Notice to exporters 2019/11: 6 new OGELs issued
Published 17 July 2019
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Following the Court of Appeal Judgment of Campaign Against Arms Trade’s appeal, we said we will not grant any new licences for exports to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners (UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Egypt) which might be used in the conflict in Yemen.
We have therefore stopped new registrations for 6 open general export licences (OGELs):
- PCBs and components for military goods
- export after repair/replacement under warranty (military goods)
- exports for transfers in support of UK government defence contracts
- software and source code for military goods
- technology for military goods
- military goods: collaborative Project Typhoon
In notice to exporters: 2019/09, we made it clear that exporters who registered for these OGELs before 20 June 2019 may continue to use them to export to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners, subject to the terms and conditions of the licences.
We also said that arrangements will be put in place for future registrations for other destinations permitted by these OGELs. These arrangements are now in place. Six new versions of these open licences have now been published to allow for new registrations. These new versions do not permit exports to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners.
The new OGELs are:
- PCBs and components for military goods - from June 2019
- export after repair/replacement under warranty (military goods) - from June 2019
- exports for transfers in support of UK Government defence contracts - from June 2019
- software and source code for military goods - from June 2019
- technology for military goods - from June 2019
- military goods: collaborative Project Typhoon - from June 2019
For the avoidance of doubt, these 6 new licences are for new registrations. Exporters who registered for the original licences prior to 20 June 2019 are not required to register for the new versions of the OGELS. If these exporters have any queries about their existing registrations, they should contact their Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) Compliance Inspector.
Contact ECJU
General queries about strategic export licensing
Export Control Joint Unit
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY
Email exportcontrol.help@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Telephone 020 7215 4594
More information on export controls is available on the ECJU pages of the GOV.UK website, also the SPIRE export licensing database.
This notice is for information only and has no force in law. If the information here applies to your business, we recommend you take appropriate action, including seeking legal advice if necessary.
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