Guidance

Open general transhipment licence (sporting guns)

Licence for the transit of sporting guns through the UK.

• From: Export Control Joint Unit, Department for International Trade and Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 30 November 2009
• Last updated: 19 January 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Open general transhipment licence (sporting guns)

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Revoked: Open general transhipment licence (sporting guns) (in force from 4 August 2020)

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Details

This open general transhipment licence (OGTL) allows, subject to certain conditions, the transit of sporting guns through the UK.

Revoked licence

The revoked licence is available in the documents section.

Published 30 November 2009
Last updated 19 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 19 January 2024

   Licence amended to remove Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali, and Niger as permissible destinations.

2. 4 August 2020

   This open general transhipment licence has been amended to remove Hong Kong as a permitted destination

3. 20 January 2017

   Schedule 1 amended to include firearms listed under PL9010. Changes to schedule 2: Central African Republic and South Sudan added. Mongolian People's Republic now listed as Mongolia. Serbia and Montenegro listed as separate destinations. Russian Federation now listed as Russia.

4. 14 August 2014

   Licence amended to add Russia to the list of non-permitted destinations following the EU arms embargo on Russia.

5. 30 November 2009

   First published.