1999 No. 3411

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 6) Order 1999

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by section 1 of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 19391 and now vested in him2, hereby makes the following Order:

1

1

This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 6) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 5th January 2000.

2

In this Order, the “principal Order” means the Export of Goods (Control) Order 19943.

2

In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Order—

a

in the heading of Group 3, the words from “Bosnia and Herzgovina” to the word “or” shall be deleted, and

b

the following new group shall be added after Group 3:

GROUP 4BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT

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The export of goods specified in this Group is prohibited to any destination in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Electronic equipment specially designed for television broadcast or television news gathering, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

a

Cameras;

b

Transmitters, codecs and transposers;

c

Satellite earth stations, and, up- and down-link equipment;

d

Transmission link and relay equipment.

Kim HowellsParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs,Department of Trade and Industry

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 by

  • deleting Bosnia and Herzgovina and Croatia from the list of countries in Group 3 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to which certain road vehicles may not be exported without a licence;

  • prohibiting the export to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of specified electronic equipment used for television broadcasting or television news gathering.