The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994

Signed

Richard Needham — Minister for Trade — Department of Trade and Industry — April 1994

Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes and replaces the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1992 (“the EGCO 1992”) save in its application to antiques and specified amendments thereto. The EGCO 1992 remains in force in relation to the export of antiques.

2 The goods whose export is controlled by this Order are specified in Schedule 1.

3 The list of goods in Groups 2 and 3 of Part III of Schedule 1 has been prepared in consultation with technical experts from other Member States of the European Communities. It specifies the nuclear goods and goods capable of both military and civil use which the United Kingdom has agreed to control as part of certain international arrangements to which it is a party, together with certain other controls.

4 Entries in Group 3 of Part III of Schedule 1 are identified by a 5-character entry reference eg 2B004. The first character denotes the generic category eg 2 (Materials Processing), the second character denotes a sub-category eg B (Test, Inspection and Production Equipment), the third character indicates the origin of the control as follows: 0 controls which former members of COCOM have agreed to maintain for strategic reasons; 1 controls agreed in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); 2 controls agreed in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG); 3 controls agreed in the Australia Group (AG) (which aims to limit the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons); 9 other controls; and the last two characters are used to identify the explicit item.

5 Export control is relaxed in relation to certain goods as follows: a telescopic sights accompanying firearms as part of the personal effects of the exporter subject to certain conditions; b certain types of smooth bore weapons; c certain types of ammunition and dummy ammunition; d signal pistols and air pneumatic launchers for safety of life; e certain types of graphite material; f component parts for specified bearings; g micro-processor, micro-computer and micro-controller micro-circuits; h many types of computers and peripherals; i modems, communications channel controllers, network access controllers; j certain types of fibre optic components; k marine gas turbine engines.

6 Export control in relation to small arms, machine guns and accessories is extended in scope to include magazines for firearms.

7 Export control is introduced on certain goods as follows: a certain armoured vehicles; b certain vehicle containers for military use; c equipment designed or modified for the use of military goods; d certain components, forgings, castings and semi-finished products for military goods; e digital controllers, vibration thrusters and test piece support structures for vibration testing.

8 In the case of certain technology controls are extended to exports to all destinations.

9 Export control has been clarified in relation to bombs and grenades.

10 The note for the calculation of the Composite Theoretical Performance (CTP) in Group 3 of Part III of Schedule 1 in relation to computers has been extended to apply additionally to goods in Category 3 thereof, and is now located amongst the definitions at the beginning of Group 3.

11 Copies of the standards and recommendations referred to in this Order may be obtained from or through the British Standards Institution (BSI) at 3 Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE, other than the ICAO and TCSEC standards mentioned at entries 5A001f, 5A002 and 6A008f, which may be obtained from the ICAO at 10,000 Sherbrooke Street, Suite 400, Montreal, Canada H3A 2RZ, and the TCSEC, Technical Guidelines Division, National Computer Center, FT George G Meade MD, 20755-6000, USA respectively.

12 By way of assistance to the reader and for convenience only, certain defined terms in Part III of Schedule 1 have been highlighted in bold type. An index to Schedule 1 and certain cross-references have been included. These should not be treated as comprehensive.

13 Any particular goods may fall within more than one Group, Part or entry in Schedule 1 to the Order. In such a case each prohibition (taking effect by such inclusion in that Schedule and the related provisions of Article 2) applies to the export of the goods. This may mean that different entries prohibit the export of the goods to different countries.

14 This Order does not affect any prohibition or restriction on the exportation of goods save as specified in the Order. There are a number of other such prohibitions and restrictions, particulars of which can be obtained on application to the Export Control Organisation, DTI, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6SW. These include controls on the export of antiques and cultural goods in the EGCO 1992 and Council Regulation No. 3911/92/EEC. These also include controls on the exportation, supply or delivery of goods, and other related controls, implementing resolutions of the United Nations Security Council in relation to Angola, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, Liberia, Serbia and Montenegro, Somalia, Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. These include two Orders made under the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939, the Export of Goods (Control) (Iraq and Kuwait Sanctions) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1640) and the Export of Goods (Control) (Croatian and Bosnian Territories) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1189).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1939 c. 69

[^f00002]: See S.I. 1970/1537

[^f00003]: O.J. No. L256, 13.9.91, p.51.

[^f00004]: 1968 c. 27. Section 32A was inserted by the Firearms Acts (Amendment) Regulations 1992, S.I. 1992/2823.

[^f00005]: 1968 c. 27.

[^f00006]: 1988 c. 45.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1338 (N.I. 10) and S.I. 1992/1723 (N.I. 4).

[^f00008]: Acts of Tynwald 1947, p.586.

[^f00009]: Acts of Tynwald 1968, p.464.

[^f00010]: Acts of Tynwald 1968, p.509.

