On the evening of Wednesday 13 March, negotiators from the EU Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a new regulation presented at the end of 2022 (see EUROPE B13052A10) on the import and export of civilian firearms, and designed to provide greater transparency and traceability.
The aim was to revise a 2012 regulation, as 35 million illegal firearms are believed to be owned by civilians in the EU and around 630,000 firearms are listed as stolen or lost in...