Export Aware
ISSUE
ECO
Beginners’
Course
Assessment
Module
01
Nationwide training for exporters
ECO’s training courses – designed to extend the knowledge and awareness of all exporters
about their legal responsibilities – take place in a range of venues around the country.
University we have
Planned events for 2013 include:
Beginner’s Workshop (London) 7 May
Beginner’s Workshop, Intermediate Seminar (Southampton) 6 – 7 June
Beginner’s Workshop, Intermediate Seminar (Leeds) 9 – 10 July
Making Better Licence Applications (Aberdeen) 29 August
developed an assessment
For a complete list of events, download the latest Training Bulletin for the full list.
In association with Cranfield
EXPORT
CONTROL
ORGANISATION
APRIL
2013
this issue
module for delegates who
attend ECO’s Beginners’
training course.
First Export Control Symposium P.1
Notices to Exporters
Edward Bell
The module is hosted on the
Cranfield University website.
It comprises a series of ten
random multiple choice
questions that aim to test
Anti-piracy document service P.3
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Edward has a background in
.
Notices to Exporters you might have missed…
sectors.
He has worked for the
Department for Business (BIS)

Export Control Managers will
find the feedback helps their
Notice to Exporters 2013/07: Enhanced SPIRE features will
benefit exporters

understanding of export
controls. It will also help us
improve and develop the

Beginners course.

ECO is planning to introduce

further courses, including the
Intermediate course.
and its predecessors for more
than nine years and also in the
Department for Energy and
Success for first Export Control Symposium
ALMOST 200 exporters gathered to hear Business
Defence, Department for International Development,
Minister Michael Fallon open the UK’s first-ever Export
Department for Energy and Climate Change) measure
Control Symposium. Edward Bell, Head of the Export
risks associated with the potential export. For
Notice to Exporters 2013/08: Updated Open General Export
Climate Change, leading on
Control Organisation, described the event as a “great
example, security, human rights, economic
Licences for military and dual-use goods
business planning.
opportunity for listening and learning”.
sustainability and taking part in the decision making
freight forwarders – clarification of guidance
Edward joins the Export
“Reaching out to business is a core activity for the
Notice to Exporters 2013/10: Export Control (Amendment) Order
Control Organisation from UK
Export Control Organisation,” Edward said. “By forging
Other advisers (e.g. the Aerospace, Defence and
Trade & Investment, where he
an effective partnership with exporters we can raise
Security sector trade association) covered US Export
worked on both policy and
awareness and improve our service. It’s also important
Controls, the business impact of anti-bribery’, the work
organisational capability.
for exporters to become more intelligent customers.”
of UKTI DSO, international freight and financial
Notice to Exporters 2013/09: Strategic export licensing and
2013
an assessment module for
Notices to Exporters P.4
both public and private
learning following attendance
on the course.
Enhanced SPIRE features P.2
Notice to Exporters 2013/11: Implementation of transparency in
process.
assistance for exports.
strategic export licensing

Notice to Exporters 2013/12: new undertaking template available
Before joining the Civil
for Open General Export Licence (Military Goods, Software and
Service, Edward worked in the
Technology)
travel business for around
Notice to Exporters 2013/13: Amendment to the Export Control
fifteen years, in various roles
Order 2008 (‘the main Order’) – replacing Schedule 2
around Europe as an airline
The Export Control Organisation (ECO) is the part of
BIS that issues licences for the export of strategic
The event was arranged by the ECO’s Business
goods and items. These are military goods such as
Awareness unit led by Claire Harrison and in
weapons and missiles and also ‘dual-use’ goods –
partnership with an industry and cross-Whitehall
civilian goods with potential military use or application.
Steering Group.
station manager. His last
Welcoming 194 business delegates to the event in the
Michael Fallon answers questions from exporters
private sector job before
1 Victoria Street Conference Centre on Tuesday 19
at the event.
As part of the move to GOV.UK, all Notices to Exporters prior to 21
joining the Civil Service was
March, Michael Fallon took the opportunity to
November 2012 have been filed at the National Archives.
as Director of Customer
announce a new ‘secondary’ target that will see 99 per
Services for Eurostar.
cent of licence applications processed within 60 days.

The Government aims to deliver it by the middle of this
year.
Export Control Organisation
The day continued with the opportunity for exporters to
take part in no less than 11 workshops, covering a
comprehensive range of topics relating to export
Helpline 020 7215 4594
eco.help@bis.gsi.gov.uk
control.
These included how Whitehall Departments (Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, Cabinet Office, Ministry of
SPIRE www.spire.bis.gov.uk
International policy
International –
continued:
Enhanced
SPIRE
will benefit
exporters
EU/SYRIA
The EU has renewed, with some
amendments, its sanctions
against Syria for a further three
months. The scope of those
changes is set out in Council
You can also read the public
consultation document (‘Green
Paper’) itself. Read the UK
Government's formal response
Decision 2013/109/CFSP of 28
to the Green Paper.
February 2013. Detailed
Military List
amended
implementing measures will be
contained in a Council
Regulation.
Maritime anti-piracy document service launched
As part of the Export Control
EXPORTER
There has been no change in
Organisation’s ongoing Service
ENHANCEMENTS
correct signatory.
UK export licensing policy with
Improvement Programme, a
For all licence application types,
‘United Kingdom’ and ‘Vessel or
number of changes have been
‘ECO Processing’ status has been
Platform in International Waters’ as a
A reminder that the new chargeable
possess all the necessary HMG
made to the SPIRE system
replaced with:
permitted
destination
been
service to provide the documentation
licences, and they are not accepting
that
that

