Kobe University
Graduate School ofLaw

DECEMBER2015

NEWSLETTER
Ninth Issue

1ST International Group of ExportRegulations International
Symposium on the Theory andPractice of Export Control

InsideINGEER
Find out about the 1st INGEER
Symposium
heldatourUniversity!

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Test your vocabulary
Try your hand out at these newwords!

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On the 26th and 27th of November 2015, the Inauguralinternational symposium by the International Group ofExport Regulation (“INGEER”) on the Theory andPractise of Export Control: Balancing International
Security and International Economic Relations was heldat Kobe University.
INGEER is an academic research group consisting ofacademia, government officials and delegates fromthe business sector, between Japan and France which
begun in November 2015; as such the symposium wasjointly organised by the University and the IDESTUniversite Paris-Sud.

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The sponsors for this event include amongst others, our University, our programme, theIDEST-Universite Paris-Sud and the International Chair on Space Communication andTelecommunications Law.
The 2-day event began with the opening remarks by Professor Dai Tamada and was
followed by three sessions spanning over the 2 days, with each session ending with adiscussion amongst the INGEER members and participants.

Session 1
Chaired by Professor Vincent Correia from the IDEST, University of Paris Sud / University ofPoitiers“Introduction to International Export Control Regulations” presented by Professor Philippe
Achilleas of the IDEST Universite Paris Sid / University of Caen.
“Nature and Role of the International Export Control Regimes” presented by Mr Takuma
Inoue, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.
“Embargos and International Sanction Regimes” presented by Mr Romain Broner, Export
Compliance Operations Manager of Airbus Helicopters.
“Synergy between Export Control and UN Sanction Regimes in Preventing WMDProliferation” presented by Professor Masahiko Asada from Kyoto University.
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Session 2
Chaired by Professor Dai Tamada from Kobe University.
“Japan’s Security Export Control System” presented by Mr
Yuki Tanaka, Director from the Ministry of Economy, Tradeand Industry, Japan.

“The Effects and ‘Side-Effects’ of the Implementation ofTrade Restrictions for Economic Operators in the Field ofAerospace” presented by Ms Rosa Rosanelli, theInternational Trade Compliance Manager of Pratt &Whitney BEC.

A: Tell or order someone to dosomething; B: Delay or prevent(someone or something) byobstructing them; or C: Look ator observe attentively over a
period of time2

Relinquish

A: Voluntarily cease to keep orclaim; B: Return to a previousstate; or C: Propel with force

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ExcludeA: Respite; B: Expertise;
Prolonged; or D: Eliminate

C:

Answers:“Export Constraints from a Contractual Point of View”
presented by Mr Marc Borello, the Former GeneralCounsel of a European Aerospace Company.

Impede(1) B – e.g. The sap causes
swelling which can impede
breathing.

“Practice of Export Control in a Japanese Company”
presented by Ms Kumiko Kitayama, who is from Toshiba’s
Export Control Department.

1(2) A – e.g. The seller relinquishedhis right to the profits earned
from the breach of contract“Export Control Practice of Airbus as an International
Industrial Group” presented by Mr Arnaud Idiart who isthe Export Compliance Adviser of the Airbus Group.

Test your vocabulary! Pick thecorrect answer:(3) D – e.g. This clause isdesignedtoexclude
any
possibility of judicial review.

“CISTEC Linkage Channel connecting Government,
Industry and Academia” presented by Ms Hisashi Riko
who is a member of the Board of the Center for
Information on Security Trade Control.

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Continued from page 3“The Botticelli Project” presented by Mr Sandro Zero, theVice President, Export Control Compliance of Areva.

Session 3
Chaired by Professor Masahiko Asada of Kyoto University.
“Export Control in Investment and Trade Law” presentedby Professor Dai Tamada of Kobe University.
“Responsive Action or Emerging Strategy? Japan’s
Revision of its Arms Transfer Policy” presented by Mr
Tomoaki Ishigaki, Counsellor from the Cabinet Legislation
Bureau.
“Export Control in the Arms Trade Treaty” presented byMs Professor Mika Hayashi from Kobe University.
“Export Control in Space and Air Law” presented byProfessor Setsuko Aoki of Keio University.
“Free Access to Outer Space vs Export Control of Missiles”
by Ms Yuri Takaya, Research Fellow of Kobe University.
**Professor Philippe Achilleas from the IDEST Universite Paris
Sud/University of Caen who closed the Symposium withhis closing remarks successfully concluded the 2-daySymposium. The 2nd INGEER symposium has beenscheduled to be held in France in 2016. We look forward
to seeing you again then!
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Please refer to Page 5 for the application details on theKobe LL.M. / GMAP in Law Course
For more information, please feel free to visit us at:
http://www.law.kobe-u.ac.jp/GMAP/index.html
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Students wishing to apply for the Kobe LL.M. / GMAP in
Law Course, may find the details for the course andapplication procedures on the Kobe University
Graduate School of Law & Faculty of Law website, orour webpage at:
http://www.law.kobeu.ac.jp/GMAP/admissions/index.html
Admission requirements include the submission of yourtest score for an English proficiency test (e.g. TOEIC,TOEFL, IELTS etc.); a research plan of 1,500 words; andan interview (via Skype for foreign students).

TOLES(Test of Legal English Skills)
We are pleased to announce
that Kobe University has been
appointed as an official TOLES
test centre. The Graduate
School of Law provides Legal
English courses so students will
have the opportunity to takeexams on campus and obtain
the internationally recognised
TOLES legal English certificate.
For more information on TOLES
please see the TOLES website
at www.toleslegal.com or feel
free to contact Professor Keith
Carpenteratkeith@people.kobe-u.ac.jp

Foreign Students who may wish to apply for thisprogramme are welcomed to do so!
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For further information on theGMAP in Law Course kindly
contact the following person:

Professor Dai Tamada
tamada@port.kobe-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-78-803-2507
Graduate School of Law, 2-1
Rokko-dai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe
City, 657-8501, JAPANwww.law.kobeu.ac.jp/GMAP/index.html

GMAP in Law’s Academic Staff
 Professor Dai Tamada (Director): Public International
Law and International Investment Law
 Professor Akira Saito (Co – Director): International
Commercial Law and Arbitration
 Professor Shunichiro Nakano: Private International Law
 Professor Keith Carpenter: Legal English, Legal
Practice, and Financial Law
 Professor James Claxton: International Arbitration
 Professor Fujio Kawashima: International EconomicLaw
For any queries or if you would like to contribute to thisNewsletter, please feel free to contact Cindy Cheong at:
cindy.cheong@phoenix.kobe-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-78-803 – 6709
Graduate School of Law, 2-1 Rokko-dai-cho, Nada-ku,
Kobe City, 657-8501, JAPAN