The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has updated an International Trade in Arms Regulations exemption for technical assistance agreements and manufacturing license agreements. The change covers ITAR’s 126.18 exemption, which covers intra-company, intra-organization and intra-governmental transfers to employees who are dual nationals or third-country nationals.
The Census Bureau released its final rule amending the Foreign Trade Regulations, making major changes to reflect new export reporting requirements. The rule requires mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System or through AESDirect for all shipments of used self-propelled vehicles and temporary exports. It makes modifications to the postdeparture filing program (also called Option 4), including changing the filing deadline from 10 days to 5.
The White House formally notified Congress of changes to the U.S. Munitions List -- on current controls on aircraft and gas turbine engines -- as well as plans to eliminate possible dual license requirements related to USML-Commerce Control List switches, in the administration’s latest step in Export Control Reform Initiative, announced March 8. Relevant congressional committees -- including House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations -- were notified of the USML changes in categories 8 and 19 on March 7, as required by Section 38(f) of the Arms Export Control Act, the White House said in a statement (here). Congress has 30 days to act on the changes. If no action is taken, the changes can become final.
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls systems will undergo network maintenance on March 9 from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. During this time, the DTrade system will not accept submissions. EFS, TRS, ELLIE, MARY and the pmddtc.state.gov website will also be unavailable.
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls posted license instructions for direct commercial sales to Libya on March 4. The notice says Libya is subject to a UN Security Council arms embargo, identified in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and that requests for the export of defense articles and services will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Consideration will be given to the following:
The Bureau of Industry and Security issued a final rule Feb. 27 on editorial corrections to the EAR. The rule says the corrections do not affect license requirements. They also do not affect the Commerce Control List. It amends the EAR to update all reference to the BIS mailing address. A complete list of all additional changes made to specific parts of the EAR is below:
State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announced name and address change notifications Feb. 27. They are:
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls posted two name changes Feb. 25. They are:
A citizen of Ukraine pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act by attempting to export military-grade night vision equipment from the U.S. to Ukraine, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE agents arrested Volodomyr Ponomarenko while attempting to enter the U.S. on March 23, 2011. Ponomarenko faces up to five years in prison at sentencing.
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announced the following address changes on Feb. 22: