In November, the UK passed the Venezuela (European Union Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2017. The regulations follow the EU’s recent sanctions on Venezuela as part of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063. They cover offences, penalties and other provisions, such as reporting obligations. On 15 November, the UK Department for International Trade published a notice to exporters (Notice … Continue Reading
The ECO has announced that it has updated and amended six open general export licences (OGELs) in order to reflect the amendments to the Export Control Order 2008, which came into force on 22 February, and the replacement of Schedule 1 to the OGEL for printed circuit boards (PCB) and components for military goods. The … Continue Reading
In a notice to exporters from 22 March, the ECO announced that its Iran list has been withdrawn, owing to the substantial lifting of EU sanctions on Iran under the JCPOA nuclear deal signed in 2015. The list was designed to provide information relating to certain entities, companies and organization in Iran for exporters concerned … Continue Reading
On 9 January 2017, the ECO published new guidance on how to use SPIRE to get an export licence. The guidance sets out the various steps required for completion before exports can use SPIRE. These steps include registering and having available: the EORI number; the export control classification of the items in question; the supporting … Continue Reading
The UK ECO has published a notice that it has updated and amended 16 open licences including 13 open general export licences (OGELs), two open general transshipment licences (OGTLs) and an open general trade control licence (OGTCL). The reason for the change is due to a planned update to the Military List to reflect the … Continue Reading
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
In order to reflect that the UK Export Control Organisation (ECO) is now part of the Department for International Trade (DIT), some aspects of SPIRE, the ECO’s online export licensing system, have been amended. The following website addresses are now live: Spire home page, ECO reports and statistics, Goods and OGEL checker. For exporters, this means that any licenses or … Continue Reading
