Title page
Contents
The Committees' Conclusions and Recommendations 3
The Government's "United Kingdom Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2011" (HC 337) 3
The Committees' Report of 2011-12 (HC419) 3
Arms export control legislation and procedures 4
Extra-territoriality 4
"Brass Plate" companies 4
Arms brokers 5
EU dual-use controls 7
EU end-use control of exported military goods 8
Torture end-use control and end-use control of goods used for capital punishment 8
Re-export controls and undertakings 10
Licensed production overseas 10
The Consolidated Criteria and EU Common Position 10
Export Control Organisation-Remit and responsibilities 11
Export Control Organisation-Performance 11
Export Control Organisation-Review of ECO 15
Export Control Organisation-Transparency of arms export licensing 15
Powers to create new categories of export licence 16
Priority Markets for UK arms exports 16
Trade Exhibitions 16
Enforcement 17
Compound penalties 17
Crown Dependencies 18
Combating bribery and corruption 18
International Development 19
Arms Exports Agreements 19
UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty 19
US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) 21
The Intra-Community Transfer (ICT) Directive on arms transfers within the EU 22
Arms Control Agreements 23
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) 23
Cluster Munitions 25
Small arms and light weapons 25
Landmines 26
The UN Register of Conventional Arms 28
The Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty 28
The Missile Technology Control Regime 29
The Nuclear Suppliers Group 29
The Australia Group 30
The Academic Technology Approval Scheme 30
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) 31
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 34
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 35
A Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone 37
The National Counter-Proliferation Strategy for 2012-15 37
Arms export control policies 38
Arms exports and human rights 38
Surveillance technology and equipment 39
Export of Tasers 39
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) 40
Arms exports to counter piracy 41
The licensing of security services 41
Arms exports and internal repression 42
The Government's Arab Spring arms export policy review 42
Arms export licence revocations 42
Exports of gifted equipment 43
Arms exports to Countries of concern 43
Countries of concern-Middle East and North Africa 45
Bahrain 45
Egypt 46
Iran 47
Iraq 48
Libya 49
Saudi Arabia 50
Syria 51
Tunisia 54
Other Countries of concern 55
Afghanistan 55
Argentina 56
China 57
Madagascar 58
Sri Lanka 59
Uzbekistan 60