The Bureau of Industry and Security is issuing correcting amendments to its September 7, 2010 final rule which revised the Export Administration Regulations to implement certain Wassenaar Arrangement 2009 Plenary agreements. BIS is correcting errors in that final rule that affected Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) 6A005, 6A008, and 9A001, as well as the definition of “energetic materials.” In addition, BIS is correcting the preamble, which erroneously identified ECCN 6E993 as one of the ECCNs that was revised in the rule’s text.

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective October 12, 2010, which amends the Export Administration Regulations to add three entities in China and identify their respective eligible items for export and reexport and transfer (in-country) under Authorization Validated End-User (VEU).

At the Bureau of Industry and Security’s recent Annual Export Controls Update Conference, a BIS’ Office of Export Enforcement Special Agent in Charge (SAC) discussed the root causes of civil enforcement actions, and what to do if violations of BIS statutes and regulations are found.

On September 14, 2010, the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee met to discuss a variety of export-related issues, including:

At the Bureau of Industry and Security’s recent Annual Export Controls Update Conference, BIS officials discussed a variety of export compliance-related topics, highlight of which include:

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 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 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 changes 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 Census Bureau has issued an Automated Export System (AES) broadcast announcing that it has additional export videos on its Web site to help exporters understand the rules governing the export process.

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 changes 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.