UK Issues 2 General Licenses for Export of Dual-Use, Military Goods to India
The U.K. this month released two new open general export licenses, each with the aim of allowing the "simplified export of a range of dual-use and military equipment to India," the Department for International Trade announced. One license, "Dual-Use Items India," permits the export of various items listed in the regulation's annex. The license doesn't authorize exports of items that the secretary of state has told the exporter are intended for use in connection with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, for a military end-use and the purchasing country is subject to an arms embargo, or for use as parts of military items listed in the national military list.
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The license also forbids the export if the exporter knows that the items are intended for any of the previously listed uses, if the goods are being sent to an area within a Customs Free Zone, or if the exporter has been served with a "notice that suspends or revokes their ability" to use the license.
The second license, titled "Military Goods and Technology -- India," permits the export of various technologies, goods, software and source code, with certain limitations, to India. It excludes the export of goods, software or technology if the exporter knows the goods are to be used in connection with banned activities -- including for use in biological, chemical or nuclear weapons -- or if the goods are to be sent to an area within a Customs Free Zone. The license also bans the export of a covered good if the secretary of state has told the exporter the goods have been classified as "OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE," with various exceptions to this rule.