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| The Entity list, in PDF or ASCII text format, is available on the Government Printing Office EAR Web site. While the files sizes may vary over time, the PDF file can be as large as 300K and the TXT file is about 70K. |
The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) contain a list of names of certain foreign persons – including businesses, research institutions, government and private organizations, individuals, and other types of legal persons – that are subject to specific license requirements for the export, reexport and/or transfer (in-country) of specified items. These persons comprise the Entity List, which is found in Supplement No. 4 to Part 744 of the EAR. On an individual basis, the persons on the Entity List are subject to licensing requirements and policies supplemental to those found elsewhere in the EAR.
The Entity List specifies the license requirements that it imposes on each listed person. Those license requirements are independent of, and in addition to, license requirements imposed elsewhere in the EAR. For example, if you want to export, reexport or transfer (in-country) an EAR99 item to a listed entity and the license requirements for that person as specified in the “License Requirement” column of the Entity List state “all items subject to the EAR,” you would have to obtain a license before exporting, reexporting or transferring (in-country) the item, even if the EAR99 item could otherwise be sent to the country of destination without a license provided the proposed end-use does not trigger another license requirement under Part 744 of the EAR.
Note also that provisions of the EAR other than the Commerce Control List (Supplement No. 1 to Part 774 of the EAR) (CCL) and the Entity List impose license requirements on exports, reexports and transfers (in-country) of items subject to the EAR. See, for example, the end-use requirements in Part 744 or the embargo and special destination requirements in Part 746, and note that if any of these parts impose a license requirement, you would have to obtain a license prior to the export, reexport or transfer (in-country) of the item.
BIS evaluates license applications to any listed entity according to the policy stated in the “License Review Policy” column of the Entity List. If there is more than one license requirement for a particular transaction (e.g., if the export transaction contains both persons included on the Entity List and an item that requires a license based on reason for control and destination, as determined by the classification of the item on the CCL and the Country Chart), you should submit only one license application, which BIS will evaluate according to all applicable licensing policies. For such license applications, the applicant should indicate the involvement of a person listed on the Entity List. If any applicable policy requires denial, BIS will deny the application, even if another policy provides for approval. For example, if your proposed transaction requires a license based on the item’s reason for control and your proposed consignee is on the Entity List, BIS will evaluate your application on the basis of the CCL licensing policy in Part 742 of the EAR and the policy for the consignee stated on the Entity List. If either policy requires denial, BIS will deny your application.
Section 744.1(c) of the EAR prohibits the use of license exceptions for almost all exports and reexports to listed entities. If the citation “§744.20 of the EAR” appears in the “Entity” column of the Entity List for a particular entity, the License Requirement column will indicate whether or not any license exceptions are available for exports, reexports or transfers (in-country) to that entity. If the citation “§744.20 of the EAR” does not appear then no license exceptions are available to that entity.
BIS first published the Entity List in February 1997 as part of its efforts to inform the public of entities who have engaged in activities that could result in an increased risk of the diversion of exported, reexported and transferred (in-country) items to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs. Since its initial publication, grounds for inclusion on the Entity List have expanded to activities sanctioned by the State Department and activities contrary to U.S. national security and/or foreign policy interests.
This page was last updated on April 17, 2009.