introduced responding to the requests of stakeholders. Overlap with the Common Position will be solved.
Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past
The proposal draws on the lessons learnt from the implementation of Regulation No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2021 implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, and its evaluation (COM(2020)608).
Also, the impact assessment analised the implementation by Member States of the Recommendation of the Commission on immediate steps to improve security of export, import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition, published in 2018 (C(2018) 2197 final).
Compatibility with the Multiannual Financial Framework and possible synergies with other appropriate instruments
The general objective of the proposal is in line with the EU Security Union Strategy, which stated that is essential to improve the traceability of weapons, ensuring information exchange between licensing and law enforcement authorities and it was foreseen the assessment of the rules on export authorisation and import and transit measures for firearms.
The revision of the Regulation was announced in the EU Action Plan against firearms trafficking 2020-2025 under the priority 1: safeguarding the licit market and limiting diversion and this revision was included in the Commission Work Programme 2021 annex II.
The investments required at EU level are compatible with the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework, with funding provided under heading Security and Defence.
The electronic licensing system will be developed as a specific module of the e-licencing system, currently managed by DG TRADE. The e-licencing system is already in place and currently adopted by some Member States, which allows the operators to apply for any license foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 2021/821, which governs the EU's export control regime for Dual Use items.
Once adopted by all of the Member States, the registry information system will allow the Member States to fulfil the following tasks established in the proposal of the Regulation:
• Registration of operators, traders and civilian firearms owners (if they want to import or export a weapon);
• Registration of national competent authorities (to grant authorisations);
• Request of import and export authorisations and granting or refusal of them by competent authorities;
• Consultation by competent authorities of a Member State of refusals, annulments, suspensions, modifications or revocations of export and import authorisations, whether an authorisation has been refused by the competent authorities of another Member State or Member States for an essentially identical transaction;
• Administrative assistance and cooperation between competent authorities and the Commission to exchange information and data;
• Produce statistical data, including: the number of authorisations and refusals, the quantities and values of actual imports and exports of firearms, their essential components and ammunition, by category and sub-category as listed in Annex I of the Regulation, by origin ad by destination;
• Allow exchange of information between competent authorities and operators and traders for the purposes of implementation of this Regulation;
• Store all granted import and export authorisation with a specific reference number as well as received requests for temporary export and import;
• Allow for national competent authorities to share data with the competent authorities of other Member States, on authorisations granted and movements of shipments.
Synergies will be developed regarding the interconnection with the EU Single Window Environment for Customs (EU SWE-C).
Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for redeployment
Duration and financial impact of the proposal/initiative
◻ limited duration
◻ in effect from [DD/MM]YYYY to [DD/MM]YYYY
◻ Financial impact from YYYY to YYYY for commitment appropriations and from YYYY to YYYY for payment appropriations.
☑ unlimited duration
Implementation with a start-up period from YYYY to YYYY,
followed by full-scale operation.
Management mode(s) planned 50
☑Direct management by the Commission
☑ by its departments, including by its staff in the Union delegations;
◻ by the executive agencies
◻ Shared management with the Member States
◻ Indirect management by entrusting budget implementation tasks to:
◻ third countries or the bodies they have designated;
◻ international organisations and their agencies (to be specified);
◻ the EIB and the European Investment Fund;
◻ bodies referred to in Articles 70 and 71 of the Financial Regulation;
◻ public law bodies;
◻ bodies governed by private law with a public service mission to the extent that they provide adequate financial guarantees;
◻ bodies governed by the private law of a Member State that are entrusted with the implementation of a public-private partnership and that provide adequate financial guarantees;
◻ persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions in the CFSP pursuant to Title V of the TEU, and identified in the relevant basic act.
If more than one management mode is indicated, please provide details in the ‘Comments’ section.
Comments
MANAGEMENT MEASURES
Monitoring and reporting rules
Specify frequency and conditions.
