BIS Extends Comment Period on CCL as Part of a Systematic Review
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a notice which extends the comment period on its July 17, 2007 notice of inquiry requesting comments regarding the Commerce Control List in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) as part of a systematic review of the CCL.
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Comments must be received by November 1, 2007 (instead of September 17, 2007). BIS states that it is extending the comment period to allow the public additional time to comment on the notice of inquiry.
BIS previously stated that changes are regularly made to the CCL to reflect revisions in the control lists of the multilateral export control regimes such as the Wassenaar Arrangement, Missile Technology Control Regime, etc. However, to conduct a more systemic review, BIS requested that its Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) review the CCL and recommend potential changes, and BIS invites the public to do the same.
(According to BIS, the CCL is a list of items covering a broad range of commodities, software and technologies that are subject to the EAR and that help control the export of dual-use items.)
Comments Should Address Item Types/Descriptions, Levels of Controls, Etc.
BIS is inviting comments regarding the following:
the overall structure of the CCL, including suggestions for how the structure of the CCL may be changed to better advance U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic interests;
types of items that should be listed on the CCL and the appropriate levels of controls to be placed on those items, taking into account technology levels, markets, and foreign availability;
any updates to the CCL item descriptions that would enable the descriptions to better reflect the intent of the multinational controls and to eliminate any overly broad descriptions that inadvertently capture non-critical items that are not controlled by other countries; and
coordination and harmonization of controls on items covered by the multilateral regimes, such as the Wassenaar Arrangement.
- comments are due November 1, 2007
(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/18/07 news, 07071830, for BP summary of BIS' original request for comments on the CCL.
See ITT's Online Archives or 08/30/07 news, 07083099 1, for BP summary of U.S. exporters requesting a 30-day extension to provide comments on the CCL.)
BIS contact - Timothy Mooney (202) 482-2440
BIS notice (D/N 070619210-7489-02, FR Pub 09/06/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-17639.pdf