The Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

Made: 5th April 2000

Laid before Parliament: 6th April 2000

Coming into force: 1st May 2000

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the control of the export of goods and measures relating to trade in dual-use goods, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st May 2000.

• (2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulations 1996 .

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At the end of the definition of the “the Decision” in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations, there shall be inserted the words—

which was itself amended by Council Decision No. 2000/243/CFSP of 20th March 2000

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• (1) The following amendments shall be made in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations.

• (2) In Category 1 Materials, Chemicals, Microorganisms & Toxins:—

• (a) entries 1B915 and 1E915 shall be deleted, and

• (b) entry 1C950 shall be replaced by the following:—

(1C950) The export of goods specified in this entry is prohibited to any destination except to Member States. Chemical mixtures, as follows:— (a) Mixtures containing one or more of the chemicals specified in entries 1C350.1, .3, .5, .11, .12, .13, .17, .18, .21, .22, .26, .27, .28, .31, .32, .33, .34, .35, .36 and .54 and entries 1C450.b.1, .b.2, .b.3, .b.4, .b.5 and .b.6 of “Annex I”, where the chemical constitutes more than 10% by weight of the mixture; (b) Mixtures containing one or more of the chemicals specified in entries 1C350.2, .6, .7, .8, .9, .10, .14, .15, .16, .19, .20, .24, .25, .30, .37, .38, .39, .40, .41, .42, .43, .44, .45, .46, .47, .48, .49, .50, .51, .52 and .53 of “Annex I”, where the chemical constitutes more than 25% by weight of the mixture; (c) Mixtures containing one or both of the chemicals specified in entries 1C450.a.1 and .a.2 of “Annex I”, where the chemical constitutes more than 1% by weight of the mixture; (d) Mixtures containing one or more of the chemicals specified in entries 1C450.a.4, .a.5, .a.6, .a.7, .b.7 and .b.8 of “Annex I”, where the chemical constitutes more than 30% by weight of the mixture; Goods which include any of the controlled chemicals or mixtures, and which are put up for retail sale and are intended for individual personal use or consumption.

• (3) In Category 5—Telecommunications and Information Security, the heading of each of entries 5A990 and 5E990 shall be replaced by the following new heading:—

The export of goods specified in this entry is prohibited to any destination in Iran or Iraq.

Signed

Kim Howells, — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Consumers and Corporate Affairs, — Department of Trade and Industry — 5th April 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1983/1706 and 1994/2791.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1996/2721; the relevant amending instruments are 1997/2759 and 324, 1999/984, 1778 and 2091.

[^f00004]: OJ No. L82, 1.4.00, p. 1.

Editorial notes

[^c16115831]: S.I. 1983/1706 and 1994/2791.

[^c16115841]: 1972 c. 68.

[^c16115851]: S.I. 1996/2721; the relevant amending instruments are 1997/2759 and 324, 1999/984, 1778 and 2091.

[^c16115861]: OJ No. L82, 1.4.00, p. 1.