Document ID: BIS-2022-0008-0001
Agency: bis
Document Type: Rule
Title: Export Administration Regulations: Imposition of Sanctions Against Belarus
Posted Date: 2022-03-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13048-13063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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15 CFR Parts 734, 736, et al.

Imposition of Sanctions Against Belarus Under the Export Administration 
Regulations (EAR); Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Parts 734, 736, 738, 740, 742, 744, and 746

[Docket No. 220302-0065]
RIN 0694-AI75

Imposition of Sanctions Against Belarus Under the Export 
Administration Regulations (EAR)

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In response to Belarus's substantial enabling of the Russian 
Federation's (Russia)'s further invasion of Ukraine, this rule is 
adding new license requirements and review policies for Belarus to the 
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to render Belarus subject to 
the same sanctions that were imposed on Russia under the EAR effective 
February 24, 2022. These new sanctions impose new Commerce Control List 
(CCL)-based license requirements for Belarus; revise the two foreign 
``direct product'' rules (FDP rules) that are specific to Russia and 
Russian `military end users' to make them also applicable to Belarus 
and Belarusian `military end users;' specify a license review policy of 
denial applicable to all of the license requirements on Belarus that 
are being added in this rule, with certain limited exceptions; 
significantly restrict the use of EAR license exceptions; expand the 
existing `military end use' and `military end user' control scope to 
include Belarus for all items ``subject to the EAR'' other than food 
and medicine designated EAR99; and add two new Belarusian entities to 
the Entity List as `military end users.' This rule also imposes a 
license requirement for nuclear nonproliferation items for exports and 
reexports to Belarus and removes Belarus from Country Group A:4 under 
the EAR. In addition, for Belarus and Russia, this rule amends the 
availability of License Exceptions AVS and ENC and includes clarifying 
guidance on the availability of CCD.

DATES: This rule is effective on March 2, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on the Entity List and 
MEU List, contact the Chair, End-User Review Committee, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary, Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
Security, Department of Commerce, Phone: (202) 482-5991, Fax: (202) 
482-3911, Email: [email protected].
    For other questions on this final rule, contact Eileen Albanese, 
Director, Office of National Security and Technology Transfer Controls, 
Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, Phone: (202) 
482-0092, Fax: (202) 482-482-3355, Email: [email protected]. For emails, 
include ``Russia and Belarus'' in the subject line.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In response to Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and 
Belarus's substantial enabling of this invasion by supporting the 
staging of Russian military forces on Belarusian territory and 
supporting the invasion to proceed from such territory, the Bureau of 
Industry and Security (BIS) imposes extensive sanctions on Belarus by 
amending the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR parts 730-774) 
(EAR). This rule subjects Belarus to the same licensing restrictions 
under the EAR that were imposed on Russia as part of the final rule, 
Implementation of Sanctions Against Russia Under the Export 
Administration Regulations (EAR), effective on February 24, 2022 \1\ 
(``Russia Sanctions rule''). This rule also revises the designation for 
Belarus in the Country Groups in supplement no. 1 to part 740 to impose 
a license requirement for Nuclear Nonproliferation (NP) column 1 in the 
Commerce Country Chart in supplement no. 1 to part 738 of the EAR, as 
described further below.
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    Russia's invasion of Ukraine, substantially enabled by Belarus, 
flagrantly violates international law, is contrary to U.S. national 
security and foreign policy interests, and undermines global order, 
peace, and security, and therefore necessitates these stringent and 
expansive sanctions. The Commerce Department's sanctions on both Russia 
and Belarus are one aspect of the broad U.S. Government response to 
Russia's unprovoked aggression, along with Belarus's substantial 
enabling of such aggression, and are being imposed in coordination with 
allies and partners.
    After imposing sanctions on Russia on February 24, 2022, in 
response to Russia's further invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Government 
announced that should Russia encroach further into Ukraine's territory, 
it would impose additional, comprehensive sanctions with even graver 
consequences. The U.S. Government made it clear to the government of 
Belarus that there would be significant consequences should it enable 
or otherwise facilitate Russian military actions against Ukraine. 
Notably, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on January 
25, 2022 that ``[w]e've also made clear to Belarus that if it allows 
its territory to be used for an attack on Ukraine, it would face a 
swift and decisive response from the United States and our allies and 
partners.''
    The export control measures implemented in this final rule protect 
U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by restricting 
Belarus's access to items that it needs to support its military 
capabilities and preventing such items from being diverted through 
Belarus to Russia. These items include sophisticated technologies 
designed and produced in the United States, as well as certain foreign-
produced items that contain or are based on U.S.-origin technology and 
software subject to the EAR or other technology and software that is 
subject to the EAR that are essential inputs to Belarus's and Russia's 
key technology and other sectors.
    BIS is primarily targeting the Belarusian defense, aerospace, and 
maritime sectors with these new export controls. These export controls 
include controls on the export from abroad of certain foreign-produced 
items that are subject to the EAR. Given the global prevalence of U.S.-
origin software, technology, and equipment (including tooling) used in 
advanced equipment and systems, these new controls, implemented in 
parallel with similarly stringent measures by partner and allied 
countries, will cover a broad scope of items that Belarus seeks to 
advance its military capabilities or to provide to the Russian 
government to enable the latter's projection of power and fulfillment 
of its strategic ambitions.

