BIS, DDTC Issue Correction to July 8 ECR Rule Due for Implementation

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry (BIS) and Security and the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) made corrections to the BIS-DDTC July 8, 2013 final rule that transferred dual use items from the U.S. Munitions List (USML) to the Commerce Control List (CCL). The July 8 rule revised USML Categories VI (Vessels of War and Special Naval Equipment), VII (Tanks and Military Vehicles), XIII (Auxiliary Military Equipment) and XX (Submersible Vessels, Oceanographic and Associated Equipment). The July 8 rule will take effect on Jan. 6, along with this correction. The BIS correction (here) revises the July 8 rule to exclude code of federal regulations part 744, adds headings and preambles and makes clarifications to particular terminology in the text. The DDTC correction (here) revises punctuation, provides exact effective dates for the paragraphs regarding developmental articles and revises part 126 of the code of federal regulations.