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Amendments to the Trade in Goods (Control) Order 2003 ("The Trade Order") and the Trade in Controlled Goods (Embargoed Destinations) Order 2004 ("The Embargoed Destinations Order")

NOTICES TO EXPORTERS - 2008/15 - 9 JULY 2008

  1. The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has made amendments to the Trade Order and the Embargoed Destinations Order. The relevant amendments appear in:
The amending Order will come into force on 1st October 2008.

  1. The amending Order makes a number of changes to the Trade Order and the Embargoed Destinations Order.

  2. The principal change introduced by the Order is a three tiered structure to trade controls to respond to recent concerns relating to specific goods and activities. Until now, trade controls followed a two tier approach. The core changes are:

    • Category “A”, “B” and “C” Goods replace “controlled” and “restricted” goods.
    • Fully extra-territorial controls (i.e. controls applying to UK persons anywhere in the world) on certain trading activities will now apply to small arms and man-portable air defence systems (MANPADs) under Category B
    • The strictest controls under Category A, which cover both extra-territorial, trading and the full range of supporting activities, will be extended to cover cluster munitions.

  3. Other amendments include correcting a current legal anomaly in the current trade controls on the treatment of non-military explosive goods. This will bring a wider range of activities relating to the trading of those goods to embargoed destinations under control.

    An informal consolidated version of the current Trade in Goods (Control) Order 2003 with the amendments included has been posted on our website, as has detailed guidance on the trade controls as they will look like once in force. See:

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  1. 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
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

July 2008

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