Article 1
1. For the purposes of the practical implementation of: — the European Security Strategy, — the EU Strategy to combat illicit accumulation and trafficking of SALW and their ammunition, — Article 11 of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP, — the EU Programme for Preventing and Combating Illicit Trafficking in Conventional Arms, — the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, and, — the Council Conclusions on a International Arms Trade Treaty, the European Union shall support activities in order to further the following objectives: (a) to promote, among third countries, the criteria and principles of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP; (b) to assist third countries in drafting and implementing legislation to ensure effective control of arms exports; (c) to assist third countries in the training of licensing officers to ensure adequate implementation and enforcement of arms export controls; (d) to assist third countries and regions in the elaboration of national and regional reports on arms exports and the promotion of other forms of scrutiny in order to promote transparency and accountability of arms exports; (e) to encourage third countries to support the United Nations process aiming at the adoption of a legally binding international treaty establishing common standards for the global trade in conventional arms, and to assist in ensuring that they are in a position to comply with such possible common standards. 2. A description of the projects furthering the objectives, as referred to in paragraph 1, is set out in the Annex.