The working arrangements for the development of the “registry information system” will start no later than one year after the adoption of the proposal by the Commission, to speed up the process of development of the specific module within the e-licencing system already in place, which allows the operators to apply for any license foreseen by Regulation (EC) No 2021/821, which governs the EU's export control regime for Dual Use items.
The specific requirements and tasks will be discussed within the Imports and Exports Coordination Group established by the current Regulation.
A memorandum of understanding will be signed between DG HOME and DG TRADE for the specific arrangements in terms of the required funding and human resources.
The working arrangements for the interconnection of the “registry information system” and the EU Single Window Environment for Customs (EU SWE-C) will start no later than one year after the adoption of the proposed Regulation.
A memorandum of understanding will be signed between DG HOME and DG TAXUD for the specific arrangements in terms of the required funding and human resources.
The specific requirements and tasks will be discussed within the Imports and Exports Coordination Group established by the current Regulation.
Management and control system(s)
Justification of the management mode(s), the funding implementation mechanism(s), the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed
As per the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the Union’s instrument dedicated to the area of security (COM(2018) 472 final): The Commission shall carry out a mid-term and a retrospective evaluation of the actions implemented under this Fund, in line with the Common Provisions Regulation. The mid-term evaluation should be based in particular on the mid-term evaluation of programmes submitted to the Commission by the Member States by 31 December 2024.
Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up to mitigate them
DG HOME has not been facing important risks of errors in its spending programmes. This is confirmed by the recurrent absence of significant findings in the annual reports of the Court of Auditors.
Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio of "control costs ÷ value of the related funds managed"), and assessment of the expected levels of risk of error (at payment & at closure)
The ratio of “control costs/value of the related funds managed)” is reported on by the Commission. The 2020 AAR of DG HOME reports 1.16% for direct management grants and 7.32% for direct management procurement.
The Annual Activity Report 2020 reported a cumulative residual error rate of 1.37% for AMIF/ISF National Programmes and a cumulative residual error rate of 2,23% for non-research direct management grants.
Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities
Specify existing or envisaged prevention and protection measures, e.g. from the Anti-Fraud Strategy.
DG HOME will continue to apply its Anti-Fraud Strategy in line with the Commission's Anti-Fraud Strategy (CAFS) in order to ensure inter alia that its internal anti-fraud related controls are fully aligned with the CAFS and that its fraud risk management approach is geared to identify fraud risk areas and adequate responses.
DG HOME has developed and implemented its own anti-fraud strategy on the basis of the methodology provided by OLAF.
ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected
Existing budget lines
In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.
| Heading of multiannual financial framework | Budget line | Type of expenditure | Contribution | |||
| Number | Diff./Non-diff. 51 | from EFTA countries 52 | from candidate countries 53 | from third countries | within the meaning of Article 21(2)(b) of the Financial Regulation | |
| 5 | 12 02 01 | Diff./Non-diff. | NO | NO | NO | YES/NO |
Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations (*)
Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations
◻ The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations
☑ The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Heading of multiannual financial framework | 5 | |||||||
| DG: HOME | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | Total | |
| Operational appropriations | ||||||||
| 12 02 01 - Internal Security Fund (ISF) | Commitments | 0,000 | 0,330 | 0,580 | 0,490 | 0,350 | 1,750 | |
| 12 02 01 - Internal Security Fund (ISF) | Payments | 0,000 | 0,212 | 0,452 | 0,440 | 0,300 | 1,404 | |
| Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes | ||||||||
| 12 01 01 - Support expenditure for the Internal Security Fund (ISF) | CA=PA | |||||||
| TOTAL appropriations for DG HOME | Commitments | 0,000 | 0,330 | 0,580 | 0,490 | 0,350 | 1,750 | |
| Payments | 0,000 | 0,212 | 0,452 | 0,440 | 0,300 | 1,404 | ||
| TOTAL operational appropriations | Commitments | 0,000 | 0,330 | 0,580 | 0,490 | 0,350 | 1,750 | |
| Payments | 0,000 | 0,212 | 0,452 | 0,440 | 0,300 | 1,404 | ||
| TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | |
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework | Commitments | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,330 | 0,580 | 0,490 | 0,350 | 1,750 |
| Payments | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,212 | 0,452 | 0,440 | 0,300 | 1,404 |
* Note : The needs of DG TAXUD and DG TRADE are included in the operational budget line of DG HOME: the relative amounts will be transferred via a co-delegation from DG HOME to DG TAXUD, as well as from DG HOME to DG TRADE on the ISF budget line concerned.
