# Council Decision 2013/698/CFSP of 25 November 2013 in support of a global reporting mechanism on illicit small arms and light weapons and other illicit conventional weapons and ammunition to reduce the risk of their illicit trade, Division 4.2.2: Project activities

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The following activities will be undertaken in the framework of this project:
(a) the deployment of qualified arms experts to conduct in-field analysis of illicit SALW and other illicit conventional weapons, ammunition and related materiel recovered from armed conflicts in States of the sub-Saharan rim;
(b) the analysis, review and verification of documented evidence on illicit SALW and other illicit conventional weapons, ammunition and their users, including, inter alia, photographs of weapons, their component parts and internal and external markings, packaging; associated shipping documentation and the results of field investigations (users, supplies and transfer routes);
(c) the review and verification of recent historical evidence on relevant transfers of SALW and of other conventional weapons and ammunition gathered by organisations other than CAR, including reports by UN sanctions monitoring groups, civil society organisations, and the international news media;
(d) the uploading of all collected and reviewed evidence onto the iTrace information management system and online mapping portal;
(e) the identification and support of local partners to ensure sustained data collection in support of iTrace throughout the duration of the proposed Action and beyond;
(f) the liaison with EU Governments to predefine national points of contact, and a coordination mechanism, in order to clarify the scope of CAR’s investigations, and alleviate possible conflicts of interest, in advance of its investigations.
The project will be implemented incrementally over the full two-year iTrace project period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/698/annex/division/4/division/4.2/division/4.2.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-698/annex/division-4/division-4.2/division-4.2.2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.