The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has updated its Guidance for Exports to Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announces that the List of Statutorily Debarred Parties has been updated, and now includes July 1988 - September 2010. The listed parties are prohibited from participating directly or indirectly in the export of defense articles (including technical data) and defense services.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted the minutes of its July 2010 Defense Trade Advisory Group Plenary Session, which includes, among other things, a National Security Council official’s update on export control reform.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective September 7, 2010, to revise the Export Administration Regulations to implement most of the changes1 made to the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual Use Goods and Technologies maintained and agreed to by governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement’s December 2009 Plenary Meeting.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted the minutes of its July 2010 Defense Trade Advisory Group Plenary Session, which includes, among other things, a proposed export license exemption under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) for defense articles incorporated into commodities subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has announced the following entity name changes for new DDTC license applications. New license applications received after the listed deadline will be considered for return without action for correction to the new name (dates hyperlinked):
The Department of State has imposed statutory debarment pursuant to 22 CFR 127.7(c) of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations on 24 persons convicted of violating or attempting to violate Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended (AECA). At the end of the three-year period following the date of conviction, the listed persons/entities remain debarred unless export privileges are reinstated.
During the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Annual Export Controls Update Conference on August 31-September 2, 2010, various officials from BIS, the Census Bureau, the State Department, and other agencies gave presentations on numerous topics.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls updated its frequently asked questions on commodity jurisdiction (CJ) on September 1, 2010 to include new questions and answers, and additional information regarding supplemental documents.
On August 31, 2010, at the Bureau of Industry and Security's Annual Export Controls Update Conference, BIS Under Secretary Eric Hirshorn issued prepared remarks on BIS’s planned enforcement and education efforts, which include the following details: