Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

In June 2005, the Council of the European Union adopted Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The Regulation entered into force on 30 July 2006.

The European Commission amended Annexes II and III to this Regulation by means of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2011 which came in force on 21 December 2011, primarily with a view to establishing export controls on certain medicinal products to prevent the use of such products for capital punishment (execution by means of lethal injection). This amendment was accompanied by guidance for the application of Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005, as set out in Commission Staff Working Paper SEC(2011)1624 of 20 December 2011.

The Commission also started a process to review Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 in its entirety, responding in particular to a Resolution of the European Parliament of 17 June 2010.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2014)1: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:001:FIN

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