EARExport Administration Regulations

AuthorityStatute, BIS, and related authority

ECRAExport Control Reform Act of 2018

EAAExport Administration Act (legacy)

BISBureau of Industry and Security

ITAR firstOrder of review — USML first

ListsEnd-user lists and denial orders

Entity ListEntity List

UVLUnverified List

DPLDenied Persons List

MEUMilitary End-User / End-Use

MIEUMilitary-intelligence end user

Part 730General Information

§ 730.1Purpose

§ 730.2National security, foreign policy, and short supply

§ 730.3Dual-use and other items subject to the EAR

§ 730.4Other control regimes and departments

§ 730.5Coverage of more than exports

§ 730.6Control purposes

§ 730.7License requirements and exceptions

§ 730.8How to proceed

§ 730.9Lists of countries and country groups

§ 730.10Electronic filing and SNAP-R

Part 732Steps for Using the EAR

§ 732.1Overview of steps

§ 732.2Steps regarding scope of the EAR

§ 732.3Steps regarding the CCL and Country Chart

§ 732.4Steps regarding license exceptions

§ 732.5Steps regarding EEI / AES and other requirements

§ 732.6Steps for other requirements

Part 734Scope of the Export Administration Regulations

§ 734.2Subject to the EAR

§ 734.3Items subject to the EAR

§ 734.4De minimis U.S. content

§ 734.7Published information

§ 734.8Fundamental research

§ 734.9Foreign-Direct Product (FDP) rules

§ 734.11Government-sponsored research

§ 734.13Definition of export

§ 734.14Definition of reexport

§ 734.15Release of technology and source code

§ 734.16Transfer (in-country)

§ 734.18Activities that are not exports, reexports, or transfers

§ 734.20Software and source code notes

Part 736General Prohibitions

§ 736.1Introduction

§ 736.2General prohibitions 1–10

GP1 — Export of controlled items

GP4 — Denied persons

GP5 — End-use and end-user

GP6 — Embargoes

GP10 — Knowledge of a violation

Part 738Commerce Control List Overview and the Country Chart

§ 738.1Introduction

§ 738.2Commerce Control List structure

§ 738.3Commerce Country Chart

§ 738.4Determining whether a license is required

Part 740License Exceptions

§ 740.1Introduction

§ 740.2Restrictions on all license exceptions

§ 740.3Shipments of Limited Value (LVS)

§ 740.9Temporary imports, exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) (TMP)

§ 740.10Servicing and replacement of parts and equipment (RPL)

§ 740.11Governments, international organizations, international inspections (GOV)

§ 740.13Technology and software — unrestricted (TSU)

§ 740.14Baggage (BAG)

§ 740.15Aircraft, vessels and spacecraft (AVS)

§ 740.16Additional permissive reexports (APR)

§ 740.17Encryption commodities, software, and technology (ENC)

§ 740.20License Exception STA

Country GroupsSupplement No. 1 — Country Groups

A:1Country Group A:1 — Wassenaar

A:5Country Group A:5 — STA eligible

D:5Country Group D:5 — U.S. arms embargoed

E:1Country Group E:1 — terrorist-supporting

LVSLicense Exception LVS

GBSLicense Exception GBS

TMPLicense Exception TMP

RPLLicense Exception RPL

GOVLicense Exception GOV

TSULicense Exception TSU

BAGLicense Exception BAG

AVSLicense Exception AVS

APRLicense Exception APR

ENCLicense Exception ENC

STALicense Exception STA

Part 742Control Policy — CCL Based Controls

§ 742.1Introduction

§ 742.4National security (NS)

§ 742.5Missile technology (MT)

§ 742.7Crime control and detection (CC)

§ 742.15Encryption items (EI)

Part 743Special Reporting and Notification

Part 744End-User and End-Use Based Controls

§ 744.1General provisions

§ 744.2Restrictions on certain nuclear end-uses

§ 744.3Restrictions on certain rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicles

§ 744.4Restrictions on certain chemical and biological weapons end-uses

§ 744.6Restrictions on certain activities of U.S. persons

§ 744.11License requirements that apply to entities acting or at significant risk of acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States

§ 744.15Limitations on exports to persons listed on the Unverified List

§ 744.16Entity List

§ 744.21Military end-use or military end-user

§ 744.22Military-intelligence end uses and end users

§ 744.23Supercomputer, advanced-computing, and semiconductor end-uses

Part 745Chemical Weapons Convention Requirements

Part 746Embargoes and Other Special Controls

§ 746.1Introduction

§ 746.2Cuba

§ 746.3Iraq

§ 746.4North Korea

§ 746.6Temporarily occupied Crimea region of Ukraine and covered regions of Ukraine

§ 746.7Iran

§ 746.8Sanctions against Russia and Belarus

§ 746.9Syria

§ 746.10Luxury goods — Russia and Belarus

Part 748Applications (Classification, Advisory, and License) and Documentation

§ 748.1General provisions / SNAP-R

§ 748.3Classification requests, advisory opinions, and encryption filings

§ 748.4Basic guidance related to applying for a license

§ 748.5Parties to the transaction

Part 750Application Processing, Issuance, and Denial

§ 750.7Issuance of licenses

Part 756Appeals

Part 754Short Supply Controls

Part 760Restrictive Trade Practices or Boycotts

Part 758Export Clearance Requirements

§ 758.1The Electronic Export Information (EEI) filing

§ 758.6Destination control statement and other information on documents

Part 762Recordkeeping

§ 762.1Scope

§ 762.2Records to be retained

§ 762.6Period of retention

Part 764Enforcement and Protective Measures

§ 764.2Violations

§ 764.3Sanctions

§ 764.5Voluntary self-disclosure

Part 766Administrative Enforcement Proceedings

Part 768Foreign Availability Determination Procedures and Criteria

Part 770Interpretations

Part 772Definitions of Terms

Export (definition)

Technology (definition)

Knowledge (definition)

U.S. person (definition)

Part 774The Commerce Control List

EAR99EAR99

GTN / GSNGeneral Technology and Software Notes

Supp. 4Commerce Control List Order of Review

USML firstStep 0 — Is it on the USML?

Cat. & groupSteps 1–2 — Category and product group

600 seriesStep 3 — 600 series and 9x515

0A606Ground vehicles and related commodities (600-series)

0A614Military training equipment (600-series)

1A613Armored and protective equipment (600-series)

3A611Military electronics (600-series)

8A609Surface vessels of war (600-series)

9A610Military aircraft and related commodities (600-series)

9A619Military gas turbine engines (600-series)

Catch-allStep 4 — Catch-all and specially designed

Other ECCNsStep 5 — Remaining ECCNs

EAR99Step 6 — EAR99

Cat. 0Nuclear and miscellaneous

0A501Firearms and related items

Cat. 1Special materials and related equipment

Cat. 2Materials processing

Cat. 3Electronics

3A001Electronic components

3A090Advanced integrated circuits

3B090Semiconductor manufacturing equipment

Cat. 4Computers

4A090Advanced computing items

Cat. 5Telecommunications and information security

Cat. 5 P.2Category 5 Part 2 — Information security

5A002Information security — controlled encryption

5A992Information security — mass market / other

5D002Encryption software

Cat. 6Sensors and lasers

Cat. 7Navigation and avionics

Cat. 8Marine

Cat. 9Aerospace and propulsion

9A515Spacecraft and related commodities

9B515Test, inspection, and production equipment for 9A515

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