{"id":490,"date":"2023-06-29T00:27:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T04:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2023-06-29T00:27:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T04:27:35","slug":"export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup: Summer 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/02\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup\/\">our last post<\/a>, U.S. export control agencies have continued take actions that may impact your business.\u00a0 Ranging from the huge multi-agency settlement agreement raising supply chain issues to tweaks to the USML to updated guidance and reports, we have the highlights below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multi-Agency Actions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3D Systems Corporation Multi-Agency Settlement<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New consent agreement and settlements highlight supply chain concerns (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndtx\/pr\/3d-printing-company-pay-454-million-settle-false-claims-act-allegations-export\">February 27, 2023<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Violations by Quickparts subsidiary:\n<ul>\n<li>Exports of controlled data to China and Taiwan for sourcing on-demand manufacturing services (some related to NASA &amp; DOD contracts)<\/li>\n<li>Controlled data on German server<\/li>\n<li>Unlicensed access by Foreign Person Employees<\/li>\n<li>Inadequate recordkeeping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Additional issues:\n<ul>\n<li>No formal compliance program or employees until 2017<\/li>\n<li>No written export compliance procedures<\/li>\n<li>No export compliance training<\/li>\n<li>No export compliance strategy for IT<\/li>\n<li>No document retention policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Department of State (AECA\/ITAR)\n<ul>\n<li>$20 million civil penalty<\/li>\n<li>Special Compliance Officer (SCO)<\/li>\n<li>2 external audits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Department of Commerce (IEEPA\/EAR)\n<ul>\n<li>$2.77 million civil penalty<\/li>\n<li>2 external audits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Department of Justice (False Claims Act)\n<ul>\n<li>Up to $4.54 million civil penalty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guidance to Industry on Iran\u2019s UAV-Related Activities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describes key items sought by Iranian UAV programs and relevant controls and sanctions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ofac.treasury.gov\/media\/931876\/download?inline\">OFAC website<\/a>, June 9, 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Department of State: DDTC \/ ITAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ITAR Amendment expands scope of Canadian Exemption, Australia Treaty, and UK Treaty:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-22\/chapter-I\/subchapter-M\/part-126#Supplement-No.-1-to-Part-126\">Supplement No. 1 to part 126<\/a> amended to expand the list of eligible defense articles and defense services that may be exported.<\/li>\n<li>Changes relate to torpedoes, submarine combat control system mounting racks and cabinets, underwater acoustic decoy countermeasures, and Category IV and XII defense services.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/04\/12\/2023-07408\/international-traffic-in-arms-regulations-expansion-of-defense-articles-and-defense-services\">88 FR 21910<\/a>, April 12, 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interim final rule removes certain high-energy storage capacitors removed from USML Category XI:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adds a voltage rating of one hundred twenty-five volts (125 V) criterion to XI(c)(5) (high-energy storage capacitors), formalizing a temporary suspension from 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Requests comments on the implementation practical effects of the new threshold, as well as potential alternatives.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/04\/27\/2023-08825\/international-traffic-in-arms-regulations-us-munitions-list-targeted-revisions\">88 FR 25488<\/a>, April 27, 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Open General License Nos. 1 and 2 updated and extended:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cover qualifying retransfers within and reexports among Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Validity extended by 3 years, plus clarifying edits<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2023\/06\/01\/2023-11678\/international-traffic-in-arms-regulations-reissuance-and-update-of-open-general-licenses-1-and-2\">88 FR 35992<\/a>, June 1, 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blue Lantern and Golden Sentry Reports Released<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmddtc.state.gov\/sys_attachment.do?sysparm_referring_url=tear_off&amp;view=true&amp;sys_id=061652e31b5aa5102dc36311f54bcb00\">Blue Lantern report<\/a> (direct commercial sales)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmddtc.state.gov\/sys_attachment.do?sysparm_referring_url=tear_off&amp;view=true&amp;sys_id=821612e31b5aa5102dc36311f54bcbfe\">Golden Sentry report<\/a> (FMS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Department of Commerce: BIS \/ EAR &amp; CCL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Voluntary Self-Disclosure (VSD) Policy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intended to incentivize submission of VSDs by highlighting potential costs of not filing and encouraging disclosures about the conduct of others.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.doc.gov\/index.php\/documents\/enforcement\/3262-vsd-policy-memo-04-18-2023\/file\">BIS website<\/a>, April 18, 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As always, if you need more information or assistance in any of these areas, ECS is here to help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since our last post, U.S. export control agencies have continued take actions that may impact your business.\u00a0 Ranging from the huge multi-agency settlement agreement raising supply chain issues to tweaks to the USML to updated guidance and reports, we have the highlights below. Multi-Agency Actions 3D Systems Corporation Multi-Agency Settlement New consent agreement and settlements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","category-compliance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup: Summer 2023 - Export Compliance Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup: Summer 2023 - Export Compliance Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Export Compliance Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-29T04:27:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Export Compliance Solutions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Export Compliance Solutions\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Export Compliance Solutions\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/67ff29bf0564dfc7e76544292c11dcb9\"},\"headline\":\"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup: Summer 2023\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-29T04:27:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/\"},\"wordCount\":408,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"All\",\"Compliance\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/\",\"name\":\"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup: Summer 2023 - Export Compliance Solutions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-29T04:27:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Export Compliance Solutions\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Export Compliance Solutions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ecs_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ecs_logo.png\",\"width\":226,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"Export Compliance Solutions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/67ff29bf0564dfc7e76544292c11dcb9\",\"name\":\"Export Compliance Solutions\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb63828a9af2d663044d4b4f3b70b09291b2ff872bf165b3fad5dada75698fb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb63828a9af2d663044d4b4f3b70b09291b2ff872bf165b3fad5dada75698fb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Export Compliance Solutions\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/author\/export-compliance-solutions\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup: Summer 2023 - Export Compliance Solutions","description":"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup: Summer 2023 - Export Compliance Solutions","og_description":"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup","og_url":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/","og_site_name":"Export Compliance Solutions","article_published_time":"2023-06-29T04:27:35+00:00","author":"Export Compliance Solutions","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Export Compliance Solutions","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/"},"author":{"name":"Export Compliance Solutions","@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/67ff29bf0564dfc7e76544292c11dcb9"},"headline":"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup: Summer 2023","datePublished":"2023-06-29T04:27:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/"},"wordCount":408,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["All","Compliance"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/","url":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/","name":"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup: Summer 2023 - Export Compliance Solutions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-06-29T04:27:35+00:00","description":"Export Regulatory and Policy Update Roundup","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/29\/export-regulatory-policy-update-roundup-summer-2023\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/","name":"Export Compliance Solutions","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Export Compliance Solutions","url":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ecs_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ecs_logo.png","width":226,"height":113,"caption":"Export Compliance Solutions"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/67ff29bf0564dfc7e76544292c11dcb9","name":"Export Compliance Solutions","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb63828a9af2d663044d4b4f3b70b09291b2ff872bf165b3fad5dada75698fb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb63828a9af2d663044d4b4f3b70b09291b2ff872bf165b3fad5dada75698fb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Export Compliance Solutions"},"url":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/author\/export-compliance-solutions\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491,"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exportcompliancesolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}