UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC): protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the report by Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON (EPP, FR) on the draft Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

Members recommended the European Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol for the purpose of making it easier to prevent illicit trafficking in firearms by better monitoring them through marking and import and export licensing or authorisation, and by strengthening cooperation and the exchange of information between States Parties.