Annex 6: Selected arms export licence approvals
to countries in the Middle East and North Africa of arms or components
of arms which might be used to facilitate internal repression
for the period 1 October 2010 until 31 December 2011
The Government conducted a review of arms exports
following the "Arab Spring" in 2011 and announced the
revocation of 158 arms export licences to countries in the Middle
East and North Africa, as set out in Annex 5. The following table
provides details of licences authorised by the Government in the
period 1 October 2010 until 31 December 2011 for equipment that
might be used to facilitate internal repression in countries in
the Middle East and North Africa. Annex 6 updates the equivalent
Annex—Annex 4—of the Committees' Report (HC686), published
on 5 April 2011, which covered the period from 1 January 2009
to 30 September 2010.
| Country | Examples of approved arms exports from 1 October 2010 until 31 December 2011
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| Algeria | Cryptographic software, anti-riot/ballistic shields, equipment employing cryptography, software for equipment employing cryptography, equipment for the use of weapon sights, weapon night sights, weapon sights.
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| Bahrain | Equipment for the use of sniper rifles, small arms ammunition, imaging cameras, weapon night sights, weapon sight mounts, military infrared/thermal imaging equipment, equipment employing cryptography, technology for equipment employing cryptography, training hand grenades, cryptographic software, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, body armour, civil body armour, components for body armour, components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, components for military support vehicles, technology for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, technology for military support vehicles, components for small arms ammunition, gun silencers, rifles, weapon sights, software for equipment employing cryptography, components for pistols, components for sniper rifles, pistols.
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| Egypt | Components for optical target acquisition equipment, components for optical target surveillance, imaging cameras, components for military electronic equipment, equipment employing cryptography, software for equipment employing cryptography, components for military combat vehicles, weapon night sights, weapon sights, cryptographic software, technology for armoured fighting vehicles, unfinished products for armoured fighting vehicles, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography.
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| Iran | Cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography.
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| Iraq | Assault rifles, components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, components for assault rifles, components for general purpose machine guns, components for ground vehicle military communications equipment, components for military communications equipment, components for semi-automatic pistols, equipment for the use of military communications equipment, general purpose machine guns, ground vehicle military communications equipment, military communications equipment, military helmets, semi-automatic pistols, small arms ammunition, weapon cleaning equipment, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, body armour, components for body armour, components for military combat vehicles, military combat vehicles, military support vehicles, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, technology for anti-riot/ballistic shields, technology for body armour, technology for military helmets, weapon night sights, combat shotguns, flash suppressers, gun silencers, machine guns, pistols, rifles, smoothbore weapons, sniper rifles, weapon night sights. weapon sights, equipment for the use of ground vehicle military communications equipment, equipment for the use of military communications equipment, equipment for the use of ground vehicle military communications equipment, software for ground vehicle military communications equipment, software for military communications equipment, software for the use of military communications equipment.
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| Jordan | Components for assault rifles, components for military support vehicles, weapon sights, equipment employing cryptography, armoured plate, components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, components for military combat vehicles, general military vehicle components, gun mountings, technology for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, technology for armoured plate, technology for general military vehicle components, technology for gun mountings, technology for military combat vehicles, assault rifles, components for pistols
equipment for the production of pistols, equipment for the production of rifles, equipment for the use of gun mountings, military combat vehicles, pistols, small arms ammunition, weapon sight mounts, weapon sights, equipment for the use of weapon night sights, weapon night sights, weapon sights, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, components for machine guns, components for military helmets, equipment for the production of military helmets, components for weapon night sights, components for military combat vehicles, components for tanks, gun silencers .
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| Kuwait | General military vehicle components, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, military utility vehicles, components for armoured fighting vehicles, components for combat helicopters, components for military utility helicopters, general military vehicle components, assault rifles, blank ammunition, components for assault rifles, components for general purpose machine guns, components for machine pistols, components for pistols, components for rifles, components for semi-automatic pistols, components for submachine guns, general purpose machine guns, machine pistols, pistols, rifles, semi-automatic pistols, submachine guns, training small arms ammunition, technology for the use of weapon sights, weapon sights, ballistic shields, body armour, bomb suits, civil body armour, components for body armour, constructions for ballistic protection of military systems, military helmets, components for assault rifles, equipment for the use of weapon night sights, small arms ammunition, weapon night sights, components for military combat vehicles, hand grenades, tear gas/irritant ammunition, military combat vehicles, components for weapon night sights, components for machine guns, components for sniper rifles, CS hand grenades, hand grenades, sniper rifles, teargas/irritant ammunition, technology for sniper rifles, technology for the use of sniper rifles, weapon sight mounts.
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| Libya | Cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, equipment for the use of military, communications equipment, ground vehicle military communications equipment, military communications equipment, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, software for the use of military communications equipment, technology for equipment employing cryptography, technology for ground vehicle military communications equipment, technology for military communications equipment, body armour, components for body armour, military helmets, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection.
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| Morocco | Command communications control and intelligence software, equipment employing cryptography, assault rifles, components for assault rifles, gun mountings, inert smoke canisters, machine guns, weapon sights, military support vehicles, assault rifles, components for machine guns, components for pistols, pistols, small arms ammunition, sniper rifles.
