BIS Final Rule Amends General Order No. 3 to Add Sixteen Additional Persons Related to Mayrow General Trading
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective June 8, 2007, which revises the Export Administration Regulations at 15 CFR Part 736 by amending General Order No. 3 to add sixteen additional persons related to Mayrow General Trading (Mayrow).
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(General Order No. 3 imposes a license requirement for exports and reexports of all items subject to the EAR where the transaction involved Mayrow or entities related, as specified in that general order. The order also prohibited the use of License Exceptions for exports or reexports of any items subject to the EAR involving such entities. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/09/06 news, 06060925 for BP summary of General Order No. 3.))
General Order No. 3 Amended to Add 16 Persons, Heading Updated for "Persons"
The final rule expands the general order and adds 16 additional persons to it. Pursuant to the expansion, the general order will cover: (i) persons regarding whom the U.S. government possesses information of affiliation or relationship to Mayrow; and (ii) other persons regarding whom the U.S. government possesses information concerning the acquisition or attempted acquisition of commodities capable of being used to construct Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), as well as persons who are related to or affiliated with such persons. The order will apply to persons specifically listed who fit within either of these two groups.
To reflect this expansion, this rule will update the heading of the general order to use the term "persons," as the term covers individuals, organizations, and entities.
The final rule amends 15 CFR Part 736 (General Order No. 3) by updating the list of persons related to Mayrow to include the following:
Al-Faris (The United Arab Emirates (UAE))
Ali Akbar Yahya (UAE)
Amir Mohammad Zahedi (UAE)
EKT Electronics (Lebanon)
Encyclopedia Electronics Center (Syria)
Frank Lam (Hong Kong)
GBNTT (Iran)
Majid Seif (Malaysia)
Mohammed Katranji (Syria & Lebanon)
Neda Industrial Group (Iran)
Nedayeh Micron Electronics (Iran)
Sayed-Ali Hosseini (UAE)
Speedy Electronics Ltd. (Hong Kong)
United Sources Industrial Enterprises (Hong Kong)
Vast Solution Sdn Bhd. (Malaysia)
Y-Sing Components Limited (Hong Kong)
Persons Subject to BIS License Requirements, General Policy of Denial, Etc.
BIS states that under this order, a BIS license is required for the export or reexport of any item subject to the EAR to any of the above-named persons, including any transaction in which any of the above-named persons will act as purchaser, intermediate consignee, ultimate consignee, or end-user of the items. License applications involving these persons will be subject to a general policy of denial.
This order also prohibits the use of License Exceptions (15 CFR Part 740) for exports and reexports of items subject to the EAR involving such persons.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 09/11/06 news, 06091120, for BP summary of a September 2006 BIS final rule amending General Order No. 3 to add nine entities related to Mayrow. See ITT's Online Archives or 09/18/06 news, 06091899 4, for BP summary of a correction to the September 2006 final rule.)
BIS contact- John Sonderman (202) 482-1208
BIS final rule (D/N 070523152-7153-01, FR Pub 06/08/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-11126.pdf