The Permit Dimension of Defence-Sector Consulting
Consulting in the defence sector differs from most service contracts in one respect that is easy to miss: Georgian export-control legislation separately regulates technical assistance and brokering services connected with military and dual-use products, and those activities are unlawful without their own permit — regardless of whether any physical product moves. The consulting contract as such — its formation, fees, intellectual property and liability — is governed by the general rules of civil legislation; what this page addresses is specifically when advice about military or dual-use products requires a permit. It should also be noted that the foreign-agent registration regimes known in some other countries have no counterpart in Georgia, and that concept is simply not part of the applicable framework here: the question stands exclusively on export-control permits.