In related news, the Obama Administration will also be imposing sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, for its dealings with Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism. Additional details to follow.
USG Amends Export Controls Entity List Related to Russia’s Rosatom
BIS has removed the Federal Atomic Power of Russia (Rusatom) (now known as the Russian State Corporation of Atomic Energy (Rosatom)) entry from the Entity List and adds language clarifying that both the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics (VNIITF) and the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), which are Rosatom components, remain on the Entity List.
Finally, the amended rule adds additional aliases and revises some of the existing aliases for the two Russian entries that are being retained on the Entity List. These changes are being made to better inform exporters, reexporters, and transferors of the scope of these Entity List-based license requirements.
The complete Federal Register Notice is available here.
Reminder: FinCEN CISADA Iran Sanctions Comments Due June 1
This is a reminder that written comments are due on or before June 1, 2011.
The May 2, 2011 Federal Register notice is available here.
PT Law’s Jason Poblete Interviewed Today on CNN
Poblete Tamargo’s Jason Poblete will be a guest today on CNN en Español’s Directo USA to discuss recent public policy and political developments in Washington, DC and the 2012 elections. Directo USA, CNN’s Spanish-language Washington, DC-based public affairs program, is broadcast daily at 6:00 p.m. EST.
U.S. Government Amends the Commerce Control List
The Wassenaar Arrangement became operational in the summer 1996 and, its forty member countries, advocate the implementation of effective export controls on strategic items with the objective of improving regional and international security and stability. The Secretariat is located in Vienna (Austria). Most WA meetings are held in the Secretariat. A list of participating states is available here.
To harmonize U.S. regulations with the changes made to the Wassenaar List at the December WA Plenary meeting, the Commerce Department has released a Final Rule to the Export Administration Regulations that amends the entries on the Commerce Control List that are controlled for national security reasons in Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Parts I & II, 6, 7, 8, and 9, revises reporting requirements, and adds and amends definitions in the Export Administration Regulations.
The final rule is available here.