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| Oman | Components for combat helicopters, components for military combat vehicles, components for military communications equipment, components for sniper rifles,
components for tanks, equipment for the use of weapon day and night sights, general military vehicle components, gun silencers, machine guns, military communications equipment, military electronic equipment, rifles, weapon night sights, weapon sights, components for armoured fighting vehicles, components for armoured personnel carriers, components for military communications equipment, components for mortars, components for tanks, general military vehicle components, assault rifles, combat shotguns, components for assault rifles, components for military helicopters, components for military support vehicles, components for rifles, small arms ammunition, weapon sight mounts, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, technology for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, technology for military support vehicles, components for small arms ammunition, components for weapon sights, components for ground vehicle military communications equipment, components for military trailers, components for tanks, assault rifles, body armour, combat shotguns, components for assault rifles, components for body armour, components for rifles, components for sniper rifles, equipment for the use of tanks, military helmets, pistols, rifles, cryptographic software, military combat vehicles, components for weapon night sights, components for machine guns, components for pistols, equipment for the use of machine guns, gun mountings, tear gas/irritant ammunition, technology for assault rifles, technology for machine guns, technology for pistols, training tear gas/irritant ammunition, wall/door breaching projectiles/ammunition, .
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| Qatar | Components for machine guns, assault rifles, blank ammunition, components for assault rifles, components for general purpose machine guns, components for machine pistols, components for pistols, components for rifles, components for semi-automatic pistols, components for submachine guns, general purpose machine guns, machine pistols, pistols, rifles, semi-automatic pistols, submachine guns, training small arms ammunition, technology for the use of weapon sights, weapon sights, ballistic shields, body armour, bomb suits, civil body armour, components for body armour, constructions for ballistic protection of military systems, military helmets, equipment for the use of weapon night sights, weapon night sights, weapon sight mounts, components for sniper rifles, gun mountings, sniper rifles, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, components for mortars, components for small arms training equipment, small arms training equipment, software for the use of small arms training equipment.
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| Saudi Arabia |
Components for ground vehicle military communications equipment, components for military combat vehicles, components for military communications equipment, components for sniper rifles, components for weapon sights, equipment for the use of sniper rifles, flash suppressers, gun silencers, small arms ammunition, sniper rifles, technology for military communications equipment, technology for sniper rifles, technology for the use of sniper rifles, weapon cleaning equipment, weapon sight mounts, weapon sights, military helmets, assault rifles, components for assault rifles, components for general purpose machine guns, components for machine pistols, components for pistols, components for rifles, components for semi-automatic pistols, components for submachine guns, general purpose machine guns, machine pistols, pistols, rifles, semi-automatic pistols, submachine guns, ballistic shields, body armour, civil body armour, components for body armour, command communications control and intelligence software, components for water cannons, equipment for the use of weapon night sights, hand grenades, weapon night sights, equipment for the use of weapon sights, weapon night sights, components for machine guns, components for military support vehicles, military combat vehicles, equipment for the use of machine guns, software for equipment employing cryptography, for the use of equipment employing cryptography, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography .
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| Syria | Cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography.
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| Tunisia | Equipment employing cryptography, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, military support vehicles, components for equipment employing cryptography.
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| United Arab Emirates
| Body armour, components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection, components for machine guns. components for military communications equipment, components for military electronic equipment, components for military helicopters, equipment for the use of weapon sights, general military vehicle components, military communications equipment, military electronic equipment, military helmets, weapon night sights, weapon sights, cryptographic software, equipment employing cryptography, components for body armour, assault rifles, components for assault rifles, components for general purpose machine guns, components for machine pistols, components for pistols, components for rifles, components for semi-automatic pistols, components for submachine guns, general purpose machine guns, machine pistols, pistols, rifles, semi-automatic pistols, submachine guns, training small arms ammunition, technology for the use of weapon sights, weapon sights, ballistic shields, civil body armour, components for body armour, constructions for ballistic protection of military systems, components for military combat vehicles, military support vehicles, equipment for the use of weapon night sights, weapon sight mounts, components for military support vehicles, components for small arms ammunition, small arms ammunition, components for equipment employing cryptography, cryptographic software, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, technology for cryptographic software, technology for equipment employing cryptography, technology for software for the use of equipment employing cryptography, anti-riot/ballistic shields, assault rifles, combat shotguns, components for machine guns, equipment for the use of assault rifles, equipment for the use of machine guns, equipment for the use of military communications equipment, equipment for the use of pistols, gun silencers, machine guns, technology for assault rifles, equipment for the use of weapon night sights, ground vehicle military communications equipment, military combat vehicles, components for mortars, equipment for the use of machine guns, equipment for the use of mortars, gun mountings, weapon mountings, technology for machine guns.
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| Yemen | Body armour, all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection.
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Source: Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills, Strategic Export Controls: Country Pivot Report 1st
October 2010 - 31st December 2010, Country Pivot
Report 1st January 2011 - 31st March
2011, Strategic Export Controls: Country Pivot Report 1st
April 2011 - 30th June 2011, Strategic Export Controls:
Country Pivot Report 1st July 2011 - 30th
September 2011 and Strategic Export Controls: Country Pivot Report
1st October 2011 - 31st December 2011
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