The licensing process provides a mechanism to protect academia from inadvertent involvement with activities that pose a threat to international peace and security. It is the mechanism through which HM Government can consider the risks associated with an export and, where relevant, authorise the export.

If your research activity needs an export licence for the transfer of physical items or technology, we must do so via the ECJU online export licensing system SPIRE.

Please, if you think your research activity might need a licence, get inotify R&IS via export-control@warwick.ac.uk - specifying the nature of your research and your academic department. R&IS will then confirm whether an export control licence is need and manage the application in the name of Warwick as a legal entity.

Where a licence is obtained, you will be informed and R&IS will make you aware of any specific conditions concerning the licence. These conditions will also be set out clearly within the licence itself.

Record keeping is very important and auditable records of any transfers made under a licence and any other relevant information must be retained. The ECJU and HMRC have a right to audit the operation of any licence.