The revision of the Firearms Directive

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
DRAFT PROGRAMME
Public Hearing
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
The revision of the Firearms Directive
15 March 2016 from 15h00 to 17h00
European Parliament, Brussels
József Antall Building, Room (6Q2)
15h00 - 15h10
Opening remarks
 Mrs Vicky Ford, IMCO Chair & Rapporteur
 Mr Philippe Nobles, French Member of the Firearms
Committee
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15h10 - 15h30
Panel discussion 1: The Scope and exceptions of the
Directive
[Speakers will elaborate on the scope of the Directive
including on museums and collectors, on Article 6
exceptions and distance sales (20 min)]
 Dr Edward Impey, Director General, Royal Armouries
Museum
 Mr Mauro Silvis, Director, Italian Association of
Manufacturers of Sporting and Civilian Arms and
Ammunition
 Mr Cedric Poitevin, Deputy-Director, Group for Research
and Information on Peace and Security (GRIP)
B-1047 Brussels - Tel. +32 2 28 44550 - Fax 0032 2 28 31272
 15h30 - 15h50 Q&A session
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Panel discussion 2: Categories of firearms (semiautomatics, blank-firing, deactivation and reversibility)
[Speakers will elaborate on the technical aspects of the
different types of firearms, including on safety (20 min)]
 Mr Jean-Luc Stassen, Belgian Proof Master
 Mr Filippo Segato, Secretary General, FACE - Federation
of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU
 Dr. Ian Anthony, Director European Security Programme,
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
16h10 - 16h30
Q&A session
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16h30- 16h40
Panel discussion 3: EU firearms rules and control of illicit
use and trafficking (Chaired by LIBE Chair)
Speaker:
 Europol expert - incl. on MS info exchange (10 min)
16h40 - 16h50
Q&A session
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16h50 - 17h00
Closing remarks
 Mrs Vicky Ford, IMCO Chair & Rapporteur
 Mrs Bodil VALERO, LIBE Rapporteur
 (possibly the European Commission)
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