DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

[Docket No. 070619210-7211-01]

 
Request for Public Comments on a Systematic Review of the 
Commerce Control List

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of inquiry.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is soliciting 
comments from the public regarding the Commerce Control List (CCL) in 
the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). BIS has already requested 
that its Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) review the CCL and 
recommend potential changes to BIS. BIS believes that it would also be 
beneficial to allow interested members of the public to submit comments 
regarding the CCL.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 17, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this notice of inquiry may be sent by e-
mail to publiccomments@bis.doc.gov. Include ``Notice of Inquiry--CCL'' 
in the subject line of the message. Comments may also be submitted by 
mail or hand delivery to Timothy Mooney, Office of Exporter Services, 
Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department 
of Commerce, 14th St. & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 2705, 
Washington, DC 20230, ATTN: Notice of Inquiry--CCL; or by fax to (202) 
482-3355.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Mooney, Regulatory Policy 
Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, telephone: (202) 482-2440, 
e-mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Commerce Control List (CCL) is found in Supplement No. 1 to 
part 774 of the EAR. The CCL is a list of items subject to the Export 
Administration Regulations (EAR). Items subject to the EAR are under 
the export control jurisdiction of the Bureau of Industry and Security 
(BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce. The CCL covers items (i.e., 
commodities, software, and technology) enumerated in Export Control 
Classification Numbers (ECCNs). There are 10 general categories (0-9) 
of ECCNs and each category has five parts (Systems, Equipment and 
Components; Test, Inspection and Production Equipment; Materials; 
Software; and Technology). The CCL covers a broad range of commodities, 
software and technologies and plays an important role in the U.S. 
system for controlling the export of dual-use items. Items not listed 
on the CCL, but subject to the EAR, are designated as EAR99.
    Changes are made regularly to the CCL to reflect revisions in the 
control lists of the multilateral export control regimes (Wassenaar 
Arrangement; Missile Technology Control Regime; Australia Group; 
Nuclear Suppliers' Group). To conduct a more systematic review of the 
CCL, BIS has requested that its TACs review the CCL and recommend 
potential changes to BIS.
    In addition to seeking recommendations from its TACs, BIS is also 
inviting the interested public to submit comments regarding:
    (1) The overall structure of the CCL, including suggestions for how 
the structure of the CCL may be changed to better advance U.S. national 
security, foreign policy, and economic interests;
    (2) Types of items that should be listed on the CCL and the 
appropriate levels of controls to be placed on those items, taking into 
account technology levels, markets, and foreign availability;
    (3) Any updates to the CCL item descriptions that would enable the 
descriptions to better reflect the intent of the multinational controls 
and to eliminate any overly broad descriptions that inadvertently 
capture non-critical items that are not controlled by other countries; 
and
    (4) Coordination and harmonization of controls on items covered by 
the multilateral regimes, such as the Wassenaar Arrangement.
    Comments should be submitted to BIS as described in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice by September 17, 2007.


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    Dated: July 11, 2007.
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
 [FR Doc. E7-13843 Filed 7-16-07; 8:45 am]

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