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* The Directorate for Export Control and Sanctions (DEKSA)

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01.01.2025 Founding by complex reorganization

Name: * The Directorate for Export Control and Sanctions (DEKSA)
Short name: Deksa
Affiliations: Central agency/directorate
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 3201

The Directorate for Export Control and Sanctions (DEKSA) is the national authority for export control and sanctions in Norway. The Directorate is responsible for following up on Norway's international obligations and implementing the government's policy within the export of defence equipment and strategic technology, and in the area of ​​sanctions.

Until 1 January 2025, formal responsibility for export control and sanctions lay entirely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.