§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will update his answer to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent of 19 January 1994,Official Report, column 749, in regard to changes made in the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989. [15624]
§ Mr. LangThe Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989 was amended seven times between its entry into force on 14 February 1990 and 31 December 1991, when it was replaced by the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1991, amended three times. Since then, two further Export of Goods (Control) Orders have been made—one in 1992, amended seven times, and its replacement in 1994, amended five times to date.
161WFollowing the implementation of Council regulation (EC) No. 3381/94 on the export of dual-use goods on 1 July 1995, the 1994 order was partially revoked in respect of dual-use goods and the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulations 1995 introduced.
It would not be possible other than at disproportionate cost to describe all the changes made by these orders, regulations and associated amendments. Changes introduced since 1989 have included relaxations of controls agreed by COCOM before its demise, the implementation of agreements reached in the three non-proliferation regimes referred to in the previous answer, the introduction of an end-use control and the implementation of a new EC regulation on the export of dual-use goods.