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Open general export licence cryptographic development

Licence allowing the export of certain types of cryptographic development software and technology.

Updates to this page

From:
Export Control Joint Unit, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for International Trade
Published:
7 December 2011
Last updated:
30 December 2022
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  1. The open general export licence cryptographic development - from December 2019 has been revoked as it is no longer required.

  2. Open general export licence (cryptographic development) has been revised to clarify that it is available for registration.

  3. These open general export licences have been revised to remove Belarus as a permitted destination.

  4. This open general export licence has been revised to remove Russia as a permitted destination.

  5. These open general export licences have been revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period.

  6. OGELs revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period and updates to the list of controlled items.

  7. This open general export licence has been amended to remove Hong Kong as a permitted destination.

  8. Change in registration requirements, and clarity on who can use this licence.

  9. Licence updated and amended to reflect new contact details for the Export Control Joint Unit.

  10. Licence updated and republished to reflect amendments to the EU dual-use export control list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009.

  11. Changes to schedule 2: Central African Republic added. Serbia and Montenegro listed as distinct countries. Note amended to confirm that Switzerland includes Liechtenstein.

  12. Removed South Sudan from list of prohibited destinations. This change will be made formally when we update the licence with other changes later in March.

  13. The version of this licence published on 6 January was incorrect - this licence does not carry a reporting requirement. Text has been amended accordingly.

  14. Updated text in 'Conditions and requirements' to reflect new reporting process in connection with the transparency initiative.

  15. First published.

Documents

Open general export licence cryptographic development (PDF version)

PDF, 232 KB, 10 pages

Revoked: Open general export licence cryptographic development (in force from 9 March 2022)

PDF, 700 KB, 10 pages

Revoked: Open general export licence cryptographic development - from December 2019 (in force from 9 March 2022)

PDF, 720 KB, 10 pages

Details

This open general export licence (OGELs) allows, subject to certain conditions and destinations, the export of certain types of cryptographic (protecting information by transforming it into an unreadable format) development software and technology.

Reporting requirements

This OGEL is subject to reporting requirements under the open licence returns transparency initiative.

Revoked licences

The most recent revoked licences are available in the documents section.

You can find older revoked versions of the Open general export licence (cryptographic development) on the National Archives website.

You can find older revoked versions of the Open general export licence (cryptographic development) from December 2019) on the National Archives website.

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