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"Mr President, the proposal that we are debating today is about export control of dual-use items and technologies and it therefore, naturally, serves a dual purpose.
Firstly, this proposal is about our security. It aims to make the EU more efficient in preventing the risk of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of the military use of civilian items, while ensuring that we comply with our international commitments in this respect.
Secondly, the proposal is about our prosperity. It will help level the playing field vis-à-vis our competitors and therefore foster our competitiveness by making sure that our export controls do not hamper legitimate trade in critical sectors of our economy.
I believe that the objectives behind the proposal are shared by a large majority of Members of Parliament. It is vital to strike a fair balance between a strong defence of our security and the promotion of our trade concerns.
In order for the EU to achieve these objectives, it is proposed to delegate to the Commission the competence to update the so-called ‘EU control list’ – the list of controlled items – in the Regulation governing the European dual-use export control system. Updates of this list should be carried out frequently in order to comply with our international commitments, leading to quasi-automatic transposition of internationally-agreed controls into EU law. Currently, the legislative procedure is too heavy and not suitable for such a frequent and technical task.
Let me take a recent example: it took the EU more than two years to update the Common Control List. This has been widely criticised by EU economic operators, who sometimes cannot trade in certain goods while their competitors have the freedom to do so, since these products have already been removed from the control lists in other countries.
It is also proposed to empower the Commission to update Annex II of our dual-use export control system, which provides for facilitated controls of certain low-risk items to certain low-risk destinations. This is needed to take account of sometimes rapidly changing circumstances: here again, our security is at stake and the question is how long should it take for the EU to require enhanced controls on exports when the security situation deteriorates in a particular country? In such cases, clearly, time is of the essence and the proposal therefore will accelerate this process.
I have taken note of the different amendments tabled and would like to remind you of an ongoing and wide-ranging review the Commission has launched in relation to our EU export control regime, which offers the appropriate setting to discuss issues that are outside the scope of the proposed Regulation. As I have already explained, the purpose of the proposal we are debating today is simply to introduce a more efficient procedure to revise the EU control list which covers only dual-use items for weapons of mass destruction or military end-use. Thus, we will provide more security and a level playing field for our exporters. That is what is at stake now."@en1
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