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Open general export licence military goods: for demonstration

Licence for the export of military goods for demonstration.

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From:
Export Control Joint Unit, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for International Trade
Published:
7 August 2012
Last updated:
9 May 2025
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  1. This open general export licence (OGEL) has been revised to exclude naval nuclear propulsion equipment ML9 from the scope of the licence.

  2. The open general export licence (OGEL) has been updated to remove Rwanda as a permissible destination.

  3. The Ogel has been amended to remove Haiti as permissible destination. The current one is revoked.

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 The open general export licence military goods: for demonstration – from December 2019 has been revoked as it is no longer required.

  5. Open general export licence (military goods: for demonstration) has been revised to clarify that it is available for registration.

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

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

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

  9. This licence has been amended to remove Lebanon as a permitted destination.

  10. Clarity on who can use this licence.

  11. Licence updated to include an option for the goods to remain under the control of the exporter’s agent.

  12. Venezuela added to the list of non-valid destinations following EU sanctions against that country imposed on 13 November 2017.

  13. Goods list change to schedule 1, rating code PL5017 removed, Central African Republic added to schedule 2.

  14. Addition of 'South Sudan' to Schedule 2 (destinations). MOD security requirements clarified, including MOD Form 680. Clause added referring to pre-visit questionnaires.

  15. 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.

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

  17. Licence amended to reflect the new Government Security Classification System.

  18. Russia added to the list of non-permitted destinations.

  19. This licence has been updated to reflect changes to the requirements for MOD Form 680 approval. See the explanatory note in the licence.

  20. 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.

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

  22. First published.

Documents

Open general export licence military goods: for demonstration

PDF, 290 KB, 12 pages

Revoked: Open general export licence military goods: for demonstration (in force from February 2025)

PDF, 754 KB, 12 pages

Details

This open general export licence (OGEL) allows, subject to certain conditions, the export of some military goods for demonstration.

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 (military goods: for demonstration) on the National Archives website.

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

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