The Cabinet of Ministers has updated the edition of the national list of dual-use goods subject to state export control in international transfers in accordance with the new requirements of the Australian Group regime.

The corresponding draft cabinet resolution on amendments to Supplement 5 to the procedure for implementing state export controls over international transfers of dual-use goods was passed at a government meeting on November 15 without discussion.

According to an explanatory note to the draft document, the structure and content of the new wording of the national list are brought into line with the Australian Group Control List adopted on the basis of its work in 2012-2017.

The Australian Group regime was established in 1985 by a number of states in order to prevent the deliberate or unintentional distribution of materials and equipment related to programs of production of chemical and biological weapons through exchange of information on proliferation cases, as well as counteraction strategies, including by harmonizing procedures of control over transfers.

Currently 42 states are party to the regime.