The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has announced the following entity name change 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 (notice hyperlinked):
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has revised its notice on special documentation requirements for export licenses pertaining to low observable/counter low observable technology to include anti-tamper technology. The notice now states that companies whose export licenses deal with LO/CLO and/or anti-tamper technology may be contacted by Defense Department officials with regard to clarifying special support documentation requirements for license requests. Companies should follow the guidance provided and ensure their submissions contain this additional information.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has issued a reminder that effective September 3, 2010, it will no longer accept paper submissions of Commodity Jurisdiction requests.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has issued a notice announcing that special documentation may be required for export licenses pertaining to low observable/counter low observable (LO/CLO) technology.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announces that the April 1, 2010 official International Traffic in Arms Regulations have been posted, which include amendments to 22 CFR Part 120, Commodity Jurisdiction.
The State Department has issued a final rule, effective August 27, 2010, which amends the International Traffic in Arms Regulations to remove the requirements for prior approval or prior notification for license applications or proposed agreements to foreign persons relating to significant military equipment.
The State Department has issued a final rule, effective August 27, 2010, which amends the International Traffic in Arms Regulations so that the export license exemption provided by 22 CFR 125.4 allows the hand carrying or “taking” of technical data regardless of its media or format, by a U.S. person who is an employee of a U.S. corporation or a U.S. Government agency to a U.S. person employed by that U.S. corporation or to a U.S. Government agency outside the U.S.
At the August 25, 2010 meeting of the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Materials Processing Technical Advisory Committee (MPTAC), BIS officials gave updates on the Administration’s export control reform efforts, recent Wassenaar regime-based activities, etc.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has issued a reminder that paper versions of technical assistance agreements (TAAs), manufacturing license agreements (MLAs), and warehouse and distribution agreements (WDAs), to include major amendments, will no longer be accepted beginning September 1, 2010.
The State Department is proposing to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to exempt from approval requirements intra-company transfers of defense articles to employees who are dual nationals or third-country nationals.