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Via its associated Israeli firm Gil Rosen Law   

In April, Israel’s Defense Export Control Agency (DECA) announced two amendments to Israel’s defense export control laws. 

Under the first amendment, the time in which DECA must respond to marketing license applications for non-classified controlled military products, technology and services to certain countries has been cut from 60 days to 40 days. In line with DECA’s normal practices, the list of countries is not publicized and will only be provided to the businesses registered with DECA. 

The shortening of DECA’s permitted response time is the latest in a number of efforts by DECA to try to ease the export compliance burden on Israeli businesses that often complain that the Israeli export control laws are too stringent and their requirements, together with the procedures involved in making and receiving applications puts them at a disadvantage with businesses from other countries when competing on the world stage. Other recent efforts include expanding an exemption to the marketing license requirement (the fulfillment of which is a legal requirement and precondition for the grant of any subsequent export license) so that it covers a number of additional countries and non-classified products. Earlier this year, an on-line application system was also set up to enable businesses to apply for marketing licenses for unclassified products and technologies on line.  

The second amendment requires that a company’s applications to DECA are signed from now on by an officer of the company, as defined by Israel’s Companies Law 1999, or an authorized employee of the company. Applications will no longer be accepted if they have been signed by anyone else on-behalf of the exporter. 

Note that this article should not be regarded as legal advice. If you have any questions or would like to receive more detailed advice in connection with this article, then please contact me at gil@gilrosenlaw.com or on +972.546.319913 or +44.793.741.7257.

By Gil Rosen, Adv.