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Export control and Startups
For German startups, the same rules apply in the form of German laws and EU regulations as for all other companies. This also applies to the scope of application of the so-called "export control". The term export control is in so far misleading as its complex rules already apply before...
What does my ICP for export control have to look like and how do I put this into practice?
Regardless of whether companies are a one-person, small/medium-sized company or a multinational corporation, these companies all have in common that they have to face the applicable requirements of German, EU and possibly US export control and sanction laws within the framework of their respective export control "footprint".
For example, the...
The EU’s new dual-use regulation increases the focus on internal compliance programmes (ICP)
On 9th September 2021, after long negotiations, a new dual-use regulation of the EU will come into force. The determination of the resulting changes can be achieved - as usual in the case of legal changes - simply and superficially by comparing the old regulation, which has been in force...
Export control is a matter for the management in Germany
Every company that exports commodities (goods, software or technology) which are covered by the European or German Commerce Control List must in all cases have named a so-called "Export Officer" (EO) to the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) (hereafter only referred to as the Export Officer (EO)).
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