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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-258/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-258/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/258",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing export authorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-258",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. In deciding whether to grant an export authorisation under this Regulation, the Secretary of State shall take into account all relevant considerations including, where appropriate:\n(a) the United Kingdom's obligations and commitments as parties to the relevant international export control arrangements or relevant international treaties;\n(b) considerations of national foreign and security policy, including those contained within guidance made under section 9 of the Export Control Act 2002;\n(c) considerations as to intended end use, consignee, identified final recipient and the risk of diversion.\n2. In addition to the relevant considerations set out in paragraph 1, when assessing an application for an export authorisation, the Secretary of State shall take into account the application by the exporter of proportionate and adequate means and procedures to ensure compliance with the provisions and objectives of this Regulation and with the terms and conditions of the authorisation.\nIn deciding whether to grant an export authorisation under this Regulation, the Secretary of State shall respect their obligations with regard to sanctions imposed by ... a decision of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) or by a binding resolution of the Security Council of the United Nations, in particular as regards arms embargoes.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 10(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/771), regs. 1, 4(9)(a) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 2(3), 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 10(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/771), regs. 1, 4(9)(b) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 2(3), 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 10(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/771), regs. 1, 4(9)(c) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 2(3), 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 10(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/771), regs. 1, 4(9)(d)(i) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 2(3), 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 10(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/771), regs. 1, 4(9)(d)(ii) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 2(3), 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/258/article/10",
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  },
  "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."
}