[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11896-11897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6297]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

15 CFR Parts 738 and 742

[Docket No. 020215031-2031-01]
RIN 0694-AC-53


Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration 
Regulations: Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Export Administration maintains the Export 
Administration Regulations (EAR). This rule amends the EAR by removing 
the license requirements for certain regional stability items and for 
certain crime control items destined to the Czech Republic, Hungary and 
Poland to correctly reflect the status of those countries as NATO 
members.

DATES: This rule is effective: March 18, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan Roberts, Acting Director, Office 
of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy Controls, Bureau of Export 
Administration, Telephone: (202) 482-0171, E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) maintains controls on 
certain military related items, such as military vehicles and certain 
specially designed commodities to be used to manufacture military 
equipment. These controls ensure regional stability in support of 
foreign policy. BXA also maintains controls on certain crime control 
and detection instruments and equipment, and related technology and 
software as a matter of foreign policy, to promote the observance of 
human rights throughout the world. Countries to which exports and 
reexports of these items are controlled are identified in Supplement 
No.1 to part 738 of the

[[Page 11897]]

EAR, the Commerce Country Chart, by an X in the regional stability (RS) 
column identifier RS 2; and crime control (CC) column identifiers: CC 
1, CC 2, or CC 3. This rule amends the license requirements for certain 
crime control items destined to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland 
because these countries were recently admitted to NATO. The EAR is 
amended to correctly reflect the status of these countries as NATO 
members.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of E.O. 12866.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is 
required to respond nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for 
failure to comply with, a collection of information, subject to the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of 
information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. This rule 
involves a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This collection has been approved 
by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0694-0088, 
``Multi-Purpose Application,'' which carries a burden hour estimate of 
45 minutes for a manual submission and 40 minutes for an electronic 
submission.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications 
sufficient to warrant preparation of a Federalism assessment under 
Executive Order 13132.
    4. 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 military and foreign affairs 
function of the United States (See 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). Further, no 
other law requires that a notice of proposed rulemaking and an 
opportunity for public comment be given for this final rule. Because a 
notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment are 
not required to be given for this rule under 5 U.S.C. 553 or by any 
other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are not applicable.
    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 Sheila 
Quarterman, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Export 
Administration, Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 273, Washington, DC 
20044.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Parts 738 and 742 Exports, Foreign 
trade.

    Accordingly, Parts 738 and 742 of the Export Administration 
Regulations (15 CFR parts 730-774) are amended as follows:

    1. The authority citation for 15 CFR Part 738 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 
10 U.S.C. 7420; 10 U.S.C. 7430(e); 18 U.S.C. 2510 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 
287c; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6004; 30 U.S.C. 185(s), 
185(u); 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 42 U.S.C. 6212; 43 U.S.C. 1354; 46 U.S.C. 
app. 466c; 50 U.S.C. app. 5; Sec. 901-911, Publ. L. 106-387; Sec. 
221, Publ. L. 107-56; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 
228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, August 22, 2001.

    2. The authority citation for 15 CFR 742 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 
18 U.S.C. 2510 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 
Sec. 901-911, Publ. L. 106-387; Sec. 221, Publ. L. 107-56; E.O. 
12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12851, 58 FR 
33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 
1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 
228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, August 22, 2001; Notice of November 9, 
2001, 66 FR 56965, November 13, 2001.

PART 738--[AMENDED]

    3. Supplement No. 1 to part 738 is amended by revising the entries 
for ``Czech Republic,'' ``Hungary'' and ``Poland'' to read as follows:

                                                                      Supplement No. 1 to Part 738--Commerce Country Chart
                                                                                      [Reason for Control]
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                                    Chemical & Biological            Nuclear        National  Security   Missile        Regional         Firearms          Crime  Control       Anti-  Terrorism
                                           Weapons              Nonproliferation   --------------------    Tech         Stability       Convention  --------------------------------------------
           Countries           ----------------------------------------------------                    ---------------------------------------------
                                  CB  1     CB  2     CB  3     NP  1      NP  2      NS  1     NS  2     MT  1      RS  1     RS  2       FC  1      CC  1    CC  2    CC  3    AT  1    AT  2
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                                       *                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
Czech Republic................  X                                                   X         X         X          X
 
                                       *                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
Hungary.......................  X                                                   X         X         X          X
 
                                       *                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
Poland........................  X                                                   X         X         X          X
 
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PART 742--[AMENDED]

    4. Section 742.6 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 742.6  Regional stability.

    (a) * * *
    (2) As indicated in the CCL and in RS Column 2 of the Country Chart 
(see Supplement No. 1 to part 738 of the EAR), a license is required to 
any destination except countries in Country Group A:1 (see Supplement 
No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR), Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland, New 
Zealand and Poland for military vehicles and certain commodities 
(specially designed) used to manufacture military equipment, described 
on the CCL in ECCNs 0A018.c, 1B018.a, 2B018, and 9A018.a and .b.
* * * * *

    Dated: March 8, 2002.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-6297 Filed 3-15-02; 8:45 am]
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