Guidance

Open general trade control licence (maritime anti-piracy)

Licence providing export licensing coverage for maritime anti-piracy services in the ‘high risk area’.

• From: Export Control Joint Unit, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 23 February 2012
• Last updated: 19 January 2024
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  1. 19 January 2024

     Licence amended to remove Haiti as a permitted destination.

  2. 31 December 2020

     This open general trade control licence has been revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period.

  3. 17 December 2020

     This OGEL has been revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period.

  4. 4 August 2020

     This Open General Trade Control Licence has been amended to remove Hong Kong as a permitted destination.

  5. 4 June 2019

     Licence amended to reflect the change of control entry for non-military shotguns.

  6. 17 November 2017

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

  7. 1 November 2017

     Condition 2g amended.

  8. 20 January 2017

     Changes to destination countries listed in schedule 2: Ivory Coast and Liberia removed. Central African Republic added.

  9. 17 June 2016

     This licence has been generally revised and updated to reflect changes to the operating conditions in the industry to which it applies.

  10. 14 August 2014

      Licence amended to add Russia to the list of non-permitted destinations following the EU arms embargo on Russia.

  11. 22 January 2014

      Updated text in Conditions and Requirements to reflect new reporting process in connection with the Transparency Initiative.

  12. 23 February 2012

      First published.

Documents

Open general trade control licence (maritime anti-piracy)

PDF, 322 KB, 15 pages

Revoked: Open general trade control licence (maritime anti-piracy) (in force from 31 December 2020)

PDF, 352 KB, 14 pages

Details

This open general trade control licence (OGTCL) provides, subject to certain conditions, export licensing coverage for maritime anti-piracy services that traverse the ‘high risk area’ (HRA) of the Indian Ocean.

Read guidance on the licencing required by private maritime security companies (PMSCs) to provide maritime anti-piracy services in the HRA.

See the list of companies registered to use the OGTCL (maritime anti-piracy).

Complying with licence terms and conditions

PMSCs must comply with OGTCL (MA-P) terms and conditions by:

• supplying documentation in support of a maritime anti-piracy licence registration
• following Export Control Joint Unit’s (ECJU) procedures to update or surrendering an OGTCL MA-P when they leave the sector, merge or become part of a joint venture

Maritime anti-piracy documentation service

PMSCs can get sealed and signed physical certificates through ECJU’s maritime anti-piracy documentation service. This is to provide evidence of holding a controlled goods licence for those overseas governments who do not accept electronic licences.

Revoked licences

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

You can find older revoked versions of the OGTCL (maritime anti-piracy) on the National Archives website.