International Agreements regarding arms trade

Germany’s arms export policy is in part determined by a number of arms control treaties and regimes to which it is party. These include certain regulations as to licencing and reporting of exports of militarily relevant goods.

Missile Technology Control Regime (1987)

  • for more information about the MTCR here 

United Nations Resolution (A/RES/46/36) on General and Complete Disarmament / Transparency in Armaments. (6.12.1991)

  • for more information about the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs here 

Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Weapons and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies  (19.12.1995)

  • for more information here

EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (8.6.1998)

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel-Mines and on their Destruction (18.9.1997)

  • for more information here

OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons (24.11.2000)

United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (Juli 2001)

  • more information here

Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (Februar 2002)

  • more information here

Arms Trade Treaty (27.03.2013)

  • more information here 

NEW Documents:

Gegen Rüstungsexport und Migrationsabwehr. Evangelische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kriegsdienstverweigerung und Frieden, June 2019.

New Political Principles on Arms Exports. 26.6.2019.

Annual Report on Arms Exports 2018. June 2019.

Arms Exports 2018 by Federal States. BT-Drs 19/10392, 21.5.2019.

End-Use for Arms Exports to Yemens Conflict Parties. BT-Drs 19/10374, 21.5.2019.