BIS Extends Comment Period on Proposed Revisions of Export/Reexport Controls for China, Etc.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a notice which extends the comment period on its July 6, 2006 proposed rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to revise and clarify the U.S.'s policy for exports and reexports of dual-use items to China to December 4, 2006 (from November 3, 2006).
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BIS states that it is extending the comment period to allow the public more time to submit comments in light of discussions heard during the public meetings.
Proposed Amendments to Export/Reexport Controls for China
According to BIS, the amendments to the EAR in its July 6, 2006 proposed rule would:
- revise the licensing review policy for items controlled on the Commerce Control List (CCL) for reasons of national security, including a new control based on knowledge of a military end-use on exports to China of certain CCL items that otherwise do not require a license to China;
- revise the licensing review policy for items controlled for reasons of chemical and biological proliferation, nuclear nonproliferation, and missile technology for export to China;
- create a new authorization for validated end-users in certain destinations, including China, to whom certain, specified items may be exported or reexported;
- require that exporters obtain an End-User Certificate, issued by China Ministry of Commerce, for all items that both require a license to China for any reason and exceed a total value of $5,000; and
- eliminate the current requirement that exporters submit China End-User Certificates to BIS with their license applications but provides that they must retain them for five years.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/18/06 news, 06071820, for the final Part IV of BP's series of summaries of the proposed rule with links to Parts I - III.)
BIS Contact - Sheila Quarterman (202) 482-2440
BIS notice (D/N 06022180-6266-02, FR Pub 10/19/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-17429.pdf