Notice

NTE 2022/34 : open general licences revoked

Published 30 December 2022

Introduction

Further to notice to exporters 2022/25 the 26 open general licences listed below have been revoked.

These licences were originally created to be used in parallel with licences that had been locked against further registration. These parallel licences maintained the ability to use open licences but with fewer permitted destinations. On 30 September 2022 the original licences were unlocked and made available for registration making the parallel licences below redundant.

A reference table is provided below to help exports identify which alternative licences are available for registration.

Open general licences that have been revoked

The following 26 open general licences have been revoked:

  1. Export for repair/replacement under warranty: dual-use items – from December 2019
  2. Information security items – from December 2019
  3. Low value shipments – from December 2019
  4. Military and dual-use goods: UK forces deployed in non-embargoed destinations – from December 2019
  5. Oil and gas exploration: dual-use items – from December 2019
  6. Technology for dual-use items – from June 2019
  7. PCBs and components for dual-use items – from June 2019
  8. X – from December 2019
  9. Chemicals – from December 2019
  10. Cryptographic development – from December 2019
  11. Export after repair/replacement under warranty: dual-use items – from June 2019
  12. Access overseas to software and technology for military goods: individual use only – from December 2019
  13. Export after repair/replacement under warranty: military goods – from June 2019
  14. Export for exhibition: military goods – from December 2019
  15. Exports for repair/replacement under warranty: military goods – from December 2019
  16. Exports or transfers in support of UK government defence contracts – from June 2019
  17. Historic military goods – from December 2019
  18. Military goods: collaborative project typhoon – from June 2019
  19. Military goods: for demonstration – from December 2019
  20. Military goods: A400M collaborative programme – from February 2020
  21. Military surplus vehicles – from December 2019
  22. PCBs and components for military goods – from June 2019
  23. Software and source code for military goods – from June 2019
  24. Technology for military goods from June 2019
  25. Category C goods – from November 2019
  26. Trade and transportation: small arms and light weapons – from December 2019

Existing registrations

If you had registered for an open general licence in column A, which has now been revoked, you should now register for the equivalent open general licence in column B. If you have an existing registration for an open general licence in column B you do not need to re-register.

Column A - Existing registration for Column B - Exporters should now register for
Export for repair/replacement under warranty: dual-use items – from December 2019 Export for repair/replacement under warranty: dual-use items
Information security items – from December 2019 Information security items
Low value shipments – from December 2019 Low value shipments
Military and dual-use goods: UK forces deployed in non-embargoed destinations – from December 2019 Military and dual-use goods: UK forces deployed in non-embargoed destinations
Oil and gas exploration: dual-use items – from December 2019 Oil and gas exploration: dual-use items
Technology for dual-use items – from June 2019 Technology for dual-use items
PCBs and components for dual-use items – from June 2019 PCBs and components for dual-use items
X – from December 2019 X
Chemicals – from December 2019 Chemicals
Cryptographic development – from December 2019 Cryptographic development
Export after repair/replacement under warranty: dual-use items – from June 2019 Export after repair/replacement under warranty: dual-use items
Access overseas to software and technology for military goods: individual use only – from December 2019 Access overseas to software and technology for military goods: individual use only
Export after repair/replacement under warranty: military goods – from June 2019 Export after repair/replacement under warranty: military goods
Export for exhibition: military goods – from December 2019 Export for exhibition: military goods
Exports for repair/replacement under warranty: military goods – from December 2019 Exports for repair/replacement under warranty: military goods
Exports or transfers in support of UK government defence contracts – from June 2019 Exports or transfers in support of UK government defence contracts
Historic military goods – from December 2019 Historic military goods
Military goods: collaborative project typhoon – from June 2019 Military goods: collaborative project typhoon
Military goods: for demonstration – from December 2019 Military goods: for demonstration
Military goods: A400M collaborative programme – from February 2020 Military goods: A400M collaborative programme
Military surplus vehicles – from December 2019 Military surplus vehicles
PCBs and components for military goods – from June 2019 PCBs and components for military goods
Software and source code for military goods – from June 2019 Software and source code for military goods
Technology for military goods from June 2019 Technology for military goods
Category C goods – from December 2019 Category C goods
Trade and transportation: small arms and light weapons – from December 2019 Trade and transportation: small arms and light weapons

Contact ECJU

General queries about strategic export licensing

Export Control Joint Unit
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY

Email exportcontrol.help@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Telephone 020 7215 4594

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