Compliance as a response to export control

Exporting dual-use items and technology can endanger territorial or overall security, as well as contribute to the proliferation of WMDs resulting in serious violations of basic human rights and international humanitarian law. For reasons linked to the non-proliferation of weapon of mass destruction, the European Union has established many regulations to control the export, transfer, brokering, and transit of "dual-use items". This report presents a set of definitions related to dual-use goods and its controlled activities in case of export, transfer, brokering, transit, and the type of authorizations needed. The study will examine the export process of the company, outlining all company’s export-related procedures and operations. This examine will help the company to discover its significant and vulnerable areas in its export process and where internal controls are missing. To deliver what said before, a risk assessment is presented to help the company to identify and mitigate these risks. The report will also present a description of internal compliance program (ICP) and its core elements. During the analysis of core elements of ICP, a framework will be developed and proposed. Finally, a case study will be introduced, analyzed, and evaluated at end. The analysis will focus on the export process of the company, classification of dual-use goods, end-users, customs classification, authorizations requirement.