Article 1
1. With a view to the implementation of the EU Strategy against illicit firearms, small arms and light weapons and their ammunition (‘Securing arms, protecting citizens’) and Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP, the Union shall further support a project on the promotion of effective arms export controls. 2. The objectives of the project referred to in paragraph 1 shall be to: (a) promote effective controls on arms exports by third countries in accordance with the principles set out in Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and in the ATT; (b) support third countries’ efforts at national and regional level to render trade in conventional weapons more responsible and transparent, and to mitigate the risk of the diversion of arms to unauthorised users. 3. Project activities shall be implemented in complementarity and synergy with Union assistance projects in the field of export controls on conventional arms and dual-use goods, and, when appropriate, with other donors’ assistance projects in the field of export controls. 4. A detailed description of the project is set out in the Annex to this Decision.