[^f00011]: Annex 1 to Council Regulation (EC) No. 2658/87 O.J. No. L256, 7.9.87, p.1. replaced by Commission Regulation 2551/93 O.J. No. L241, 27.9.93, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

[^f00012]: See article 9. The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1992 S.I. 1992/3092, remains in force in relation to the export of antiques.

[^f00013]: See also ML6 and PL5031 of Group 1 of Part III of this Schedule.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1967/47.

[^f00015]: See also article 3(e).

[^f00016]: See also PL5029.

[^f00017]: See also entries 1A202, 9A010 and 9A110.

[^f00018]: See also entry 9A110.

[^f00019]: See also entries 1B101 and 1B201.

[^f00020]: See also entry 1B201.

[^f00021]: See also entry 1C101.

[^f00022]: See also entry 1C202.

[^f00023]: See also entry 1C107.

[^f00024]: See also entry 1C210.

[^f00025]: See also entry 1C216.

[^f00026]: See also entry 1C991.

[^f00027]: See also ML7 of Group 1 of Part III of this Schedule.

[^f00028]: See also ML7 of Group 1 of Part III of this Schedule.

[^f00029]: See also entry 1C992.

[^f00030]: See also ML7 of Group 1 of Part III of this Schedule.

[^f00031]: O.J. No. L167, 22.6.92 p.1.

[^f00032]: See also ML7 of Group 1 of Part III of this Schedule.

[^f00033]: See also entries 1C115, 1C239 and ML8 of Group 1 of Part III of this Schedule.

[^f00034]: See also Entries 2B104 and 2B204.

[^f00035]: See also entry 2B207.

[^f00036]: See also entry 2B215.

[^f00037]: See also sub-category 3B.

[^f00038]: See also entry 9D004.a.

[^f00039]: See also entry 3A201.a.

[^f00040]: See also entry 3A201.b.

[^f00041]: See also entry 3A101.b. and 3A201.c.

[^f00042]: See also entry 3A202.

[^f00043]: See also Group 1 of Part III of this Schedule.

[^f00044]: See also Group 1 of Part III of this Schedule.

[^f00045]: See also entry 4A101.

[^f00046]: See also entry 4A102.

[^f00047]: For fibre-optic hull penetrators or connectors, see head c.of entry 8A002.

[^f00048]: See also sub-Categories 4D and 6D for software for signal processing.

[^f00049]: See also entry 6A102.

[^f00050]: See also entry 6A203.

[^f00051]: See heads d. and e. of entry 8A002 for cameras specially modified for underwater use.

[^f00052]: See also entry 6A205.

[^f00053]: See also sub-head c.2.d. of this entry.

[^f00054]: See head d. of entry ML23 of Group 1 of Part III of this Schedule for shared aperture optical elements capable of operating in Super-High Power Laser applications.

[^f00055]: See also entry 6A107.

[^f00056]: See also entry 6A108.

[^f00057]: See also head d. of entry 2E003.

[^f00058]: See also entry 7A101

[^f00059]: See also entry 7A102.

[^f00060]: See also entry 7A102.

[^f00061]: See also entry 7A104.

[^f00062]: See also entry 7A105.

[^f00063]: See Category 6 for radar and Category 8 for automatic pilots for underwater vehicles.

[^f00064]: See also entry 7A106.

[^f00065]: See also entry 7B102.

[^f00066]: See Note to entry 7B001.

[^f00067]: For technology for Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) see sub-head a.10. of entry 9E003.

[^f00068]: See also Category 5 for encrypted communication equipment; Category 6 for sensors; Categories 7 and 8 for navigation equipment; entry 8A002 for underwater systems or equipment.

[^f00069]: See Category 5 Telecommunications for underwater communications systems and underwater optical fibre cable.

[^f00070]: See also entry 9A101.

[^f00071]: See also entry 9A104. See the appropriate categories for products contained in spacecraft payloads.

[^f00072]: See also entries 9A105 and 9A119.

[^f00073]: See also entry 9A106.

[^f00074]: See also entry 9A119.

[^f00075]: See also entry 9A108.

[^f00076]: See also entries 9A109 and 9A119.

[^f00077]: See also entries IA002 and 9A110.

[^f00078]: See also entries 9A111 and 9A118.

[^f00079]: See also entry 9A119.

[^f00080]: See also entry 9A119.

[^f00081]: See also entry 9A119.

[^f00082]: See also entry 1A002.

[^f00083]: See also entries 9A011 and 9A118.

[^f00084]: See also 9B105

[^f00085]: For Radiographic equipment, see sub-head e.5. of entry 3A001.

[^f00086]: See head f. of entry 1E002 for technology for the repair of specified structures, laminates or materials.

[^f00087]: O.J. No. L.375, Vol 23 31.12.80, p.46 as amended by Commission Directive 88/195/EEC, O.J. No. L.92, 9.4.88, p.50 and Commission Directive 89/491/EEC, O.J. No. L.238, 15.8.89 p.43.