II. Overview of New Controls

    BIS is implementing a new license requirement for Belarus on items 
subject to the EAR and classified under any Export Control 
Classification Number (ECCN) in Categories 3 through 9 of the Commerce 
Control List, supplement. no. 1 to part 774 of the EAR (CCL). The new 
license requirement is added under new Sec.  746.8(a)(1) (Russia and 
Belarus sanctions) in part 746 of the EAR (Embargoes and Other Special 
Controls). License exceptions described in Sec.  746.8(c)(1)-(7) may be 
used to overcome the license requirement. When a license application is 
required, applications for such items will be subject to a policy of 
denial. However, to minimize unintended consequences, a case-by-case 
review policy applies to applications to export, reexport, or transfer 
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safety of flight, ensure maritime safety, applications for civil 
nuclear safety, meet humanitarian needs, enable government space 
cooperation, and allow transactions for items destined to specified 
Western subsidiaries and joint ventures, support civil 
telecommunications infrastructure in certain countries, and government-
to-government activities. The case-by-case review policy will be used 
to determine whether a transaction that meets the criteria above would 
benefit the Belarusian government or defense sector or present a risk 
of diversion to Russia. Additionally, BIS is revising two foreign 
``direct product'' rules (FDP rules) in Sec.  734.9 of the EAR that 
were added to the EAR in the Russia Sanctions rule to add Belarus to 
the scope of these two FDP rules. The first FDP rules now relates to 
both Russia and Belarus, as described in revised Sec.  734.9(f) (the 
``Russia/Belarus FDP rule''). Foreign-produced items subject to the EAR 
under the Russia/Belarus FDP rule will be subject to the license 
requirement described in new Sec.  746.8(a)(2) but will be eligible for 
certain license exceptions described in Sec.  746.8(c)(1)-(7). When a 
license application is required, it will be subject to a general policy 
of denial but will be subject to case-by-case review for certain 
circumstances described further in Sec.  746.8(b).
    The second FDP rule now targets both Russian and Belarusian 
`military end users,' as described in revised Sec.  734.9(g) (the 
``Russia/Belarus-MEU FDP rule''), with the revisions made in this rule. 
Foreign-produced items subject to the EAR under the Russia/Belarus-MEU 
FDP rule will be subject to the license requirement described in new 
Sec.  746.8(a)(3). No license exceptions are available to overcome this 
license requirement, except as specified in the Entity List entry for a 
footnote 3 entity on the Entity List in supplement no. 4 to part 744 of 
the EAR, and such items will be subject to a policy of denial for all 
license applications, as described in Sec.  746.8(b).
    BIS has determined that certain countries are committed to 
implementing substantially similar export controls as part of their 
domestic sanctions against Russia and Belarus. These countries are 
identified in supplement No. 3 to part 746 (Russia and Belarus 
Exclusions List). They are excluded from the requirements of the 
Russia/Belarus FDP rule and the Russia/Belarus MEU FDP rule and the de 
minimis provisions under supplement No. 2 to part 734 with respect to 
ECCNs that either specify only Anti-terrorism (AT) in the reason for 
controls paragraph of the ECCN or are classified under ECCN 9A991. This 
exclusion may be full or partial, as noted in the Scope column of the 
Russia and Belarus Exclusions List and may only apply when the criteria 
specified in Sec.  746.8(a)(4) or (5) are met.
    As part of this rule, BIS is also adding Belarus as a country 
subject to `military end use' and `military end user' controls under 
Sec.  744.21 of the EAR, thereby rendering Belarus subject to the 
expanded scope of the Russia Sanctions rule (i.e., a license is 
required for all items ``subject to the EAR'' except food and medicine 
designated EAR99. This rule also adds two Belarusian entities to the 
Entity List with a license requirement for the export, reexport, and 
transfer (in-country) of all items ``subject to the EAR,'' including 
those items subject to the Russia/Belarus/MEU FDP rule that applies to 
`military end users' in Belarus.
    This rule removes the exclusion that was previously available for 
eight Russian `military end-users'' for ECCNs 5A992.c and 5D992.c when 
not for Russian ``government end users'' and Russian state-owned 
enterprises (SoEs) from the license requirements under Sec. Sec.  
746.8(a)(3) and 744.21(b). This rule also makes updates to Sec.  
746.8(c)(6), to use alternate criteria to reduce the risk of diversion.

III. Amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)

A. Making Belarus Subject to the Sanctions Recently Imposed on Russia

Addition of Expansive License Requirements, Restrictive License Review 
Policies, and Restrictions on License Exception Eligibility for Belarus
    Consistent with the sanctions imposed on Russia as part of the 
Russia Sanctions rule, this rule adds expansive license requirements on 
Belarus, with similarly restrictive license review policies and 
restrictions on license exception eligibility. Specifically, this final 
rule revises Sec.  746.8 to impose new sanctions against Belarus in 
part 746 of the EAR (Embargoes and Other Special Controls). Under 
paragraph (a) (License Requirements) of this section, this rule imposes 
three distinct types of license requirements. The first requirement, 
set forth in paragraph (a)(1) is specific to the export, reexport and 
transfer (in-country) of items in categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of 
the CCL. The second and third requirements, set forth in paragraphs 
(a)(2) and (3) are specific to reexport, export from abroad, and 
transfer (in-country) of foreign-produced ``direct products'' subject 
to the EAR under the Russia/Belarus FDP rule or the Russia/Belarus MEU 
FDP rule.
1. Section 746.8(a)(1) License Requirement
    Revises Sec.  746.8(a)(1) (Items classified in an ECCN in CCL 
Categories 3 through 9) is supplemental to the license requirements 
found elsewhere in the EAR. Under this paragraph, a license is required 
for the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) to or within Belarus 
of any item subject to the EAR and specified in an ECCN in Categories 
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the CCL, excluding deemed exports and deemed 
reexports. These new controls on Belarus mirror the broad controls 
imposed on Russia as part of the Russia Sanctions rule. In implementing 
these controls on Belarus, BIS is imposing broad transfer (in-country) 
requirements on an entire country, as it did on Russia, a restriction 
that reflects the significance of the U.S. national security and 
foreign policy concerns resulting from Belarus's substantial enabling 
of Russia's further invasion of Ukraine. These new license requirements 
are intended to restrict items to and within Belarus, thereby reducing 
the risk of diversion to the Russian military and Russian defense 
sector. Additionally, paragraph (a)(1) extends EAR license requirements 
to many items that did not previously require a license to Belarus on 
the basis of their CCL classification alone, such as the parts and 
components used in civil aircraft controlled under ECCN 9A991.d. 
Although these items generally are controlled at a lower level under 
the EAR, they are still necessary for the functioning of aircraft, 
vessels and electronic items. As such, restrictions on these items can 
significantly limit Belarus's ability to obtain items that it is not 
able to produce and reduce the risk of their possible diversion to 
Russia. In addition, with these new license requirements, additional 
items will be treated as controlled U.S.-origin content for purposes of 
de minimis calculations under supplement no. 2 to part 734 of the EAR, 
except as described in Sec.  746.8(a)(5). BIS estimates that these new 
controls will result in an additional 20 license applications being 
submitted to BIS annually.
2. Section 746.8(a)(2) License Requirement for the Russia/Belarus FDP 
Rule
    Revised paragraph (a)(2) (Foreign produced ``direct product'' items 
subject to the EAR under the Russia/Belarus FDP rule) requirements are 
now expanded to apply to Belarus with this final rule. The Russia/
Belarus FDP rule establishes a license requirement for foreign-produced 
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certain product scope and destination scope requirements in Sec.  
734.9(f) of the EAR. Specifically, the Russia/Belarus FDP rule makes 
the ``direct product'' of a wide range of CCL software and technology, 
or items produced by a complete plant or `major component' of a plant 
that itself is the ``direct product'' of such U.S.-origin technology or 
software, subject to the EAR when it is known that the foreign-produced 
item is destined to Belarus or will be incorporated into or used in the 
``production'' or ``development'' of any ``part,'' ``component,'' or 
``equipment'' produced in or destined to Belarus. Notably, the product 
scope of the Russia/Belarus FDP rule does not include items designated 
EAR99 that are produced by ``technology'' or ``software'' as described 
in Sec.  734.9(f)(1)(i) or by a complete plant or `major component' of 
a plant as described in Sec.  734.9(f)(1)(ii). The Russia/Belarus FDP 
rule is described in greater detail below.
    Under paragraph (a)(2), a license is required for the reexport, 
export from abroad, or transfer (in-country) of any foreign-produced 
items subject to the EAR under the Russia/Belarus FDP rule described in 
Sec.  734.9(f) of the EAR to any destination. The phrase `any 
destination' is used to address situations involving multi-step 
manufacturing processes that occur in more than one country or within a 
single country and in which the parties involved have ``knowledge'' 
that the foreign-produced item being produced will ultimately be 
reexported or exported from abroad to Belarus. The license requirements 
under paragraph (a)(2) will apply to the reexports or exports from 
abroad from manufacturing country 1 to manufacturing country 2 (each 
contributing to the production chain), when there is ``knowledge'' that 
the reexport or export from abroad of the item is ultimately destined 
to Belarus or incorporated into or used in the production or 
development of any part component or equipment (not designated EAR99) 
produced in or ultimately destined to Belarus.
    BIS estimates new license requirements under Sec.  746.8(a)(2) will 
result in an additional 100 license applications being submitted to BIS 
annually.
3. Section 746.8(a)(3) License Requirement for the Russia/Belarus MEU 
FDP Rule
    This rule revises paragraph (a)(3) (Foreign-produced ``direct 
product'' items subject to the EAR under Russia/Belarus Military End 
User FDP rule) of Sec.  746.8 to add Belarus. As applied to Russia as 
part of the Russia Sanctions rule, the Russia Military End User FDP 
rule established a license requirement for foreign-produced items that 
meet certain product scope and destination scope requirements in Sec.  
734.9(g) of the EAR. This FDP rule is now being revised to also include 
Belarusian `military end users.' The Russia/Belarus MEU FDP rule makes 
the ``direct product'' of any CCL software or technology subject to a 
license requirement (i.e., any software or technology in an ECCN in any 
category of the CCL subject to the EAR, or items produced by a plant or 
major component of a plant that itself is the ``direct product'' of 
such U.S.-origin technology or software) when it is known that the 
foreign-produced item will be incorporated into, or will be used in the 
``production'' or ``development'' of any ``part,'' ``component,'' or 
``equipment'' produced, purchased, or ordered by any entity with a 
footnote 3 designation in the license requirement column of the Entity 
List. Notably, the product scope of the Russia/Belarus MEU FDP rule 
includes items designated EAR99 that are a ``direct product'' of 
``technology'' or ``software'' described in Sec.  734.9(g)(1)(i) or 
produced by a complete plant or `major component' of a plant as 
described in Sec.  734.9(g)(1)(ii). The Russia/Belarus MEU FDP rule is 
described in greater detail below.
    Section 746.8(a)(3) specifies that except as described in paragraph 
(a)(4) of this section, a license is required to reexport, export from 
abroad, or transfer (in-country), to any destination, any foreign-
produced item subject to the EAR under Sec.  734.9(g) of the EAR other 
than food or medicine designated as EAR99. Because the Russia/Belarus 
MEU FDP rule includes ``software'' and ``technology'' in ECCNs in 
Categories 0, 1 and 2 (in addition to the other 7 categories of the 
CCL), the likelihood that EAR99 food and medicine foreign direct 
products could be subject to the EAR increases. To the extent that the 
direct product of ECCN 0, 1, or 2 ``software'' or ``technology'' may 
encompass EAR99 food or medicine, this rule exempts those items from 
the license requirement. For the same reasons noted above in connection 
with paragraph (a)(2), this final rule also uses the phrase `any 
destination.'
4. Countries Excluded From Certain Russia/Belarus License Requirements 
Under Section 746.8
    This final rule also revises paragraph (a)(4) (Exclusion from 
license requirements under paragraphs (a)(2) and (3)) in Sec.  746.8 to 
identify countries that BIS has determined are committed to 
implementing substantially similar export controls as part of their 
domestic sanctions against Belarus as well as Russia. The change made 
in this rule is limited to adding Belarus to the scope of the 
exclusion. These countries warrant full or partial exclusions, as 
appropriate, from the requirements set forth under paragraphs (a)(2) 
and (3) as identified in supplement No. 3 to part 746 (Russia and 
Belarus Exclusions List). Similarly, this final rule revises paragraph 
(a)(5) (Exclusion from scope of U.S.-origin controlled content under 
paragraph (a)(1)) to carve out certain content from the scope of U.S.-
origin controlled content for de minimis purposes under supplement No. 
2 to part 734 of the EAR when making a de minimis calculation for 
Belarus. Paragraph (a)(5) specifies that the license requirements in 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section are not used to determine controlled 
U.S.-origin content in a foreign-made item, provided that: The U.S.-
origin content is described in ECCNs that either specify only Anti-
terrorism (AT) in the reason for controls paragraph of the ECCN or is 
classified under ECCN 9A991 and is included in the Scope column of the 
Russia and Belarus Exclusions List; and the foreign-made item will be 
reexported or exported to Russia or Belarus from a country on the 
Russia and Belarus Exclusions List.
    Excluded countries for purposes of Sec.  746.8 are identified in 
supplement no. 3 to part 746--Countries Excluded from Certain Russia 
and Belarus License Requirements, also known as the Russia and Belarus 
Exclusions List. This rule updates the introductory text of the 
supplement to add Belarus.
5. Licensing Policy for Applications Required Under Sec.  746.8
    Under paragraph (b) (Licensing Policy) of Sec.  746.8, applications 
for the export, reexport or transfer (in-country) of items to Russia 
that require a license under new paragraph (a)(1) and (2) will be 
reviewed, with certain limited exceptions, under a policy of denial. 
This rule amends this paragraph to apply the same licensing policy of 
denial to Belarus and also subject Belarus to case-by-case review for 
the same limited categories of transactions. Specifically, license 
applications for certain categories of exports, reexports, and 
transfers (in-country) will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to 
determine whether the transaction would benefit the Belarusian 
government or defense sector. These categories are as follows: 
Applications related to safety of flight, related to

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maritime safety, to meet humanitarian needs, in support of government 
space cooperation; and applications for companies headquartered in 
Country Groups A:5 and A:6 to support civil telecommunications 
infrastructure, or involving government-to-government activities. In 
addition, applications for items destined to certain companies 
operating in Russia or Belarus will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis 
if the companies are: (1) Wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries; (2) foreign 
subsidiaries of U.S. companies that are joint ventures with other U.S. 
companies, (3) joint ventures of U.S. companies with companies 
headquartered in Country Group A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 
740 countries, (4) wholly-owned subsidiaries of companies headquartered 
in Country Group A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 740 countries, 
or (5) joint ventures of companies headquartered in Country Group A:5 
and A:6 with other companies headquartered in Country Groups A:5 and 
A:6. The case-by-case review policy does not apply to Belarusian-
headquartered companies. This final rule also specifies in paragraph 
(b) that license applications required under paragraph (a)(3) will be 
reviewed under a policy of denial in all cases.
6. License Exceptions for Section 746.8 License Requirements
    Lastly, under paragraph (c) (License Exceptions), this final rule 
specifies that certain license exceptions that apply to Sec.  
746.8(a)(1) and (2) for transactions involving Russia similarly apply 
for transactions involving Belarus. Specifically, the license 
exceptions that now apply to Belarus are: Certain sections of License 
Exception TMP for items for use by the news media, Sec.  740.9(a)(9); 
License Exception GOV, Sec.  740.11(b); License Exception TSU for 
software updates for civil end users provided those civil end users are 
subsidiaries or joint ventures of companies headquartered in the United 
States or a country or countries from Country Groups A:5 or A:6, Sec.  
740.13(c); License Exception BAG, excluding firearms and ammunition 
(paragraph (e)), Sec.  740.14; License Exception AVS (which now 
excludes any aircraft registered in, owned, or controlled by, or under 
charter or lease by Russia or a national of Russia under this rule), 
Sec.  740.15(a) and (b); License Exception ENC, with its eligibility 
for purposes of Sec.  746.8(c)(6) being narrowed in this rule and now 
being limited to only civil end-users that are wholly-owned U.S. 
subsidiaries, foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies that are joint 
ventures with other U.S. companies, joint ventures of U.S. companies 
with companies headquartered in countries from Country Group A:5 and 
A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR countries, the wholly-
owned subsidiaries of companies headquartered in countries from Country 
Group A:5 and A:6, or joint ventures of companies headquartered in 
Country Group A:5 and A:6 with other companies headquartered in Country 
Groups A:5 and A:6. Paragraph (c) specifies that no license exceptions 
in connection with transactions involving Belarus may overcome the 
license requirements in paragraph (a)(3) except as specified in the 
Entity List entry for a footnote 3 entity on the Entity List in 
supplement no. 4 to part 744 of the EAR, which is consistent with the 
fact that entities on the Entity List are generally not eligible for 
license exceptions.

