On 2 September 2015, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) amended the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to add 29 parties to the Entity List for violating international law and fueling the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The additions were made to ensure the efficacy of existing US sanctions on Russia. The 29 parties are located in the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cyprus, Finland, Romania, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom…
On July 22, 2015 the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774 (“EAR”), to implement the rescission of Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism (BIS has also issued FAQs). As discussed in our previous blog posts here and here, the U.S. Secretary of State rescinded the designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism on May 29, 2015, as…
On June 3, 2015, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) and the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) published two proposed companion rules to revise and harmonize certain definitions in the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) as part of the U.S. Government’s ongoing export control reform efforts (the “Proposed Rules”) (see BIS’s proposed rule here and DDTC’s proposed rule here). …
On 22 May 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. This legislation requires that any final nuclear deal reached with Iran be presented to Congress and provides a period during which Congress can adopt a resolution approving or rejecting the deal. For more information about this legislation, please see our previous blog posts on 8 May 2015 and 19 May 2015.