On 16 November, the ECO published a new version of its consolidated list of controlled military and dual-use items that require an export licence issued by the ECO. The list includes items such as radioactive sources and torture goods. It also includes dual-use items (that are designed for civilian purposes, which also potentially have a military … Continue Reading
The UK’s ECO has updated two of its OGELs: the Military Goods: Collaborative Project Typhoon licence and the International Non-Proliferation Regime Decontrols: Dual-Use Items licence. The former licence has been updated to add Kuwait to the list of authorised destinations for the export of military goods for the maintenance of Typhoon aircraft. The latter licence has been updated to remove … Continue Reading
China has banned the export of 40 items to North Korea that could be used to develop nuclear arms and other weapons of mass destruction. The list of banned products and materials, which adds to a much longer Chinese list of prohibited goods released in 2013, includes metal hydrides and high-strength aluminium alloys, as well as laser-welding and plasma-cutting … Continue Reading
The US State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and Commerce Departments’ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) have issued companion proposed rules to reform Category XII of the US Munitions List (USML). Under the proposed rules (State Rule; BIS Rule), certain fire control, laser, imaging, and guidance and control equipment that were previously controlled as defence articles … Continue Reading
