Germany lifts national restrictions on exporting medical protective equipment and implements EU regu

On 19th March 2020, Germany’s ‘Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle’ (BAFA) announced that the national licensing requirement and restrictions on the exports of certain medical protective equipment (effective 12th March 2020 and reported on here) have been lifted. As a replacement the Federal Ministry of the Economy references an EU-wide regulation ((EU) 2020/402) that restricts export of certain medical protective equipment to non-EU states. Exporting medical protective equipment from Germany to other EU member states no longer requires a permit.