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Spain’s Export Controls Regime: Recent Developments and What Comes Next

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Spain’s Secretaría General de Comercio (General Secretariat for Trade) recently held an informational briefing outlining significant developments in the country’s export control framework. The session addressed both recently implemented measures and upcoming regulatory changes that are expected to reshape the way companies engage with the Spanish licensing system. The briefing also addressed a number of practical issues of relevance to operators, including the treatment of technology transfers in cloud environments and the handling of re-export obligations,…

Canada Updates Guide to Export Controls and Proposes Expanded Export Controls on Semiconductors and Advance Manufacturing Goods and Technologies

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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…

UK Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation to expand licensing remit to include sanctioned goods for export to sanctioned destinations

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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…

Hungary: Export Control of Dual-Use Products

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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…

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