BIS Implements EAR Changes to Missile Delivery Systems
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to harmonize U.S. government policy with Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) agreements. The MTCR is an association of 34 countries that seeks to stem proliferation of systems equipped to deliver weapons of mass destruction. MTCR agreements coordinate export policy and items control lists. The rule makes technical revisions to six Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs).
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The rule implements changes to the License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization (STA), removing specified items that were previously excluded from control. BIS is permitting, however, those items subject to the rule changes to continue to their destination if the items are currently in the process of being exported or reexported on loading docks or carriers. All relevant items must leave U.S. territory 30 days after the publication of this rule.