B. Russia and Belarus--FDP Rules

    In Sec.  734.9 (Foreign-Direct Product (FDP) Rules), this final 
rule revises the two Foreign-Direct Product (FDP) rules that were added 
to the EAR as part of the Russia Sanctions rule by adding Belarus as a 
second country subject to FDP rules. The first of these two FDP rules 
targets Belarus as a destination, and the second targets Belarusian 
`military end users' by revising the headings of paragraphs (f), (f)(1) 
and (2), and (g), and (g)(1) and (2) to add Belarus.
1. Addition of Belarus to the Russia FDP Rule
    This rule establishes that a foreign-produced item located outside 
the United States is subject to the EAR if it meets both the product 
scope in paragraph (f)(1) of Sec.  734.9 and the destination scope in 
paragraph (f)(2) of Sec.  734.9 for Belarus. License requirements, 
license review policy, and license exceptions applicable to the 
foreign-produced items that are subject to the EAR pursuant to this 
paragraph (f) are identified in Sec.  746.8, as described above. 
Product scope for the Russia/Belarus FDP rule is defined in paragraph 
(f)(1)(i) (``Direct product'' of ``technology'' or ``software'') and 
paragraph (f)(1)(ii) (``Direct product'' of a complete plant or major 
component of a plant).
    The criteria in paragraph (f)(1)(i) apply to a foreign-produced 
item that is not designated EAR99 and that is the ``direct product'' of 
U.S.-origin ``technology'' or ``software'' specified in any ECCN in 
product groups D or E in Categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the CCL. 
The criteria in paragraph (f)(1)(ii) apply to a foreign-produced item 
that is not designated EAR99 and is produced by any plant or `major 
component' of a plant that itself is a ``direct product'' of U.S.-
origin ``technology'' or U.S.-origin ``software'' and specified in any 
ECCN in product groups D or E in Categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of 
the CCL. This is an expansive list of ``technology'' and ``software,'' 
which will result in many additional foreign-produced items being 
considered ``subject to the EAR'' compared to the other FDP rules set 
forth in the EAR that applied to Belarus prior to the publication of 
this rule. The additional foreign-produced items that will be ``subject 
to the EAR'' will be subject to the new license requirements imposed 
through this rule under the Sec.  746.8 (Sanctions Against Russia), as 
described above.
    For a foreign-produced item to be subject to the EAR under the 
Russia/Belarus FDP rule, the criteria in Sec.  734.9(f)(2) (Destination 
scope of the Russia/Belarus FDP rule) must also be met. Revised 
paragraph (f)(2) specifies that a foreign-produced item meets the 
destination scope of the Russia/Belarus FDP rule if there is 
``knowledge'' that the foreign-produced item is destined to Russia or 
Belarus, or will be incorporated into, or used in the ``production'' or 
``development'' of any ``part,'' ``component,'' or ``equipment'' not 
designated EAR99 and produced in or destined to Russia or Belarus.
2. Addition of Belarus to the Russia-Military End User (Russia-MEU) FDP 
Rule
    Paragraph (g) of Sec.  734.9 is renamed as the Russia/Belarus MEU 
FDP rule and now targets Belarusian as well as Russian `military end 
users.' To address the significant support that these Belarusian 
`military end users' provide to the Belarusian military, this more 
expansive FDP rule is warranted for these identified `military end 
users' compared to the FDP rules that apply to certain destinations 
under the EAR. A foreign-produced item located outside the United 
States is subject to the EAR if it meets both the product scope in 
paragraph (g)(1) of Sec.  734.9 and the destination scope in paragraph 
(g)(2). License requirements, license review policy, and license 
exceptions applicable to the foreign-produced items that are subject to 
the EAR pursuant to paragraph (g), which are now identified in Sec.  
746.8, are described above.
    This final rule revises paragraph (g)(1)(i) (``Direct product'' of 
``technology'' or ``software'') and paragraph (g)(1)(ii) (``Direct 
product'' of a complete plant or major component of a plant) to define 
the product scope for

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the Russia/Belarus MEU FDP rule. The criteria in paragraph (g)(1)(i) 
extends to the ``direct product'' of ``technology'' or ``software'' 
subject to the EAR and specified in any ECCN in product groups D or E 
in any category of the CCL. Paragraph (g)(1)(ii) applies to a foreign-
produced item that is produced by a plant or `major component' of a 
plant that itself is a ``direct product'' of U.S.-origin ``technology'' 
or U.S.-origin ``software'' subject to the EAR and specified in any 
ECCN in product groups D or E in any category of the CCL, which is an 
expansive list of ``technology'' and ``software.'' These changes will 
result in many additional foreign-produced items being considered 
``subject to the EAR'' compared to the other existing FDP rules for 
these Belarusian `military end users.' The additional foreign-produced 
items that will be ``subject to the EAR'' will be subject to the new 
license requirements being imposed as part of the sanctions against 
Belarus set forth in revised Sec.  746.8.
    For a foreign-produced item to be subject to the EAR, the criteria 
in paragraph (g)(2) (End-user scope of the Russia/Belarus MEU FDP rule) 
must be met. Paragraph (g)(2) specifies that a foreign-produced item 
meets the destination scope of the Russia/Belarus MEU FDP rule if there 
is ``knowledge'' as specified in paragraph (g)(2)(i) (Activities 
involving Footnote 3 designated entities) that a foreign-produced item 
will be incorporated into, or will be used in the ``production'' or 
``development'' of any ``part,'' ``component,'' or ``equipment'' 
produced, purchased, or ordered by any entity with a footnote 3 
designation in the license requirement column of the Entity List in 
supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the EAR.
    Footnote 3 to the Entity List now also applies to Belarusian 
`military end users' added to the Entity List as described below. 
Footnote 3 to the Entity List includes a cross reference to Sec. Sec.  
734.9(g), 746.8, and 744.21. As specified in paragraph (g)(2) of Sec.  
734.9, any entity with a footnote 3 designation in the license 
requirement column of the Entity List is a party to any transaction 
involving the foreign-produced item, e.g., as a ``purchaser,'' 
``intermediate consignee,'' ``ultimate consignee,'' or ``end-user.'' 
Note 3 to paragraph (g) is revised to specify that for purposes of 
paragraph (g), a `military end user' is any entity listed on the Entity 
List with a footnote 3 designation.

