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Article 15 Authorisation requirement for certain services

United Kingdom

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1.

An authorisation shall be required for any supply, by a supplier of technical assistance or a broker, respectively, of one of the following services to any person, entity or body in F1any country or territory outside of the United Kingdom, whether for consideration or not:

(a)

technical assistance related to goods listed in Annex III, irrespective of the origin of such goods; and

(b)

brokering services related to goods listed in Annex III, irrespective of the origin of such goods.

2.

When deciding on applications for an authorisation for the supply of brokering services concerning goods listed in Annex III, Article 12 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

When deciding on applications for an authorisation for the supply of technical assistance related to goods listed in Annex III, the criteria set out in Article 12 shall be taken into account to assess:

(a)

whether the technical assistance would be supplied to a person, entity or body that might use the goods to which the technical assistance relates for torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; and

(b)

whether the technical assistance would be used to repair, develop, manufacture, test, maintain or assemble goods listed in Annex III for, or to supply technical assistance to, a person, entity or body that might use the goods to which the technical assistance relates for torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

3.

Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the supply of technical assistance, if

F2(a)

the technical assistance is supplied to military or civil personnel of the United Kingdom in the circumstances described in the first sentence of Article 11(3);

(b)

the technical assistance consists of providing information that is in the public domain; or

(c)

the technical assistance is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation, maintenance or repair of those goods listed in Annex III whose export has been authorised by F3the competent authority in accordance with this Regulation.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 15(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Torture etc. Goods (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1479), regs. 1, 2(15)(a) (with reg. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 1(2), 13, 15)

F2

Art. 15(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Torture etc. Goods (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1479), regs. 1, 2(15)(b)(i) (with reg. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 1(2), 13, 15)

F3

Words in Art. 15(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Torture etc. Goods (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1479), regs. 1, 2(15)(b)(ii) (with reg. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 1(2), 13, 15)

F4

Art. 15(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Trade in Torture etc. Goods (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1479), regs. 1, 2(15)(c) (with reg. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1502, regs. 1(2), 13, 15)