Glossary - Word of the day: "Defence-related product"
Defence-related products are the items on the EU Common Military List according to EU Directive 2009/43. Luxembourg includes into that...
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Glossary - Word of the Day: "Australia Group"
The Australia Group (AG) is an informal forum of 43 countries which, through the harmonisation of export controls, seeks to ensure that...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "Military List"
Military equipment and technology are controlled when the items are indicated on a list adopted either by international organizations or...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "ECCN"
ECCNs are 5 character alpha-numeric designations used on the US Commerce Control List (CCL) to identify dual-use items for export control...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "EU customs territory"
The EU customs territory are the countries or territories where the common EU customs rules apply. This may, but must not, correspond to...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)"
Chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) materials and their means of delivery with the capacity to kill large numbers of...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "End-Use"
End-use in Export Control Compliance means the way how a physical product will be or is used by the end-user. It requires deep checks...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "NSG"
The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "CN Code"
The Combined Nomenclature (CN) code is the EU's 8-digit code which makes up the statistic commodity number used for export and...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "Space-qualified"
A product is considered "space-qualified" if it is "designed, manufactured, or qualified through successful testing, for operation at...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "Dual-Use Code"
Each dual-use item is classified by an alphanumeric reference structured as follows: Number – Letter – Number – Number – Number (for...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "License"
In export control, a "license" means any act by which the competent governmental authority is authorizing an export, reexport or other...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "External security"
There is no universal definition of "external security", an expression which is used in export control. In Luxembourg law, “external...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "Dual-Use"
Items including software and technology, are deemed "dual-use" if they can be used for both civil and military purposes. Included are all...
Glossary - Word of the Day: "Wassenaar"
A 26.000 people town in the province of South Holland, 10 km near The Hague (Netherlands):; This is where in 1995, the Wassenaar...
