ECGD support for foreign content
Open date: 21 Jun 2006
Closing date: 31 Oct 2006
Response date: 13 Jun 2007
Consultation ref: PC2006/01
This page provides details about the starting date, closing date, background, purpose and documents on the consultation on support for foreign content 2006 by the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD).
All the documents are available in to download in portable document format (PDF). Go to Accessing PDF documents, which you can find on the right hand side of this page, for more information on how to view our PDFs.
Background
As a result of concerns expressed by exporters that ECGD’s policy on foreign content is over-complicated, restrictive and inflexible, the Government decided to make proposals to simplify the policy.
Audience
Exporters and banks using ECGD’s services, trade associations and special interest groups.
Purpose of the consultation
The purpose of the consultation is to get views from interested parties on whether ECGD’s foreign content policy should be changed and, if so, what those changes should be which could simplify and liberalise the foreign content rules.
Consultation documents
Consultation on ECGD support for foreign content (PDF, 374 Kb)
Consultees representations
Representations received up to 31 October 2006
Alstom Ltd (PDF, 120 Kb)
BAE Systems (PDF, 22 Kb)
British Bankers Association (PDF, 155 Kb)
British Expertise (formerly British Consultants and Construction Bureau) (PDF, 20 Kb)
British Exporters Association (PDF, 149 Kb)
Campaign Against Arms Trade (PDF, 17 Kb)
Confederation of British Industry (PDF, 41 Kb)
Deutsche Bank AG London (PDF, 85 Kb)
Motorola Ltd (PDF, 36 Kb)
MW Kellogg Ltd (PDF, 170 Kb)
Nortel (PDF, 28 Kb)
Railway Industry Association (PDF, 16 Kb)
Rolls-Royce Capital Limited (PDF, 204 Kb)
Shipbuilders & Shiprepairers Association (PDF, 120 Kb)
Simon_Carves Limited (also responding on behalf of British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association members) (PDF, 17 Kb)
Small Business Council (PDF, 54 Kb)
The Corner House (PDF, 74 Kb)
Mr Tony Crowther-Green (PDF, 25 Kb)
Representations received following the extension period of the consultation
Federation of Small Businesses (PDF, 69 Kb)
Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd (PDF, 280 Kb)
Forum of Private Business (PDF, 75 Kb)
Siemens VAI UK (PDF, 90 Kb)
The Trades Union Congress (PDF, 295 Kb)
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