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Eurasian Economic Union, China Sign Customs Agreement
June 10, 2019 |Europe

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and China signed a customs agreement to exchange information about goods and “transport vehicles,” according to a June 6 report from Tass, a Russian state-run news site. The agreement will speed up customs operations, improve efficiency “in the field of risk management,” improve customs control forms and mitigate risks “of transporting potentially dangerous, banned and restricted goods” between the EAEU and China, the report said. Along with China, the agreement was signed by the chairman of the board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and officials representing Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, according to the report.

EU Council Issues Mandate for Modernizing Export Controls
June 6, 2019 |Europe

The European Union Council issued a mandate on June 5 for modernizing the EU’s current regime of export controls of dual-use items. The 115-page mandate includes new provisions for “harmonising licensing processes” through new general export authorizations and new controls for “supplying technical assistance related to sensitive items.” It also includes "a new mention of cyber surveillance items highlighting that the competent authorities have the possibility to control such items using the current regulation as for all non-listed dual-use items that could be used for directing or committing serious violation of human rights," the Council said in a May 6 press release. “The new rules will introduce a number of changes to the EU export control system of dual-use items to adapt it to the changing technological, economic and political circumstances,” the notice said. “They will also simplify and improve the current rules and optimise the EU licensing architecture.”

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UK Amends Three General Licenses
June 5, 2019 |Europe

The United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade amended three general licenses related to “maritime anti-piracy,” military goods and Iraq, the department said in a June 4 press release. The first change amends Schedule 1 of the maritime and anti-piracy license “to reflect the change of control entry for non-military shotguns.” The second change amends the general export license for military goods “to allow goods to be moved directly from one exhibition to another” instead of requiring “goods to be returned directly to their origin after a single exhibition event.” The third change amends the general export license for Iraq “to correct a reference to the category of goods to which it applies.”