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within other tariff headings which can be used

for medical or surgical purposes;

the personal effects and professional equipment of passengers travelling from the UK to Iran; and

ships and aircraft operating on scheduled services

or re-exported after temporary importation.

15. A further exemption from the prohibition is goods exported

under contracts entered into before the date on which the Orders

came into effect (30 May 1980). This exemption also applies to

goods under a contract that has been modified, amplified or

extended after the date of the Orders, so long as it has not

become essentially a new contract.

16.

It

Many exports to Iran are made under various commercial

arrangements, such as framework and joint ventures arrangements

reflecting long-standing and regular business commitments. is normal business practice in a number of industries to export to regular customers under such arrangements rather than under

long-term contracts as such. It would have been inequitable

to have exempted goods exported under contracts dating from before 30 May 1980, but to have prohibited goods exported under these other commitments. The Orders therefore provide that the exemption for goods under existing contracts should also include sales made under new contracts entered into after 30 May 1980 where these are in continuation of an established course of business dealing. To qualify under this exemption new contracts will have to be made between the same parties and must relate to goods of the same or a similar class and be in continuation of an established course of business dealing which existed immediately before the date of the Orders.

17. The Order-in-Council also prohibits contracts made on or after 30 May 1980 for the transport of embargoed goods to Iran by land, sea or air from the UK or the territories to which the Order under the 1980 Act applies.

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