On Friday 21 May, the European Commission adopted new rules on the systematic exchange of information between Member States relating to refusals to grant authorisations to possess firearms, it said in a statement.
“It is estimated that 30,000 refusals are made every month in the EU for security reasons. The delegated regulation adopted today will allow competent national authorities to check, using the Internal Market Information System, whether a person applying for a permit to carry a...