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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11638
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Trade

Parliament tightens EU ban on export of torture goods

The European Parliament voted by a massive majority on Tuesday 4 October to tighten the legislative framework governing the ban on the trade in equipment that may be used for the execution, torture or other inhuman and degrading treatment of people.

In its plenary session in Strasbourg, Parliament voted by 612 to 11, with 54 abstentions to pass the agreement reached in trialogue with the Council and the Commission on 24 May on the draft regulation amending the current regulation which dates...

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