If more than one operational heading is affected by the proposal / initiative, repeat the section above:
| • TOTAL operational appropriations (all operational headings) | Commitments | (4) | ||||||||
| Payments | (5) | |||||||||
| TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes (all operational headings) | (6) | |||||||||
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 6 of the multiannual financial framework (Reference amount) | Commitments | =4+ 6 |
Heading of multiannual financial framework | 7 | ‘Administrative expenditure’ |
This section should be filled in using the 'budget data of an administrative nature' to be firstly introduced in the Annex to the Legislative Financial Statement (Annex V to the internal rules), which is uploaded to DECIDE for interservice consultation purposes.
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| DG: HOME | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | Total | |
| Human Resources | CA=PA | 0,000 | 0,157 | 0,399 | 0,484 | 0,484 | 0,484 | 2,008 |
| Other administrative expenditure | CA=PA | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,263 | 0,263 | 0,185 | 0,185 | 0,896 |
| TOTAL DG HOME | CA=PA | 0,000 | 0,157 | 0,662 | 0,747 | 0,669 | 0,669 | 2,904 |
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 7 of the MFF | (Total commitments = Total payments) | 0,000 | 0,157 | 0,662 | 0,747 | 0,669 | 0,669 | 2,904 |
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 7 of the MFF | Commitments | 0,000 | 0,157 | 0,992 | 1,327 | 1,159 | 1,019 | 4,654 |
| Payments | 0,000 | 0,157 | 0,874 | 1,199 | 1,109 | 0,969 | 4,307 |
Estimated output funded with operational appropriations
Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Indicate objectives and outputs | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL | |||||||||
| | Phase | Type | Number | Cost | Number | Cost | Number | Cost | Number | Cost | Number | Cost | Number | Cost | Number | Cost |
| SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE NO 2: enable coordinated controls and risk assessments. | ||||||||||||||||
| Output | Initial set-up | Complete development of "registry information system" as a module of the current e-licensing managed by DG TRADE | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,250 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,250 | |||||||
| Output | Maintenance | Recurring costs of "registry information system" | 0,050 | 0,050 | 0,050 | 0,150 | ||||||||||
| Output | Integration with the EU Single Window Environment for Customs | 0,080 | 0,530 | 0,440 | 0,300 | 1,350 54 | ||||||||||
| Subtotal for specific objective N°2 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,330 | 0,580 | 0,490 | 0,350 | 1,750 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,330 | 0,580 | 0,490 | 0,300 | 1,750 | |||||||||
| Type= Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g.: number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.). | ||||||||||||||||
| SO= As described in point 1.4.2. ‘Specific objective(s)…’ |
Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations
◻ The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature
☑ The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL | |
| HEADING 7 of the MFF | |||||||
| Human Resources | 0,000 | 0,157 | 0,399 | 0,484 | 0,484 | 0,484 | 2,008 |
| Other administrative expenditure | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,263 | 0,263 | 0,185 | 0,185 | 0,896 |
| Subtotal HEADING 7 of the MFF | 0,000 | 0,157 | 0,662 | 0,747 | 0,669 | 0,669 | 2,904 |
| Outside HEADING 7 of the MFF | |||||||
| Human Resources | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Other administrative expenditure | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Subtotal Outside HEADING 7 of the MFF | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| TOTAL | 0,000 | 0,157 | 0,662 | 0,747 | 0,669 | 0,669 | 2,904 |
The appropriations required for human resources and other expenditure of an administrative nature will be met by appropriations from the DG that are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.
Estimated requirements of human resources
◻ The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources.
