BIS Adds Ecuadorian Communications Service to Entity List

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security added the state-owned Ecuadorian telecommunications service Corporacion Nacional de Telecommunicaciones to the Entity List (here). The list informs the public of entities that have allegedly engaged in activities that could facilitate the spread of weapons of mass destruction. BIS requires license for exports to these entities, but the agency typically denies license requests. License exceptions for transactions with companies and individuals on the Entity List are very rare, the agency says.