Amendments to Country Groups for Russia and Yemen Under the Export Administration Regulations

• Published date: 06 March 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 13009
• Record Number: 2020-04178
• Section: Rules and Regulations
• Court: Industry Of Security Bureau

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 45 (Friday, March 6, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 45 (Friday, March 6, 2020)]
                [Rules and Regulations]
                [Page 13009]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-04178]
                =======================================================================
                -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                Bureau of Industry of Security
                15 CFR Part 740
                [Docket No. 200204-0044]
                RIN 0694-AH93
                Amendments to Country Groups for Russia and Yemen Under the
                Export Administration Regulations
                AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
                ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.
                -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) publishes this
                document to correct a final rule published in the Federal Register on
                February 24, 2020 (February 24th rule), in which BIS amended the Export
                Administration Regulations (EAR) to revise the Country Group
                designations for the Russian Federation (Russia) and Yemen based on
                national security and foreign policy concerns, including proliferation-
                related concerns. This document corrects the final rule to provide an
                instruction to remove Yemen from Country Group B, as was described in
                the preamble of the February 24th rule.
                DATES: This correction is effective March 6, 2020 and is applicable on
                February 24, 2020.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jodi Kouts, Director, Chemical and
                Biological controls Division, at email Jodi [email protected] or by
                phone at (202) 482-6109.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the reasons described in the preamble
                and the authority as set out in the February 24, 2020 final rule (85 FR
                10274), this document provides the correcting amendment to remove
                ``Yemen'' from the list of ``Country Group B--Countries'' in Supplement
                No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR.
                List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 740
                 Administrative practice and procedure, Exports, Reporting and
                recordkeeping requirements.
                 Accordingly, part 740 of the Export Administration Regulations (15
                CFR parts 730-774) is corrected by making the following correcting
                amendment:
                PART 740--LICENSE EXCEPTIONS
                0
                1. The authority citation for part 740 continues to read as follows:
                 Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50
                U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; E.O. 13026, 61 FR
                58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR,
                2001 Comp., p. 783.
                Supplement No. 1 to Part 740 [Amended]
                0
                2. Supplement No. 1 part 740 is amended by removing ``Yemen'' from
                ``Country Group B--Countries''.
                 Dated: February 25, 2020.
                Matthew S. Borman,
                Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
                [FR Doc. 2020-04178 Filed 3-5-20; 8:45 am]
                BILLING CODE 3510-33-P