Description
Course Overview
The Control of Exports Act 2023 introduced significant changes to Ireland’s export control regime, tightening obligations on any business exporting dual-use goods, military equipment, firearms, or torture-related items. For exporters handling controlled or potentially controlled items, understanding when an authorisation is required — and how to secure one — is now a core part of doing business, not a peripheral compliance task.
This course is designed for professionals responsible for export compliance, trade documentation, and regulatory affairs who need a clear, practical grasp of Ireland’s export control obligations under EU and Irish law. Drawing on international best practice and the frameworks used by Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE), the course walks participants through how to identify controlled items, when an export authorisation applies, and how to build the compliance infrastructure needed to manage that risk.
Through a mix of regulatory grounding and worked examples, participants will leave equipped to classify their own export activity, navigate the Export Authorisation System (EAS) portal, and embed a proportionate Internal Compliance Programme within their organisation.
Who This Course Is For?
- Export compliance officers and trade documentation teams
- Shipping, logistics, and supply chain professionals handling controlled or dual-use goods
- In-house legal and regulatory affairs teams
- Freight forwarders and customs brokers advising exporter clients
- Senior management with sign-off responsibility for export authorisations
- Any business exporting, or considering exporting, dual-use, military, firearms, or torture-related items
This Live Course Covers
Module 1: The EU and Irish export control framework — Regulation (EU) 2021/821 (the Dual-Use Regulation), the Control of Exports Act 2023, and Ireland’s participation in the Wassenaar Arrangement, the Australia Group, and the Nuclear Suppliers Group
Module 2: Identifying controlled items — dual-use goods, military equipment, firearms, and torture-related items, including emerging risk areas such as cyber-surveillance items
Module 3: Due diligence for non-listed items — the catch-all controls introduced under the 2021 Dual-Use Regulation and how to assess end-use risk
Module 4: Authorisations in practice — the Export Authorisation System (EAS) portal, individual, global, brokering and Union General Export Authorisations, and the role of End-Use Certificates as part of exporter due diligence
Module 5: Building an Internal Compliance Programme — record-keeping requirements, audit readiness, and embedding a proportionate compliance culture
Module 6: Enforcement and penalties — obligations and liabilities under Part 7 of the Control of Exports Act 2023, illustrated with real enforcement cases
Participants complete an end-of-course assessment and receive a certificate of completion.
Format: In person or online, per client preference Duration: 9am–1pm Materials: Full training presentation plus compliance checklist documents