The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective July 15, 2005, which revises certain entries on the Commerce Control List (CCL) that are controlled for national security reasons in Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Part I (telecommunications), 6, 7, 8, and 9, and definitions to conform with changes in the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies and Statements of Understanding maintained and agreed to by governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar Arrangement).

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective July 15, 2005, which revises certain entries on the Commerce Control List (CCL) that are controlled for national security reasons in Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Part I (telecommunications), 6, 7, 8, and 9, and definitions to conform with changes in the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies and Statements of Understanding maintained and agreed to by governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar Arrangement).

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective July 15, 2005, which revises certain entries on the Commerce Control List (CCL) that are controlled for national security reasons in Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Part I (telecommunications), 6, 7, 8, and 9, and definitions to conform with changes in the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies and Statements of Understanding maintained and agreed to by governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar Arrangement).

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective April 14, 2005, which amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), by expanding the country scope of the license requirements that apply to chemical/biological (CB) equipment and related technology, and by making amendments to CB-related end-user/end-use and U.S. person controls.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective March 22, 2005, which amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement further changes to export and reexport controls with respect to Libya. The majority of changes are based on comments submitted to BIS in response to an April 2004 interim rule that implemented new policies for exports and re-exports to Libya.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective March 10, 2005, which amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), as follows:

The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) has issued a proposed rule to amend the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations (FTSR, 15 CFR Part 30)¹ in order to require mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) or AESDirect for all shipments where a Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) is currently required, etc.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective February 18, 2005, that makes technical corrections to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in 15 CFR Parts 730, 738, 740, 748, 756, 764, 766, 772 and 774 by updating internal agency process matters, clarifying license exceptions, correcting citation errors and clarifying paperwork requirements. BIS states that none of these technical corrections change the current interpretations or licensing requirements of the EAR.

Shippers NewsWire reports that at the recent 2004 Trade Symposium, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Bonner told reporters that CBP is ready to take the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) to the next level by offering "C-TPAT Plus," as an incentive for low-risk shippers to do more. According to the article, CBP security programs and confidence in certain shippers has evolved to the point that a "green lane" is now feasible. (SNW dated 01/14/05, www.americanshipper.com .)

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.