Notice

NTE 2020/15: contacting the MOD team in ECJU

Published 10 November 2020

It has come to our attention that some exporters are sending correspondence to out of date team contacts and email addresses. As a result, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) team in Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) are not receiving these requests, which means that a response cannot be sent.

With immediate effect all requests from exporters for open general export licence (OGEL) approval letters, Crown Exemption letters and all enquiries of a general nature about MOD Form 680 applications should only be sent to:

ECJU[email protected]

Enquiries will be acknowledged and actioned by a named Desk Officer in the MOD Team.

There are 3 types of OGEL that require UK exporters to obtain an approval letter from the MOD. These are:

  • UK government defence contracts, military goods
  • collaborative Project Typhoon and military goods
  • collaborative project A400M

If exporters continue to encounter difficulties in contacting the MOD Team, then please telephone the ECJU Helpline on 020 7215 4594.