Export Control checks should also be made on the collaborators/funders of your projects. Please inform R&IS as soon as possible if you are going to engage with a collaborator/funder from a key country. R&IS will be able to advise how to proceed in this case. If your project does not involve controlled items and you are not engaging with any collaborators/funders from a key country, there is no action to take with regards to export control.

If your collaborator/funder is based in the UK and you are working with controlled items, you will not require a licence to undertake controlled work or publish it. Nevertheless, you must use the following statement in all your communications (emails, presentations, etc). with your collaborators in the UK:

“This [item/information] is [a] UK Export controlled [item/information], categorised by code XXX of the EU Dual-Use list. A licence might be required by your organisation to export this [item/information] outside the UK: it is your organisation’s responsibility to check whether such a licence is required.”

Please contact R&IS if you suspect your project might be subject to Export Control Legislation. Please note that the decision as to whether to apply for an Export Licence is a technical one that can only be made by someone with knowledge of the project concerned and the nature of the goods, technology or software to be exported. The decision will, therefore, rely primarily on the advice given by the PI.