The Deemed Export Advisory Committee (DEAC), which advises the Secretary of Commerce on deemed export licensing policy, will meet on January 22, 2007 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and again on January 23, 2007 from 8 a.m. to noon. The DEAC is a Federal Advisory Committee that was established under the auspices of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

Data Physics Corporation, 2025 Gateway Place, Suite 260, San Jose, California 95110. Data Physics China, 1605B Westgate Tower, 1038 Nanjing Road West, Shanghai, P.R. China 200041. Data Physics China, RM. 1509, Building 2, Xinquduan Jiayan, No. 5 Changchunquia Road, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R. China 100089. Sri Welaratna, President, Data

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add ``Montenegro'' and ``Serbia'' as separate countries in the EAR and to establish separate export licensing requirements for Montenegro and Serbia. BIS is taking this action to update the EAR to reflect the United States' recognition of

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A. Denial of Export Privileges of Naji Antoine Abi Khalil

On February 2, 2006, in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Arkansas, Naji Antoine Abi Khalil (``Khalil'' or ``Respondent'') pleaded guilty to three charges, including one violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 17011706 (2000)) (``IEEPA'').

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is publishing this final rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the understandings reached at the June 2006 plenary meeting of the Australia Group (AG). Specifically, this final rule amends the EAR to reflect changes to the AG ``Control List of Biological Agents'' by

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The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) will meet December 5, 2006, 9 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on implementation of the

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by imposing new foreign policy export and reexport controls on devices primarily useful for the surreptitious interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications classified under Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 5A980. In this rule,

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

In a charging letter filed on December 1, 2005, the Bureau of Industry and Security (``BIS'') alleged that the Respondent, Daqing Zhou (``Zhou''), committed three violations of the Export
Administration Regulations (``Regulations''),\1\ issued under the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 24012420 (2000)) (the

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is seeking public comments on the impact that implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, through the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act and the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations, has had on commercial activities involving ``Schedule 1'' chemicals through calendar year 2006. This

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee (MPETAC) will meet on November 16, 2006 at 9 a.m. in Room 3884 of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with respect to

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee will meet on November 8, 2006, 9 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on implementation of the Export

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee will meet on November 9, 2006, 9:30 a.m., Room 6087B, in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on implementation of

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is reviewing the foreign policybased export controls in the Export Administration Regulations to determine whether they should be modified, rescinded or extended. To help make these determinations, BIS is seeking comments on how existing foreign policybased export controls have affected exporters and the

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is requesting public comments on the effectiveness of its licensing procedures as defined in the Export Administration Regulations for the export of agricultural commodities to Cuba. BIS will include a description of these comments in its biennial report to the Congress, as required by the Trade Sanctions

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

This notice extends the comment period on a July 6, 2006 proposed rule in which the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to revise and clarify the United States' policy for exports and reexports of dualuse items to the People's Republic of China (PRC).

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

On June 14, 2002, the Bureau of Industry and Security (``BIS'') published a notice in the Federal Register that set forth a list of persons in foreign countries who were parties to past export transactions where prelicense checks or postshipment verifications could not be conducted for reasons outside the control of the U.S. Government

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BIS is withdrawing a proposed rule published October 2004. That rule would have revised the definition of ``knowledge'' in the Export Administration Regulations. It also would have updated the ``red flags'' guidance and would have provided a safe harbor from liability arising from knowledge under the definition of that term. In light of the public

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

This notice is to advise the public that the National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee, cochaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of the proposed disposal levels of excess materials for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Annual Materials Plan.

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The Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee (SITAC) will meet on October 24, 2006, 9:30 a.m., in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on technical questions

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is publishing this proposed rule to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR) to expedite the collection of information concerning the inspection status of plant sites that produce unscheduled discrete organic chemicals (UDOCs) subject to the declaration requirements of the CWCR, to clarify

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Industry and Security Bureau

In a charging letter filed on October 25, 2004, the Bureau of Industry and Security (``BIS'') alleged that Respondent, Mr. Mohammad AlMashan (``AlMashan''), committed two violations of the Export Administration Regulations (``Regulations''),\1\ issued under the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 24012420 (2000)) (the

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