[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40363-40364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20272]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

15 CFR Part 744

[Docket No. 970428099-8185-06]
RIN 0694-AB60


Additions to Entity List: Russian Entities

AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the 
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, 
individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is 
required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR contains 
a list of such entities. This rule adds to the entity list certain 
Russian entities under investigation by the Russian government for 
suspected export control violations involving weapons of mass 
destruction and missile technology. Exports or reexports of all items 
subject to the EAR to these newly added entities now require a license, 
and applications will be reviewed with a presumption of denial.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective July 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eileen M. Albanese, Office of Exporter Services, Bureau of Export 
Administration, Telephone: (202) 482-0436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    General Prohibition Five (Sec. 736.2(b)(5) of the EAR) prohibits 
exports and reexports to certain end-users or end-uses (described in 
part 744 of the EAR) without a license. In the form of Supplement No. 4 
to part 744, BXA maintains an ``Entity List'' to provide notice 
informing the public of certain entities subject to such licensing 
requirements. This rule adds certain entities in Russia to this list. 
This rule further adds a new Sec. 744.10 describing license 
requirements and review standards for exports and reexports to such 
entities.
    Although the Export Administration Act (EAA) expired on August 20, 
1994, the President invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act and continued in effect, to the extent permitted by law, the 
provisions of the EAA and the EAR in Executive Order 12924 of August 
19, 1994, continued by Presidential notices of August 15, 1995, August 
14, 1996, and August 15, 1997.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
the purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is 
required to respond to nor be subject to a penalty for failure to 
comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information 
displays a current valid OMB Control Number. This rule involves a 
collection of information requirements subject to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This collection has 
been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 0694-0088.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications 
sufficient to warrant preparation of a Federalism assessment under 
Executive Order 12612.

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    4. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act requiring 
notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for public 
participation, and a delay in effective date, are inapplicable because 
this regulation involves a military or foreign affairs function of the 
United States (see 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). Further, no other law requires 
that a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public 
comment be given for this rule. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking 
and an opportunity for public comment are not required to be given for 
this rule by 5 U.S.C. 553, or by any other law, the analytical 
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., 
are inapplicable.
    Therefore, this regulation is issued in final form. Although there 
is no formal comment period, public comments on this regulation are 
welcome on a continuing basis. Comments should be submitted to Sharron 
Cook, Office of Exporter Services, Bureau of Export Administration, 
Department of Commerce, PO Box 273, Washington, DC 20044.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744

    Exports, Foreign trade, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Accordingly, part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 
CFR parts 730-744) is amended, as follows:

PART 744--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 744 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq., 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 
3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 
Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 608; 
E.O. 12924, 59 FR 43437, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 917; E.O. 12938, 59 
FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; Notice of August 15, 1995 (60 
FR 42767, August 17, 1995); and Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 
42527); and August 13, 1997 (62 FR 43629, August 15, 1997).

    2. Part 744 is amended by adding a new Sec. 744.10 to read as 
follows:


Sec. 744.10   Restrictions on certain entities in Russia.

    (a) General prohibition. Certain entities in Russia, under 
investigation by the Russian government for suspected export control 
violations involving weapons of mass destruction and missile 
technology, are included in Supplement No. 4 of this part 744 (Entity 
List). (See also Sec. 744.1(c) of the EAR.) Exporters are hereby 
informed that these entities are ineligible to receive any items 
subject to he EAR without a license.
    (b) Exceptions. No License Exceptions apply to the prohibition 
described in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) License review standards. Applications to export or reexport 
items subject to the EAR to these entities will be reviewed with a 
presumption of denial.
    3. Supplement No. 4 to part 744 is amended by adding, in 
alphabetical order, the following entities:

Supplement No. 4 to part 744--Entity List

* * * * *
    Baltic State Technical University, 1/21, 1-ya Krasnoarmeiskaya 
UI., 198005 St. Petersburg, Russia, for all items subject to the EAR 
(see Sec. 744.10 of the EAR)
* * * * *
    Europalace 2000, Moscow, Russia, for all items subject to the 
EAR (see Sec. 744.10 of the EAR)
    Glavkosmos, 9 Krasnoproletarskaya st., 103030 Moscow, Russia, 
for all items subject to the EAR (see Sec. 744.10 of the EAR)
    Garfit (aka State Scientific Research Institute of Graphite or 
NIIGRAFIT), 2 Ulitsa Elektrodnaya, 111524 Moscow, Russia, for all 
items subject to the EAR (see Sec. 744.10 of the EAR)
* * * * *
    INOR Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia, for all items subject to 
the EAR (see Sec. 744.10 of the EAR)
* * * * *
    MOSO Company, Moscow, Russia, for all items subject to the EAR 
(see Sec. 744.10 of the EAR)
* * * * *
    Polyus Scientific Production Association, 3 Ulitsa Vvedenskogo, 
117342 Moscow, Russia, for all items subject to the EAR (see 
Sec. 744.10 of the EAR)
* * * * *
    Dated: July 23, 1998.
R. Roger Majak,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
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