In this section you will find all ESU main publications, including the Chaudfontaine collection on strategic trade controls.
Other publications, such as Introduction to International Strategic Trade Control Regimes and From Lisbon to Rome are conceived to guide readers in the main topics of our research unit: strategic trade controls and European Union law and policies.
Belgian Trade Controls on Movable Cultural Goods: Legislation and Competent Authorities
The annexed table sums up Belgian legislation into force ruling the protection and trade control of cultural goods.
The table sums up legislation by competent
Annie Niessen reçoit le Prix Jean Gol 2018-2019
Annie Niessen, doctorante dans l'Unité d'études européennes, vient de se voir attribuer le Prix Jean Gol 2018-2019 pour ses recherches doctorales dans les domaines de...
European Commission’s methodology and criteria for the assessment and recognition of supply chain due diligence schemes concerning tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TG)
The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/429 of 11 January 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the methodology and criteria...
Updated version of the EU Common Military List
On 18 February 2019, the Council adopted the updated version of the Common Military List of the European Union (OJ C 95/1 of 12/03/19).
Click on the above link to access the list.
The EU Commission published an notice to stakeholders: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom and EU rules in the field of dual use export controls
The Belgian Trade Control System: Legislation by Items-Category and Competent Authority
The annexed table sums up legislation in force in Belgium for the following categories of controlled items:
- Conventional weapons;
- Dual-use goods and technologies;
- Goods...
Council Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (2019/C 66 I/01)
On 19 February 2019, the Agreement on UK withdrawl from the European Union and from the European Atomic Energy Community was published on the Official Journal of the...
LA CULTURE, ENTRE CONCEPT ET COMPÉTENCE: Comment la culture est-elle perçue dans l’Union européenne depuis sa formalisation en tant que compétence d’appui dans le traité de Lisbonne ?
La culture. Concept qui semble omniprésent dans les discours de l’UE. Pourtant, aucune définition de ce qu’elle recouvre n’est à trouver, ni dans les...
The ESU is hosting a new PhD researcher: Lode Dewaegheneire.
The doctoral research, under the direction of Professor Quentin Michel, will be dedicated to Transparency in arms control: a guarantee for successful...
Commission implementing Directive on technical specifications for the marking of firearms and their essential components
The COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/68 of 16 January 2019 establishing technical specifications for the marking of firearms and their essential components under Council Directive...
L’Union européenne : entre une union des États ou la création d’un État, il est temps de décider
Pour survivre et prospérer, l’Union doit susciter l’adhésion de ses citoyens mais cela ne sera réellement possible que si sa finalité est clairement...
Brexit and Strategic Trade Controls: key implications
On 24/25 April, a small group of government officials, academics, and industry practitioners were invited by the University of Liège and...
Vademecum dedicated to the European Union Dual-Use Items Export Control Regime: Comment of the Legislation
June 2017
A revised version of the Vademecum dedicated to the European Union Dual-Use Items Export Control Regime has
FOLLOW UP of the comparison between European Commission’s proposal and European Parliament’s amendments to the EU Dual-use Regulation RECAST
Following the draft report containing amendments proposed by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade – INTA (rapporteur MEP Klaus Buchner) to...
Comparison between European Commission’s proposal and European Parliament’s amendments to the EU Dual-use Regulation RECAST
The draft of the European Parliament’s legislative resolution, contained in the Draft report of the Committee of International Trade, introduced 57...
Brexit and Strategic Trade Controls: key implications
On 24/25 April, Quentin Michel from the University of Liege and Ian Stewart from King’s College London convened a small group of...
Updates on Member States’ implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2134 - Vademecum dedicated to the European Union Trade Control Regime of items which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishme
This latest version of the Vademecum dedicated to the European Union Trade Control Regime of items which could be used for capital punishment, torture or...
Le labyrinthe européen. Éléments et principes de l’Union européenne
L’époque des pères fondateurs de l’Europe nous paraît aujourd’hui bien lointaine. La construction de l’Union européenne donne le...
Politique agricole commune. Analyse transversale de la conditionnalité environnementale
A travers cet ouvrage, Maxime HABRAN propose une analyse transversale et multidisciplinaire de la question de l’intégration de la politique de protection de l’environnement au
Vademecum dedicated to the European Union Dual-Use Items Export Control Regime: Comment of the Legislation
February 2017
A revised version of the Vademecum dedicated to the European Union Dual-Use Items Export Control Regime has