EU to Soon Expand E-Licensing Regime for Dual-Use Exports, Official Says
The European Union hasn’t yet finished rolling out its electronic licensing regime for dual-use exports but hopes to finish the project next year, said Marcello Irlando, an export control official with the European Commission. “Obviously, we are working on it,”…
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Irlando said during the EU's annual export control forum this week. The effort is aimed at simplifying dual-use license applications through a website portal, and has so far been tested in Latvia and Romania, Irlando said. Officials had hoped to add other countries and finalize the effort this year (see 1912240008), but Irlando said countries are still being added. Several EU member states have asked about joining, he said, adding that the commission hopes to deploy the system in Italy, Belgium, Slovenia and potentially others next year.