European Parliament 26 September 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2691/02 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council. Endorsement of the EU Code of Conduct for Arms Exports by the candidate countries.

Reply (18 February 2003) The Council invites the Honourable Parliamentarian to refer to the answer given to his previous question E-2689/02. In addition, the Council underlines that the third annual report according to Operative provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on arms exports, issued at the end of 2001, identified a certain number of guidelines on topics requiring consideration