United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1999_register executive 2011-07-27 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1bdfd52a3 D09002ee1bdfd5352 United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Bureau of Export Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency On April 18, 1998, President Clinton announced at the Santiago Summit in Chile that the United States would promulgate regulations based on the Organization of American States (OAS) Model Regulations for the Control of the International Movement of Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition (referred to as the ``OAS Model Regulations''). The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is revising the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement export control measures agreed to by members of the OAS and set forth in the OAS Model Regulations. The OAS Model Regulations were developed to assist OAS member countries in implementing the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (Firearms Convention). OAS member countries agreed to impose an import and export license requirement to effectively combat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials. Though the Firearms Convention has yet to enter into force, most OAS member countries, including the United States, are taking actions in advance of the Convention's entry into force based on the OAS agreed Model Regulations to control the flow of firearms items because of their links to such activities as drug trafficking, terrorism, transnational organized crime, and mercenary and other criminal activities. 64 FR 17968 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-04-13/99-9160 99-9160 fr13ap99-17 RIN 0694-AB68 3510-33-P Docket No. 981222316-8316-01 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-04-13/99-9160 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-04-13/html/99-9160.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-04-13/pdf/99-9160.pdf 8 p. 17968 17975 64 FR 17968 Title 15 Part 738 15 CFR Part 738 Title 15 Part 740 15 CFR Part 740 Title 15 Part 742 15 CFR Part 742 Title 15 Part 748 15 CFR Part 748 Title 15 Part 762 15 CFR Part 762 Title 15 Part 774 15 CFR Part 774 RIN 0694-AB68 Exports of Firearms; Federal Register Vol. 64, Issue RULE 99-9160 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Export Administration 1999-04-13 Docket No. 981222316-8316-01 3510-33-P 99-9160 Interim rule with request for comments.

On April 18, 1998, President Clinton announced at the Santiago Summit in Chile that the United States would promulgate regulations based on the Organization of American States (OAS) Model Regulations for the Control of the International Movement of Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition (referred to as the ``OAS Model Regulations''). The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is revising the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement export control measures agreed to by members of the OAS and set forth in the OAS Model Regulations. The OAS Model Regulations were developed to assist OAS member countries in implementing the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (Firearms Convention). OAS member countries agreed to impose an import and export license requirement to effectively combat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related materials. Though the Firearms Convention has yet to enter into force, most OAS member countries, including the United States, are taking actions in advance of the Convention's entry into force based on the OAS agreed Model Regulations to control the flow of firearms items because of their links to such activities as drug trafficking, terrorism, transnational organized crime, and mercenary and other criminal activities.

Effective Date: This rule is effective April 13, 1999. Joan Roberts, Director, Foreign Policy Division, Bureau of Export Administration, Telephone: (202) 482-0171. Vol. 64, no. 70 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1999-04-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 396 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-04-13 P0b002ee180db2c56 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13ap99 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-04-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-04-13/pdf/FR-1999-04-13.pdf fdlp 17941 18322 DGPO 2011-07-27 2023-05-05 FR-1999-04-13 machine generated eng FR FR-1999-04-13 64 70