An update of the Vademecum dedicated to the European Union Export Control Regime of military items and weapons : Comment of the Legislation has been issued and is available on this website
More specifically, the following regulation is comprehensively analyzed
1.Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of December 2008 defining common rules governing control of export of military technology and equipment
2. Council Directive 91/477/EEC of 18 June 1991 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons
3. Directive 2008/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons
4. Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition