The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective December 29, 2004, which amends the Export Administration Regulations to implement the understandings reached at the June 2004 plenary meeting of the Australia Group (AG) and through a subsequent AG intersessional decision.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule which, effective December 23, 2004, amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by revising the Commerce Control List (CCL) entry that describes controls on certain toxic gas monitoring systems in order to conform with the Australia Group (AG) "Control List of Dual-Use Chemical Manufacturing Facilities and Equipment and Related Technology" (Chemical Manufacturing Control List).
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a proposed rule that would revise the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR, 15 CFR Parts 710-722) by updating them to include additional requirements identified in the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and to clarify other CWC requirements.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a proposed rule that would revise the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR, 15 CFR Parts 710-722) by updating them to include additional requirements identified in the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and to clarify other CWC requirements.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its fifth version (dated November 5, 2004) of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding its final rule requiring the advance electronic presentation of information for inbound air cargo.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule that amends 15 CFR Parts 740 and 774 effective November 5, 2004, to expand the availability of License Exception CIV for certain "deemed exports" of microprocessor technology on the Commerce Control List (CCL) of the Export Administration Regulations.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule that amends 15 CFR Parts 740, 748, and 774 effective November 5, 2004, to expand the availability of license exceptions for certain "deemed exports" of computer technology and source code under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective September 22, 2004, which implements the following three initial steps that the U.S. has agreed to take under the "Next Steps in Strategic Partnership" (NSSP) with India:
On September 15, 2004, Presidential Determination No. 2004-47 was issued which identifies the following major drug-transit or major illicit drug producing countries: Afghanistan, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Vietnam. The determination notes that a country's presence on the list is not necessarily an adverse reflection of its government's counternarcotics efforts or level of cooperation with the U.S. (Presidential Determination No. 2004-47, dated 09/15/04, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/09/20040916-11.html)
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective August 31, 2004, which amends 15 CFR Parts 770 and 774 to clarify the export controls on parts and components of certain military ground vehicles, to add a new class of vehicles to the Commerce Control List (CCL), and provide guidance for classifying ground vehicles that are subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and to distinguish those vehicles from vehicles that are subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).