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10/29/97
62 FR 56138
Request for Comments on the Definition of "Specially Designed"
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The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is reviewing the use of the term "specially designed" as it pertains to items controlled on the Commerce Control List (CCL) in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). BXA is considering developing a definition or definitions of that term that will meet the export control objectives of the regulations while increasing the utility of the regulations to the public. Comments must be received by December 29, 1997. For submission instructions see full text of notice.
10/08/97
62 FR 52514
Request for Comments on Effects of Foreign Policy-Based Export Controls
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The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is reviewing the foreign policy-based export controls in the Export Administration Regulations to determine whether they should be modified, rescinded or extended. To help make these determinations, BXA is seeking comments on how existing foreign policy-based export controls have affected exporters and the general public. Comments are due no later than November 7, 1997. See full text of notice for instructions for submitting comments.
10/01/97
62 FR 51369
Revision to Entity List: Bharat Electronics, Ltd.(aka Baharat Electronics, Ltd.), India
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The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR contains a list of such entities. This rule amends the Entity List by revising the entry "Bharat Electronics LTD, (aka Baharat Electronics, Ltd.) located in India, for all items subject to the EAR". The entry will now read,"Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Bangalore, India; and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Hyderabad, India; for all items subject to the EAR having a classification other than EAR99. In addition, exporters are reminded to follow "BXA's Know Your Customer Guidance and Red Flags", see Supplement No. 3 to part 732 of the EAR, with regard to specific end-use of any item subject to the EAR destined to any Bharat Electronics Limited located in India.
09/29/97
62 FR 50865
Satellite fuel, Ground Support Equipment, Test Equipment, Payload Adapter/Interface Hardware, and Replacement Parts for the Preceding Items, When Included with a Specific Commercial communications Satellite Launch
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This final rule amends the Commerce Control List of the Export Administration Regulations by revising the List of Items Controlled, of Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 9A004, to provide that satellite fuel, ground support equipment, test equipment, payload adapter/interface hardware and replacement parts for the preceding items are subject to Commerce jurisdiction when they are included with a specific commercial communications satellite. This rule amends the interim final rule of October 21, 1996 (61 FR 54540) that transferred jurisdiction of all commercial communications satellites from the Department of State to the Department of Commerce.
08/05/97
62 FR 42047
Liberalization of Export Controls for Oscilloscopes (including certain transient recorders), Affected ECCNs: 3A202, 3A292, 3E001, 3E20, and 3E292
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The Bureau of Export Administration maintains the Commerce Control List (CCL, 15 CFR Part 774), which appears in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This rule revises the reason for control for oscilloscopes (including certain transient recorders) from NP Column 1 to NP Column 2, in the Commerce Country Chart (Supplement No. 1 to 15 CFR Part 738). In addition, revisions are made to NP Column 2 of the Commerce Country Chart, and Column [D:2] Nuclear of Country Group D, to reflect that Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Comoros, Djibouti, Micronesia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Vanuatu have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This revision will substantially reduce the paperwork burden on the public by decreasing the number of license applications exporters and reexporters are required to submit for oscilloscopes.
06/30/97
62 FR 35333
Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations:
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Additions to the Entity List The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR contains a list of such entities. This rule makes several additions to the entity list.
06/30/97
62 FR 35335
Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Additions to Entity List:
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National Development Centre, Pakistan; and Indian Rare Earths, Ltd., India The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR contains a list of such entities. This rule adds to the entity list: National Development Centre, Pakistan; and Indian Rare Earths, Ltd., India, and requires a license for exports or reexports of all items subject to the EAR for both entities.
06/09/97
62 FR 31473
Correction to Commerce Country Chart printed in Federal Register on February 12, 1997, cite 62 FR 6682
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On February 12, the Office of the Federal Register published a rule pertaining to the addition of South Korea to the Australia Group. In that rule, there were revisions made to the Commerce Country Chart (Supplement No. 1 to part 738). The Office of the Federal Register inadvertently left off an "X" from CC column 3 for the country of Moldova. BXA checked all other "X"s to make sure that they did not make any other errors. This correction notice corrects the mistake made by the Office of the Federal Register.
05/16/97
62 FR 26922
Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Addition of Bharat Electronics, Ltd.,(aka Baharat Electronics, Ltd.) India, to Entity List
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The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR contains a list of such entities. This rule adds Bharat Electronics LTD,(aka Baharat Electronics, Ltd.) located in India, to the entity list, and requires a license for exports or reexports of all items subject to the EAR.
05/09/97
62 FR 25451
Revisions & Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations
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On March 25, 1996, the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) published an interim rule (61 FR 12714) that restructured and reorganized the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The interim rule clarified the language of the EAR and simplified the application and made the export control regulatory regime more user friendly. This rule amends the EAR by making certain revisions and clarifications and, in some cases, inserts material inadvertently omitted from the March 25 interim rule.
03/03/97
62 FR 9364
Exports to Cuba; Support for the Cuban People
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On October 6, 1995, President Clinton announced several changes to the administration of the Cuban embargo intended to promote democratic change in Cuba. Accordingly, this final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations by introducing a licensing review policy for the approval, on a case-by-case basis, of certain exports to human rights organizations, news bureaus, and individuals and non-governmental organizations engaged in activities that promote democratic activity in Cuba.
02/12/97
62 FR 6682
Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Addition of the Republic of South Korea to Australia Group (AG), Clarification to the Sample Shipments Exemption in ECCN 1C350, and Correction to the Commerce Country Chart
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As of October 1996, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) is a member of the Australia Group (AG). Therefore, South Korea is to be treated as an AG member under U.S. regulations. This includes exemption from certain requirements under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) for items controlled for Chemical/Biological weapons proliferation (CB) reasons.
In addition, this rule makes a clarification to the exemption for sample shipments in ECCN 1C350 and corrections to Supplement Number 1 to part 738, the Commerce Country Chart, CB Column 3 (Chemical and Biological Weapons), by removing the license requirement symbol "X" from Romania and South Africa, as this symbol was inadvertently included in previous regulations, and removing all the license requirement symbols "X" from the Iraq row and replacing them with the phrase that is common to all embargoed destinations, "See part 746 of the EAR to determine whether a license is required in order to export or reexport to this destination".
02/12/97
62 FR 6687
Revisions to the Commerce Control List: Exports of Mixtures Containing Trace Quantities of Precursor Chemicals; ECCNs 1C350 and 1C995
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The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Commerce Control List (CCL) of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR parts 730-774) to simplify export controls on mixtures that contain relatively small amounts, "traces", of controlled precursor chemicals.
02/03/97
62 FR 4910
Entity List
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General Prohibition Five (�6.2(b)(5) of the EAR) prohibits exports to certain end-users or end-uses without a license. This final rule amends �4.1 to refer exporters to the newly added Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the EAR, the Entity List, which informs exporters that a license is required for shipments to Ben Gurion University, Israel, of computers with a CTP between 2,000 and 7,000 Mtops.
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