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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9554

30 November 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/internal market
Agreement in first reading on tougher rules for purchase and possession of firearms

Brussels, 29/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 29 November, after 18 months of preparation, which led to a compromise agreement with the Council, the European Parliament adopted, by 588 to 14 with 11 abstentions, a report by Gisela Kallenbach (Greens, Germany) on the European Commission's proposed update of the 1991 EU directive on the purchase and possession of firearms. The Kallenbach Report generally backs the European Commission's initial draft amendment, which includes measures to...

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