C. Conforming Changes and Corrections and Clarifications

    Based on the foregoing changes to the EAR, this final rule also 
makes certain conforming revisions to the Commerce Country Chart in 
supplement No. 1 to part 738; the Consumer Communication Devices 
license exceptions in Sec.  740.19; and certain licensing review 
policies in part 742. These conforming revisions add references to 
Belarus to each of these EAR provisions, mirroring the addition of 
Russia to these provisions made as part of the Russian Sanctions Rule.
1. Commerce Country Chart Changes
    In supplement no. 1 to part 738--Commerce Country Chart, as a 
conforming change, this final rule revises footnote 6 to add a 
reference to Belarus, so exporters, reexporters, and transferors are 
aware of the need to also review license requirements in Sec.  746.8 
for items listed in any ECCN in Categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of 
the CCL, as well as the exclusion for countries identified in 
supplement no. 3 to part 746.
    Also on the Country Chart, this final rule adds a ``X'' in the 
nuclear nonproliferation (NP) column 1 for Belarus. A license is now 
required for exports and reexports to Belarus for NP:1 items under the 
EAR. Requiring a license for NP:1 reasons for Belarus will control 
these NP:1 items in the same manner as if they are destined for Russia, 
another Nuclear Suppliers Group member that BIS has determined warrants 
the imposition of an NP:1 license requirement under the EAR. BIS 
estimates that these revisions to impose a license requirement for NP:1 
items for Belarus will result in an additional 10 license applications 
being submitted to BIS annually.
    Lastly, on the Country Chart, this final rule adds a ``X'' in the 
NP column 2 for Belarus and Russia. A license is now required for 
exports and reexports to Belarus and Russia for NP:2 items under the 
EAR. Requiring a license for NP:2 reasons for Belarus and Russia is 
warranted to include as part of these sanctions against Belarus and 
Ukraine. This decision to impose an NP:2 license requirement also takes 
into account that both Belarus and Russia are now designated in Country 
Group D:2 as countries of concern for nuclear proliferation concern. 
BIS estimates that these revisions to impose a license requirement for 
NP:1 items for Belarus and Russia will result in an additional 60 
license applications being submitted to BIS annually. As a conforming 
change for the imposition of a license requirement for NP:2 for Belarus 
and Russia, the final rule revises Sec.  742.3(b)(4) to specify there 
is a case-by-case license review policy when the export, reexport or 
transfer (in-country) is in support of Russian manufactured nuclear 
power plants in Russia or other destinations will be reviewed on a 
case-by-case basis.
2. Commerce Country Groups Changes
    This final rule revises the Commerce Country Groups in supplement 
no. 1 to part 740 to remove the ``X'' in the column for Country Group 
A:4 Nuclear Suppliers Group. As a conforming revision, this final rule 
revises footnote 3 to supplement no. 1 to part 740 to add Belarus to 
specify that Group A:4 is a list of the Nuclear Suppliers Group 
countries, except for the People's Republic of China, Russia, and 
Belarus.
    This final rule also revises the Commerce Country Groups to add an 
``X'' in the column for Country Group D:2 Nuclear and D:4 Missile 
Technology to reflect that Belarus is a country of concern for both 
nuclear proliferation and missile technology proliferation. The 
inclusion in these two Country Groups will mean additional restrictions 
in terms of the use of EAR license exceptions, as well as some 
additional licenses requirements that will be applicable, such as under 
Sec.  744.3(a)(1) and (3), which has a prohibition for missile 
technology end use that applies to Country Group D:4 countries, which 
now include Belarus.
3. License Exception Changes
    This final rule amends License Exception CCD (Sec.  740.19), which 
was previously limited to Cuba and Russia (the latter added as part of 
the Russia Sanctions rule), by adding Belarus as an additional eligible 
destination.
    In Sec.  740.19(a) (Authorizations), and in the introductory text 
of paragraph (b) (Eligible commodities and software), this rule adds 
Belarus. BIS reminds exporters, reexporters, and transferors that the 
terms and conditions of License Exception CCD excludes non-consumer 
servers and for servers received under License Exception CCD those must 
be exported, reexported, and transferred (in-country) in accordance 
with the terms and conditions. Consumer servers for home or personal 
use that may be authorized under License Exception CCD are intended to 
make it harder for the Russian government to control the message 
getting to the Russian people.
    Additionally, under paragraph (c)(1) (Organizations), this final 
rule revises paragraph (c)(1)(i), which identifies eligible end users 
for License Exception CCD, to add Belarus. The revision to

