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Part VI





Department of Commerce





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Bureau of Export Administration



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15 CFR Parts 770, 771, and 785




Exports to Vietnam; Country Group Y; Rule
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

15 CFR Parts 770, 771, and 785

[Docket No. 940233-4033]

 
Exports to Vietnam; Country Group Y

AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: On February 3, 1994, President Clinton stated that he was 
lifting the trade embargo against Vietnam because he determined that 
this step offers the best way to resolve the fate of our prisoners of 
war and missing in action. Accordingly, the Bureau of Export 
Administration (BXA) is amending the Export Administration Regulations 
(EAR) by removing Vietnam from the Country Group Z list of embargoed 
countries, placing Vietnam in Country Group Y, and revising certain 
licensing policies and procedures for Vietnam. Since Vietnam is a COCOM 
proscribed destination, it will share the same licensing policy with 
most other Group Y countries.
    This rule also removes General License G-NGO, which authorized 
exports of donated humanitarian shipments to Vietnam by non-government 
organizations, and removes General License GVN, which authorized 
shipments to Vietnam in support of activities licensed by Treasury's 
Office of Foreign Assets Control.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective 5:05 PM EST, February 3, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Schlechty, Country Policy 
Branch, Office of Technology and Policy Analysis, Bureau of Export 
Administration, Telephone: (202) 482-4252.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This rule was not subject to review by the Office of Management 
and Budget under Executive Order 12866.
    2. This rule involves collections of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These 
collections have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
under control numbers 0694-0005 and 0694-0010.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications 
sufficient to warrant preparation of a Federalism assessment under 
Executive Order 12612.
    4. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for 
public comment are not required to be given for this rule by section 
553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), or by any other 
law, under section 3(a) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 
603(a) and 604(a)), no initial or final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 
has to be or will be prepared.
    5. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 
553, requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for 
public participation, and a delay in effective date, are inapplicable 
because this regulation involves a foreign and military affairs 
function of the United States. No other law requires that a notice of 
proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment be given for 
this rule.
    Therefore, this regulation is issued in final form. Although there 
is no formal comment period, public comments on this regulation are 
welcome on a continuing basis. Comments should be submitted to Patricia 
Muldonian, Office of Technology and Policy Analysis, Bureau of Export 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., room 4054, Washington, DC 20230.

List of Subjects

15 CFR Part 770

    Administrative practice and procedure, Exports.

15 CFR Part 771

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

15 CFR Part 785

    Communist countries, Exports.
    Accordingly, parts 770, 771, and 785 of the Export Administration 
Regulations (15 CFR parts 730-799) are amended as follows:
    1. The authority citation for parts 770 and 771 continues to read 
as follows:

    Authority: Pub. L. 90-351, 82 Stat. 197 (18 U.S.C. 2510 et 
seq.), as amended; sec. 101, Pub. L. 93-153, 87 Stat. 576 (30 U.S.C. 
185), as amended; sec. 103, Pub. L. 94-163, 89 Stat. 877 (42 U.S.C. 
6212), as amended; secs. 201 and 201(11)(e), Pub. L. 94-258, 90 
Stat. 309 (10 U.S.C. 7420 and 7430(e)), as amended; Pub. L. 95-223, 
91 Stat. 1626 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); Pub. L. 95-242, 92 Stat. 120 
(22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq. and 42 U.S.C. 2139a); sec. 208, Pub. L. 95-
372, 92 Stat. 668 (43 U.S.C. 1354); Pub. L. 96-72, 93 Stat. 503 (50 
U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.), as amended (extended by Pub. L. 103-10, 
107 Stat. 40); sec. 125, Pub. L. 99-64, 99 Stat. 156 (46 U.S.C. 
466c); E.O 11912 of April 13, 1976 (41 FR 15825, April 15, 1976); 
E.O. 12002 of July 7, 1977 (42 FR 35623, July 7, 1977), as amended; 
E.O. 12058 of May 11, 1978 (43 FR 20947, May 16, 1978); E.O. 12214 
of May 2, 1980 (45 FR 29783, May 6, 1980); E.O. 12735 of November 
16, 1990 (55 FR 48587, November 20, 1990), as continued by Notice of 
November 11, 1992 (57 FR 53979, November 13, 1992); and E.O. 12868 
of September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51747, October 4, 1993).

