Export Control: Difference between revisions

=== U.S. Department of Commerce - Export Administration Regulations (EAR) 15 CFR 700-799 ===  

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has export jurisdiction over everything in the United States, although BIS does not require a license for every export. BIS controls goods and information having both civilian and military uses by including them on the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Commerce Control List (CCL), 15 CFR 774, also known as the "Dual Use List." BIS uses the term "technology" when referring to information about the goods on the CCL.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury oversees U.S. economic sanctions and embargoes through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Empowered by the Trading with the Enemy Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, OFAC enforces trade, anti-terrorism, narcotics, human rights and other national security and foreign policy based sanctions prohibiting the provision of anything of value, either tangible or intangible, to sanctioned countries, organizations or individuals. The pertinent regulations provide OFAC with broad authority to block or interdict vaguely defined "prohibited transactions" involving restricted destinations or parties.