To: JLewis@BXA.DOC.GOV Date; April 27, 1997 James A. Lewis Director Office of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy Controls Bureau of Export Administration Department of Commerce Washington, DC 20230 Dear Mr. Lewis, Could you provide a date for changes in the CCL and EAR required to accord with, and implement, the Wassenaar Arrangement, as set out in the Unified Agenda Sequence Numbers 433 and 434? Will this be done by Federal Register announcement or by some other method? Thank you. John Young 251 West 89th Street, Suite 6E New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-873-8700 Fax: 212-799-4003 E-mail: jya@pipeline.com ------- 433 Changes to the Commerce Control List to Accord With the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies 434 Changes to the Export Administrative Regulations To Implement the Guidelines and Information Sharing Provisions of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: website@bxa.doc.gov Date: April 27, 1997 Lee Ann Carpenter, Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit Bureau of Export Administration Dear Ms. Carpenter, Are there minutes available for the April 16 General Session of the Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee listed below? If so, I would be grateful for a copy, in paper or electronic form. Sincerely, John Young 251 West 89th Street,Suite 6E New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-873-8700 Fax: 212-799-4003 E-mail: jya@pipeline.com -------- Federal Regiater 14114: Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee April 16 General Session 9:00 a.m.-12:00p.m. 2. Opening remarks by the Chairman. 3. Update on implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement. 4. Presentation on Hewlett-Packard Company key-recovery products for the International Cryptographic Framework. 5. Comments or presentations by the public. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 April 1997 Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [April 25, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 80)] [Unified Agenda] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [frwais.access.gpo.gov] *** [page 21252] Bureau of Export Administration--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 433 Changes to the Commerce Control List to Accord With the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies............. 0694-AB35 434 Changes to the Export Administrative Regulations To Implement the Guidelines and Information Sharing Provisions of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use........................................................ 0694-AB40 455 Incorporation of the Wassenaar Arrangement Into Category 2 of the Commerce Control List; Expansion of License Exception CIV.............................................. 0694-AB48 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** [Page 21538-21539] Part IV Department of Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Final Rule Stage Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) _______________________________________________________________________ 433. CHANGES TO THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST TO ACCORD WITH THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT ON EXPORT CONTROLS FOR CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND DUAL-USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924; Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527) CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The United States and 27 allied countries are implementing a new regime to succeed the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) which dissolved on March 31, 1994. The new organization, called the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, is expected to implement controls in April 1996. New lists of goods to be controlled have been agreed by the members, who will each have to amend their existing national procedures to harmonize them with the Wassenaar Arrangement. Commerce will need to make extensive changes in the Commerce Control List when the Wassenaar Arrangement dual-use control list becomes effective. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action 05/00/97 Small Entities Affected: None [[Page 21539]] Government Levels Affected: None Agency Contact: James A. Lewis, Director, Office of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy Controls, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230 Phone: 202 482-4196 Fax: 202 482-4094 Email: JLewis@BXA.DOC.GOV RIN: 0694-AB35 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ [Page 21539] Part IV Department of Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Final Rule Stage Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) _______________________________________________________________________ 434. CHANGES TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION SHARING PROVISIONS OF THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT ON EXPORT CONTROLS FOR CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND DUAL-USE Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC 7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924; Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527) CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: The United States and 27 allied countries are implementing a new regime to replace the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) which dissolved on March 31, 1994. The new organization, called The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, is expected to implement controls in April 1996. Procedural guidelines and provisions for sharing information between members will have to be harmonized in members' national regulations. Commerce will need to alter the Export Administration Regulations to reflect the Wassenaar guidelines and information sharing provisions agreed on by the members. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Final Action 05/00/97 Small Entities Affected: None Government Levels Affected: None Agency Contact: James A. Lewis, Director, Office of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy Controls, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230 Phone: 202 482-4196 Fax: 202 482-4094 RIN: 0694-AB40 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ [Page 21542] Part IV Department of Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Completed Actions Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) _______________________________________________________________________ 455. INCORPORATION OF THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT INTO CATEGORY 2 OF THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST; EXPANSION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION CIV Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 Completed: ________________________________________________________________________ Reason Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Incorporated Into RIN 0694-AB35 04/01/97 Small Entities Affected: None Government Levels Affected: None Agency Contact: Hillary Hess Phone: 202 482-2440 Fax: 202 482-3355 RIN: 0694-AB48 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Other Unified Agenda Items: Exports: Administration regulations..........439, 440, 441, 444, 456, 457, 458 Agricultural commodities.......................25, 303, 305, 307, 310 Alligator skins..................................................1316 American ginseng.................................................1325 Arms and munitions: ITAR controls..................................................1947 Automated Export System...........................................411 Biological weapons components.....................................448 Business equipment................................................436 CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................304 Chemical Weapons Convention implementation...................423, 424 Chemicals........................................................3089 [[Page 22830]] Commerce Control List...............427, 433, 435, 439, 440, 452, 458 Communication intercepting devices................................435 Computer technology.....................................439, 447, 458 Cuba.........................................................436, 445 Distilled spirits, wine, and beer................................2503 Encryption software...............................................442 Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative.........................428 Exporter definition...............................................408 Food assistance...................................................311 Foreign boycott provisions........................................425 Foreign military sales designator.................................409 General License GCG revisions.....................................451 Ginseng..........................................................1306 Humanitarian donations............................................437 Investigational new drugs........................................1006 Iran..............................................................443 Latin America.....................................................446 Libya.............................................................432 License applications..............................................450 Trace chemical exemptions.......................................454 License exceptions...........................................437, 455 Manifest data....................................................2579 Marine mammal products...........................................1309 Medical devices...................................................989 Missile technology................................................448 Nonmilitary items: ITAR cryptography..............................................1952 North Korea.......................................................430 Nuclear equipment and materials.............................438, 4298 Nuclear weapons..............................................430, 446 Pesticides.......................................................3034 Prohibited to domestic markets....................................974 Reexports.........................................................432 Reporting requirements.......................................303, 313 River otters.....................................................1382 Satellites........................................................427 Savings clause....................................................429 Shotguns..........................................................452 Sugar.............................................................306 Temporary exports of tools of trade...............................410 Timber from western states........................................431 Tobacco..........................................................2512 Wassenaar Arrangement...................................434, 453, 455 Weapons proliferation controls..........................433, 444, 449 Wildlife.........................................................1383 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Classified information: Access............................................................883 [[Page 22822]] DOD Information Security Program.............................695, 700 DOD Personnel Security Program....................................701 DOE Atomic Energy Act regulation..................................884 DOE contractors...................................................913 DOT regulations..................................................1991 Military acquisitions.............................................685 NARA records declassification....................................3591 National security................................................1798 NRC compliance with NISPOM.................................4258, 4286 Nuclear material..................................................883 OMB personnel....................................................3638 OMB policies.....................................................3635 OMB security information.........................................3637 Prison national security considerations..........................1635 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