EAR Amendments Set General Approval Policy for Certain Exports to India

The Bureau of Industry and Security amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to establish a licensing policy of general approval for exports or re-exports to or transfers within India of items subject to the regulations and controlled only for national security or regional stability reasons, BIS announced (here). BIS also amended the end use and end-user provisions to state that items obtained under the validated end-user authorization (VEU) in India may be used for civil or military end uses other than those in use in “nuclear, ‘missile,’ or chemical or biological weapons activities,” the agency said. The U.S. and India formally committed to transform bilateral export control cooperation to realize the full potential of the global strategic partnership between the nations in November 2010 (see 10111017), BIS noted.