Strasbourg, 28/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - New European rules were validated by the European Parliament on Tuesday and will now apply to products that can be used for both civilian and military purposes, such as chemicals, telecoms devices or software. In negotiations with the Council, MEPs won an undertaking that no general export authorisation should be given to “dual-use” technologies that can potentially be used in ways that violate human rights.
In a resolution by Jörg Leichtfried...