Bill calls for facilitating of dual purpose goods export

Bill calls for facilitating of dual purpose goods export
ARKA, 16.03.2010

Armenian parliament has passed today in the first reading a bill on control of export of dual purpose goods, their transit across Armenian territory, as well as transfer of information and results of dual purpose intellectual activity.

The bill is designed to facilitate the procedure of export of dual purpose goods from Armenia, a deputy economy minister Garnik Badalian said. He added that the bill defines all procedures in compliance with European standards and criteria.

In his words the bill provides for new procedure of licensing and issuance of permission for export of dual purpose goods. The current commission vested with this powers will be replaced by a special body in charge of coordinating all related issues.

Under the current legislation, licensing and special permissions are required for export of goods of dual purpose. According to the deputy minister, the bill suggests that all these procedures be facilitated and simplified. This will allow to get one license for export of series-produced dual purpose goods.

The bill also cuts the term for issuing permission from current 45 to 20 days. All procedures will be in electronic format, giving businessmen an opportunity to get licenses from their offices.

Dual-purpose goods are equipment, materials, raw materials, technologies, or scientific and technical information which are used for civilian purposes, but which can be used for the manufacture of armaments, military hardware, and munitions, including weapons of mass destruction and related delivery vehicles. -0-