Common use of Import Licence Clause in Contracts

Import Licence. If, in the performance of the Contract, the Contractor needs to import materiel into the UK for which an import licence is required, the responsibility for applying for the licence shall rest with the Contractor. The Authority shall provide the Contractor with all reasonable assistance in obtaining any necessary import licence with regard to any defence or security issue that may arise. Export Licence The Contractor shall notify the Authority promptly if the Contractor becomes aware that all or part of any Contractor Deliverable (including Information and software) to be Delivered under the Contract is or will be subject to: a non-UK export licence, authorisation or exemption; or any other related transfer control, that imposes or will impose end use, end user, re-transfer, re-export restrictions, or restrictions on disclosure to individuals based upon their nationality. This does not include the Intellectual Property-specific restrictions of the type referred to in clause D1. If requested by the Authority, the Contractor shall give the Authority a summary of every existing or expected licence and restriction referred to in clause B4.a and any related obligation or restriction to the extent that they place an obligation or restriction on the Authority with which the Authority must comply, including, to the extent applicable to such obligations or restrictions: the exporting nation, including the export licence number (where known); the Article or Service (including Information and software) affected; the nature of the restriction and obligation; the authorised end use and end users; any specific restrictions on access by third parties, or by individuals based upon their nationality, to the Articles or to anything Delivered or used in the performance or fulfilment of the Services; and any specific restrictions on the end user or on re-transfer or re-export to third parties of the Articles or of anything delivered or used in the performance or fulfilment of the Services. The Contractor shall not be required to disclose any of the provisos to a licence (or even the existence of them) to the extent that they do not relate to an obligation or constraint with which the Authority must comply. When an export licence is required from a foreign government for the performance of the Contract, the Contractor shall promptly consult with the Authority on the licence requirements and, where the Contractor is the applicant for the licence: ensure that when end use or end user restrictions, or both, apply to all or part of any Contractor Deliverable to be Delivered under the Contract, the Contractor, unless otherwise agreed with the Authority, identifies in the licence application: the end user as: Her Britannic Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (hereinafter “HM Government”), and the end use as: For the Purposes of HM Government; include in the submission for the licence a statement that "information on the status of processing this license application may be shared with the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom";