EU Annual Report

Under the EU Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment (EU Common Position), EU member states exchange data on the financial value of their export licence approvals and actual exports along with information on their denials of arms export licences. The data on licences and exports, along with aggregated data on denials, and also information on brokering licences issued are compiled in the publicly available EU Annual Report.

SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme researchers describe developments in reporting to the EU annual report in the SIPRI Yearbook. They also conduct research projects examining the EU annual report and have made recommendations in their published findings.

Annual summaries of developments in reporting to the EU Annual Report can be found at: 2010 - 2009 - 2008. For more information on the EU Common Position, click here.