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paragraph (c)(1)(i) specifies that License Exception CCD is limited to 
the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of eligible commodities 
and software to and for the use of independent non-governmental 
organizations in Belarus. This final rule also adds the Belarusian 
Government to the exclusions under paragraph (c)(1)(ii) and adds a new 
paragraph (c)(1)(iv) (Ineligible Belarusian Government Officials) to 
exclude the specified officials from receiving commodities and software 
under License Exception CCD. Only the end users named as eligible in 
paragraph (c) may receive the commodities and software eligible under 
License Exception CCD.
    This rule also makes changes to Sec.  746.8(c) as it relates to the 
availability of License Exceptions AVS and ENC. This rule revises 
section 746.8(c)(5) to exclude any aircraft registered in, owned, or 
controlled by, or under charter or lease by Russia or a national of 
Russia from using License Exception AVS under Sec.  740.15(a) and (b) 
of the EAR. BIS takes this measure concurrently with the U.S. 
Department of Transportation and its Federal Aviation Administration, 
which have issued orders blocking Russian aircraft and airlines from 
entering and using all domestic U.S. airspace.
    This rule revises Sec.  748.6(c)(6) to narrow the scope of License 
Exception ENC that is available to overcome the license requirement 
sunder Sec.  748.6(a)(1) and (2). License Exception ENC, with its 
eligibility for purposes of Sec.  746.8(c)(6) being narrowed in this 
rule and now being limited to only civil end-users that are wholly-
owned U.S. subsidiaries, foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies that 
are joint ventures with other U.S. companies, joint ventures of U.S. 
companies with companies headquartered in countries from Country Group 
A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR countries, the 
wholly-owned subsidiaries of companies headquartered in countries from 
Country Group A:5 and A:6, or joint ventures of companies headquartered 
in Country Group A:5 and A:6 with other companies headquartered in 
Country Groups A:5 and A:6.
4. Part 742 (Control Policy--CCL Based Controls) Revisions
    In part 742, as conforming revisions to the license review policy 
of denial added under paragraph (b) to new Sec.  746.8, this final rule 
makes revisions to license review policies in five sections: 742.2 
(Proliferation of chemical and biological weapons), 742.3 (Nuclear 
nonproliferation), 742.4 (National security), 742.5 (Missile 
technology), and 742.6 (Regional stability).
    Under Sec.  742.2, this final rule revises the second sentence of 
paragraph (b)(4) to specify that a license review policy of denial 
applies to Belarus. This final rule revises two sentences to clarify 
that certain items, such as items to Russia and Belarus in support of 
U.S.-Russia and U.S.-Belarusian civil space cooperation activities, are 
reviewed on a case-by-case basis as specified under Sec.  746.8(b).
    In both Sec. Sec.  742.3 and 742.5, this final rule revises the 
second sentence of paragraph (b)(4) to specify that a license review 
policy of denial applies to Belarus. This final rule revises one 
sentence in Sec. Sec.  742.3 and 742.5 to refer to Belarus, thereby 
clarifying that certain items, such as items to Russia and Belarus in 
support of U.S.-Russia and U.S.-Belarusian civil space cooperation 
activities, are reviewed on a case-by-case basis as specified under 
Sec.  746.8(b).
    Under Sec.  742.4, this final rule also revises paragraph (b)(9), 
which states that all applications for Russia will be reviewed in 
accordance with the licensing policy set forth in Sec.  746.8(b), to 
add a reference to Belarus, which is now also subject to the license 
review policy.
    Under Sec.  742.6, this final rule revises paragraph (b)(9), to 
specify that all applications for Belarus will be reviewed in 
accordance with the licensing policy set forth in Sec.  746.8(b), as 
well as being reviewed in accordance with the foreign policy interest 
of promoting the observance of human rights throughout the world and 
consistent with United States arms embargo policies in Sec.  126.1 of 
the ITAR (22 CFR 126.1).
5. Change in Scope of License Requirements for ECCN 5A992 and 5D992
    In Sec.  746.8, this rule revises the paragraph (a)(1) introductory 
text to add an exclusion from the license requirements of paragraphs 
(a)(1) and (2). The rule revises paragraph (a) introductory text that 
for purposes of paragraphs (a)(1) and (2), commodities and software 
classified under ECCNs 5A992 or 5D992 do not require a license to or 
within Russia or Belarus for civil end-users that are wholly-owned U.S. 
subsidiaries, foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies that are joint 
ventures with other U.S. companies, joint ventures of U.S. companies 
with companies headquartered in countries from Country Group A:5 and 
A:6, the wholly-owned subsidiaries of companies headquartered in 
countries from Country Group A:5 and A:6, or joint ventures of 
companies headquartered in Country Group A:5 and A:6 with other 
companies headquartered in Country Groups A:5 and A:6.

D. Changes to `Military End Use' and `End User' Controls for Belarus

    This final rule revises the scope of the `military end use' and 
`military end user' controls under Sec.  744.21 of the EAR to reflect 
the imposition of such controls for Belarus. Additionally, these new 
controls will apply broadly to all items ``subject to the EAR'' (the 
same scope of items that applies to Russia). As a result of the 
expanded controls for Belarus for `military end users' and `military 
end uses,' BIS is revising the Entity List in supplement No. 4 to part 
744 to make conforming changes. Accordingly, this final rule revises 
Sec.  744.21 as follows to reflect the expanded `military end use' and 
`military end user' controls for Belarus:
    This final rule revises the heading of Sec.  744.21 to add Belarus.
    In paragraph (a), this final rule revises the first sentence to add 
a reference to Belarus after Russia to specify that the same scope of 
license requirements and exclusions will apply to Belarus. This final 
rule will require a license for all items subject to the EAR for 
Belarusian `military end use' and `military end users' except for food 
or medicine designated as EAR99. As revised by this rule, the 
prohibition is broader for Belarus (and Russia) than for the other 
countries subject to the requirements of Sec.  744.21.
    BIS is revising paragraph (b)(1) (`Military End-User' (MEU) List) 
to provide guidance for Belarusian entities placed on the Entity List 
based on Sec.  744.21(b). This final rule specifies that such entities 
may be added to supplement No. 4 of part 744--the Entity List--and are 
subject to license requirements that apply to all items ``subject to 
the EAR'' except for food or medicine designated as EAR99.
    Under paragraph (b)(1)(ii) (License requirements for parties to the 
transaction), this final rule also revises paragraph (b)(1)(ii) to add 
Belarus to the sentence that clarifies that, for purposes of Belarus 
(as well as Russia), a license requirement applies to all items subject 
to the EAR for entities listed in supplement no. 4 to part 744 (the 
Entity List) pursuant to Sec.  744.21 when such an entity is a party to 
the transaction as described in Sec.  748.5(c) through (f) of the EAR. 
These changes are necessary because, with the publication of this final 
rule, the license requirements for Belarus, along with those for 
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broader than for the other four countries.
    Under paragraph (e) (License review standards), this final rule 
revises one sentence to specify that the license review policy for 
applications to or within Belarus subject to the license requirements 
described in paragraph (a) will be a policy of denial. This policy is 
identical to the policy that applies to Russia.
    BIS estimates that these changes to Sec.  744.21 will result in an 
additional 20 license applications being submitted to BIS annually.

E. Changes to Military-Intelligence End Uses or End Users Controls for 
Belarus

    This rule also adds Belarus to the countries subject to the 
`military-intelligence end use' and `military-intelligence end user' 
(MIEU) restrictions in Sec.  744.22 of the EAR. In addition to the 
license requirements for items specified on the CCL, Sec.  744.22 
prohibits the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) without a 
license of items subject to the EAR to Burma, China, the Russian 
Federation, Venezuela, or a country listed in Country Group E:1 or E:2. 
With the publication of this rule, Belarus is now added to the 
countries subject to this license requirement. Such exports, reexports, 
or transfers (in-country) require a license if, at the time of the 
export, reexport, or transfer (in-country), the exporter, reexporter, 
or transferor (in-country) has ``knowledge,'' as defined in Sec.  772.1 
of the EAR that the item is intended, entirely or in part, for a 
`military-intelligence end use,' or `military-intelligence end user,' 
in Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, China, the Russian Federation, Venezuela 
or the countries listed in Country Group E:1 or E:2. Applications 
submitted for the export or reexport to Belarus, or transfer within 
Belarus, of an EAR item under this section will be reviewed with a 
presumption of denial.
    This final rule as a conforming change also revises Section 
736.2(b)(7)(i)(5) to add a reference to Belarus.
    This rule also adds a new paragraph (f)(2)(x) for Belarus to 
identify The Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the 
Armed Forces of Belarus as a `military-intelligence end user.'
    With this amendment to Sec.  744.22 of the EAR, BIS is also 
revising Sec.  744.6(b)(5) of the EAR to restrict specific activities 
of ``U.S. persons'' in connection with a `military-intelligence end 
use' or `military-intelligence end user' in Belarus. BIS estimates that 
these new controls under Sec. Sec.  744.6(b)(5) and 744.21 will result 
in an additional 5 license applications being submitted to BIS 
annually.

