BIS Issues Final Rule Amending EAR to Implement Australia Group Changes
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) today published in the Federal Register a final rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the understandings reached at the April 2005 plenary meeting of the Australia Group (AG). This final rule makes the following changes to the EAR:
2. Implements changes to the AG "Control List of Dual-Use Biological Equipment'' by revising the CCL entry that controls equipment capable of use in handling biological materials to add certain spraying or fogging systems, spray booms or arrays of aerosol generating units, and components .
3. Amends the CCL entry that controls certain genetic elements and genetically modified organisms by revising the Technical Note in the entry to clarify the scope of the controls on genetic elements and genetically modified organisms that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with the pathogenicity of any AG-controlled microorganisms, consistent with the AG "Control List of Biological Agents," the AG "Control List of Animal Pathogens,'' and the AG "Control List of Plant Pathogens.''
4. Amends the EAR to reflect the addition of
5. Updates the list of countries that currently are States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) by adding "Niue,'' which recently became a State Party.
6. Clarifies the entry for the Netherlands' on the list of CWC States Parties by adding a footnote to this entry to indicate that, for CWC purposes only, the Netherlands includes "Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.''
7. Updates the list of CWC State Parties by removing
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