The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment) Order 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes a number of changes to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994;

(a) it makes plain on the face of the Order the application of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 to dual use goods that have been imported into the United Kingdom for transit or transhipment;

(b) it prohibits the exportation through transit or transhipment of any dual use goods which are or may be intended to be used in the production of weapons of mass destruction;

(c) it removes such dual use goods from the existing broad exception of most goods in transit from the requirement for licensing;

(d) it removes the prohibition on the export of specified electronic equipment used for television broadcasting or television news gathering to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;

(e) it provides a further exception in respect of down-hole oil field applications to the controls that are in place on equipment and devices for use with explosives or dealing with “improvised explosive devices”; and

(f) it makes technical amendments to the Military List to reflect changes agreed at the Wassenaar Plenary in December 2000. The changes reflect current technological usage.