The State Department is seeking comments on an information collection involving requests to change end-user, end-use and “destination of hardware” information and open general licenses, the agency said in a notice this week. Those requests are submitted to the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls before DDTC can approve exports of certain defense goods to parties other than those stated on a license. Comments are due Nov. 28.
The State Department on Sept. 17 sent a final rule for interagency review to expand the types of defense items and services that can be exported under defense trade treaties with Australia and the U.K. and under the agency’s Canadian exemptions. The rule will also make “clarifying amendments and conforming updates” to U.S. Munitions List categories IV and XII, including for certain “night vision entries.”
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls plans to again extend a rule that temporarily suspended restrictions on certain defense exports to Cyprus, the agency said last week. Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined that Cyprus has “met the necessary conditions” to continue to receive U.S. defense exports through FY 2023, the agency said, and the U.S. will continue to suspend its policy of denial for all exports to Cyprus of items on the U.S. Munition List. DDTC said it will soon publish a Federal Register notice to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations to reflect the change.
The State Department completed an interagency review for a final rule that would amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. The rule, sent for review Sept. 6 (see 2209120001) and completed Sept. 14, would make changes to “prohibited exports, imports, and sales to or from certain countries.”
The State Department is prioritizing work on several new rules to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, including updates to multiple U.S. Munitions List categories and revisions to the agency’s exempted technologies list (ETL), an agency official said this week.
The State Department sent a final rule for interagency review that would amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. The rule, sent for review Sept. 6, would make changes to “prohibited exports, imports, and sales to or from certain countries.”
Maria Alejandra (Jana) del-Cerro, former regulatory and multilateral affairs analyst at the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Control's Policy office, has rejoined Crowell & Moring, the firm announced. Del-Cerro will serve as a partner in the International Trade and Government Contracts group, advising clients on aspects of export compliance including export controls, sanctions and Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. matters. At the State Department, del-Cerro worked to amend and interpret the International Traffic in Arms Regulations in promoting bilateral defense trade working groups' priorities, the firm said.
The Bureau of Industry and Security recently revoked export privileges for two people after they illegally exported controlled items from the U.S.
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California-based Arteris, a multinational semiconductor company, said it received a warning letter from the Bureau of Industry and Security after it disclosed potential export control violations (see 2110130040). The company was given the warning earlier this year after BIS decided “not to refer this matter for criminal or administrative prosecution,” Arteris said in an August SEC filing.