The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 29:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 28:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 22:
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security issued a final rule, effective May 22, to pave the way for unlicensed Internet-based communications exports to the Crimean region of Ukraine (here). The rule, which amends the Export Administration Regulations, permits exports and reexports of “software that is necessary to enable the exchange of personal communications over the Internet,” BIS said. More Crimean access to communication products and services advance U.S. national interests, said the agency. BIS banned most trade with Crimea in a late January regulatory change, but the agency still allows for the export of food and medicine (see 1501290019). Russia absorbed Ukraine in early 2014, despite protests from the U.S. and European countries.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security proposed a rule to implement a set of agreements struck at a Wassenaar Arrangement meeting in December 2013 (here). The agency is also requesting comments on the rule, due July 20. The proposal aims to bring the U.S. into compliance with new export controls, agreed to at the 2013 Wassanaar meeting, on surveillance and law enforcement/intelligence tools, among other goods (here). BIS is adding new Export Control Classification Numbers to the Commerce Control List to provide for the regulatory changes.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security issued a final rule (here), effective May 21, to revise the Commerce Control List in accordance with U.S. commitments made at the Wassenaar Arrangement’s 2014 plenary meeting. Changes affect dual-use goods and technologies, including spacecraft equipment, technology for fly-by-wire/flight-by-light systems, machine tools, optical equipment for military use and fiber laser components. The final rule removes “obsolete” vessel controls and revises controls on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly known as drones. BIS is updating more than 40 Export Control Classification Numbers.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 20:
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) banned export privileges for Joseph DeBose until 2023 over violations of the Arms Export Control Act (here). A U.S. District Court convicted DeBose in 2013 of exporting firearms and firearm barrels from the U.S. to China. DeBose allegedly exported a Beretta 9mm semi-automatic handgun, a weapon currently controlled on the U.S. Munitions List, without the required license. BIS recently placed DeBose on the Denied Persons List (see 1505150005). DeBose is a former U.S. Marine (see 13072217).
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 18:
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security added the following individuals to the Denied Persons List on May 14: