Change of https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-general-export-licence-export-after-exhibition-dual-use-items

Change description : 2025-12-16 09:30:00: This open general export licence (OGEL) has been updated to reflect changes to the list of controlled items in the Export Control Order 2008 and the assimilated Dual-Use Regulation (EC) No 428/2009. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Open general export licence (export after exhibition: dual-use items)

Licence allowing the export of dual-use items if they have been temporarily imported into the UK for exhibition or demonstration.

Documents

Open general export licence (export after exhibition: dual-use items)

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Revoked: Open general export licence (export after exhibition: dual-use items) (in force from 2June April 2024)

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Details

This open general export licence (OGEL) allows, subject to certain conditions, the export of dual-use items (has both a civilian and military application) after they have been previously temporarily imported for exhibition or demonstration into the UK, where the exporter is established in the UK.

Revoked licences

The most recently revoked licences are available in the documents section.

You can find older revoked versions of the OGEL (export after exhibition: dual-use items) on the National Archives website.

Updates to this page

Published 1 July 2013
Last updated 616 AugustDecember 2025 + show all updates
  1. Information on reporting requirements has been removed from the page as it is no longer applicable.

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Update history

2026-01-22 10:57
The text “where the exporter is established in the UK” has been removed from the Details section.

2025-12-16 09:30
This open general export licence (OGEL) has been updated to reflect changes to the list of controlled items in the Export Control Order 2008 and the assimilated Dual-Use Regulation (EC) No 428/2009.

2025-08-06 09:19
Information on reporting requirements has been removed from the page as it is no longer applicable.

2024-06-05 09:30
The current Ogel has been revoked and certain chemicals have been removed following regime changes and associated legislation that came into force on 2 April 2024.

2023-07-31 09:30
This OGEL has been revised to address updates to the lists of controlled items in the dual-use regulations. The existing version has become the latest revoked version

2022-03-09 15:12
This open general export licence has been revised to remove Belarus as a permitted destination.

2022-02-28 17:13
This open general export licence has been revised to remove Russia as a permitted destination.