As of 1 September 2016 the updated destination control statement must appear on the Commercial Invoice for any physical shipments of ITAR or EAR controlled tangible items that are exported from Australia or retransferred within Australia. According to the 3 June Federal Register Notice, and with effect 1 September: (1) The exporter must incorporate the
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Speaking at the Defence Trade Controls Conference on 14 September 2015, Robert Monjay of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy has confirmed that the U.S. Government is seeking to conclude the publication of substantive changes to the ITAR and EAR by August 2016, two months ahead of the next U.S.
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Australian companies should be aware that on 13 May 2014, the United States published the long-awaited amendments to ITAR Category XV, Spacecraft and Related Articles, which covers satellites. The amendments made significant changes to Category XV and also included a change to Category IV regarding spacecraft-launch vehicle integration and launch failure analysis services.
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Australian companies may see a sharp increase in the use of license exception STA in the future. The acronym STA stands for Strategic Trade Authorization. Information about license exception STA can be found in Part 740.20 of the EAR, and we outline some key information about STA below.
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The first annual Trade Controls Summit, held on 20 November 2013 in Canberra was a successful event attended by 150 members of Australian industry. Presentations at the one-day event included: An update on Australia’s Strengthened Export Controls (DECO) An overview of the Australian Export Best Practices Guide (Thales) Trade Sanctions and Related Controls (DFAT) A
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With the move of thousands of articles from the jurisdiction of the ITAR to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) comes a great benefit to Australian companies- the ability to obtain re-export licenses from the U.S. government without the need to go through a U.S. affiliate, business partner or supplier.
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On Monday the United States published amendments to the ITAR (and EAR) that affect Australian companies exporting, importing, retransfering, storing, managing and servicing the following USML categories of articles: Category VI- Surface Vessels of War and Special Naval Equipment Category VII- Ground Vehicles Category XIII- Materials and Miscellaneous Articles Category XX- Submersible Vessels and Related
Read more →On April 16, the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the US Directorate of Defence Trade Controls (DDTC) published the first of a set of ‘final rules’ that will amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) as part of the U.S.’ export control reform efforts. The final
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Both the UK-US Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty (UK-US Treaty) and the Australia- U.S. Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty (AU-US Treaty) were signed in 2007, but have taken different trajectories in the pace of their implementation. While we are still ironing out the finer points of the implementing legislation and Approved Community membership requirements here in Australia,
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Last month’s U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) annual update conference in Washington D.C. provided some valuable insights on the progress of U.S. export control reform, the outcome of which will directly affect Australian defence companies trading in U.S. military and dual use articles. In this blog post, I will highlight some of the
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