IRELAND AND DTI

[nigel hickson]

Colleagues =


Just read a whole load of =

E Mails on this; so despite the hour a couple of facts: =


Ireland:  As the text (which someone found) makes clear; Ireland is membe=
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of Wassenaar and hence is bound by controls on crypto.  Also it is a memb=
er
of EU and hence the Dual Use Good Regulation applies.  Latter is directly=

applicable which (and Mr Bohm may correct me here) means it applies to al=
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people exporting from Ireland irrespective of what Government says.  So
expoerters (as Baltimore will confirm) are subject to export controls but=

to GSN waiver as are UK exporters. =


DTI:  We are not all brain dead.  I am not responsible for new White Pape=
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(XNP are) but it does not suggest repealing GSN or altering OGELs.  It ju=
st
suggests (as EU have done) that where a product is controlled (eg
encryption software) the intangible export of that (by fax or E mail)
should also be. =


Nigel =