Explanatory note

This Order makes provision in respect of an arms embargo to Lebanon. It also further amends the Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control) Order 2003 (‘the 2003 Order’) to provide for an omission in the Export Control (Security and Para- Military Goods) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/ 1696) which amended the 2003 Order.

Articles 3 and 4 amend the 2003 Order to provide that gangchains and leg-irons described in entry 1, and portable devices that administer an electric shock described in entry 2, of Schedule1A to the 2003 Order are prohibited to be exported when they are goods in transit to destinations outside the European Community or any of the Channel Islands.

Article 5 adds Lebanon to the list of countries and destinations in Schedule 3 to the 2003 Order.

Article 6 adds Lebanon to the list of embargoed destinations in the Trade in Controlled Goods (Embargoed Destinations) Order 2004.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.