UK Export Controls Overview

Question 1

What does the ECJU stand for?

Answer 1

Export Control Joint Unit

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE: If your good is not listed on the UK Strategic Export Control Lists, ECJU can’t invoke ‘end-use controls’

Answer 2

FALSE - They can if there are specific concerns about military or weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) end-use

Question 3

What is the Goods Checker?

Answer 3

Helps establish whether your items are controlled and identifies the appropriate control entry (‘rating’) reference from the UK Strategic Export Control Lists

Question 4

What is the OGEL Checker?

Answer 4

Helps to identify if an appropriate Open General Export Licence (OGEL) exists

Question 5

What does a SIEL stand for?

Answer 5

Standard Individual Export Licence

Question 6

What does an OIEL stand for?

Answer 6

Open Individual Export Licence

Question 7

What does an OGEL stand for?

Answer 7

Open General Export Licence

Question 8

What does CLC stand for?

Answer 8

Control List Classification

Question 9

What does ‘The Order’ mean?

Answer 9

Export Control Order 2008 (including Military List)

Question 10

What does ‘The Regulation’ mean?

Answer 10

Retained Regulation 428/2009 (including the Dual Use List)

Question 11

What does SAMLA stand for?

Answer 11

Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018

Question 12

What’s the difference between Export Control Act 2002 vs. Export Control Order 2008?

Answer 12

Export Control Act 2002 is the primary legislation that enables secondary legislation

Export Control Order 2008 covers the actual details and Control List

Question 13

What is SAMLA?

Answer 13

Sanctions and AML Act 2018 is where UK Sanctions regulations are made

They apply to whole of UK including Northern Ireland

Question 14

Wassanar Arrangement is the main agreement for the UK Strategic Export Control List and is responsible for what?

Answer 14

Responsible for the Military List and most of the Dual Use List

Question 15

The UK Strategic Export Control List is also called what?

Answer 15

Consolidated Control List

Question 16

What percentage of all exports in the UK are described by this Consolidated Control List?

Answer 16

1%

Question 17

The Military List (ML) has how many entries?

Answer 17

22

Question 18

Where is the ML?

Answer 18

In about the first 40 pages of the Consolidated List

Question 19

What are some major points to consider for the ML?

Answer 19

• You ask, “Has the item been specially designed or modified for military use?”
• If your customer is military and you designed something for them, it’s likely to be on the List
• Once in the List, it stays in the List… Original design can’t change, although sometimes it wanders into non-military
• Regular items (e.g., waste paper bins) used by the military do not make it “military”