BIS Revises Controls to Avoid Duplication in Military Electronic ECR Rule

The Commerce Department is revising the Export Administration Regulations to clarify that six Export Control Classification Numbers don’t control some parts, components, accessories and attachments because those items will be covered in Export Control Reform rules set to be implemented on Dec. 30 (here). Commerce and State published rules on July 1 to transfer some military electric controls from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List (see 14070104">14070104). Those rules are effective on Dec. 30, and will put in place the controls on electronics that the six ECCNs currently cover, Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security said in this final rule. The newly-created “600 series” in the CCL will now cover the electronic goods. This final rule also removes controls on some monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers and discrete microwave transistors and related technology, saying those controls are obsolete. The final rule also makes changes to clarify the “specially designed” application for printed circuit boards, populated circuit card assemblies and multi-chip modules.