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Member states were asked to "increase efforts to combat the smuggling of weapons and components via land and sea routes, to ensure implementation of the targeted arms embargo."

EU officials said a trustee would monitor their implementation and regularly report back to the commission.

The prospect of rising demand for quantum computers has driven shares higher this year, as have a series of technical milestones that have made implementation seem all the more feasible.

Some have hailed the government's decision, agreeing that the implementation was problematic and contributed to falling standards.

They will now work on "a simple, temporary solution to enable earlier implementation as soon as possible", an EU official said.