BIS Making Several Amendments to Entity List

The Bureau of Industry and Security is issuing a final rule to add five persons to the Entity List under destination of Turkey, to remove one entity under the destination of India, and to revise five existing entries on the list under the destinations of Armenia, Greece, Pakistan, Russia and the United Kingdom, the agency said (here). Furthermore, the final rule will revise the license requirement under the destination of Russia to conform with General License 11 issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control on Dec. 20 (see 1612210019), BIS said. Aligning with the general license, BIS is making a conforming change modifying the listing for FAU Glavgosekspertiza Rossii under the destination of Russia; specifically, BIS will change the license requirement column in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) for this entity to specify that the Entity List's license requirements don't apply to items subject to the EAR related to transactions authorized by OFAC pursuant to that license. The license authorizes transactions otherwise prohibited by Executive Order 13685 of Dec. 19, 2014, that are "ordinarily incident" and necessary to requesting, contracting for, paying for, receiving or utilizing a project design review or permit from FAU Glavgosekspertiza Rossii’s office(s) in the Russian Federation, provided that the underlying project is located wholly within Russia.