Wassenaar Arrangement On Export Controls For Conventional Arms And Dual-Use Goods And Technologies

Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: this arrangement, adopted on 12 July 1996 for entry into force on 1 November 1996, is the successor to COCOM. The purpose of the Arrangement is to promote transparency and greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies. The Arrangement is not directed against any state or group of states, and each member country enforces its own export control laws. The Arrangement has 33 members, including the members of the former Warsaw Pact. See also dual purpose exports.[1]

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1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies” entry (OAS)

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