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The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Follow this guidance to request spend approval when buying or extending facilities management contracts, regardless of their cost.
How to import goods under national or UN-level import controls. This includes weapons, sanctioned goods, or goods that could be used for torture.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Goods that are controlled and how to get licences for them, the UK Strategic Export Control Lists, dealing with the Export Control Organisation (ECO).
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for commercial activities costing £20 million or more excluding VAT.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
The Cabinet Office spend controls help organisations to reduce unnecessary spend and encourage cross-government collaboration.
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