Multilateral export control regime

A multilateral export control regime is an informal group of like-minded supplier countries that seek to contribute to the non-proliferation of <a href="/facts/Weapon_of_mass_destruction/JfsDSeGo">weapons of mass destruction</a>, delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons through national implementation of guidelines and <a href="/facts/Export_control/LPsd9PJS">control</a> lists for exports.
For a chart of national membership in different regimes, see the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080408210335/http://www.sipri.org/contents/expcon/expconpub.html">SIPRI Yearbook</a> chapter on "Transfer controls".
There are currently four such regimes:

<ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Wassenaar_Arrangement/ClsngcyP">Wassenaar Arrangement</a> (WA) on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Nuclear_Suppliers_Group/tDnEI3Lh">Nuclear Suppliers Group</a> (NSG), for the control of <a href="/facts/Nuclear_technology/lQvzhH3g">nuclear</a> and nuclear-related technology</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Australia_Group/h7ohgGGE">Australia Group</a> (AG) for the control of <a href="/facts/Chemical_engineering/Fb64amQf">chemical</a> and <a href="/facts/Biotechnology/8eFnI6FB">biological technology</a> that could be weaponized</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Missile_Technology_Control_Regime/M6RoEAtU">Missile Technology Control Regime</a> (MTCR) for the control of rockets and other aerial vehicles capable of delivering <a href="/facts/Weapons_of_mass_destruction/JfsDSeGo">weapons of mass destruction</a></li></ul>
While not formally an export control regime, the <a href="/facts/Zangger_Committee/GKowthHa">Zangger Committee</a> has developed guidance on nuclear export restrictions required by the <a href="/facts/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons/yE0ekVtm">Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)</a>.

The following 30 countries are members of all of the above four regimes:

<ul><li> <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j">Belgium</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Bulgaria/Er5pY3YS">Bulgaria</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Czech_Republic/vJYLD66Q">Czech Republic</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greece</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Ireland</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Luxembourg/vRN04l7f">Luxembourg</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a></li>
<li>  <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></li></ul>

The following 13 countries are members of at least three of these regimes:

<ul><li> <a href="/facts/Croatia/MSS0yyvw">Croatia</a> (AG, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a> (AG, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Iceland/E4KGYs2j">Iceland</a> (AG, MTCR, NSG)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a> (AG, MTCR, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a> (AG, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a> (AG, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Malta/FsqM3M37">Malta</a> (AG, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a> (AG, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a> (AG, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a> (MTCR, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovakia</a> (AG, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Slovenia/EcYU22W4">Slovenia</a> (AG, NSG, WA)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a> (MTCR, NSG, WA)</li></ul>

The following two countries are members of at least two of these regimes:

<ul><li> <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a> (MTCR, NSG)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Cyprus/t9wL6lVK">Cyprus</a> (AG, NSG)</li></ul>

The following five countries and political entities are members of at least one of these regimes:

<ul><li> <a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarus</a> (NSG)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a> (NSG)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a> (NSG)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a> (NSG)</li>
<li> <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a> (AG)</li></ul>

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