Highlights - Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (Firearms directive): vote - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

The provisional deal with the Council on the updated EU firearms directive was endorsed by IMCO Committee by 25 votes in favour, nine against and two abstentions. The revised law tightens the controls on blank firing and inadequately deactivated weapons like those used in the Paris terror attacks. It also requires EU countries to have a monitoring system in place for the issuance or renewal of licences and to exchange information with one another.