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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11570

11 June 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) internal market
EU Council of Ministers adopts lax negotiating position on firearms

Brussels, 10/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 10 June, ministers on the Justice and Home Affairs Council decided on a general negotiating position for the directive on firearms that will allow people who shoot as a sport and collectors of guns to own semi-automatic arms. The negotiating position also allows many exemptions.

The draft directive aiming to improve rules on the sale of firearms within the EU was prepared in a hurry by the European Commission in the wake of the terror attacks...

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