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Notice to exporters 2021/10: OGELs amended to exclude Afghanistan
BY:
Gail Leeson
18 August 2021
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The ECJU have issued Notice to Exporters 2021/10 advising of the update to 5 Open General Export licences to remove Afghanistan as a permitted destination.
The licences to have been amended are:
OGEL (export after exhibition: dual-use items)
OGEL (export for repair/replacement under warranty: dual-use items) from December 2019
OGEL (export for repair/replacement under warranty: dual-use items)
OGEL (X) - from December 2019
OGEL (X)
Should a UK business have been employing use of any of these licences to support export to Afghanistan, it may now become necessary to apply for Standard Individual Export Licences to support exports.
A link to the notice is below:
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