Export Licensing

Such licensing should go beyond mere export authorization.

Export control legislation in place Individual licensing (point 7 of the matrix)

A national export control system provides for effective procedures for licensing imports and exports.

(ix) Export licensing of all ODS should be introduced in all producing Parties and all exporting Parties, including non producing Parties that re export ODS.

That order includes a catch all provision prohibiting the export of materials and items designated for WMD and establishes licensing requirements for sensitive items based on the lists of the Australia Group and the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Licensing requirements for foreign investment have also been reduced, making investment easier for enterprises.

Such steps would include export control, arms and arms brokers licensing systems and measures to criminalize arms embargo violations.

The UK national statutory Licensing Authority is the Export Control Organisation (ECO), part of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Any export control system should contain reliable and meaningful mechanisms for the licensing of the production and transfer of small arms and light weapons.

Likewise, export licensing systems or bans for re exporting ozone depleting substances were rare, as were import prohibitions for equipment containing ozone depleting substances.

Thanks to such strict licensing requirements, Canada prevents acquisition by terrorists of chemicals that could be used in weapons of mass destruction.

A number of measures had been undertaken to control the movement of firearms, in particular, marking, record keeping and export and import licensing, in line with the Protocol.

A number of measures had been undertaken to control the movement of firearms, in particular, marking, record keeping and export and import licensing, in line with the Protocol.

The regulations, dealing with licensing requirements, catch and hunting limits, and seasonal restrictions, are intended to advance objectives of conservation, safety and ethical hunting practices.

Salient elements of our new law include the prohibition of diversion of controlled goods and technologies, including re export, transhipment and transit licensing and record keeping export control lists and penal provisions of up to 14 years' imprisonment and a fine of 5 million rupees.

The United States system of arms export control schemes, which set up a system of licensing of companies that want to obtain arms, could also be regarded as a model.

The Government has also taken steps towards trade liberalization, including abolition of export licensing, reduction of tariffs to the level of 0 15 per cent and liberalization of currency transactions.

Article VI.4 of the GATS mandates the development of necessary disciplines to ensure that measures relating to qualification requirements and procedures, technical standards and licensing requirements and procedures do not constitute unnecessary barriers to trade in services.

Bilateral investment treaties of the United States, Japan and Canada did not prohibit a set of performance requirements, such as export requirements, employment requirements for local workers, technology transfer requirements and the like, so that investment recipient countries could maintain some policy space.

In Mexico the federal legislation governing the manufacture, import, export, marketing, marking, registration, licensing and control of firearms and explosives is the Federal Act on Firearms and Explosives (LFAFE), along with its regulation.

Copyright and Licensing

Article VI.4 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services mandates the development of disciplines to ensure that measures relating to qualification requirements and procedures, technical standards and licensing requirements and procedures do not constitute unnecessary barriers to trade in services.

National training programmes for customs officers implemented by UNEP are using a Country Handbook on ODS Legislation and Import Export Licensing System, in addition to the Training Manual for Customs Officers developed by UNEP.

Of course, competence and responsibility for arms export controls and licensing rests with member states, not EU institutions. Indeed, under the Wassenaar Arrangement, a decision on exports is the sole responsibility of each participating state.

Table 11a Licensing Systems

Table 11b Licensing Systems

The Law on Licensing,

Gulf enterprises could benefit greatly from critical support services to enable them to meet export standards and technical requirements and regulations, raising their productivity and competitiveness to international levels and enabling them to reach export markets.

Monitoring compliance with licensing regulations

6190 Non automatic licensing n.e.s.

Licensing Systems in the Countries Visited

Preventing abuse through registration or licensing

There is no systematic information gathering and dissemination on the development of new requirements and the related pre standard setting stakeholder consultations in key export markets.

General licensing (point 8 of the matrix)

Does Yemen have an arms licensing programme?

The additional costs of meeting the new requirements include initial export losses costs of national capacity building and costs of initial and continued compliance at enterprise level.

National licensing authority (point 11 of the matrix)

To this end, municipalities operate a licensing policy.

Licensing Systems, Customs Procedures and Illegal Imports Detected

Table 7 Licensing Systems Projects Approved by Agency

Table 8 Licensing Systems Projects Approved by Region

Table 9 Licensing Systems Projects Approved by Country

Annex IIa Information in PCRs on Licensing Projects

Table 1 Customs Training Licensing Systems and Related Projects