Ministry Of Defence
UK MOD has set a mandatory requirement for the control of the release by industry of equipment or information with a classification of OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE or above, including in their marketing campaigns to foreign end-users (this includes UK material classified RESTRICTED or above, graded prior to April 2014, andequivalentinternationally security classified material). Control of release is therefore conducted through theForm 680application process.
All UK companies must obtainForm 680approval in order to release information or equipment classified OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE and above to foreign entities. This includes internationally security classified material being released from the UK to foreign entities. Approval is also required for some material classified OFFICIAL, but only where the information or equipment connected with the release holds a higher classification. If both the equipment and information is classified OFFICIAL aForm 680is not required.
An F680 approval is also required before a UK Company releases US ITAR material to any foreign entity. For the these purposes, US ITAR material means defence articles including technical data relating thereto or derived therefrom that is subject to controls under the US ITAR.
Under the terms and conditions of certain Open General Export Licenses (OGELs) published by theDepartment for Business and Trade, anF680must be in place prior to any export under the licence concerned.