UK Updates Export License Application Guidance
The U.K. this week updated guidance for its export licensing system known as SPIRE, or the Shared Primary Information Resource Environment, to “better explain” which standard individual export licenses (SIEL) should be applied for in SPIRE instead of the new “Apply for a SIEL” service. The U.K. said most exporters will use the new “Apply for a SIEL” service to apply to export strategic goods or products, which is on a platform separate from SPIRE. But it said certain applications must still go through SPIRE, including temporary SIELs involving multiple end-users and applications for sanctioned destinations.
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The U.K. issued the updated guidance as it transitions from SPIRE to its new digital export licensing system, Licensing for International Trade (LITE) (see 2409190037).