Recent updates to the Strategic Goods and Services: BIS Export Licensing and Sanctions - Particular circumstances Manual

Below are details of the amendments that were published on 04/11/2009(see the update index for all updates)

Section

Details of update

All Sections

The Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) has changed its name to The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS).

All Sections

Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 of 22 June 2000 formerly The Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control) Order 2003 has been recast to Council Regulation (EC) No 428.2009 of 27 August 2009 now known as Export Control Order 2008.

1040

Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office (RCPO) now merged with Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

3020

3520

Customs changed to UKBA - change in responsibilities

Original 3520 and 3530 now merged with 3520 to take account of new Export Control Order 2008

3530-3540

New pages replaces old to reflect changes ECO 2008

4070-4120

The Export Control Order 2008 brought about changes to trafficking and brokering (trade controls). There is a new 3 tier structure of goods which aligns trafficking and brokering activities more closely with the risks posed by the goods in these categories. The 3 categories of goods are listed in Part 7 Schedule 1 of the ECO 2008 and are reproduced in Section 4090-4110 of this guidance.

4130

There are also stricter controls applied in the case of embargoed destinations see 4130 of this guidance

4140

Delete - no longer relevant

5000

Flow chart amended to take account of new transit and transhipment legislation in ECO 2008.