UK Amends General License for Dual-Use Exports to EU After Brexit

The U.K. Department for International Trade is updating its open general export license for export of dual-use goods to European Union member states in case of a no-deal Brexit, it said in a notice. The scope of items ineligible for the license has been amended to align it with EU regulations that will be retained by the U.K. after the country’s withdrawal from the EU, the notice said. The newly ineligible items are listed in Annex IIg to the regulation, and include uranium and nuclear technologies, pathogens, genetically modified organisms and some chemicals, among other things. “This licence will come into force if the UK leaves the EU without a deal,” the notice said.