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UK Amends the Consolidated List of Strategic Military and Dual-Use Items

On 17 January 2018, the UK’s ECJU of the UK Department of International Trade updated the Consolidated Control List of Strategic Military and Dual-use Items that Require Export Authorisation. The updated list notably takes into account the changes made to the EU dual-use export control list (See Annex I of the above link).… Continue Reading

UK Revokes Certain Open General Export Licences

On 4 January 2018, the Export Council Joint Unit (ECJU) of the UK Department for International Trade revoked Open General Export Licences (OGELs) applicable to dual-use technology items, cryptographic development, low value shipments, and dual-use items for oil and gas exploration, as well as OGELs for Turkey. The ECJU suggested they will be replaced very … Continue Reading

EU Parliament Adopts Amendments on Dual-Use Items Regulation Proposal

Presented by the European Commission on 28 September 2016, the dual-use items Regulation Proposal aims at reviewing the export control regime of dual-use items. The proposal contains amendments to key export control notions, for example, the amending of the definition of “dual-use” to include cyber-surveillance technologies. It also clarifies controls on intangible technology transfer (ITT) … Continue Reading

Part of EU Sanctions on Russia Extended Through July 2018

On 21 December 2017, the Council of the European Union prolonged sanctions targeting sectors of the Russian economy until 31 July 2018 (See Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2426). The restrictive measures include limited access to EU primary and secondary capital markets for certain Russian banks and companies, an export and import ban on trade in arms, … Continue Reading

UK Export Control Organisation (ECO) Revokes Open General Export Licence (OGEL) (International Non- Proliferation Regime Decontrols: Dual-Use Items)

The OGEL (dealing with international non-proliferation regime decontrols: dual-use items) which allowed, subject to certain conditions, the export of specified dual-use (having a civilian and military application) items has been permanently revoked, as it is no longer useful to exporters. If an export can no longer meet the terms and conditions of a particular licence … Continue Reading
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