☑ The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained below:
Estimate to be expressed in full time equivalent units
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | |
| Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff) | |||||||
| 20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 01 02 03 (Delegations) | |||||||
| 01 01 01 01 (Indirect research) | |||||||
| 01 01 01 11 (Direct research) | |||||||
| Other budget lines (specify) | |||||||
| External staff (in Full Time Equivalent unit: FTE) | |||||||
| 20 02 01 (AC, END, INT from the ‘global envelope’) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 20 02 03 (AC, AL, END, INT and JPD in the delegations) | |||||||
| 01 01 01 02 (AC, END, INT - Indirect research) | |||||||
| 01 01 01 12 (AC, END, INT - Direct research) | |||||||
| Other budget lines (specify) | |||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
The human resources required will be met by staff from the DG who are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.
Description of tasks to be carried out:
| Officials and temporary staff | All of them constitute additional human resources to be recruited. The recruitment plan foresees: 2023: +1 AD in DG HOME: policy officer responsible of the Regulation, the process of adoption of the proposal, to monitor the implementation of the Regulation in the MS and the development of implementing and delegated acts (2 delegated acts and 8 implementing acts). 2023: +1 AST Assistant to the policy officer in DG HOME. 2024: +2 CA FG IV in DG TAXUD 55 : policy officer responsible of the interconnection, integration and management of the EU Single Window Environment for Customs with the registry information system. |
| External staff |
Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework
The proposal/initiative:
☑ can be fully financed through redeployment within the relevant heading of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
The budgetary impact of the additional financial resources will be offset by a reduction in programmed expenditure at the Thematic Facility of ISF.
◻ requires use of the unallocated margin under the relevant heading of the MFF and/or use of the special instruments as defined in the MFF Regulation.
Explain what is required, specifying the headings and budget lines concerned, the corresponding amounts, and the instruments proposed to be used.
◻ requires a revision of the MFF.
Explain what is required, specifying the headings and budget lines concerned and the corresponding amounts.
Third-party contributions
The proposal/initiative:
☑ does not provide for co-financing by third parties
◻ provides for the co-financing by third parties estimated below:
Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Year N 56 | Year N+1 | Year N+2 | Year N+3 | Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) | Total | |||
| Specify the co-financing body | ||||||||
| TOTAL appropriations co-financed |
Estimated impact on revenue
☑ The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.
◻ The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:
◻ on own resources
◻ on other revenue
please indicate, if the revenue is assigned to expenditure lines ◻
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Budget revenue line: | Appropriations available for the current financial year | Impact of the proposal/initiative 57 | ||||||
| Year N | Year N+1 | Year N+2 | Year N+3 | Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) | ||||
| Article …………. |
For assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected.
[…]
Other remarks (e.g. method/formula used for calculating the impact on revenue or any other information).
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(1) Small Arms Survey, “Estimating Global Civilian-held Firearms Numbers”, Briefing Paper, June 2018. Dataset available under http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/Weapons_and_Markets/Tools/Firearms_holdings/SAS-BPCivilian-held-firearms-annexe.pdf .
(2) These Member States include: Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia.
(3) The European Union Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) 2021: p. 57.
(4) Duquet, N. and Goris, K. (2018), SAFTE project cit., p. 104 ( link ).
(5) Mancuso (M) and Savona (E) ed. (2017), Final report of Project FIRE – Fighting Illicit firearms trafficking Routes and actors at European level, p.21 ( link ) .
(6) UNODC, Illicit Trafficking in Firearms their Parts, Components and Ammunition to, from and across the European Union; regional analysis report (2020) p.17 https://www.unodc.org/documents/firearms-protocol/2020/UNODC-EU-Report-A8_FINAL.pdf .
(7) FRONTEX (2021), Handbook on firearms for border guards and customs,
(8) Communication from the Commission on the EU Security Union Strategy. COM(2020) 605
(9) Communication from the Commission on the EU Strategy to tackle Organised Crime 2021-2025 (2021) 170 final.
(10) Communication from the Commission on 2020-2025 EU action plan on firearms trafficking COM(2020) 608.
