On 14 July 2026, the Council published a Commission staff working document containing 19 data reports on dual-use export controls for 2024, compiled under Regulation (EU) 2021/821. The data, gathered via a Member State exercise based on Commission Recommendation (EU) 2024/214, reveal significant disparities in authorisation values and volumes, with France, Germany, and the Netherlands accounting for the bulk of licences, while many Member States reported zero or unavailable data for brokering, technical assistance, and transit authorisations.
The document accompanies the Commission's annual report on the implementation of the dual-use regulation. Report 1 on export authorisations by licence type shows that individual export authorisations (ID01) totalled €12.07 billion (2,952 authorisations) for France, €4.33 billion (5,924) for Germany, and €763 million (529) for Austria. For global export authorisations (ID02), the Netherlands reported €32.78 billion (186 authorisations). EU general export authorisations (ID04) reached €5.09 billion (60,686) for the Netherlands. Brokering, technical assistance, and transit authorisations were mostly zero or not available for many Member States.
Report 2 breaks down individual export authorisations by item type. For nuclear materials, facilities, plants and equipment (category 0EC1), France authorised €6.84 billion (345 authorisations), Germany €1.17 billion (499), and Ireland €517 million (49). For software for nuclear materials (0EC2), France authorised €692 million (103), Germany €176 million (75). For technology for nuclear materials (0EC3), Germany authorised €556 million (86), while French data were not fully provided in the excerpt.
The data highlight a concentration of dual-use export activity in a few large Member States, raising questions about the effectiveness of the EU's unified control regime. The Commission's report is expected to inform discussions on potential revisions to the regulation, with the European Parliament and Council set to review the findings. The variation in reporting completeness also underscores ongoing challenges in harmonising data collection and enforcement across the bloc.