Translation of "système d'autorisation d'exportation " (French → English) :

(4) In order to ensure uniform conditions for implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of: the adoption within six months of the entry into force of this Regulation of a work programme relating to the development and deployment of the electronic systems; decisions allowing one or several Member States to use means of exchange and storage of data other than electronic data-processing techniques; decisions authorising Member States to test simplifications in the application of the customs legi ...[+++]slation using electronic data-processing techniques; decisions requesting Member States to take, suspend, annul, amend or revoke a decision; common risk criteria and standards, control measures and priority control areas; the management of the tariff quota and tariff ceilings and the management of the surveillance of the release for free circulation or export of goods; the determination of the tariff classification of goods; the temporary derogation from the rules on preferential origin of goods benefiting from preferential measures adopted unilaterally by the Union; the determination of the origin of goods; the temporary prohibitions relating to the use of comprehensive guarantees; the mutual assistance between the customs authorities in case of incurrence of a customs debt; decisions on repayment or remission of an amount of import or export duty; the official opening hours of customs offices; the determination of the tariff subheading of the goods which are subject to the highest rate of import or export duty where a consignment is made of goods falling under different tariff subheadings; Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.

The Commission was authorised by the Council to negotiate and sign the UNFP in 2002 on behalf of the European Community. In its communication of 18 July 2005 the Commission signalled its intention to complete the ratification process by transposing the provisions of Article 10 UNFP on ‘general requirements for export, import and transit licensing or authorisation systems’.

Article 10 provides that, ‘Each State Party shall establish or maintain an effective system of export and import licensing or authorization, as well as of measures on international transit, for the transfer of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition’.

13. Urges the Member States to apply equal criteria to the evaluation of third states when considering any restriction or embargo on arms exports on account of human rights violations or growing regional instability; in the light of this, the embargo on China should not be lifted until there is a clear and sustained improvement in the situation as regards human rights and civil and political freedoms in the country and until the Tiananmen issue has been properly addressed; is also concerned that arms exports will increase the risk of regional instability in East Asia, particularly in the light of China's recent anti-secession law aimed at Taiwan; urges China to take concrete steps to improve the human rights situation in the country, for ...[+++] example by ratifying the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights and allowing the International Committee of the Red Cross to carry out inspections of Chinese prisons, releasing information on the fate of all the victims of the Tiananmen crackdown, and also strengthening its export control system and improving its commitment to international non-proliferation norms;

Under this scheme, exports of timber from participating countries (FLEGT Partner Countries) to the EU would be accompanied by an export permit, which would be granted if the timber has been harvested in conformity with relevant national legislation.

The Swedish system ensures parliamentary input into the licensing process and helps ensure that the government applies export licensing criteria on a consistent basis.