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NO. IT APPLIES TO BRITISH COMPANIES AND NATIONALS WHEREVER THEY MAY BE FOUND WHO ARE IN ANY WAY PROMOTING THE EXPORT/IMPORT OF GOODS FROM/TO IRAQ AND KUWAIT.
HOW WOULD A BRITISH COMPANY TRADING WITH IRAQ OR KUWAIT BE AFFECTED OR ANY OF ITS BRITISH WORKFORCE?
- CONTINUATION OF SUCH TRADE WITHOUT A LICENCE WOULD BE IN BREACH OF THE ORDER AND THE UN RESOLUTION. ANY OF THE WORKFORCE
DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PROMOTION OF SUCH TRADE WOULD SIMILARLY BE
AFFECTED.
WHAT ABOUT EG BRITISH NATIONALS WORKING FOR KUWAITI OR IRAQI OIL
COMPANIES?
- THE EXPORT OF OIL PRODUCTS FROM IRAQ OR KUWAIT IS COVERED BY THE TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION. ANY ACTIVITIES BY A BRITISH NATIONAL WHICH MIGHT SERVE TO PROMOTE ANY IRAQI OR KUWAITI
EXPORTS WOULD BE COVERED BY THE TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION AND THE ORDER.
WHAT ABOUT CONSULTANTS?
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THE SAME APPLIES. A CONSULTANT HELPING TO DEVELOP AGRICULTURAL
YIELD IN KUWAIT IS NOT DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE PROMOTION OF EXPORTS. SOMEONE ADVISING ON TRADE PROMOTION OR ADVERTISING
WOULD BE.
DOES THIS NOT PRESENT CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTIES OF DEFINITION?
- THERE ARE BOUND TO BE DIFFICULT CASES AND WE ARE MINDFUL OF
THE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. WHEN COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS ARE IN DOUBT ABOUT THEIR PARTICULAR POSITION THEY SHOULD APPROACH DTI FOR A LICENCE. IN PRACTICE WE ARE ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH MANY COMPANIES ABOUT THE POSITION OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
ARE SERVICES COVERED BY THE ORDER?
SERVICES WHICH SERVE TO PROMOTE THE EXPORT OF GOODS FROM IRAQ OR KUWAIT OR THE SUPPLY OF GOODS TO AN IRAQI OR KUWAITI
CONTROLLED COMPANY OR PERSON WORLDWIDE ARE COVERED.
CAN HMG BE MADE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES SUSTAINED BY COMPANIES?
NO. WE ARE ACTING UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS ACT 1946 TO GIVE
EFFECT TO A MANDATORY SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION BINDING ON ALL MEMBER STATES OF THE UN. HMG WOULD BE UNDER NO LEGAL LIABILITY TO PAY COMPENSATION.
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