EU Updates Dual-Use Export Control List

The EU announced this week that it’s amending its dual-use export control list by adding and removing certain items, changing certain control parameters and revising technical definitions and descriptions. The changes reflect updates made by multilateral export control regimes during 2023, the European Commission said, including at the Australia Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Chemical Weapons Convention. The commission noted that these latest changes are “restricted in number because of the difficulties in the regimes’ proceedings,” alluding to the fact that Russia remains a member of Wassenaar and can veto new proposals (see 2405300063). The revisions will take effect one day after they’re published in the Official Journal of the EU.