The Export Control Organisation (ECO) is the UK’s regulatory ‘strategic’ export licensing authority and forms part of the UK’s Department for Business.
Recent Notices that they have issued to all Exporters, can be found below:
Notice 2012/41 A new cross-government website known as GOV.UK will be released this October. The site will be the new home for government services and information online, including export control content.
Notice 2012/42 As part of the Government’s export control Service Improvement Project (SIP), the ECO intends to improve the process of applying for OIEL’s.
Notice 2012/43 King’s College’s Centre for Science & Security Studies (CSSS) is holding two further seminars on export compliance and non-proliferation which are specifically aimed at the nuclear and electronics industry respectively. Notice 2012/44 The ECO has introduced new export licensing controls on the export to the United States of the drug propofol, which could potentially be used to execute prisoners on death row by lethal injection. Notice 2012/45 An update to the earlier released Notice 2012/41 relating to the new UK Government website. Notice 2012/46 The European Union (EU) has announced a number of revised sanctions measures against Belarus, Eritrea, Iran, Somalia and Syria. These measures were published via a number of different Council Decisions and Council Implementing Regulations on both 15 and 16 October 2012 (published in the EU Official Journal).
For general export control queries please contact the ECO Helpline on 020 7215 4594 or mailto: [email protected]
