Council Regulation (EC) No 2889/2000 of 22 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 with regard to intra-Community transfers and exports of dual-use items and technology

Council Regulation (EC) No 2889/2000
of 22 December 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 with regard to intra-Community transfers and exports of dual-use items and technology
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 of 22 June 2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology(1), dual-use items and technology should be subject to effective control when they are exported from the Community.
(2) In order to enable the Member States and the EU to comply with their intentional commitments, particularly within the NSG (Nuclear Suppliers' Group) Category 0 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 (nuclear materials, facilities and equipment) was included in its entirety in Annex IV (items requiring authorisation for intra-Community transfer).
(3) It has since become apparent that intra-Community controls on less proliferation-sensitive nuclear materials under Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 are hampering trade without improving the level of protection already conferred by the Euratom Treaty. The controls imposed on such materials should therefore be abolished.
(4) In the 1984 Dublin Declaration on common policy, however, the Member States acknowledged the need for intra-Community controls on transfers of goods regarded as particularly sensitive in the context of weapons non-proliferation. Controls on certain special fissile materials under item 0C002 (separated plutonium and "uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233" to more than 20 %) should therefore remain in place.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 should be amended accordingly,