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DOC/BIS RIN: 0694-AH14 Publication ID: Spring 2017 
Title: ●Implementation of the February 2016 Australia Group (AG) Intersessional Decisions and the June 2016 AG Plenary Understandings 
Abstract: BIS is publishing this final rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the recommendations presented at the February 2016 Australia Group (AG) Intersessional Implementation Meeting, and later adopted pursuant to the AG silent approval procedure, and the understandings reached at the June 2016 AG Plenary Implementation Meeting. This rule amends two Commerce Control List (CCL) entries to reflect the February 2016 Intersessional Implementation Meeting recommendations that were adopted by the AG. Specifically, this rule amends the CCL entry that controls certain human and zoonotic pathogens and toxins to reflect the AG updates to the nomenclature for certain bacteria and toxins identified on the AG "List of Human and Animal Pathogens and Toxins for Export Control." This rule also amends the CCL entry that controls equipment capable of handling biological materials to reflect the AG updates to the controls on cross (tangential) flow filtration equipment described on the AG "Control List of Dual-Use Biological Equipment and Related Technology and Software." Consistent with the understandings adopted at the June 2016 AG Plenary Implementation Meeting that updated the AG "List of Human and Animal Pathogens and Toxins for Export Control," this rule amends the CCL entry that controls certain human and zoonotic pathogens and toxins by removing dengue fever virus, updating the nomenclature of the listing for conotoxin, and consolidating the controls for Shiga toxin and Verotoxin (and other Shiga-like ribosome inactivating proteins) under a single listing. This rule also amends the CCL entry that controls equipment capable of handling biological materials by updating the controls on biological containment facilities and related equipment and the controls on fermenters, consistent with the AG Plenary Implementation Meeting updates to the AG "Control List of Dual-Use Biological Equipment and Related Technology and Software." 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774   
Legal Authority: 10 U.S.C. 7420    10 U.S.C. 7430(e)    15 U.S.C. 1824a    22 U.S.C. 287c    22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.    22 U.S.C. 6004    22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.    22 U.S.C. 7210    30 U.S.C. 185(s)    30 U.S.C. 185(u)    42 U.S.C. 2139a    43 U.S.C. 1354    50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.    50 U.S.C. 4305    50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.    E.O. 13026    E.O. 13222   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Action  12/16/2016  81 FR 90983   
Final Action Effective  12/16/2016 
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:
Willard Fisher
Export Administration Specialist
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Industry and Security
14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230
Phone:202 482-2440
Fax:202 482-3355
Email: willard.fisher@bis.doc.gov