Expansion of Certain End-Use and End-User Controls and Controls on Specific Activities of U.S. Persons; Correction
| Published date | 17 March 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 14534 |
| Record Number | 2021-05623 |
| Section | Rules and Regulations |
| Court | Industry And Security Bureau |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 14534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05623]
[[Page 14534]]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
15 CFR Part 744
[Docket No. 210312-0056]
RIN 0694-AI38
Expansion of Certain End-Use and End-User Controls and Controls
on Specific Activities of U.S. Persons; Correction
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Interim final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Department of
Commerce, is correcting an interim final rule, ``Expansion of Certain
End-Use and End-User Controls and Controls on Specific Activities of
U.S. Persons,'' that appeared in the Federal Register of January 15,
2021 (hereinafter referred to as the January 15 rule) by revising an
incorrect instruction that would have resulted in the inadvertent
deletion of two subparagraphs of the Export Administration Regulations'
(EAR) restrictions on certain rocket systems and unmanned aerial
vehicles.
DATES: Effective date: March 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Johnson, Senior Advisor, Export
Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security, Phone: (202) 482-3685,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 15, 2021, BIS published an interim final rule expanding
certain end-use and end-user controls and controls on specific
activities of U.S. persons (86 FR 4865) (hereinafter the January 15
rule). Due to an instruction error, which directed the revision of
paragraph (a)(3) of Sec. 744.3 of the EAR, rather than only the
introductory text of that paragraph, upon its effective date, the
January 15 rule would have resulted in the inadvertent deletion of
Sec. 744.3(a)(3)(i) and (ii) of the EAR, which describe the license
requirements that apply when an exporter, reexporter, or transferor
cannot determine the range capabilities of a rocket system or unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) in certain countries of missile technology concern
(Country Group D:4) (see Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR), or
whether such rocket system or UAV will be used in connection with the
delivery of certain weapons of mass destruction. This was a technical
error and BIS did not intend to remove the existing restrictions on
exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) applicable to certain
rocket systems and UAVs in D:4 countries currently set forth in Sec.
744.3(a)(3)(i) and (ii) of the EAR. To remediate this error, BIS is
correcting the instruction in the January 15 rule to revise only the
introductory ``text of Sec. 744.3(a)(3), rather than the entire
paragraph.
Correction
Accordingly, in FR Doc. 2021-00977, appearing on page 4865 in the
Federal Register of Friday, January 15, 2021, the follow correction is
made:
Sec. 744.3 [Correction]
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1. On page 4871, first column, instruction 9 is corrected to read
``Section 744.3 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (2), the
introductory text to paragraph (a)(3), and paragraphs (d)(2)(ii) and
(v) to read as follows:''
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-05623 Filed 3-15-21; 4:15 pm]
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