The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations to reflect changes to the international Missile Technology Control Regime agreed to in 2017. The changes affect the following Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) on the Commerce Control List: 1B117, 1B118, 1C111, 1C118, 2B109, 2B120, 2B121, 2B122, 6A107, 7A105, 7A107, 7A116, 9A012, 9A101, 9A115, 9A515 and 9A610. The amendments take effect Aug. 30, though any shipments already loaded, on the dock for loading or already onboard a carrier to a port of export or re-export that now require a license as a result of this rule may still be exported or re-exported without a license until Oct. 1, BIS said.

The Bureau of Industry and Security and the State Department are publishing concurrent proposals to reorganize export controls on firearms, accessories and ammunition. Under the proposed rules, non-automatic and semi-automatic firearms up to and including caliber .50 (12.7mm), as well as shotguns with a barrel length of 18 inches or less, would no longer be controlled under the International Traffic in Arms regulations, and would instead be added as dual-use goods to the Commerce Control List. Comments are due July 9.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations to set new license requirements for exports and re-exports of specified target assemblies and components for the production of tritium, it said in a final rule. New ECCN 1A231 will cover the assemblies, with related production technology also requiring a license under ECCNs 1E001 and 1E201. The new controls were agreed to at the June 2017 meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. They take effect April 5.

The Bureau of Industry and Security on April 2 issued a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations to implement recommendations on export controls related to chemical and biological weapons adopted by the Australia Group. Changes affect ECCNs 2B350, 2B351 ECCN 2B352, 1C353, 1C350 and 1C351. The final rule is effective as of April 2.

The Bureau of Industry and Security issued a correction to a recent final rule that was itself meant to clarify and fix errors in the Export Administration Regulations (see 1712260002). The corrections to the Dec. 27 final rule affect Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) 0D606, 0E606 and 8A609.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is issuing a final rule effective Dec. 27 to correct typographical errors in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), amend several export control classification numbers to enhance consistency with other ECCNs, and to provide accurate references, BIS said. The amendments don’t change the EAR license requirements for the use of license exceptions, BIS said.

The Census Bureau should delete the reference to electronic export information (EEI) in its definition of a “routed export transaction,” to make the definition consistent with the Bureau of Industry and Security’s, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in Dec. 5 comments to Census. Census defines a routed export transaction as a transaction wherein the foreign principal party in interest (FPPI) authorizes a U.S. forwarding or other agent to facilitate export of items from the U.S. on its behalf and to prepare and file the EEI. BIS’s Export Administration Regulations don’t include the reference to EEI.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending its regulations to change the list of eligible destinations and items for shipments to China under the validated end user (VEU) authorization for Lam Research Service Co., Ltd., BIS said. Effective Oct. 23, BIS is adding six facilities, changing the address for one facility, changing the name for two facilities, changing the name and address for one facility, and removing one facility on the list of Lam’s eligible facilities. The final rule will also limit the authorization for ECCN 3D001 software (excluding source code) for all facilities to allow only such software specially designed for the "development" or "production" of equipment controlled by paragraph .e of ECCN 3B001 (Automatic loading multi-chamber central wafer handling systems having all of the following:...). BIS is making a "similar limitation" for 3D002 software (excluding source code) for all facilities, so that only such software specially designed for the "use" of equipment controlled by 3B001.e qualifies as an eligible item.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is issuing a final rule to align the Commerce Control List (CCL) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) with changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement’s List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies during the December 2016 Wassenaar Plenary Meeting, BIS said. Eight export control classification numbers (ECCNs) in CCL Category 3 (electronics) were revised, more than in any other category. There will be revisions to 50 ECCNs in total, BIS said. Among the changes is the addition of "Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits" (MMICs) to the list of integrated circuits in the note to ECCN 3A001.a, covering general-purpose integrated circuits.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to align with changes to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex agreed to by MTCR member countries in October 2016, BIS said (here). The final rule is revising 13 Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs), adding one ECCN, revising two EAR-defined terms, and making conforming EAR changes to implement agreements reached at the recent meetings, and to better align missile technology (MT) controls on the Commerce Control List with the MTCR annex, BIS said. The final rule takes effect July 7. U.S. companies now face a 30-day deadline to export or re-export items under license exceptions or without a license that are impacted by the ECCN revisions. The Commerce Department made similar revisions after recent years' MTCR meetings (see 1604010003, 1504060013, and 14052324).