The Bureau of Industry and Security is extending the public comment period for an information collection involving export licensees transferring an active export license to another party. The agency collects information from both parties to make sure shipments exported under the license won’t be diverted or “used for purposes contrary to the authorized use of the approved license.” Comments were previously requested in October (see 2410010014), but BIS is allowing for another 30 days, i.e., by Jan. 22.
The U.K. last week alerted traders that the country’s Customs Declaration Service currently can’t accept certain “special and diacritic characters,” including percent signs, brackets, pound signs, letters with accent signs, and more. The country is asking traders not to use those characters in their license applications “until the issue has been resolved” in the spring of 2025. If traders already have approved or pending license applications with those characters, they should contact the U.K. government so the license can be reissued or amended.
The FDA is warning U.S. exporters about a recently implemented EU law that requires all importers and producers of bee-related products, including honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis and pollen, to be registered in the bloc’s Trade Control and Expert System. Before registering, FDA said exporters or their suppliers “must successfully complete an on-site assessment” by USDA before sending those goods to the EU, including a USDA Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Verification Survey, Plant Survey and Food Defense System Survey. After that assessment, companies need to “apply for inclusion on the export lists via” the FDA’s Export Listing Module, and the agency said it will then verify that the applicant “maintains good regulatory standing.”
The EPA is proposing to issue significant new use rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act for 34 chemical substances, it said in a notice. Comments are due by Jan. 16. The SNURs require persons to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the manufacture, import or processing of any of these chemical substances for an activity designated as a new use in the SNUR, EPA said.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, according to a notice. Comments on the proposed rulemaking, which includes a 4(d) rule that would require a permit for import and export, are due by March 12.
The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing significant new use rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act for 31 chemical substances, it said in a notice. The rule is effective Feb. 10. The SNURs require persons to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the manufacture, import or processing of any of these chemical substances for an activity designated as a new use in the SNUR, EPA said.
The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Industry and Security are continuing to try to make progress on their long-awaited routed export rule, a Census official said this week.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the Penasco least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus atristriatus) of New Mexico an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, according to a notice. The final rule declaring the designation is effective Jan. 9.
A federal government payment website, Pay.gov, no longer will accept payments through Amazon Pay after Feb. 22, the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls said this week. “Please be sure to have a different form of payment available when paying for a new or renewed registration” with DDTC, the agency said.
The Census Bureau added two new license codes and revised an existing license code in the Automated Export System this week to reflect the Bureau of Industry and Security's latest export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) (see 2412020016).