Contrary to weapons brokering activities of dual use items where not ruled by international export control regimes. Only the UNSCR 1540 includes a provision in paragraph 3c which invited States to develop and maintain appropriate measures to counter illicit brokering activities.
At its plenary in June 2012, the Australia Group has added a dedicated paragraph in its Guidelines stating that : AG members should have in place or establish measures against illicit activities that allow them to act upon brokering services related to items mentioned in the AG control lists which could contribute to CBW activities. AG members will make every effort to implement those measures in accordance with their domestic legal framework ans practices. It remains to be see if similar provisions will added by the three other export control regimes (NSG, Wassenaar Arangement, MTCR)