# Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/2191 of 19 December 2019 in support of a global reporting mechanism on illicit conventional arms and their ammunition to reduce the risk of their diversion and illicit transfer (‘iTrace IV’), Division 4.3.2: Benefit to EU arms control initiatives

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

Regular iTrace Project's Team visits to Member State capitals permit bilateral discussions on sensitive subjects (i.e. post-export diversion), allow Member States to input directly into the design of iTrace and its outputs (direction and scope of investigations and types of reporting), and help develop confidence-building measures (i.e. the iTrace 'advance notification' and 'right of reply' processes). Critically, iTrace outreach to Member States provides a forum for often-nuanced discussion of national challenges and opportunities related to commitments under Criterion 7 of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and Article 11 of the ATT. Under past iTrace Projects (I, II and III), outreach visits have been critical to understanding Member States' information requirements, whether of a general nature (i.e. 'what is your threat assessment regarding weapons entering a particular theatre of armed conflict') or those that are specific to the iTrace Project (i.e. 'we need a dashboard that alerts us instantly to every domestically produced weapon that iTrace field teams document').

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/2191/annex/division/4/division/4.3/division/4.3.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2191/annex/division-4/division-4.3/division-4.3.2
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