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Export Control
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Challenges under the EAR and ITAR Webinar
By Thad McBride
I will be co-hosting a webinar on Tuesday, November 29 on compliance challenges under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Key topics that will…
International Compliance Blog
DOD Rule Would Create Export Control Issues For Contractors
On October 31, 2016, the US Department of Defense published a proposed rule titled Withholding of Unclassified Technical Data and Technology from the Public Disclosure. Public comments on the rule are due…
The Trade Practitioner
Update of the European Dual-Use Export Control List
The European Commission has adopted its annual Delegated Regulation that updates the EU dual-use export control list and brings it in line with the decision taken within the framework of the international…
The Trade Practitioner
Updated SPIRE Website and Email Addresses
In order to reflect that the UK Export Control Organisation (ECO) is now part of the Department for International Trade (DIT), some aspects of SPIRE, the ECO’s online export licensing system, have…
International Compliance Blog
Proposed DoD Rule on Protection of Unclassified Technical Data Would “Disqualify” Contractors with Export Violations
On October 31, 2016, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a proposed rule entitled, Withholding of Unclassified Technical Data and Technology from the Public Disclosure. Public comments must be submitted by…
International Compliance Blog
DOJ Sanctions and Export Controls Guidance Focuses on Companies, Parallels FCPA Pilot Program
On October 2, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division (DOJ NSD) issued a memorandum announcing the policy framework for negotiated resolutions with companies involved in economic sanctions and…
International Compliance Blog
EU Releases Official Proposal to Update Dual-Use Export Control Regime, Including Broad Controls on Cybertechnology
On September 28, 2015 the European Commission (the Commission) unveiled a proposal to “modernize and strengthen” the European Union’s (EU) dual-use export control regime pursuant to Regulation (EC) No. 428/2009…
International Compliance Blog
Inside DDTC’s New Definitions Of Export, Re-Export, Retransfer
On September 8, 2016, the US Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls published a final rule to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. This rule clarifies and…
The Trade Practitioner
BIS Updates the EAR to Implement Wassenaar Changes to Encryption Controls and Others
On 20 September 2016, BIS issued a final rule implementing into the Commerce Control List (CCL) and other provisions of the EAR changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement’s List of Dual-Use Goods and…
The Trade Practitioner
New Rule Harmonises the EAR and ITAR Destination Control Statements
The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) each issued companion final rules (see here and here) that will amend the…