NTE 2024/27: Updates to 2 open general export licences
Published 24 October 2024
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Introduction
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has updated the following two open general export licences (OGELs):
OGEL Exports in Support of Joint Strike Fighter (F-35 Lightening II)
The update:
- Removes Turkey from the list of Partner Nations
- Adds Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Singapore, and Switzerland as Export Customers
- Adds Luxembourg, New Zealand, Spain, and Sweden as Countries which may develop, produce, trial, or test or use items
- Provides revised contact details for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Defence Equipment and Support Principal Security Adviser (DES PSyA)
OGEL Exports or transfers in support of UK Government Defence Contracts
The update:
- Provides amended wording on the interpretation of “eligible” in section 5(7) of the OGEL
- Provides revised contact details for the ECJU MOD, and MOD Defence Equipment and Support Principal Security Adviser (DES PSyA).
If you have licences in scope, ECJU will contact you to confirm the decision and advise about actions you will need to take.
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 [email protected]
Telephone 020 7215 4594
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