Da Belgien i 1991 lavede sin våbeneksportlov, var det konstante argument fra belgisk side for ikke at gå alt for vidt, at dette spørgsmål måtte reguleres på EU-plan, fordi Belgiens position sammenlignet med andre ellers ville blive forringet.
When Belgium drew up its arms export act in 1991, the perennial argument on the part of Belgium for not going the whole hog was that this issue should be regulated at European level, otherwise Belgium would be at a relative disadvantage.