§ Mr. ReedTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the list of equipment which might be used for internal repression of terrorism in Annex 1 of EC Council Regulation No. 2158/99 of 11 October regarding Indonesia will be used generally in respect of countries where there are human rights concerns. [98488]
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§ Dr. HowellsThe majority of items in Annex 1 to Council Regulation EC No. 2158/99 of 11 October 1999 are entered in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994, (EG(C)O or in Group 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the EG(C)O. Any application for a licence to export them would be assessed against the criteria announced by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary on 28 July 1997,Official Report, columns 65–66W and the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports.
The export of the following items in the Annex is not generally subject to control whether from the UK or from other EU member states:
- helmets not specially designed for military use
- fingerprint equipment
- power-controlled searchlights
- hunting knives
- construction equipment provided with ballistic protection not specially designed for military use
- certain communications intercept devices
- depending on the specification, some night vision and thermal imaging equipment
- certain image intensifier tubes and solid state sensors.