7. Welcomes the very late decision by the French President Hollande to suspend the export of the first Mistral class helicopter carrier in November 2014 due to the Russian aggression of Ukraine, but calls on France to definitively revoke this contract; recalls that Russia intends to name the second Mistral class battleship after the Russian-occupied Ukrainian sea port ‘Sebastopol’; urges the United Kingdom to immediately withdraw all current arms exports licences to Russia and equally urges the Member States to reinforce the EU arms embargo on Russia by not only banning future exports but all current contracts and licences;

Mr Romeva’s report has to do with common rules applicable to arms exports, and the problem with these is that, while we do have common rules in the shape of the Code of Conduct, this code is not itself binding.

The essential part of this cooperation is the development of a new basis of strategic stability after the US withdrawal of the 1972 ABM Treaty within the framework of the Treaty [to reduce arms]The session was devoted to the issues of the implementation of the Strategic arms reduction treaty, transparency and cooperation in missile defence.

The Regulation suspends customs duties on a very large range of military weapons and materials.

The embargo covers weapons designed to kill and their ammunition, weapons platforms, non-weapons platforms and ancillary equipment as indicated in the EC embargo list of 8 and 9 July 1991.

[1] The abovementioned embargo covers weapons designed to kill and their ammunition, weapons platforms, non-weapons platforms and ancillary equipment as listed in the EC embargo list of 8 and 9 July 1991.