Guidance

Open general export licence export for exhibition: military goods

Licence for the export of military goods for exhibition where the goods will be returned to the UK.

• From: Export Control Joint Unit, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 3 July 2012
• Last updated: 9 May 2025
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  1. 9 May 2025

     Uploaded the right document for this open general export licence (OGEL).

  2. 9 May 2025

     This open general export licence (OGEL) has been revised to exclude nuclear power generating and naval nuclear propulsion equipment under ML17g and ML9 from the scope of the licence.

  3. 15 May 2024

     Update to the Open General Export Licence export for exhibition: military goods, following a change to the Ministry of Defence's (MoD’s) contact details.

  4. 30 December 2022

     The open general export licence export for exhibition: military goods - from December 2019 has been revoked as it is no longer required.

  5. 30 September 2022

     Open general export licence (export for repair/replacement under warranty: military goods) has been revised to clarify that it is available for registration.

  6. 31 December 2020

     This Open General Export Licence has been revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period.

  7. 18 December 2020

     These OGELs have been revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period.

  8. 4 August 2020

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

  9. 14 January 2020

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

  10. 6 April 2018

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

  11. 6 October 2015

      Amendments to rating code PL5001. MOD security requirements clarified. Clause added referring to pre-visit questionnaires.

  12. 4 March 2015

      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. 26 February 2015

      Correction: South Sudan added to Schedule 2 (destinations).

  14. 13 June 2014

      Licence amended to reflect the new Government Security Classification System.

  15. 27 February 2014

      Licence updated to take account of the EU decision on 20 February 2014 to suspend all export licensing to Ukraine for any equipment which might be used for internal repression.

  16. 1 January 2014

      Updated guidance to reflect new reporting process in connection with the transparency initiative.

  17. 3 July 2012

      First published.

Documents

Open general export licence export for exhibition: military goods (PDF version)

PDF, 296 KB, 11 pages

Revoked: Open general export licence export for exhibition: military goods (in force from 15 May 2024)

PDF, 751 KB, 15 pages

Details

This open general export licence (OGEL) allows, subject to certain conditions, the export of military goods for exhibition to certain destinations, where the goods will be returned to the UK.

Reporting requirements

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

Revoked licences

The most recent revoked licence is available in the documents section.

You can find revoked versions of the open general export licence (export for exhibition: military goods) on the National Archives website.

You can find revoked versions of the open general export licence (export for exhibition: military goods) from December 2019) on the National Archives website.