Commerce Makes Changes to Export Regs Following MTCR Accord

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry amended the Export Administration Regulations to revise six Export Control Classification Numbers following recent agreements on changes to the Missile Technology Control Regime. Those revisions, along with several conforming changes to the Commerce Control List, take effect on April 7 (here). The U.S. and 33 other countries are party to the MTCR, a non-binding accord that aims to limit the spread of weapons of mass destruction (here). U.S. companies now face a 30-day deadline to export or re-export items under license exceptions or without a license that are impacted by the ECCN revisions. Commerce made similar revisions in 2014 after striking agreement with MTCR parties on export control changes (see 14052324).