    2. The authority citation for Part 785 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Pub. L. 90-351, 82 Stat. 197 (18 U.S.C. 2510 et 
seq.), as amended; Pub. L. 95-223, 91 Stat. 1626 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.); Pub. L. 95-242, 92 Stat. 120 (22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq. and 42 
U.S.C. 2139a); Pub. L. 96-72, 93 Stat. 503 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et 
seq.), as amended (extended by Pub. L. 103-10, 107 Stat. 40); E.O. 
12002 of July 7, 1977 (42 FR 35623, July 7, 1977), as amended; E.O. 
12058 of May 11, 1978 (43 FR 20947, May 16, 1978); E.O. 12214 of May 
2, 1980 (45 FR 29783, May 6, 1980); E.O. 12735 of November 16, 1990 
(55 FR 48587, November 20, 1990), as continued by Notice of November 
11, 1992 (57 FR 53979, November 13, 1992); and E.O. 12868 of 
September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51747, October 4, 1993).

PART 770--[AMENDED]

    3. Supplement No. 1 to Part 770 is amended, under the heading 
``Country Group Y'', by adding the term ``Vietnam'' in alphabetical 
order and by removing the term ``Vietnam'' under the heading ``Country 
Group Z''.

PART 771--[AMENDED]


Sec. 771.27  [Removed]

    4. Section 771.27 is removed.


Sec. 771.28  [Removed]

    5. Section 771.28 is removed.

PART 785--[AMENDED]

    6. In Sec. 785.1, the section heading and paragraph (a) are amended 
to read as follows:


Sec. 785.1  Country Group Z1: Cuba and North Korea.
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    \1\ See Supplement No. 1 to part 770 of this subchapter for a 
listing of Country Groups.
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    (a) As authorized by section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 
1979, as amended (EAA) and by the Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917 as 
amended by Public Law 95-223, a validated license is required for 
foreign policy purposes for the export and reexport of virtually all 
U.S.-origin commodities and technical data to destinations in Country 
Group Z. Certain exceptions are contained in parts 771 and 779 of this 
subchapter, and in ECCN 0A98 on the Commerce Control List (Supplement 
No. 1 to Sec. 799.1 of this subchapter). Except as noted below, the 
general policy is to deny all applications or requests to export or 
reexport U.S.-origin commodities and technical data to these 
destinations. Exports of donations to meet basic human needs may be 
authorized under a Humanitarian License, as described in Sec. 773.5 of 
this subchapter. Such exports may also be authorized for single 
transactions under an individual validated license. Exports to meet 
emergency needs that do not qualify for export under the Humanitarian 
License procedure will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Exports 
of commercially-supplied goods to meet basic human needs may be 
authorized under an individual validated license on a case-by-case 
basis for destinations in North Korea. The types of commodities that 
may be supplied commercially to meet basic human needs are the same as 
those types of commodities described in Supplement No. 7 to part 773 of 
this subchapter, but are not restricted solely to small scale projects 
at the local level.
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    7. Section 785.2 is amended by revising the section heading and by 
revising the phrase ``Poland, Romania, and the Slovak Republic only'' 
to read ``Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Vietnam only'' in 
paragraph (a)(1), as follows:


Sec. 785.2  Country Group Q, W, and Y2: Geographic area of the 
former U.S.S.R., Eastern Europe, Mongolia, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
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    \2\ See Supplement No. 1 to part 770 of this subchapter for 
listing of Country Groups.
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    Dated: February 4, 1994.
Sue E. Eckert,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-3124 Filed 2-7-94; 3:49 pm]
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