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EAR Änderungen gegenüber IRAN in Kraft

27.01.2009 um 12:03 Uhr - das Commerce Department der USA hat im Januar eine Änderung der EAR bekanntgegeben, die Auswirkugnen auf Exporte und Reexporte von Gütern "subject to the EAR" in den Iran sind.

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This rule revises and clarifies the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provisions that apply specifically to Iran in order to promote consistency, reduce redundancy and clarify the role of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in connection with the implementation of United States export control policy towards Iran.
It establishes a new license requirement for reexports of items classified under ten Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) that previously did not require a license for reexport to Iran under the EAR. This rule also imposes license requirements on parties who have been listed as proliferators of
weapons of mass destruction or as supporters of such proliferators pursuant to Executive Order 13382.
BIS is making these changes to provide greater clarity and consistency with respect to policies towards Iran and to harmonize BIS license requirements
with Department of the Treasury license requirements regarding proliferators of weapons of mass destruction.
DATES: This rule is effective January 15, 2009.



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Author Matthias Merz, Geschäftsführer der AWA Münster

Reform der US Einfuhrvorschriften ab heute in Kraft (26.01.2009): Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements

26.01.2009 um 10:14 Uhr - Zum Hintergrund:


On November 25, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published an interim final rule entitled “Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements” in the Federal Register (73 FR 71730).
The interim final rule requires both importers and carriers to submit additional information pertaining to cargo to CBP before the cargo is brought into the United States by vessel. CBP has received numerous questions concerning the interim final rule.
To assist the trade community in understanding the expectations of CBP concerning the Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements rule, CBP in this document has provided responses to the most frequently asked questions.
CBP will continually be updating and clarifying this document as necessary. Should you have additional questions that are not included in this document, please feel free to write to Security_Filing_General@cbp.dhs.gov.
Please note that the responses to the FAQs are for informational purposes only and are non-binding.
Questions relating to specific facts and circumstances of a prospective transaction can be the subject of a ruling request under Part 177 of the CBP regulations.

Die AWA AUSSENWIRTSCHAFTS-AKADEMIE führt hierzu am 25.02.2009 ein Spezialseminar zum US Importrecht in Münster durch!

Schwerpunkt des Seminars werden die aktuellen und zukünftigen Sicherheitsanforderungen in der Lieferkette, die eingehend behandelt werden aus Sicht des Exporters in die USA sein. Innerhalb dieses Themenkreises werden vor allem die bevorstehende Implementierung besonderer Sicherheitsanforderungen für Einführer, („Security Import Filing“ oder „10 + 2 Initiative“), sowie auch die Bestimmungen des kürzlich verabschiedeten „Lacey Act“ (besondere Anforderungen für pflanzliche Produkte), der Produktsicherheit und C-TPAT eingehend behandelt.
Insbesondere die geplanten Vorabanmeldefristen bringen ab 26.01.2009 unmittelbare Auswirkungen auf Europäische Ausführer mit sich!

Der US Zoll hat zu diesem Thema ein Merkblatt ins Internet gestellt; der nachfolgende Link verweist darauf!



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Bureau of Industry and Security (US) fordert Re-Exporteure zur Stellungnahme darüber auf, ob das US Reexportrecht zu Entscheidungen führt, US Güter aus Handels- und Produktionsprozessen auszuschließen

26.01.2009 um 09:56 Uhr - Federal Register /Vol. 74, No. 2 /Monday, January 5, 2009 /Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 0812221638–81639–01]
Request for Public Comments on the Effects of Export Controls on Decisions To Use or Not Use U.S.-Origin Parts and Components in Commercial Products and the Effects of Such Decisions
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is seeking public comment on whether U.S. export controls influence manufacturers’ decisions to use or not use U.S.-origin parts and components in commercial products and the effects of such decisions.
BIS is interested in obtaining specific information about whether such a practice occurs, and if so, its economic effects in order to assess the effectiveness of export controls as well as the impact of export controls on the U.S. economy.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than February 19, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted via e-mail to publiccomments@bis.doc.gov.
Please Refer to ‘‘Parts and Components Inquiry’’ in the subject line.
Comments may also be sent to Parts and Components Study,
Office of Technology Evaluation, Room 2705,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Watts, Office of Technology
Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and
Security, telephone: 202–482–8343; fax:
202–482–5361; e-mail
jwatts@bis.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Export controls imposed by various agencies of the United States government, including, but not limited to, those imposed by BIS necessarily have an impact outside the United States. Certain U.S. export control regulations impose license requirements or other restrictions on commercial items manufactured outside the United States if those foreign-manufactured items contain U.S.-origin parts and
components. BIS is seeking information to help it assess the impact of U.S. export controls on decisions by manufacturers whether to use U.S.- origin parts and components in their commercial products and the impact of such decisions on the effectiveness of export controls, the strength of the defense industrial base, employment in the United States, the financial strength of U.S. industry, and the ability of U.S. industry to compete in the market.
Specific and quantitative data, from U.S. persons, as well as foreign entities and governments, will be particularly helpful to BIS’s assessment, but other types of information, including anecdotal information, will be useful as well. Quantitative data that is aggregated to reflect the combined experience of a group of companies or an industry segment also will be useful, particularly if individual companies are
reluctant to provide company-specific quantitative data.
Regardless of whether it is qualitative or quantitative, if a comment asserts that manufacturers have elected not to include U.S.-origin parts and components in a foreign-manufactured commercial product because such inclusion could subject the products to U.S. export controls, the following kinds of data would be useful to BIS’s assessment:
• Any evidence or information about the existence of advertising or marketing efforts that use the absence of U.S. origin components or exemption from U.S. export controls as a selling point.
• Any information about possible customer preferences for products that do not contain U.S.-origin components, and whether such preference may be related to relevant U.S. export controls.
• Any information describing parts and components that manufacturers may elect not to use because of their U.S. origin and any information regarding the products into which such parts and components are incorporated.
• Any information about sales lost by U.S. suppliers to non-U.S. competitors.
• Any information about specific commercial products that were designed or modified to explicitly exclude U.S.parts and components due to U.S.export controls.
• Any information about decisions to locate or relocate production facilities outside the United States, including a description of which items (including relevant commodity classification information, such as Export Control Classification Number) would be produced abroad.
• Any information about the possible economic impact (e.g., employment, outsourcing of specific expenditures such as research and development) to companies, industry segments or communities of any decision not to use U.S.-origin parts and components because of U.S. export controls, including any possible impact on the ability to support specific defense industrial base activities.
How To Comment
All comments must be in writing and submitted to one of the addresses indicated above.
Comments must be received by BIS no later than February 19, 2009. BIS may consider comments received after that date if feasible to do so, but such consideration can not be assured.
All comments submitted in response to this notice will be made a matter of public record, and will be available for public inspection and copying.
Anyone submitting business confidential information should clearly identify the business confidential portion of the submission and also provide a non-confidential submission that can be placed in the public record.
BIS will seek to protect business confidential information from public disclosure to the extent permitted by law.
Dated: December 24, 2008.
Christopher R. Wall,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–31233 Filed 1–2–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3501–33–P



Author Matthias Merz, Geschäftsführer der AWA Münster