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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-43/annex/division-2/division-2.1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/43",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2013/43/CFSP of 22 January 2013 on continued Union activities in support of the Arms Trade Treaty negotiations, in the framework of the European Security Strategy",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-43",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Objectives",
  "text": "The project activity will assist Union efforts aimed at supporting the finalisation of the negotiation of an ATT that will ‘establish the highest possible common international standards to regulate legal trade in conventional weapons’ and as a result ‘make trade in arms more responsible and transparent, thus contributing to reinforcing peace and security, regional stability and sustainable social and economic development’. In particular the project activity will:\ncontribute to the delivery of a strong and robust ATT based on the draft Treaty text of 26 July 2012;\ncontinue Union efforts to encourage third countries to support the elaboration and implementation of a legally binding ATT, establishing international common standards for the global trade in conventional arms;\npromote Union efforts to strengthen arms transfer controls in third countries; and\nsupport third countries’ efforts at the national level in preparation to achieve the full implementation of the ATT once it will enter into force.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/43/annex/division/2/division/2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:11.742967+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}