AEB WHITE PAPER & THE US EXPORT CONTROL REFORM
threats and to navigate the rapidly changing technological and economic landscape of the 21st century .
But many questions have come out of this reform . Which authority now controls which US-origin items ? Which items have moved from the United States Munitions List to the CCL ? Are licence exemptions under ITAR still valid under EAR ? A new white paper by AEB , a leading provider of global trade and supply chain management solutions , provides answers to these questions . Titled “ Navigating the U . S . Export Control Reform ”, the white paper can be downloaded on the AEB website .
The ECR ’ s objective is to simplify
US export controls while enhancing US security . Its ultimate goal is the consolidation of the two primary control lists : the United States Munitions List ( USML ) and the Commerce Control List ( CCL ) into a single control list administered by one single agency using one central computer system . As part of this , a large number of items previously classified as munitions are currently being transferred from the USML , administered by the Department of State , to the CCL , administered by the Department of Commerce .
Due to the extraterritorial reach of US export controls , it is important that non-US companies are aware of
‘ The ECR ’ s objective is to simplify US export controls while enhancing US security ’
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