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Open general export licence information security items

Licence allowing the export of information security items.

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:
11 April 2018
Last updated:
30 December 2022
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  1. The open general export licence information security items - from December 2019 has been revoked as it is no longer required.

  2. Open general export licence (export for information security items) has been revised to clarify that exporters can now register to use it.

  3. OGELs amended to include China, Hong Kong and Macao as permitted destinations for specific items.

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

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

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

  7. Clarity on who can use this licence.

  8. First published.

Documents

Open general export licence information security items (PDF version)

PDF, 315 KB, 15 pages

Revoked: Open general export licence information security items (in force from 26 May 2021)

PDF, 814 KB, 15 pages

Revoked: Open general export licence information security items - from December 2019 (in force from 26 May 2021)

PDF, 792 KB, 15 pages

Information security OGEL technical data and reporting template

ODS, 5.44 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

This open general export licence (OGELs) allows the export of ‘low risk’ information security items deploying encryption to a wide range of destinations.

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 revoked versions of the open general export licence (information security items) on the National Archives website.

You can find revoked versions of the open general export licence (information security items) from December 2019 on the National Archives website.

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