[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 29, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55740-55741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27545]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

15 CFR Parts 730, 732, 734, 736, 738, 740, 742, 744, 746, 748, 750, 
752, 754, 756, 758, 760, 762, 764, 766, 768, 770, 772, 774, 768A, 
769A, 770A, 771A, 772A, 773A, 774A, 775A, 776A, 777A, 778A, 779A, 
785A, 786A, 787A, 788A, 789A, 790A, 791A, and 799A

[Docket No. 950407094-6290-03]
RIN 0694-AA67


Simplification of Export Administration Regulations

AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Extension of effective and compliance dates.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is providing notice 
that it is extending the validity period of the provisions of 15 CFR 
parts 768A through 779A, 785A through 791A, and 799A (the existing 
Export Administration Regulations) through December 30, 1996, and 
extending the mandatory compliance date of the interim rule published 
in the Federal Register on March 25, 1996 (61 FR 12714), until December 
31, 1996. This is in response to industry's concerns about implementing 
the provisions of the interim rule (new regulations) by the original 
mandatory compliance date of November 1, 1996. These concerns arose 
mainly due to Commerce's determination to change the export clearance 
symbols for reporting exports of certain License Exceptions on the 
Shipper's Export Declaration.


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DATES: Effective October 29, 1996, the removal of parts 768A through 
779A, 785A through 791A, and 799A is effective December 31, 1996, and 
the compliance date for the interim rule published on March 25, 1996 is 
December 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Crowe, Office of Exporter 
Services, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Export Administration, 
telephone: (202) 482-2440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 25, 1996, the Bureau of Export 
Administration (BXA) published in the Federal Register (61 FR 12714) an 
interim rule that revised, restructured and reorganized the Export 
Administration Regulations (EAR), the regulatory regime through which 
BXA imposes export controls on those items and activities within its 
jurisdiction. That rule was effective April 24, 1996, except part 752 
(the Special Comprehensive License), which was effective March 25, 
1996.
    The March 25 interim rule also made the removal of newly designated 
Sec. 771A.25(d) effective March 25, 1996, and removal of newly 
designated parts 768A through 779A, 785A through 791A, and 799A (the 
old EAR) effective on November 1, 1996. The March 25 interim rule 
provided that during the period between April 24, 1996 and November 1, 
1996, exporters must comply with the provisions of either the old EAR 
or the provisions of the new interim rule. Compliance with the 
provisions of that interim rule is compelled as of November 1, 1996.
    BXA has received many industry comments on the mandatory compliance 
deadline, stating that to conform with the new provisions of the EAR, 
more time is needed to develop export compliance software for tracking 
the new Export Control Classification Numbers and the new License 
Exception symbols.
    BXA has also received many industry comments on the new License 
Exceptions group symbols. There is strong industry support to remove 
the group symbol for the list-driven License Exceptions (LST) and 
instead rely on individual symbols of specific License Exception which 
are now grouped under License Exception LST. BXA is therefore 
publishing a separate interim rule in the Federal Register that will 
``de-bundle'' License Exception LST and require the use on export 
control documentation of License Exceptions LVS, GBS, TSR, CIV, and 
CTP. For other License Exception groups, BXA will remove the individual 
symbols. While the individual License Exception symbols under these 
provisions were voluntary under the March 25 interim rule, they created 
confusion for some exporters. This change will not require additional 
compliance preparations by industry, but clarify the License Exception 
provisions of the EAR.
    To ensure that industry has adequate time for the development of 
its export compliance software and for intra-company training on these 
new requirements, BXA is hereby notifying the exporting community that 
the mandatory compliance date for the new EAR published in the Federal 
Register on March 25, 1996, is being extended until December 31, 1996. 
Through December 30, 1996, you must comply with the provisions of 
either the old EAR (redesignated 15 CFR 768A through 799A), including 
amendments thereto that are published in the Federal Register, or the 
provisions of the March 25, 1996 interim rule, including any amendments 
thereto that are published in the Federal Register. Beginning December 
31, 1996 you must comply with the provisions of the March 25, 1996 
interim rule (15 CFR parts 730-774) including any amendments thereto 
that are published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: October 21, 1996.
Iain S. Baird,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-27545 Filed 10-28-96; 8:45 am]
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