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On September 21, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) pushed back the submission deadline for comments related to the letter of attestation process for exports of certain personal protection equipment (“PPE”). FEMA published the request for comments in July 2020 but reportedly did not receive any. The export restrictions and letter of attestation process was created earlier this year in response to potential shortages of certain kinds of PPE as a result of the COVID-19…

On August 6, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) issued a temporary final rule extending and modifying FEMA’s previously imposed restrictions on the export from the United States of certain personal protective equipment (“PPE Products”) used in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic (“Extension Rule”). The original restrictions on exports of PPE Products imposed by FEMA were published on April 10, 2020. The Extension Rule became effective today, August 10, 2020, and will be…

On July 17, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) published a request for comments on the letter of attestation process in connection with the export restrictions on certain personal protection equipment (“PPE”). These restrictions were imposed earlier this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our previous blog posts on the FEMA restrictions and their exemptions can be found here and here. FEMA requires that exporters submit a letter of attestation via a document…

Baker McKenzie has launched the new COVID-19 Product Import/Export Review (“COVID-19 PIER”), a multijurisdictional tracker that will help companies stay on top of export restrictions and import measures related to products in actual or feared short supply during the pandemic. As companies seek to protect their personnel and reopen safely, they may find it challenging to navigate a complex and rapidly changing global patchwork of export and import measures relating to personal protective equipment, other…