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Open general export licence PCBs and components for military goods

Licence allowing the export or transfer of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and components for military goods.

Updates to this page

From:
Export Control Joint Unit, Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Published:
14 April 2016
Last updated:
16 December 2025
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  1. This open general export licence (OGEL) has been updated to include O-rings for gas systems within its scope. A condition has been added requiring the licence reference is entered onto the UK’s customs declarations system.

  2. The open general export licence (OGEL) has been updated to remove Rwanda as a permissible destination.

  3. The existing OGEL has been revoked and amended to remove Israel as a permitted destination.

  4. Licence amended to remove Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger as permissible destinations.

  5. The open general export licence PCBs and components for military goods - from June 2019 has been revoked as it is no longer required.

  6. Open general export licence (PCBs and components for military goods) has been revised to clarify that it is available for registration.

  7. This Open General Export Licence has been revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period.

  8. These OGELs have been revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period.

  9. This open general export licence has been amended to remove Hong Kong as a permitted destination.

  10. Change in registration requirements, and clarity on who can use this licence.

  11. Venezuela added to the list of non-valid destinations following EU sanctions against that country imposed on 13 November 2017.

  12. The schedule of this licence has been extended to include component parts.

  13. Schedule 1 of this licence has bee revised.

  14. Ivory Coast and Liberia removed from destination countries in schedule 2.

  15. First published.

Documents

Open general export licence PCBs and components for military goods

PDF, 251 KB, 9 pages

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Revoked: Open general export licence PCBs and components for military goods (in force from February 2025)

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Details

This open general export licence (OGEL) permits the export or transfer of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and items for military goods.

Reporting requirements

This OGEL is subject to reporting requirements under the open licence returns transparency initiative.

Revoked licences

The most recent revoked licence is available in the documents section.

You can find revoked versions of the open general export licence (PCBs and components for military goods) on the National Archives website.

You can find revoked versions of the open general export licence (PCBs and components for military goods) from June 2019 on the National Archives website.

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