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BIS Issues Interim Final Rule to Align Export Controls on Advanced Technologies with Certain Allies and to Support Development of Advanced Technologies, Including Quantum Computing, Semiconductor Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing

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The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an interim final rule (the “IFR”) on September 6, 2024 that imposes new “plurilateral” worldwide licensing controls on certain advanced technologies, including certain quantum, semiconductor-related and additive manufacturing items, under new and amended ECCNs in the Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”), introduces a new license exception for certain items to allied countries implementing equivalent controls, adds two new general licenses for certain Gate…

BIS Proposes New Controls on US Persons’ Activities and Additional End Use-, End User-, and List-Based Export Controls

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The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has issued two proposed rules amending the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to impose expansive new controls on US persons’ activities in connection with non-US military, security, and intelligence end users and end uses, as well as new end user-, end use-, and list-based controls applicable to items subject to the EAR. These new controls would apply to more categories of activities and end users/end…

BIS Issues Final Rule Expanding the EAR Iran Foreign Direct Product Rule

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The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has issued a final rule (“Final Rule”), effective July 23, 2024, expanding the jurisdictional scope of the Export Administration Regulations’ (“EAR”) Iran Foreign Direct Product Rule (“Iran FDP Rule”) over more foreign-made items and imposing a licensing requirement for the in-country transfer within Iran of items subject to the EAR under the Iran FDP Rule. This expansion of controls was made to implement the requirements…

BIS Defines Scope of “Standards-Related Activities” Subject to the EAR, Along With Other Amendments

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The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has issued amendments to the Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774 (“EAR”) that, most significantly, define the scope of “standards-related activities” that are subject to US export controls jurisdiction under the EAR. The purpose of these amendments is to ensure that US export controls and associated compliance concerns do not impede the participation and leadership of US companies in legitimate standards-related activities. BIS also…

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