1. Outreach to Industry German Approach Wassenaar Arrangement
Practical Workshop
Vienna, 27 – 28 June 2016

2. Overview Why are we performing outreach to industry?
What are the key elements?
Which outreach tools do we use?

3. Why are we performing outreach to industry?
Export Control
Indus-try
Govern-ment
Export volume of Germany in 2015: 1.1 trillion Euro
Share relevant for export control: 25,8 billion Euro
Number of enterprises in Germany relevant for export control: 7.000
BAFA-employees (export control): 250
 Leverage is needed for risk management

4. Why are we performing outreach to industry? (cont.)
Self control of the exporting industry
Consensus with the industry: Joint responsibility! The first control takes place in the company!
Support by the Federal Government
The federal government raises the awareness of the companies involved and supports them by publications
and other service offers.

5. What are the key elements? - Awareness-Raising and Support by BAFA
Information events
Company visits
Publications
Homepage/Newsletter
Special work tools
Information and
support for the industry

6. Outreach tools - Company Visits
Talks with persons reliable for export
Raising the awareness of the person
in charge of export by the BAFA management
Compliance visits
Awareness raising and consulting in line
with reliability audits and
audits in the global export licensing process

7. Outreach tools - Information Events and others
Speeches and lectures at chambers of commerce and trade associations
Regular expert meetings, workings groups with trade associations
Export control day
Exchange of ideas and experience between
ministries, administration, science and industry

8. Outreach tools - Publications
Haddex
Annotation and
collection of material
in 5 volumes with appendices deliveries and
express services
Practice of the Export Control handbook with introduction to law and Best Practice recommendations on in-house control systems
Leaflets
among others:
Legal foundations
Iran embargo
ICP
optimised application
know-how transfer
Annual report
with review
amendments to laws and procedures

9. Outreach tools – Homepage and Newsletter
Service: Newsletter and RSS-Newsfeed

10. Outreach tools - Special work tools
Correlation List
Tools for classification of goods by means of
Customs code numbers/HS Codes
Information on the list of items
Information by the BAFA that a particular item is
not covered by a list of items
AzG
Early warning letters
Intelligence information on problematic end-users

11. Thank you for your attention!
Cindy Luger Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) Division 211 – Export Control: Basic and Procedural Questions Frankfurter Strasse 29-35, Eschborn Phone: +49 (0) –