Japanese Cabinet Approves Export Control Revisions
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet approved in late July a partial revision of the Japanese export control framework in an effort to ease defense trade restrictions and harmonize the country with global export controls, said the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The approval targets the following:
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- Controls are to be revised to add and remove goods to and from the regulatory list so that the Government of Japan can ensure implementation of the agreements concluded at the International Export Control Conference of 2013.
- From the standpoints of harmonizing Japan’s systems with global systems to bring Japan into line with other countries, and of reducing the burdens imposed on businesses, controls are to be revised to [i] introduce special treatments concerning temporary landing of goods that are regulated by the Stockholm Convention, [ii] ensure consistency with provisions on the goods that are regulated by the Rotterdam Convention, and [iii] eliminate duplication with other internal laws and regulations.
- Controls to be revised for exports to the Central African Republic for the purpose of security, by imposing stricter regulations than on other regions, based on the UN Security Council resolution.