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Andrew Skinner is a sole practitioner solicitor and professionally qualified engineer (chartered engineer), practising international trade law, including export controls, sanctions and embargoes. Andrew provides advice across a wide range...
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Ensuring full compliance with export control laws can be complex and onerous, especially if doing business in politically unstable parts of the world. Following the UK’s exit from the EU,...
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Ensuring full compliance with laws relating to sanctions and embargoes can be complex and onerous, especially if doing business in politically unstable parts of the world. Following recent events in...
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In English law, a contract can be written, oral or partly written and partly oral. However, it is best practice for a business to ensure that all its commercial contracts...
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Training and auditing are fundamental parts of any compliance programme. Regular training delivers a clear message to the business as to its regulatory obligations, and what this means in practice,...
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The Department for International Trade (DIT) has overall responsibility for putting into effect trade sanctions and other trade restrictions. The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is part of the DTI....
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The UK Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has issued a ‘Notice to Exporters’ relating to a number of open general export licences (OGELs) and open general trade control licences (OGTCLs)...
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On 17 October 2019, the European Commission published updates to the EU dual-use export control list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009. A majority of the updates are...
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The Wassenaar Arrangement contributes to regional and international security and stability, by controlling the transfer of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies. The Wassenaar Arrangement is made up of...
https://www.amskinnersolicitors.co.uk/blog/summary-of-changes-to-wassenaar-list-of-dual-use-and-military-items-as-of-5th-december-2019/
On 12 May, 2020 Hong Kong TID issued Strategic Trade Controls Circular No. 3/2020 which informs traders of the removal of U.S. Licence Exception Civil End Users (License Exception CIV)....
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The UK Foreign Secretary’s statement to Parliament of 20 July that, given the role China has now assumed for the internal security of Hong Kong and the authority it is...
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Hong Kong local licences are required when importing or exporting dual-use controlled goods. Hong Kong importers may require evidence of compliance with U.S. export control laws in order to obtain...
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The U.S. State Department has expanded its Iran sanctions pursuant to Section 1245 of the Iranian Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act to include 22 specific materials (see below) used in connection...
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During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, anyone wishing to export personal protective equipment (PPE) to areas outside the EU, European Free Trade Association member states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland) and certain...
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The UK Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has removed Hong Kong as a permitted destination from 20 open general export licences (OGELs), one open general transhipment licence (OGTL) and one...
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On 19th May 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) which prevents Huawei Technologies...
https://www.amskinnersolicitors.co.uk/blog/u-s-bureau-of-industry-and-security-targets-huawei-s-ability-to-use-u-s-technology-and-software/
Know your export licensing obligations when the UK becomes a third country. Exporters should ensure that their goods are properly classified for export control reasons (Export Control Classification Control Number)...
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On May 20, 2020 the U.S. Department of State added 23 people to the list of debarred persons under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (‘‘ITAR’’) for violating, or conspiracy...
https://www.amskinnersolicitors.co.uk/blog/u-s-state-department-adds-23-people-to-the-debarred-list/
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on 11 individuals in Hong Kong, through Executive Order (E.O.) 13936, “The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization,” which President...
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On 22nd May, 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department announced that it is to add ‘Two Dozen Chinese Companies with Ties to WMD and Military Activities to the Entity List’. See...
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On 27th April, 2020 the U.S. Department of Commerce announced new export controls aimed at preventing entities in China, Russia, and Venezuela from obtaining U.S. technology that could be used...
https://www.amskinnersolicitors.co.uk/blog/u-s-department-of-commerce-tightens-restrictions-on-technology-exports/
United States (US) export control law imposes licensing requirements on items (including goods, software and technology) controlled by the US Export Administration Regulation (‘subject to the EAR’). Items are ‘subject...
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An export licence is needed for any transfer of military controlled technology to anyone outside the UK. An export licence is needed for any transfer of Annex 1 dual-use controlled...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added to the Entity List 11 Chinese companies alleged to have committed human rights violations and abuses against...
https://www.amskinnersolicitors.co.uk/blog/eleven-chinese-entities-added-to-u-s-entity-list/
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