Arms export

The Regulations impose trade prohibitions relating to military goods and technology (as specified in Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008)

“military goods” means— (a)any thing for the time being specified in Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008 F8, other than any thing which is military technology, and (b)any tangible storage medium on which military technology is recorded or from which it can be derived; “military technology” means any thing for the time being specified in Schedule 2 to the Export Control Order 2008 which is described as software or technology.

UK

The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

UN, UK country specific

Iraq

The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They put in place sanctions measures to ensure the UK continues to meet its obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 661 (1990) and 1483 (2003). Resolutions 661 and 1483 established a sanctions regime relating to Iraq, under which certain measures are imposed upon those named on the UN’s Iraq Sanctions List. They also established an arms embargo, and measures to prevent trade in Iraqi cultural property and other items of archaeological, historical, cultural, rare scientific, and religious importance illegally removed from Iraq.

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.