BIS: Final Rule – Wassenaar Arrangement 2014 Plenary Agreements Implementation and….

BIS: Final Rule – Wassenaar Arrangement 2014 Plenary Agreements Implementation and…. Country Policy Amendments

From BIS:

This final rule amends the Commerce Control List of the Export Administration Regulations by implementing the changes agreed to by the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) at the 2014 Plenary by revising 42 Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs), adding one ECCN and removing one ECCN, as well as amending the General Technology Note, WA reporting requirements, adding seven (7) definitions and revising six (6) definitions in the EAR. This rule also revises 3 ECCNs to add License Exception CIV eligibility for Anisotropic plasma dry etching equipment and related software and technology for the development and production of this equipment, as a result of BIS’ foreign availability assessment. Lastly, Country Group A column 1, the Coordinating Committee (CoCom) member countries, is replaced with the successor national security export regime the WA Participating States. In addition, the second national security column and the second regional stability column of the Commerce Country Chart are amended to harmonize with each other, as well as make changes based on the risk of diversion to unauthorized end user, end uses or destinations.

To read this rule: Federal Register