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DOC/BIS RIN: 0694-AE27 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Foreign Direct Products of U.S. Technology 
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security is revising the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to expand the scope of controls over foreign-produced items that are the direct product of U.S.-origin technology, colloquially is known as the "direct product rule." The direct product rule makes certain foreign-produced direct products of U.S.-origin technology subject to the EAR. Prior to publication of this rule, such direct products were subject to the EAR when destined to Cuba or a country with which the U.S. has national security concerns. This rule expands the country scope to include all countries designated by the U.S. Department of State as countries whose governments have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, namely, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. These expansions support the national security objectives of the U.S. by restricting the export, reexport, and transfer of foreign-produced direct products of national security controlled U.S.-origin technology and foreign-produced direct products of foreign plants or manufacturing equipment produced from national security controlled U.S.-origin technology to terrorism supporting countries. This rule also makes parallel revisions to written assurances, information required on the license application for national security controlled technology, and the instructional steps in the EAR that provide guidance on how to apply the direct product rule. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732    15 CFR 736    15 CFR 740    15 CFR 748   
Legal Authority: 22 USC 2151    22 USC 7201    50 USC 1701    50 USC 2401    EO 12938    EO 13026    EO 13222   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/00/2008    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Sharron Cook
Policy Analyst
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Industry and Security
2096/MS 2705, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230
Phone:202 482-2440
Email: sharron.cook@bis.doc.gov