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How to get prior authorisation to use an open general export licence (OGEL) for goods, software or technology which support UK government defence contracts.
What private maritime security companies (PMSCs) need to provide to comply with licence conditions.
Licence covering certain dual-use items that were imported to the UK for maintenance, repair or replacement and exported without any changes to their original characteristics.
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is moving applications for a standard individual export license (SIEL) from the current system, SPIRE, onto a new online system, Licensing for International Trade (LITE).
Export Control Joint Unit changes to contacting operations.
This notice is to remind applicants of the requirements for undertakings.
Licence allowing certain vintage aircraft to be exported to European Union countries for no more than 3 months.
Licence for the transit of sporting guns through the UK.
Benin is subject to regional controls governing small arms and light weapons.
Licence covering the temporary export of specified dual-use items to certain countries for an exhibition or fair.
This notice sets out changes to the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria and forthcoming changes to military end-use controls.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has sentenced a UK exporter for breaches relating to the UK export controls.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) notification on CDS currently unable to accept special and diacritic characters.
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has updated 4 open general export licences (OGELs) to remove Rwanda as a permissible destination.
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has updated the AUKUS open general licence (OGL).
New trade sanctions on Russia entered into force on 24 April 2025.
Licence allowing the export or transfer of goods, software or technology for the Turkish Aerospace Industries TF-X Programme.
Licence for the export of vintage military vehicles and artillery pieces to EU countries.
Licence allowing the export of specific goods to any destination in Turkey.
How Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) source, process and quality check data for the creation of the strategic export controls licensing statistics.
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