The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a final rule, effective June 8, 2012, amending its regulations at 10 CFR Part 110 to expand the exemption from the requirements for a license to include exports of source and byproduct material in IAEA safeguards samples. The NRC said the final rule facilitates implementation of the “Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America. The amended regulations say source material samples may not exceed 5 kilograms per facility per year, and byproduct material quantities may not exceed the values listed in 10 CFR 30.71.
Brian Feito
Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that countries in the Asia-Pacific region will meet from May 15 to May 17, 2012, in Malaysia to discuss a draft text of the instrument on mercury, in advance of the "Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury" to be held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, starting June 27, 2012.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the May 9, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
During the week of May 1 through May 7, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts (not otherwise listed on the FDA's new and revised import alerts page) on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 8, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 8, 2012, the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of May 8, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails May 8 announcing changes to some Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the May 8, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
On May 7, 2012, the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports: