BIS Updates EAR to Align with Missile Tech Control Agenda
The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to align with changes to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex agreed to by MTCR member countries in October 2015, BIS said (here). The final rule…
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correlates six Export Control Classification Numbers, in part, to better align MT controls on the CCL with the MTCR annex, BIS said. It also "makes a change to MT licensing policy" to "specify that a license for MT controlled items should also authorize certain minimum 'software' and 'technology,'" and adds a paragraph that specifies which changes to a license are considered “non-material.”