Revision of the Firearms Directive

A week after the Paris terrorist attack in November 2015, the European Commission adopted a proposal to amend the directive on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons. The changes aim to introduce tighter controls on civilian use of firearms, improve traceability of legally held weapons and strengthen cooperation between Member States. Several rounds of trilogue negotiations produced an initial agreement in December 2016, now awaiting a vote in plenary of the European Parliament in March 2017.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Adoption of provisional agreement on updated EU firearms directive http://www.europeansources.info/record/adoption-of-provisional-agreement-on-updated-eu-firearms-directive/

ESO: Background information: Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons http://www.europeansources.info/record/control-of-the-acquisition-and-possession-of-weapons-2/

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