The Export Control Order 2008

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 EXPORT AND TRANSFER CONTROLS

    1. 3.Military goods, etc.

    2. 4.Movement of UK controlled dual-use goods, etc. to certain destinations

    3. 4A.Movement of certain medicinal products to the United States of America

    4. 4B.Movement of Libyan bank notes and coins

    5. 5.Movement of UK controlled dual-use goods, etc. within the customs territory

    6. 6.WMD purposes end-use control supplementing the dual-use Regulation

    7. 7.Control on transfers within the customs territory supplementing the dual-use Regulation

    8. 8.Transit controls supplementing the dual-use Regulation

    9. 9.Provisions supplementing the torture Regulation

    10. 9A.General prohibition

    11. 10.Transfers within the United Kingdom for WMD purposes

    12. 11.Transfers from outside the customs territory for WMD purposes

    13. 12.Transfers by non-electronic means from the United Kingdom for WMD purposes

    14. 13.Exceptions for aircraft

    15. 14.Exceptions for vessels

    16. 15.Exception for firearms – European firearms pass

    17. 16.Exception for firearms – firearm or shot gun certificate or permit

    18. 17.Transit or transhipment exception

    19. 18.Software and technology exceptions

  4. PART 3 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONTROLS

    1. 19.End-use control on technical assistance

  5. PART 4 TRADE CONTROLS

    1. 20.Embargoed destinations

    2. 21.Category A goods

    3. 22.Category B goods

    4. 23.Category C goods

    5. 24.Exception for movement of goods within the customs territory

    6. 25.Exception for activities carried out in the Isle of Man

  6. PART 5 LICENCES, ETC.

    1. 26.Licences

    2. 27.Person authorised by UK licence to export goods

    3. 28.Registration with the Secretary of State

    4. 29.Record keeping – general

    5. 30.Registration and record keeping – information security items

    6. 31.Inspection of records

    7. 32.Amendment, suspension and revocation of licences

    8. 33.Licence refusals, etc. and appeals

  7. PART 6 OFFENCES, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

    1. 34.Offences relating to prohibitions in Parts 2, 3 and 4

    2. 35.Offences relating to prohibitions and restrictions in the dual-use Regulation

    3. 36.Offences relating to prohibitions and restrictions in the torture Regulation

    4. 37.Misleading applications for licences

    5. 38.Failure to comply with licence conditions

    6. 39.Customs powers to require evidence of destination

    7. 40.Customs powers relating to dual-use goods

    8. 41.Application of CEMA in respect of offences

    9. 42.Increase of maximum penalty for prohibited exportation provided for in CEMA

  8. PART 7 GENERAL

    1. 43.Use and disclosure of information

    2. 44.Service of notices

    3. 45.Revocations and transitional arrangements

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Goods Subject to Stricter Export and Trade Controls

      1. PART 1 Category A Goods

      2. PART 2 Category B Goods

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      MILITARY GOODS, SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY

      1. MILITARY, SECURITY AND PARA-MILITARY GOODS, SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY AND ARMS, AMMUNITION AND RELATED MATERIEL

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      UK CONTROLLED DUAL-USE GOODS, SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      COUNTRIES AND DESTINATIONS SUBJECT TO STRICTER EXPORT OR TRADE CONTROLS

      1. PART 1 EMBARGOED AND NO EXCEPTION FOR TRANSIT

        1. Democratic People's Republic of Korea

        2. Iran

      2. PART 2 EMBARGOED AND SUBJECT TO TRANSIT CONTROL FOR MILITARY GOODS

        1. Armenia

        2. Azerbaijan

        3. Burma (Myanmar)

        4. Democratic Republic of the Congo

        5. Eritrea

        6. Guinea

        7. Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

        8. Lebanon

        9. Libya

        10. Sudan

        11. ...

        12. Zimbabwe

      3. PART 3 SUBJECT TO TRANSIT CONTROL FOR MILITARY GOODS

        1. Afghanistan

        2. Argentina

        3. Burundi

        4. China (People's Republic other than the Special Administrative Regions)

        5. Iraq

        6. Liberia

        7. Macao Special Administrative Region

        8. Rwanda

        9. Sierra Leone

        10. Somalia

        11. Tanzania

        12. Uganda

      4. PART 4 SUBJECT TO TRANSIT CONTROL FOR CATEGORY B GOODS

        1. Albania

        2. Angola

        3. Belarus

        4. Benin

        5. Bosnia/Herzegovina

        6. Burkina Faso

        7. Cameroon

        8. Cape Verde

        9. Central African Republic

        10. Chad

        11. Colombia

        12. Congo (Brazzaville)

        13. Dubai

        14. East Timor (Timor-Leste)

        15. ...

        16. Ethiopia

        17. Gambia

        18. Georgia

        19. Ghana

        20. ...

        21. Guinea Bissau

        22. Haiti

        23. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

        24. Jamaica

        25. Kenya

        26. Krygyzstan

        27. Libya

        28. Mali

        29. Mauritania

        30. Moldova

        31. Montenegro

        32. Morocco

        33. Namibia

        34. Nepal

        35. Niger

        36. Nigeria

        37. Oman

        38. Pakistan

        39. Russia

        40. Senegal

        41. Serbia

        42. Sri Lanka

        43. Syria

        44. Taiwan

        45. Tajikistan

        46. Togo

        47. Trinidad & Tobago

        48. Turkmenistan

        49. Ukraine

        50. Uzbekistan

        51. Venezuela

        52. Yemen

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      INFORMATION SECURITY ITEMS

      1. 1.In this Schedule— “business or academic collaborator”, in relation to...

      2. 2.The information security items specified in this Schedule are the...

      3. 3.The information specified in this Schedule is—

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      REVOCATIONS

  11. Explanatory Note