11 July 2006
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[Federal Register: July 11, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 132)]
[Notices]
[Page 39054-39055]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr11jy06-37]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Meeting With Interested Public on the Proposed Rule: Revisions
and Clarification of Export and Reexport Controls for the People's
Republic of China (PRC); New Authorization Validated End-User
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will hold a meeting
on July 17, 2006 for those companies, organizations, and individuals
that have an interest in understanding the United States' revised
policy for exports and reexports of dual-use items to the People's
Republic of China (PRC) as presented in the proposed rule published in
the Federal Register on July 6, 2006. U.S. Government officials will
explain the amendments proposed in the rule and answer questions from
the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on July 17, 2006 at 2 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Main Auditorium, 14th Street between
Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In order for BIS to prepare for those
who plan to attend the meeting, please provide your name and company or
organizational affiliation to fax number (202) 482-4094, Attn: China
Policy Briefing. For further information, please contact Judith
Peterson at BIS on (202) 482-0092.
Status: This meeting will be open to the public.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 6, 2006, the Bureau of Industry and Security published a
rule in the Federal Register that proposed amendments to the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) that would revise and clarify the
United States' policy for exports and reexports of dual-use items to
the People's Republic of China (PRC). Specifically, the proposed rule
states that it is the policy of the United States Government to prevent
exports that would make a material contribution to the military
capability of the PRC, while facilitating U.S. exports to legitimate
civil end-users in the PRC. Consistent with this policy, BIS proposes
to amend the EAR by revising and clarifying United States licensing
requirements and licensing
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policy on exports and reexports of goods and technology to the PRC.
The proposed amendments include a revision to the licensing review
policy for items controlled on the Commerce Control List (CCL) for
reasons of national security, including a new control based on
knowledge of a military end-use on exports to the PRC of certain CCL
items that otherwise do not require a license to the PRC. The items
subject to this license requirement will be set forth in a list. This
rule further proposes to revise the licensing review policy for items
controlled for reasons of chemical and biological proliferation,
nuclear nonproliferation, and missile technology for export to the PRC,
requiring that applications involving such items be reviewed in
conjunction with the revised national security licensing policy.
This rule proposes the creation of a new authorization for
validated end-users in certain destinations, including the PRC, to whom
certain, specified items may be exported or reexported. Such validated
end-users would be placed on a list in the EAR after review and
approval by the United States Government.
Finally, this rule proposes to require exporters to obtain End-User
Certificates, issued by the PRC Ministry of Commerce, for all items
that both require a license to the PRC for any reason and exceed a
total value of $5,000. The current PRC End-Use Certificate applies only
to items controlled for national security reasons. This rule also
proposes to eliminate the current requirement that exporters submit PRC
End-User Certificates to BIS with their license applications but
provides that they must retain them for five years.
Bernard Kritzer,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-10753 Filed 7-10-06; 8:45 am]
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