Export control, made clear.
Short e-learning modules: dual-use, military goods, US rules, sanctions, China, customs. You follow Julie at her company and, case after case, you learn what to do.
Recommended module, from launch day:
You follow Julie as she discovers export control.
“On Monday, I was put in charge of export control. I had never done it before!”
- Thomas · export sales8:52
Our Dubai distributor has doubled its order and is paying upfront. Can we ship tomorrow?
- Karim · R&D9:07
I'm sending the electronic board drawings to our subcontractor in Tunisia tonight. Email is quicker.
- Sophie · purchasing9:31
Our US supplier wrote “ECCN 6A003” on its invoice. Is that bad?
Every time, the same question: are we allowed to?
One mistake can cost a contract, a fine, sometimes far more.
“One case at a time:
now I know what to do.”
Here, you learn to answer with her: one case per module, no jargon, and ready-to-use tools.
Understand, apply, prove.
Solve a real-life case
Each module starts from a business situation: an order, a product, a customer. You follow the case step by step and solve it, in 12 to 15 minutes of video.
Leave with the tools
At the end of each module, a summary sheet to keep at hand, and the tools that go with it: Excel spreadsheet, letter template, clause, checklist.
Prove it
Ten real-life questions to check what you have learned. Seven correct answers and the certificate is yours, with a number your employer or customers can verify.
Nine learning paths for compliant exporting.
The first modules open on 12 January, with new ones every month. Each module can be taken on its own; learning paths group them by topic, so you can go further at your own pace.
Export control: where to start?
Free and open to all: what export control covers, how to tell whether it applies to your company, and the first good habits.
Do I need a dual-use licence?
Dual-use: classify, get the licence, export
Find out whether your product is controlled, and get the right to export it.
- Classify a product in five steps
- Not listed, but not free either: the catch-all clause
- Get your dual-use licence, step by step
Do I need a military export licence?
Military goods: exporting from France
Classify against the list, get the licence, export, then report.
- Military or not? Classifying against the list
- Exporting military goods, step by step
- Licence in hand: what comes next
Does Washington have a say?
EAR: US dual-use rules
When US law follows your products all the way to Europe.
- Is my product subject to the EAR?
- De minimis: how much US content is in your product?
- Made outside the US, yet subject to the EAR (FDPR)
Is my product subject to ITAR?
ITAR: US military goods
One ITAR component, and your product plays by different rules.
- ITAR can apply to you, even in Europe
- No de minimis under ITAR
- Who may access your ITAR data?
Can I do business with this customer?
Sanctions: selling without crossing the line
Sanctioned countries, sanctioned customers: check before you sell.
- Before you sell: check who you are dealing with
- Russia and Belarus: what is banned, what is still allowed
- US sanctions: are you exposed?
Do Chinese rules apply to me?
China: the new rules of the game
Rare earths, lists, anti-sanctions law: what Beijing now controls.
- Rare earths: anticipating Chinese controls
- Chinese content in your product: does Beijing have a say?
- Anti-sanctions, blocking, data: China's response
How do I build my internal compliance programme?
Compliance, day to day
An internal programme that stands up to an audit: checks, classifications, suppliers, training.
- Emails, cloud, video calls: the invisible export
- Selling through a distributor without losing control
- Mistake spotted: what now?
Which rules are specific to my sector?
High-tech sectors: space, quantum, drones, aerospace
What changes for you, sector by sector, and the pitfalls to avoid.
- Satellites and launchers: the rules of space
- Quantum technologies: the new controls
- Drones: classifying the aircraft and its parts
Is my customs declaration right?
Customs: getting declarations right
Code, origin, value, procedures: what customs expects from you.
- Customs in three questions: what, from where, how much?
- Made where? The origin of goods
- Pay less, pay later: customs procedures
Ready-to-use tools, so you can act tomorrow.
Excel spreadsheets, Word templates, clauses and checklists: the module tools, to download and adapt to your company.
Excel spreadsheets
To classify, calculate and track.
- The classification database template
- The de minimis calculator
- The screening log
- The licence tracker
Word templates
Ready to send, on your letterhead.
- The standard letter to suppliers
- The classification request to suppliers
- The technical questionnaire, in French and English
- The cover letter for a licence application
Legal clauses
To reuse in your quotes and contracts.
- Standard Russia and Belarus clauses
- The standard clause for your quotes (ITAR)
- The standard notice for intra-EU transfers
Checklists and grids
So nothing is missed, at the right moment.
- The order checklist, step by step
- The pre-travel checklist
- The end-use assessment grid
- The internal programme self-assessment grid
Open, editable files: they work in Microsoft Excel and Word, and also in Google Sheets, Google Docs and LibreOffice.
The Passage Letter
Twice a month: what is changing in export control, sanctions and customs, explained simply, with what you need to do.
- New rules, and what they mean for you
- What you need to do, in plain words
- An answer to a reader's question
Edward Herboch
Seven years of export control and sanctions in industry. Trainer for CCI Formation Grenoble and lecturer in the Master's programme in International Security, Cybersecurity and Defence at Université Grenoble Alpes.