⚖️📢 EU Update - Regulation 2019/125 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
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🔗 OJEU - 31.07.2025 : https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025R0928
⚠️ Annex II (list of goods for which any export is prohibited) and Annex III (list of goods for which any export requires a prior authorisation) have been both updated.
📆 Entry into force : 20 august 2025
📌 Key changes introduced :
➡️ New items under Annex II (now prohibited export) :
– leg irons,
– hoods and blindfolds,
– weighted batons,
– "lathis" batons,
– body armour with spikes or serrations,
– "sjamboks" whips,
– equipment and explosive projectiles for dispensing injurious quantities of riot control agent from aerial platforms.
➡️ New items under Annex III (export authorisation now needed) :
– leg cuffs,
– single shot kinetic impact projectile launchers & associated projectiles,
– launchers and dissemination devices,
– ammunition containing multiple kinetic impact projectiles,
– large calibre projectiles containing riot control agents,
– malodorant chemical mixtures.
➡️ Gang chains and fixed equipment for the dissemination of incapacitating or irritating chemical substances activated using a remote control system went from Annex III (subject to authorisation) to Annex II (prohibited export).
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