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Export Control
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International Compliance Blog
DOE Issues Issues Final Rule Regarding Compliance with Export Controls in DOE Contracts
On October 23, the US Department of Energy (DOE) adopted as final, with changes, a rule amending the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) to add clauses regarding applicable export…
The Trade Practitioner
State Department and BIS Seek Comments on Certain USML Categories and Related Items on the CCL
Continuing its effort under the Export Control Reform (ECR) initiative, the US Department of State issued a Request for Comments concerning its 2014 revisions to the following categories of the…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
10 Things Exporters Need to Know About Crude Oil Swap Licenses
Despite recent efforts to repeal the U.S. ban on crude oil exports, the restrictions remain firmly in place. Recently, however, the Bureau of Industry & Security (“BIS”) authorized exports of…
China Law Blog
China Licensing Agreements: The Extreme Basics
By Dan Harris
Licensing your technology to another company is always fraught with risks. Licensing your technology to a company in China has its own additional challenges. The first thing you should do…
International Compliance Blog
BIS Moves into Uncharted Waters with Its Designation of the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye Oil/Gas Field
On August 7, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) designated the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye Field, a Russian oil and gas field located in the Sea of Okhotsk…
The Trade Practitioner
BIS Expands Entity List to Include 29 Persons Acting Contrary to US Policy in the Crimea Region of Ukraine
The US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 29 persons to the Entity List.…
The Trade Practitioner
Cooperation on Dual-Use Items with Jordan and Kazakhstan
The German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (“BAFA”) has been charged, since 1 January 2014, with control over the outreach projects with Jordan and Kazakhstan, directed at…
The Trade Practitioner
US Commerce Department Amends Export Administration Regulations to Implement Removal Cuba’s State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation
On 22 July 2015, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the Secretary of State’s removal of Cuba…
The Trade Practitioner
October 15 Deadline to Confirm Compliance of Licenses and Approved Agreement for Aircraft, Aircraft Engines and Aircraft Parts and Components
On 15 October 2013, as part of the US Government’s Export Control Reform (ECR), the US Departments of State and Commerce transitioned certain military aircraft, aircraft engines and aircraft parts…
Eye On Privacy
The Baby and the Bathwater: The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Intrusion and Surveillance Software Export Licensing Proposal
If you are not aware, please take note that the July 20, 2015 deadline is fast approaching for comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security…