Export Control Order 2008 (“the 2008 Order”) 

Schedule 2 of the Export Control Order 2008, which lists Military Goods, Software, and Technology, will add the definition of a suborbital craft and update the technical note in ML7h relating to Biopolymers.

Notice to Exporters 2025/28 29^th October 2025, detailed the removal of the UK Arms Embargo on Armenia and Azerbaijan, subsequently the Export Control (Amendment) No.2 regulations will move the two countries from Export Control Order 2008 Part 2 (Embargoed and Subject to Transit Control for Military Goods) to Part 4 (Subject to Transit Control for Category B goods).   

Assimilated Council Regulation 428/2009 of 5^th May 2009

The Dual Use controls amendments have been made to align with Regulation EU 2021/821, reflecting changes made by the Wassenaar Arrangement, Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group, and the Nuclear Supplier Group. There are also several editorial amendments to the regulations. The changes also introduce new entries. We are used to seeing the third digit of a Dual Use classification as “0”, “1”, “2”, “3”, or “4”, but there are now new “5” classifications to check. For example, 3B504 “New Entry for Cryogenic wafer probing equipment”

The EU has published Commission Delegated Regulation 2025/2003, which amends EU 2021/821. The changes, applicable to the EU and Northern Ireland, came into force on 15^th November 2025.      

The UK Dual List identifies specific items with a “PL” Prefix. Notice to Exporters 2024/04 Dated 12^th March 2024, detailed three new classifications PL9013, PL9014 and PL015 under the heading of “Electronics and Related equipment, materials, software and technology”. The classifications relate to quantum technologies, cryogenic technologies, semiconductor technologies, additive manufacturing equipment, and advanced materials.

The Export Control (Amendment) No.2 Regulations will remove PL9013, PL9014 and PL9015 from Schedule 3, the UK Dual-Use List of Goods, Technology and Software to Assimilated Council Regulation 428/2009. New classifications will be identifiable by the third digit being a “5”. Notice to Exporters 2025/30 describes these classifications as “500 Series” and provides a table of the new classification, control entry description, and PL control entry for reference. For example: 3B503 Scanning electron microscope (PL9013a3).

Regulation (EU) 2019/125 of 16^th January 2019

 Certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture, or other inhumane treatment or punishment (“the assimilated Torture Regulation” are detailed in the “List of Capital Punishment and Torture Goods” detailed in the UK Consolidated List of Strategic Items.

Annex II and Annex III have been updated to add items to the list.

It is expected that an updated UK Consolidated List will be communicated via Notice to Exporters to reflect the updates.

The amendments will align the UK’s Export Controls framework with international commitments, the Dual Use and Torture regulations with corresponding EU Controls and ensure that Great Britain and Northern Ireland regulations correspond.