F. Entity List Changes for Belarusian Entities

    Under Sec.  744.11(b) (Criteria for revising the Entity List), 
entities for which there is reasonable cause to believe, based on 
specific and articulable facts, that the entities have been involved, 
are involved, or pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved 
in activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign 
policy interests of the United States, and those acting on behalf of 
such entities, may be added to the Entity List. Paragraphs (b)(1) 
through (5) of Sec.  744.11 provide an illustrative list of activities 
that could be considered contrary to the national security or foreign 
policy interests of the United States. The Entity List in supplement 
no. 4 to part 744 identifies the entities so designated. The EAR 
imposes additional license requirements on, and limit the availability 
of most license exceptions for, exports, reexports, and transfers (in-
country) when an entity that is listed on the Entity List is a party to 
the transaction as described in Sec.  748.5(c) through (f) of the EAR. 
The license review policy for each listed entity is identified in the 
``License Review Policy'' column on the Entity List, and the impact on 
the availability of license exceptions is described in the relevant 
Federal Register document adding entities to the Entity List. BIS 
places entities on the Entity List pursuant to part 744 (Control 
Policy: End-User and End-Use Based) and part 746 (Embargoes and Other 
Special Controls) of the EAR. As discussed further below, the two 
entities being added in this rule will receive a footnote 3 designation 
because the ERC has determined they are `military end users' in 
accordance with Sec.  744.21.
    The ERC, composed of representatives of the Departments of Commerce 
(Chair), State, Defense, Energy and, where appropriate, the Treasury, 
makes all decisions regarding additions to, removals from, or other 
modifications to the Entity List. The ERC makes all decisions to add an 
entry to the Entity List by majority vote and all decisions to remove 
or modify an entry by unanimous vote. Decisions on Entity entries may 
also be made by higher-level officials of agencies represented on the 
ERC.
1. Additions to the Entity List
    This rule implements the decision of the ERC to add two entities--
JSC Integral and The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus, 
including the Armed Forces of Belarus and all operating units wherever 
located. The entry for the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of 
Belarus includes the national armed services (armyor air force), as 
well as the national guard and national police, government intelligence 
or reconnaissance organizations of the Republic of Belarus. These two 
entities will be added to the Entity List under the destination 
Belarus. These entities will be added on the basis of Sec. Sec.  
744.11(b) and 744.21 and will be designated with footnote 3 because 
they are `military end users.' Both entities are being added to the 
Entity List for being involved in activities that are contrary to U.S. 
national security and foreign policy interests, which include but are 
not limited to being closely aligned with the Russian military and 
helping to facilitate Belarus's substantial enabling of Russia's 
further invasion of Ukraine. Pursuant to Sec. Sec.  744.11(b)(5) and 
744.21(e) and footnote 3 of the EAR, the ERC determined that the 
conduct of the above-described two entities raise sufficient concerns 
that prior review, via the imposition of a license requirement for 
exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country), of all items subject to 
the EAR. Moreover, as footnote 3 provides, a license is required to 
reexport, export from abroad, or transfer (in-country) to or within any 
destination any foreign-produced item subject to the EAR under Sec.  
734.9(g) of the EAR other than food or medicine designated as EAR99. As 
provided in Sec.  744.21(e), license applications will be reviewed 
under a policy of denial. No EAR license exceptions are available for 
these entities.
    For the reasons described above, this final rule adds the JSC 
Integral and The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus, 
including the Armed Forces of Belarus, to the Entity List.
Belarus
     JSC Integral; and
     The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus, 
including the Reserve Forces (Army and Air Force), as well as the 
National Guard and National Police, Government Intelligence or 
Reconnaissance Organizations of the Republic of Belarus.
    The acronym ``a.k.a.,'' which is an abbreviation of ``also known 
as,'' is used in entries on the Entity List to identify aliases, 
thereby assisting exporters, reexporters, and transferors in 
identifying entities on the Entity List.
2. Revisions to the Entity List
    This rule implements a modification to eight existing entries for 
``Argut OOO,'' ``International Center for Quantum Optics and Quantum

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Technologies LLC,'' ``JSC Central Research Institute of Machine 
Building (JSC TsNIIMash),'' ``Kamensk-Uralsky Metallurgical Works J.S. 
Co.,'' ``Oboronprom OJSC,'' ``Promtech-Dubna, JSC,'' ``Radiotechnical 
and Information Systems (RTI) Concern,'' and ``SP Kvant'' under Russia 
that were added to the Entity List in the Russia Sanctions rule. 
Specifically, this rule modifies the entry for these eight entities to 
remove the exclusion for ECCN 5A992.c and 5D992.c unless for Russian or 
Belarusian ``government end users'' and Russian or Belarusian state-
owned enterprises (SoEs).
Savings Clause
    For the sanctions against Belarus added under Sec.  746.8(a)(2) and 
(3), shipments of items removed from eligibility for a License 
Exception or reexport or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR) 
as a result of this regulatory action that were en route aboard a 
carrier to a port of export, reexport, or transfer (in-country), on 
March 26, 2022, pursuant to actual orders for reexport, or transfer 
(in-country) to or within a foreign destination, may proceed to that 
destination under the previous eligibility for a License Exception or 
reexport or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR).
    For all other changes being made in this final rule, shipments of 
items removed from eligibility for a License Exception or export, 
reexport, or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR) as a result 
of this regulatory action that were en route aboard a carrier to a port 
of export, reexport, or transfer (in-country), on March 2, 2022, 
pursuant to actual orders for export, reexport, or transfer (in-
country) to or within a foreign destination, may proceed to that 
destination under the previous eligibility for a License Exception or 
export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR).

Export Control Reform Act of 2018

    On August 13, 2018, the President signed into law the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which 
included the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) (codified, as 
amended, at 50 U.S.C. Sections 4801-4852). ECRA provides the legal 
basis for BIS's principal authorities and serves as the authority under 
which BIS issues this rule. To the extent it applies to certain 
activities that are the subject of this rule, the Trade Sanctions 
Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (TSRA) (codified, as amended, 
at 22 U.S.C. Sections 7201-7211) also serves as authority for this 
rule.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This final rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' 
because it ``pertain[s]'' to a ``military or foreign affairs function 
of the United States'' under sec. 3(d)(2) of Executive Order 12866.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is 
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty 
for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.) (PRA), unless that collection of information displays a currently 
valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number. This rule 
involves three collections of information. BIS believes there will be 
minimal burden changes to two of these collections--Five-Year Records 
Retention Requirement for Export Transactions and Boycott Actions (OMB 
control number 0694-0096) and Automated Export System (AES) Program 
(OMB control number 0607-0152).
    However, ``Multi-Purpose Application (OMB control number 0694-0088 
will exceed existing estimates currently associated with this 
collection as the respondent burden will increase the estimated number 
of submissions by 215 for license applications submitted annually to 
BIS. BIS estimates the burden hours associated with this collection 
would increase by 110 (i.e., 215 applications x 30.6 minutes per 
response) for a total estimated cost increase of $3,300 (i.e., 110 
hours x $30 per hour). The $30 per hour cost estimate for OMB control 
number 0694-0088 is consistent with the salary data for export 
compliance specialists currently available through glassdoor.com 
(glassdoor.com estimates that an export compliance specialist makes 
$55,280 annually, which computes to roughly $26.58 per hour). 
Consistent with 5 CFR 1320.13, BIS requested, and OMB has approved, 
emergency clearance for an increase in the burden estimate under due to 
the additional license requirements imposed by this rule.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with federalism implications 
as that term is defined in Executive Order 13132.
    4. Pursuant to section 1762 of the Export Control Reform Act of 
2018 (50 U.S.C. 4821) (ECRA), this action is exempt from the 
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) requirements for 
notice of proposed rulemaking, opportunity for public participation, 
and delay in effective date. While section 1762 of ECRA provides 
sufficient authority for such an exemption, this action is also 
independently exempt from these APA requirements because it involves a 
military or foreign affairs function of the United States (5 U.S.C. 
553(a)(1)).
    5. 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 not applicable. 
Accordingly, no regulatory flexibility analysis is required and none 
has been prepared.

