Mr. Jannik Knauer:

To complement this, exports are a national competence. The EU does not intervene in defence export questions of member states and therefore the SAFE regulation does not enter into this. With regard to rule of law questions, it is not for the SAFE regulation to resolve any issues member states might perceive with regard to other member states' application of the rule of law. The SAFE regulation is not the place to address these kinds of issues.