Status update on Australia’s Strengthened Export Controls

On May 26, 2014   /   Australian Export Compliance, defence trade treaty, Export Compliance, Strengthened Export Controls  
Status update on Australia's Strengthened Export Controls

The passage of the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012 (the Act) will result in strengthened export controls on the intangible supply (fax, email, phone, video conferencing, or providing access to information) of Australian produced technology listed on the DSGL. Though the Act was passed in late 2012, there is no requirement for industry to comply with its strengthened export control provisions until May 2015, when the two-year transition period for testing the impact of the new controls has concluded.

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A look at the UK-US Treaty implementation and what we may expect in implementing the AU-US Treaty

On March 18, 2013   /   All Posts, Australian Export Compliance, defence trade treaty, Export Compliance, ITAR  
A look at the UK-US Treaty implementation and what we may expect in implementing the AU-US Treaty

Both the UK-US Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty (UK-US Treaty) and the Australia- U.S. Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty (AU-US Treaty) were signed in 2007, but have taken different trajectories in the pace of their implementation. While we are still ironing out the finer points of the implementing legislation and Approved Community membership requirements here in Australia,

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