UK's Dept. of Int'l Trade Sends Revised Strategic Export Control Licensing Criteria to Parliament
The United Kingdom's international trade secretary presented Parliament a revised version of the licensing criteria for strategic export controls, the Department for International Trade said Dec. 8. The licensing criteria, known as the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, will be applied…
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to all license decisions on goods, software and technology subject to export controls. The revisions include an "enhanced" definition of military end-use to boost its effectiveness by permitting the control on a case-by-case basis of non-listed items intended for use by military, paramilitary, security or police forces in a destination subject to an arms embargo. Exemptions will be provided for medical supplies and food, clothing and or other consumer goods generally available to the public. China will also be added to the list of destinations subject to military end-use controls, the DIT said.