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Changes to the Control Lists as result of Wassenaar Arrangement review

AMENDMENT TO THE EXPORT OF GOODS, TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY AND PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (CONTROL) ORDER 2003 (“THE 2003 ORDER”)

1. The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has made amendments to the 2003 Order. The relevant amendments appear in:

• The Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control)(Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I.2008 No 1281) (“the amending Order”). The amending Order will come into force on 3rd June 2008.
  

2. The amending Order makes a number of changes to Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Main Order. These are a consequence of the latest review of the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA), as well as some national policy changes. The principal changes are:

       In Schedule 1:

• Changes in the following categories:
  • ML4.b and .c
  • ML21
  • deletion of PL5006 and PL5030

        In Schedule 2:

• Changes in the following categories:
  • PL9008.a. adding submersible vehicles

3. In addition “sting sticks” in entry PL5001.i are removed from the general exception in article 11 of the 2003 Order for goods in transit.

4. The amending Order clarifies that reference to Schedule 1 in the Trade in Goods (Control) Order 2003 and the Trade in Controlled Goods (Embargoed Destinations) Order 2004 are references to that Schedule as amended. The amending Order also updates the 2003 Order so it refers to the most recent amendments to Council Regulation (EC) No.1334/2000

5. For further details of strategic export controls please contact the ECO

This notice is for information purposes only and has no force in law. Please note that where legal advice is required exporters should make their own arrangements.

Export Control Organisation

20 May 2008

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