restricted
to
application
required by a number of Port States
an electronic record (our licences are
Governments’
in
issued electronically via SPIRE). It’s
requirements for UK PSCs. Each set
quite
other
will be produced in hard copy and
respect to Syria.
NORTH KOREA
The United Nations has agreed
two further rounds of sanctions
against North Korea following its
will
enhance
its
CASE
STATUS
‘Receipt & Initial Checks’
effectiveness and streamline
to cover receipt in Licence Reception
the process of making export
and preliminary checks.
licence

applications
for
exporters.
‘Technical
Assessment’,
which indicates it is being assessed
UNSCR 2094 (2013). EU
These
were
recent
major
enhancements that will let you know
legislation implementing these
exactly what is happening with your
new sanctions is in preparation.
SPIRE application and the stage it
has reached. If you haven’t used
SOMALIA
SPIRE for a while, changes include:
agreed to amend the arms
embargo against Somalia UNSCR 2093 (2013). Again, EU
legislation implementing these
changes is in preparation.
EU/DUAL-USE
The European Commission has
finally published a summary of
‘LU
Licensing
UK

option
in
the
User
Case Officer’s name for applications
the status in all cases.
guidance.
(PSCs) told us that they are facing
of the Open General Trade
problems
getting
their
Control Licence (Maritime Anti-
Read the Notice to Exporters on this
equipment
into
Mauritius,
Piracy Licence)
topic.
The latest edition of the Export
‘Supporting
now
contains a link to
Undertaking
(EUU)’
telephone number. For Control List
temporary
Classification
mandatory.
Enquiries,
the
Technical Assessment Unit (TAU)
Exporters will have the option to
applications
is
on
now
enable
case
status
notifications,
which will send an email whenever
their application status changes.
SPIRE Users will no longer have the
this topic.
documents.
in the SPIRE user’s workbasket.
question
Exporters for more details on
Private
Security
Government
is
Companies
controlled
whose
requesting
a
‘certificate’ to the effect that PSCs

an Approval Certificate for use
costs of producing the certificates.
a Maritime Anti-Piracy
Control Organisation's Training
Certificate
Bulletin for the period March –
within an individual
‘End-User
Date’
Read the latest Notice to
Export Control
Training Bulletin
No 10 published
Documents’ screen
of the latest case
status change is displayed alongside
‘Return
for PSCs, based on recovering the
force on 20 March 2013.
guidance
The
A hint icon will appear next to the
The
that
be provided on a commercial service
application
the Licensing Unit Case Officer’s
possible
have designed a set of certificates:
The date
MANDATORY CHANGES
services
Companies has been launched.
happening”
When ‘hovered’ over, this will display
regarding
documentation
TO KEY RESOURCES
exactly what is
Unit
Ocean
Anti-Piracy
these
sealed and signed. This service will
let you know
Processing’ to cover
all
Indian
satisfy
Governments will follow suit, so we
“Enhancements
export control lists.

the
Order 2013, which came into
should
provided by UK Private Security
‘Help’
require export authorisation has
Export Control (Amendment)
EXTRA FACILIITES WITH LINKS
against the strategic

NEW HINT ICONS
specific
workbasket now includes a list of
activity.
The United Nations has also
has
types.
The
The UK military list of items that
been updated in line with the
Maritime
recent missile and nuclear tests UNSCR 2087 (2013) and
applications are submitted by the
August 2013 contains full
Upgraded telephone helpline system
details of courses, seminars
and workshops that will
As part of the Service Improvement
Programme set up to examine how
ECO can make changes to enhance
service delivery for our customers, we
have upgraded our telephone helpline
system.
We have also added the facility to transfer calls
directly to HMRC – for information about
shipments detained, and MOD – for information
about F680 applications.
increase your understanding of
the UK's strategic export
controls.
This should mean reduced waiting time. When
The bulletin includes all details,
you’re waiting for a response, we will tell you
charges and an application
This change has allowed us to clarify the
where you are in the call queue and give you
the option to leave a message if you prefer.
form.
enquiry number will be displayed. For
ability to choose ‘Named Individual
responses to its public
‘End User Advice Enquiries’, the
options that you hear when calling our helpline
for this application’ with regard to
(0207 215 4594) and enable us to put you
consultation on possible changes
ECO
‘relationship to the licensee’ if the
through to the person best suited to answer
The service improvement team will monitor the
Download Export Control
to the EU's system of export
displayed.
proposed
your enquiry.
effectiveness of the new system to ensure that
Training Bulletin No 10.
controls on dual-use items which
ran from July to October 2011.
helpline
number
will
be
licensee
is
an
‘Organisation’. This will ensure that
calls are answered promptly and efficiently.