Alexandre (Alex) Lamy (US), Kerry B. Contini (US), Maria Sergeyeva, Author at Global Sanctions and Export Controls Blog

FEMA Announces Additional Exemptions to Restrictions on Exports of Personal Protective Equipment from the United States

April 18, 2020 By Alexandre (Alex) Lamy (US), Kerry B. Contini (US) and Maria Sergeyeva 5 Mins Read

On April 17, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) filed a notification of exemptions (the “FEMA Notification”) in the Public Inspection List that identifies 10 exemptions from the temporary final rule published on April 10, 2020 (the “FEMA Rule”), which restricts the export from the United States of certain personal protective equipment (“PPE Products”) used in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the FEMA Notification will not be published in the Federal Register until Tuesday,…

CBP Issues Internal Guidance on Handling Exports of Personal Protective Equipment Products

April 14, 2020 By Kerry B. Contini (US) and Maria Sergeyeva 4 Mins Read

On April 9, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued internal guidance (available here as of April 14, 2020) (“Guidance”) to CBP Field Operations Directors on CBP’s implementation of the new temporary final rule published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) imposing export restrictions on certain personal protective equipment products (“PPE Products”) used in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic (the “FEMA Rule”). Specifically, the Guidance describes which products and shipments are targeted…

Industry Groups Push Back On Commerce Department’s Proposed Supply Chain Regulations That Could Block Or Restrict Tech Transactions

April 6, 2020 By Maria Sergeyeva 1 Min Read

Maria Sergeyeva recently authored the blog post “Industry Groups Push Back on Commerce Department’s Proposed Supply Chain Regulations That Could Block or Restrict Tech Transactions” for Baker McKenzie’s Global Supply Chain Compliance blog. The post highlights concerns expressed by many trade associations and businesses with the highly anticipated proposed regulations issued by the US Department of Commerce to implement Executive Order 13873, “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain.” Executive Order 13873…

BIS Further Restricts Exports to Russia and Yemen

March 6, 2020 By Bart M. McMillan (US), Maria Sergeyeva and Inessa Owens 5 Mins Read

On February 24, 2020, in a final rule (the “Rule”) that took immediate effect, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) revised the country group designations for Russia and Yemen under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”), increasing license restrictions for both countries. The Rule is part of a larger effort within BIS that involves a “comprehensive review” of all country groups to ensure they appropriately reflect current US national security and foreign policy.…