Be the First to Test On-Line Advisory Opinion & Registration Applications!
DDTC is requesting industry testing of future Advisory Opinion and Registration applications in the Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS). See the DDTC News & Events page (10/15/2018 & 10/30/2018) for more information. Testing is expected to continue through mid-November.
Comment on Prior Approval Requests for Brokering
On October 16, the Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published a notice (83 FR 52298) requesting comments on Brokering Prior Approval requests.
As described in the notice:
Currently submissions are made via hardcopy documentation. Applicants are referred to ITAR part 129 for guidance on information to submit regarding proposed brokering activity. Upon implementation of DDTC’s new case management system, the Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS), a DS-4294 may be submitted electronically.
Comments may be submitted until December 17, 2018. Please see the Federal Register Notice for additional details.
And the New Year Will Bring:
- Movement on USML Categories I-III – see our previous blog posts on the proposed changes to firearms, guns, and ammunition;
- Revisions to ITAR Exemption 126.4(a) – Shipments by or for U.S. Government agencies;
- DECCS testing of the DSP-85 – classified hardware & technical data; and
- Reorganization of the sections of the ITAR.
Commerce Requests Comments on Electronic Waste
On October 23, 2018, the Department of Commerce published a notice (83 FR 53411) requesting public comments on potential export controls on electronic waste. This request is based on concerns that “counterfeit goods that may enter the United States’ military and civilian electronics supply chain” resulting from unregulated overseas recycling of discarded electronic equipment. See the Federal Register Notice for additional background, potential definitions, and potential regulatory requirements and exemptions. Comments may be submitted through December 24, 2018.
Commerce Revises CCL to Reflect Wassenaar Plenary
On October 24, 2018, the Department of Commerce published rule (83 FR 53742) which amends the Commerce Control List (CCL) to reflect changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies at the December 2017 Plenary meeting.
The rule revises 50 Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs): 0A617, 0A919, 1A002, 1C001, 1C002, 1C007, 1C010, 1C608, 2A001, 2B001, 2B006, 2B007, 2B008, 2E003, 3A001, 3A002, 3B001, 3B002, 3C002, 3C005, 3C006, 3C992, 3E001, 4A003, 4A004, 4D001, 4E001, 5A001, 5A002, 5D002, 5E002, 6A002, 6A003, 6A004, 6A005, 6A008, 6A203, 6D003, 6D991, 6E001, 6E002, 6E201, 7A006, 7E004, 9A002, 9A004, 9D001, 9D002, 9D004, and 9E003. It also removes ECCNs 6A990 and 6E990, corrects 3A991, and makes other changes to ECCNs 2B206 and 3A001.i. Furthermore, the rule moves 37 definitions from Part 772 to the relevant ECCNs and makes changes throughout the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reference the revised ECCNs.
A follow-up notice was published on November 2, 2018 (83 FR 55099) to correct an omitted reference to the Civil end-users (CIV) exception for some 3A001 items.
Export compliance is always changing. Subscribe to Our “EAR”… to the ITAR to keep up!