On 20 September 2016, the website EurActiv published the news that the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has postponing the deposit of the Commission’s new proposal for a Regulation on dual-use items.
The new Regulation, which should strengthen the existing EU dual-use export control system, notably should include stricter controls for the export of surveillance technology.
According to EurActiv, the new proposal that should have been presented on 21 September 2016, has been postponed by the President onto the agenda for next week’s meeting of the college of Commissioners.
The proposal was originally set to be approved by written procedure, but will now be debated between Commissioners.
More information are available on the EurActive website: http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/juncker-postpones-controversial-export-control-bill-on-surveillance-technology/.
A leak draft of the proposal has been published by EurActive and is available on:
http://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/dual-use-proposal.pdf