State Advises Industry to Use Current Paperwork in Defense Export Applications
After the State Department continued to receive old copies of the DSP-83 military export application form after that version’s expiration, the agency’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued a May 6 industry notice saying that pending applications carrying the…
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old DSP-83 must no later than July 1 be updated on D-Trade to include the current form before goods can be exported, DDTC said (here). The old version of the form expired on Nov. 26. DDTC’s order will not affect pending applications incorporating old DSP-83s submitted prior to expiration, as long as the sought licenses were sent to DDTC before the expiration date, the agency said. Effective May 14, DDTC will no longer accept expired forms unless they’re accompanied by a separate signed letter from an “Empowered Official acknowledging they understand the requirement to obtain a new DSP-83 prior to DDTC approval of the case,” DDTC said.