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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/271",
  "legislation_title": "The Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulations 1995",
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  "heading": "Dual-Use and Related Goods",
  "text": "(1) As provided in these Regulations,\n(a) a Community Licence shall be the authorisation required by Article 3 of the Regulation for the export from the European Community of all goods of a description specified in Schedule 1 hereto (which reproduces the list of dual-use goods in Annex I to the Decision); and\n(b) a licence granted by the Secretary of State shall be the authorisation required by Articles 19.1(b) and 21 of the Regulation for the export to another Member State of all goods specified in Schedule 2 hereto (which reproduces the list of dual-use goods in Annex IV to the Decision).\n(2) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations,\n(a) all the following goods are prohibited to be exported to any destination:\n(i) all goods of a description specified in Schedule 3 hereto;\n(ii) any dual-use goods which have been imported into the United Kingdom for transit or transhipment;\n(iii) any goods other than dual-use goods which\n(aa) the exporter has been informed by a competent authority are or may be intended, wholly or in part, to be used in connection with the development, production, handling, operation, maintenance, storage, detection, identification or dissemination of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or the development, production, maintenance or storage of missiles capable of delivering such weapons; or\n(bb) the exporter knows are intended, wholly or in part, to be used in connection with one of the activities referred to in sub-paragraph (aa) above; or\n(iv) any goods which the exporter has grounds for suspecting might be used, wholly or in part, in connection with an activity referred to in sub-paragraph (aa) above unless he has made all reasonable enquiries as to their proposed use and satisfied himself that they will not be so used; and\n(b) all the following goods are prohibited to be exported to any destination in a Member State:\n(i) all goods specified in Schedule 4 hereto; and\n(ii) any goods of a description specified in Schedule 1 hereto in respect of which the exporter knows at the time of export that the final destination of those goods is outside the European Community and no processing or working is to be performed on those goods in any Member State to which they are exported, and in this sub-paragraph, “processing or working” has the same meaning as in Article 24 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code.\n(3) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, paragraph (2) above shall not prohibit the export of any goods in relation to which a licence has been granted by the Secretary of State or a Community Licence has been granted by a competent authority, provided that all conditions attaching to the said licence or Community Licence are complied with.\n(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to permit the export of any goods to any destination outside the European Community in relation to which a Community Licence has been granted where the Secretary of State has given notice to the proper officer of Customs and Excise that he considers that such an export would be contrary to the essential foreign policy or security interests or to the fulfilment of the international obligations or commitments of the United Kingdom.\n(5) Any goods referred to in paragraph (1) above in relation to which a Community Licence has been granted which are brought to any place in the United Kingdom for the purpose of being exported to a destination outside the European Community may be detained by the proper officer of Customs and Excise for a period of ten working days as if they were liable to forfeiture where the proper officer of Customs and Excise or the Secretary of State has grounds for suspicion that\n(i) relevant information was not taken into account when the authorisation was granted; or\n(ii) circumstances have materially changed since the issue of the authorisation.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L302, 19.10.92."
    }
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