Monthly Archives: November 2017

State Department Discontinues DSP-119, Other Forms in Development

The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has published a web notice discontinuing acceptance of the DSP-119 (Application for Amendment to License for Export or Temporary Import of Classified or Unclassified Defense Articles and Related Classified Technical Data):

Web Notice: Discontinuance of ELLIE and form DSP-119: (11.14.17)
Effective December 1, 2017, DDTC will no longer accept form DSP-119 to amend the DSP-85. All pending DSP-119’s will be processed pursuant to 123.25 of the ITAR. Any DSP-119 form submitted to DDTC on or after December 1, 2017 will be returned without action. When amending the DSP-85, the applicant must submit a completely new DSP-85 along with a transmittal letter, signed by the Empowered Official explaining the amended change.

Previously an all-purpose amendment form, the DSP-119 is currently only accepted to amend the DSP-85 Application for Permanent/Temporary Export or Temporary Import of Classified Defense Articles and Related Classified Technical Data.  Unclassified licenses are unaffected and may continue to be amended with the appropriate form (DSP-6, DSP-62, or DSP-74).

DDTC continues to work on expanding online DECCS (Defense Export Control and Compliance System) forms which are submitted through an interactive, browser-based form.  DECCS currently supports the submission of Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) requests, which should be joined in the near future Advisory Opinion and Disclosure forms.  (Note also that DDTC currently recommends submitting a DSP-5 technical data export license in lieu of a General Correspondence Advisory Opinion when possible.)

DECCS forms for registration renewal and update as well as the single licensing form are also in development.

One-form electronic filing, proposed revisions of the definitions of defense services and manufacturing, and rules regarding release of technical data to foreign dual-nationals will be discussed at the next Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) meeting scheduled for February 1, 2018 (originally December 7, 2017, but rescheduled in a November 20th Federal Register Notice).  To attend the DTAG meeting, please note the instructions at the end of the notice.

State Department Requires Form DSP-83 for Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings

The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has published a web notice on Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings (CARC):

Web Notice: Category XIV(f)(7), including Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings (CARC): (11.01.17)
Consistent with 81 FR 49531 (July 28, 2016), Category XIV(f)(7) defense articles are designated as Significant Military Equipment. Accordingly, any application to export Category XIV(f)(7) defense articles requires a DSP-83 non-transfer and use certificate.

The notice is consistent with the organization of the United States Munitions List (USML) where all of Category XIV(f) is designated Significant Military Equipment (SME), but reverses long-standing policies, including those announced in September 2009 and February 2017 web notices.

Specifically, XIV(f)(7) controls “Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings that have been qualified to military specifications (MIL-PRF-32348, MIL-DTL-64159, MIL-C-46168, or MIL-DTL-53039).”

A related Export Control Reform (ECR) FAQ continues to state that application of Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings (CARC) does not necessarily subject an item to the USML:

Q: Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) in its most basic form is controlled under USML Category XIV(f)(5). When it is applied to an item subject to either the ITAR or EAR, will the item to which it is being applied now be controlled as Category XIV(f)(5)? To the USML, at a minimum?

A: No. CARC coating on an item, in and of itself, does not provide a military capability warranting USML control. Hence, items that are subject to the EAR and classified on the Commerce Control List, to include vehicles and equipment, do not become subject to the ITAR simply due to the application of CARC paint.

The 2009 and 2017 web notices stated that “CARC paint does not possess ‘substantial military utility or capability,’” but ongoing Export Control Reform (ECR) revisions have not yet removed the SME designation from XIV(f)(7).