On April 25, 2026, Canada published a new consultation in the Canada Gazette, Part I on April 25, 2026, concerning a proposed Order Amending the Export Control List (Amendments) under the Export and Import Permits Act. These amendments seek to continue to expand Canada’s unilateral controls under Group 5, Item 5506 of the Export Control List (ECL) in order to respond to growing risk of diversion for uses contrary to Canadian national security interests. The…
Join us at our flagship Annual Compliance Conference 2026, comprising a series of six global webinars. The conference – taking place against the background of ongoing geopolitical turbulence – will provide you with global insights on international trade (sanctions, export controls and tariffs) policy and enforcement developments; anti-bribery and corruption and wider economic crime trends; cybercrime trends and risk mitigation; competition enforcement trends; and circular economy regulatory developments. During the webinar series, you will hear…
On 9 April 2026, the UK Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) announced that, from 27 April 2026, it will assume responsibility for licensing the export of sanctioned goods (and associated ancillary services) to sanctioned destinations (see here). Such licence applications will continue to be made and processed via the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) SPIRE system. The change will add to OTSI’s existing responsibilities for licensing sanctioned standalone services (for example professional business…
What’s new in 2026? Important amendments to Hungarian Government Decree no. 13/2011 (“Decree”) on the authorization of trade in dual-use items have entered into force. Together with Regulation (EU) 2021/821, which establishes the Union regime for controlling the export, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items, the Decree forms the foundation of the national legal framework governing dual-use product export controls. Main changes On 25 December 2025 and 1 January 2026, the following…