The Department of Trade and Industry has amended the OGEL (Military Goods: For Demonstration to Governments) as follows:
This OGEL now covers all military software falling within ML21 of the Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control) Order 2003. Previously this OGEL had only covered part - ML21a - of this clause on the Military List. See the ML21 software entry at the bottom of this Notice.
Open General Export Licence: Military Goods: for Demonstration to GovernmentsThe amended licence will come into force on Tuesday 31 May 2005
For further details of strategic export controls and coverage of all Open General Export Licences please contact:
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For current Open General Export Licences click on the link in the right hand column.
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.
May 2005
Notice 08/05
ML21 "Software" as follows:
a. "Software" specially designed or modified for the "development", "production" or "use" of equipment or materiel in this Part of this Schedule;
b. Specific "software", as follows:
1. "Software" specially designed for:
a. Modelling, simulation or evaluation of military weapon systems;
b. "Development", monitoring, maintenance or up-dating of "software" embedded in military weapon systems;
c. Modelling or simulating military operation scenarios, other than those controlled in ML14;
d. Command, Communications, Control and Intelligence (C3I) applications or Command, Communications, Control, Computer and Intelligence (C4I) applications;2. "Software" for determining the effects of conventional, nuclear, chemical or biological warfare weapons;
3. "Software" not controlled in ML21.a., ML21.b.1. or ML21.b.2., specially designed or modified to enable equipment not in this Part of this Schedule to perform military functions of equipment in ML5, ML7.f., ML9, ML10.e., ML11, ML14, ML15, ML17.i. or ML18;
c. Other "software" specially designed or modified for military use.