Council Regulation (EC) No 394/2006 of 27 February 2006 amending and updating Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000^f1 requires dual-use items (including software and technology) to be subject to effective control when they are exported from the Community.

In order to enable Member States and the Community to comply with their international commitments, Annex I to that Regulation establishes the common list of dual-use items and technology referred to in Article 3 of that Regulation, which implements internationally agreed dual-use controls, including the Wassenaar Arrangement, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the Australia Group and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

Article 11 of that Regulation provides for Annex I and Annex IV to be updated in conformity with the relevant obligations and commitments, and any modification thereof, that each Member State has accepted as a member of the international non-proliferation regimes and export control arrangements, or by ratification of relevant international treaties.

Annex I and IV to that Regulation should be amended in order to take account of changes adopted by the Wassenaar Arrangement, the Australia Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime and the NSG subsequent to the amendments made by Regulation (EC) No 1504/2004.

In order to ease references for export control authorities and operators, an updated and consolidated version of the Annexes to that Regulation should be published.

Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 should be amended accordingly,

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