The Bureau of Industry and Security made several corrections to its June 5 final rule implementing changes to export controls on chemicals and biological agents agreed to at the Australia Group (see 13060406). The changes affect the rule’s description of the Australia Group amendments (but not the actual regulations) for ECCN 1C351. BIS is also correcting changes it made to the Export Administration Regulations for ECCN 2B352.

The Bureau of Industry and Security published a final rule amending the Commerce Control List based off edits made to Wassenaar List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies. The rule takes effect June 20. It amends nearly 30 Export Control Classification Numbers, plus edits various Supplements and Parts to the Export Administration Regulations.

The Bureau of Industry and Security published a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations based off edits from the multilateral Australia Group, which maintains export controls on a list of chemicals, biological agents and related equipment and technology. The rule becomes effective June 5. It changes various Export Control Classification Numbers to reflect Australia Group (AG) plenary changes to the list of Biological Agents for Export Control. The ECCNs edited in the rule are:

The Bureau of Industry and Security’s May 1 webinar on Export Control Reform changes to the Automated Export System is now available online (here). During the webinar, Gerry Horner, director of BIS’s Office of Technology Evaluation, said BIS is moving predeparture filing programs into AES around the weekend of October 12. This will allow users to file in AES by October 14, thus meeting their 24-hour requirement for shipments leaving the U.S. on October 15, Horner said.

The State Department and Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security released concurrent proposed rules on changes to the U.S. Munitions List and Commerce Control List for spacecraft and related items, in the latest Export Control Reform step.

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CBP posted an updated summary of changes for the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR). Most recently, the following changes to Appendix F for License Exemption Type Codes were posted:

The Census Bureau published a broadcast detailing specific changes to the Automated Export System, mandated in the first final rule on U.S. Munitions List-Commerce Control List moves. The rules were released by the State and Commerce Departments April 16 (see 13041705). The broadcast details the addition of 10 new Export Control Classification Numbers added to the AES ECCN reference table. The numbers are 9A610, 9A619, 9B610, 9B619, 9C610, 9C619, 9D610, 9D619, 9E610 and 9E619. Use the following instructions to determine which 600 series items are eligible for certain license types:

The first final rules detailing U.S. Munitions List-Commerce Control List moves, released by the State and Commerce Departments April 16, include edits to three USML categories and the ensuing creation of 10 new Export Control Classification Numbers. The rule also includes transition elements (see 13041518) and a new specially designed definition (see 13041616).

The State and Commerce Department’s concurrent final rules detailing the first moves in Export Control Reform feature a revised “specially designed” definition, covering items on both the U.S. Munitions List and the Commerce Control List. The rule, published April 16, keeps the “catch and release” format for specially designed from the June 2012 proposed rule (see 12061802).