§ Mr. BennettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) under which military list specifications, as specified in group 1 of part III of schedule 1 of Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 3092 goods for export to Argentina were refused five export licences in 1993; [25751]
(2) goods for export to China were refused three export licences in 1993. [25752]
§ Mr. Ian TaylorThe goods in question were classified under ML5, ML9 and ML10 in respect of Argentina and ML5, ML11 and ML15 in respect of China.
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 30 March,Official Report, column 777 if the exporters of goods with potential defence applications were required in every case to obtain end user certificates for the export of goods licensed under the military list. [25697]
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 22 May 1995]: Where military list goods were to be exported to an overseas Government Department, no end-user certificate was required by the DTI export licensing unit, though a copy of the contract or purchase order was requested.
For military list exports to companies and private consignees, exporters were required to submit sufficient information to enable the ELU to assess the export licence application. The guidance note on filling out an export licence application said that exporters should supply an end-user certificate, or an end-use statement or an international import certificate, but this was not insisted upon in all cases.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the companies to which export licences were granted for the export of electronic batons in 1991. [25614]
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 22 May 1995]: No licences were granted for these goods in 1991.