On Monday 14 November, the Council of the EU adopted the new regulation governing the prohibition on the trade in equipment that may be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel or degrading treatment, amending Regulation no. 1236 of 2005.
The new text makes changes to the current rules on export controls. It allows exports to countries that are parties to the international conventions on the death penalty to be covered by a general authorisation. These countries must have...