Select Committee on Defence Minutes of Evidence


Annex Bii

OPEN INDIVIDUAL EXPORT LICENCES (OIELs) FROM WHOSE DESTINATION COVERAGE COUNTRIES WERE EXCLUDED BETWEEN 1 JANUARY AND 31 DECEMBER 1998

  The Committee asked the Government to provide details of (i) the 6 OIELs whose coverage was reduced, as set out in Table 5 of the Report.

  The destination coverage of a total of six OIELs was amended to exclude particular destinations: five by removal of countries from a list of permitted destinations; and one by the addition of countries to a list of excluded destinations.

  The destination coverage of OIELs is amended for a variety of reasons, but mainly in light of advice received from other departments. Sometimes, amendments follow the imposition of an arms embargo, but they may also reflect general concerns about the country concerned or a relevant change in circumstances there. A decision to remove a particular country from the destination coverage of an OIEL does not prevent the company from applying for a standard individual export licence covering the export of some or all of the goods covered by the OIEL to a destination that has been excluded from the coverage of that OIEL. However, the factors that led to the decision to exclude the country would obviously be taken into account in the decision of any such application. In addition, a decision to exclude a particular destination from the coverage of an OIEL does not mean that the country is permanently excluded and, where the concerns that led to the original decision are no longer relevant, it might be decided to reinstate the country concerned.

OIEL No.Date/s Destination/s excludedRating of goods on the OIEL

45/0687/9702.04.98Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Macedonia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 5A002
45/0665/9630.04.98Croatia Indonesia Nigeria 5A002
50/0267/9621.08.98Hong Kong SAR ML13
45/0686/9726.08.98Cyprus 5A002
544461/9822.11.98India ML4, ML6, ML9, ML10


  Due to a clerical error, the following details of one OIEL were omitted from Table 5 on page 121 of the Report.

OIEL No.Date/s Destination/s excludedRating of goods on the OIEL

45/647/9620.04.98Afghanistan Burma 5D002



 
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