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The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) administers the UK’s system of export controls and licensing for military and dual-use items. ECJU is part of the Department for Business and Trade .
The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Assess your goods, software and technology to determine whether or not they are controlled and require a licence to export.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
IDU provides diagnostic and reference services for measles, mumps, rubella, polyomavirus (JC), parvovirus B19 (B19V), varicella-zoster virus (VZV), HHV6 and HHV7.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Follow this guidance to request spend approval when buying or extending facilities management contracts, regardless of their cost.
How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
Advice for manufacturers of Class I medical devices for placing products on the UK market
What you can expect us to do with your personal information when making contact with us or using our services
When military end-use export controls apply and to which destinations.
Service providers or government departments installing networking technologies in government shared buildings, known as hub buildings.
How end-use controls apply to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) related goods, software, technology and technical assistance.
This guidance sets out how the Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU) will carry out its subsidy control functions in the UK Subsidy Control Regime.
Reports and data on export control licensing compiled by the export control organisation.
What private maritime security companies (PMSCs) with a trade control licence must do when their circumstances change like leaving the sector or merging.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
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