SGSELSG1050 - FOREWARD - SPIRE
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Electronic Licences
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT)’s Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) issues electronic export licences.
Licences are issued through LITE and SPIRE. LITE currently accepts applications via the ‘apply for a standard individual export licence (SIEL)’ service.
Licences are stored on a secure online database.
HMRC and UK Border Force (UKBF) officers were issued passwords and access to the database for customs control purposes.
Intra EC Movements - This guidance is no longer extant
Exports from Great Britain to a destination outside the United Kingdom, the licensee must submit a customs declaration prior to export, quoting the number of this licence to the proper officer of HM Revenue and Customs when the listed items are presented to that officer for export or must comply with such alternative arrangements as are agreed with that officer.
Exports from Northern Ireland, for goods on the UK Military List, or dual-use items listed in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009, or civilian firearms exported under Directive 91/477/EEC or goods that could be used for torture or capital punishment listed in Regulation (EU) 2019/125, where no pre export customs declaration is required, the licensee must quote the number of this licence to the proper officer of HM Revenue and Customs* at least three working days before the date of the proposed export identifying a location where the listed items will be capable of inspection at any time during those three days, or shall comply with such alternative arrangements as are agreed with an officer of HM Revenue and Customs. * notifications should be sent to it.audit.south.district@hmrc.gov.uk.
SPIRE: Difficulties using SPIRE
If you have any difficulties using SPIRE or queries regarding SPIRE access then please contact the Export Control Joint Unit, Department for Business and Trade, Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London SW1A 2DY United Kingdom
Difficulties using LITE
Contact LITE.support@businessandtrade.gov.uk if you have difficulties using LITE.