(11) Communication from the Commission taking the Customs Union to the Next level: a Plan for Action COM(2020) 581
(12) COM(2014) 527 final
(13) COM(2017)737, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2017:0737:FIN:EN:PDF
(14) C(2018)2197,https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2018-04/20180417_commission-recommendation-immediate-steps-improve-security-firearms-ammunition_en.pdf
(15) The Inception Impact Assessment consultations are available here .
(16) See DG HOME weOnlibiste
(17) The Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA) is a platform that meets the communication needs of EU law enforcement. The platform enables the swift and user-friendly exchange of operational and strategic crime-related information
(18) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC.
(19) ‘external transit’ means the operation of transporting of firearms, their essential components and ammunition listed in Annex I from a third country, passing through the customs territory of the Union to a final destination in a third country, without the actual import of these goods
(20) The Combined Nomenclature of goods as laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff.
(21) Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition (OJ L 94, 30.3.2012, p. 1).
(22) Council Decision 2001/748/EC of 16 October 2001 concerning the signing on behalf of the European Community of the United Nations Protocol on the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts, components and ammunition, annexed to the Convention against transnational organised crime (OJ L 280, 24.10.2001, p. 5).
(23) Council Decision 2014/164/EU of 11 February 2014 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (OJ L 89, 25.3.2014, p. 7)
(24) Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (OJ L 146, 10.6.2009, p. 1).
(25) Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items (OJ L 206, 11.6.2021, p. 1).
(26) Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment (OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 99).
(27) Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/38 of 15 January 2021 establishing a common approach on the elements of end-user certificates in the context of the export of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition (OJ L 14, 18.1.2021, p. 4)
(28) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1).
(29) Directive (EU) 2021/555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (OJ L 115, 6.4.2021, p. 1).
(30) Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).
(31) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 of 15 December 2015 establishing common guidelines on deactivation standards and techniques for ensuring that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable (OJ L 333 19.12.2015, p. 62).
(32) Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/69 of 16 January 2019 laying down technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons under Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (OJ L 15, 17.1.2019, p. 22).
(33) Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from the criminal record between Member States (OJ L 93, 7.4.2009, p. 23).
(34) Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).
(35) Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (OJ L 82, 22.3.1997, p. 1).
(36) Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/2191 of 19 December 2019 in support of a global reporting mechanism on illicit conventional arms and their ammunition to reduce the risk of their diversion and illicit transfer (iTrace IV) (OJ L 330, 20.12.2019, p. 53)
(37) Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending and repealing Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU (OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 56–106)
(38) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53–114)
(39) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
(40) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).
(41) OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 469–473
(42) Commission recommendation (2018) 2197 final of 17.4.2018 on immediate steps to improve security of export, import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition
(43) Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17).
(44) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256 7.9.1987, p. 1).
(45) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
(46) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
(47) Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
(48) OJ L 130, 27.5.1993, p. 4
(49) As referred to in Article 58(2)(a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation.
(50) Details of management modes and references to the Financial Regulation may be found on the BudgWeb site: https://myintracomm.ec.europa.eu/budgweb/EN/man/budgmanag/Pages/budgmanag.aspx
(51) Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations.
(52) EFTA: European Free Trade Association.
(53) Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidates from the Western Balkans.
(54) The overall operational appropriations for the Integration with the EU Single Window Environment for Customs consist of a total of EUR 1,580 EUR million in the period from 2024 to 2028, followed by 0,100 EUR million annual contribution for maintenance as of 2029 onwards
(55) FTEs are envisaged under the administrative budget of DG HOME, which will request them as additional human resources, and there will be a transfer of administrative budget from DG HOME to TAXUD Directorate B to cover 2 FTE (CA FG IV) each year in the period from 2024 to 2027 for the purposes of interconnecting the registration information system with EU Single Window Environment for Customs.
(56) Year N is the year in which implementation of the proposal/initiative starts. Please replace "N" by the expected first year of implementation (for instance: 2021). The same for the following years.
(57) As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20 % for collection costs.