Article 1

to promote effective controls on arms exports by non-EU countries in accordance with the principles set out in Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and in the Arms Trade Treaty, and seek, where appropriate, complementarity and synergies with Union assistance projects in the field of export controls on dual-use goods;

to support non-EU countries' efforts at domestic and regional levels in order to render trade in conventional weapons more responsible and transparent.

further promoting, among non-EU countries, the criteria and principles set out in Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and in the Arms Trade Treaty, based on the achievements reached through the implementation of Decisions 2012/711/CFSP and 2009/1012/CFSP and of Joint Action 2008/230/CFSP;

assisting non-EU countries in drafting, updating, and implementing, as appropriate, relevant legislative and administrative measures which aim to establish an effective system of conventional arms export controls;

assisting beneficiaries in the training of licensing and enforcement officers to ensure adequate implementation and enforcement of arms export controls;

promoting transparency and responsibility in international arms trade, including through support to national and regional measures promoting transparency and appropriate scrutiny in the exports of conventional weapons;

encouraging those beneficiaries which have not taken any steps towards signature of, and accession to, the ATT to join the ATT and to encourage signatories to ratify it;

promoting further consideration of the risk of arms diversion and its mitigation, both from the importing and exporting perspectives.