List of Subjects

15 CFR Part 734

    Administrative practice and procedure, Exports, Inventions and 
patents, Research, Science and technology.

15 CFR Parts 736 and 738

    Exports.

15 CFR Part 740

    Administrative practice and procedure, Exports, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

15 CFR Part 742

    Exports, Terrorism.

15 CFR Part 744

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.

15 CFR Part 746

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, parts 734, 736, 738, 740, 
742, 744, and 746 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR 
parts 730 through 774) are amended as follows:

PART 734--SCOPE OF THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS

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1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 734 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 
950; E.O. 13020, 61 FR 54079, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 219; E.O. 13026, 
61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., 
p. 223; Notice of November 10, 2021, 86 FR 62891 (November 12, 
2021).

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2. Section 734.9 is amended by revising paragraphs (f) and (g) to read 
as follows:

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Sec.  734.9  Foreign-Direct Product (FDP) Rules.

* * * * *
    (f) Russia/Belarus FDP rule. A foreign-produced item is subject to 
the EAR if it meets both the product scope in paragraph (f)(1) of this 
section and the destination scope in paragraph (f)(2) of this section. 
See Sec.  746.8 of the EAR for license requirements, license review 
policy, and license exceptions applicable to foreign-produced items 
that are subject to the EAR pursuant to this paragraph (f).
    (1) Product scope of Russia/Belarus FDP rule. The product scope 
applies if a foreign-produced item meets the conditions of either 
paragraph (f)(1)(i) or (ii) of this section.
    (i) ``Direct product'' of ``technology'' or ``software.'' A 
foreign-produced item meets the product scope of this paragraph 
(f)(1)(i) if the foreign-produced item is not designated EAR99 and is a 
``direct product'' of U.S.-origin ``technology'' or ``software'' 
subject to the EAR that is specified in any ECCN in product groups D or 
E in Categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the CCL; or
    (ii) ``Direct product'' of a complete plant or `major component' of 
a plant. A foreign-produced item, meets the product scope of this 
paragraph (f)(1)(ii) if the foreign-produced item is not designated 
EAR99 and is produced by any plant or `major component' of a plant that 
is located outside the United States, when the plant or `major 
component' of a plant, whether made in the United States or a foreign 
country, itself is a ``direct product'' of U.S.-origin ``technology'' 
or ``software'' subject to the EAR that is specified in any ECCN in 
product groups D or E in Categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the CCL.
    (2) Destination scope of the Russia/Belarus FDP rule. A foreign-
produced item meets the destination scope of this paragraph (f)(2) if 
there is ``knowledge'' that the foreign-produced item is destined to 
Russia or Belarus or will be incorporated into or used in the 
``production'' or ``development'' of any ``part,'' ``component,'' or 
``equipment'' not designated EAR99 and produced in or destined to 
Russia or Belarus.
    (g) Russia/Belarus-Military End User FDP rule. A foreign-produced 
item is subject to the EAR if it meets both the product scope in 
paragraph (g)(1) of this section and the end-user scope in paragraph 
(g)(2) of this section. See Sec.  746.8 of the EAR for license 
requirements, license review policy, and license exceptions applicable 
to foreign-produced items that are subject to the EAR pursuant to this 
paragraph (g).
    (1) Product Scope of Russia/Belarus-Military End User FDP rule. The 
product scope applies if a foreign-produced item meets the conditions 
of either paragraph (g)(1)(i) or (ii) of this section.
    (i) ``Direct product'' of ``technology'' or ``software.'' A 
foreign-produced item meets the product scope of this paragraph 
(g)(1)(i) if the foreign-produced item is a ``direct product'' of 
``technology'' or ``software'' subject to the EAR and specified in any 
ECCN in product groups D or E in any categories of the CCL; or
    (ii) ``Direct product'' of a complete plant or `major component' of 
a plant. A foreign-produced item meets the product scope of this 
paragraph (g)(1)(ii) if the foreign-produced item is produced by any 
plant or `major component' of a plant that is located outside the 
United States, when the plant or `major component' of a plant, whether 
made in the United States or a foreign country, itself is a ``direct 
product'' of U.S.-origin ``technology'' or ``software'' subject to the 
EAR that is specified in any ECCN in product groups D or E in any 
categories of the CCL.
    (2) End-user scope of the Russia/Belarus-`Military End User' FDP 
rule. A foreign-produced item meets the end-user scope of this 
paragraph (g)(2) if there is ``knowledge'' that:
    (i) Activities involving footnote 3 designated entities. The 
foreign-produced item will be incorporated into, or used in the 
``production'' or ``development'' of any ``part,'' ``component,'' or 
``equipment'' produced, purchased, or ordered by any entity with a 
footnote 3 designation in the license requirement column of the Entity 
List in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the EAR; or
    (ii) Footnote 3 designated entities as transaction parties. Any 
entity with a footnote 3 designation in the license requirement column 
of the Entity List in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the EAR is a 
party to any transaction involving the foreign-produced item, e.g., as 
a ``purchaser,'' ``intermediate consignee,'' ``ultimate consignee,'' or 
``end-user.''

    Note 3 to paragraph (g).  A `military end user' for purposes of 
paragraph (g) is any entity listed on the Entity List in supplement 
no. 4 to part 744 of the EAR with a footnote 3 designation.

PART 736--GENERAL PROHIBITIONS

0
3. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 736 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 
950; E.O. 13020, 61 FR 54079, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 219; E.O. 13026, 
61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13338, 69 FR 26751, 3 CFR, 2004 Comp., 
p. 168; Notice of November 10, 2021, 86 FR 62891 (November 12, 
2021); Notice of May 6, 2021, 86 FR 26793 (May 10, 2021).

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4. Section 736.2 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(7)(i)(A)(5) to 
read as follows:

Sec.  736.2  General prohibitions and determination of applicability.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (7) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (A) * * *
    (5) A `military-intelligence end use' or a `military-intelligence 
end user,' as defined in Sec.  744.22(f) of the EAR, in Belarus, Burma, 
the People's Republic of China, Russia, or Venezuela; or a country 
listed in Country Groups E:1 or E:2.
* * * * *

PART 738--COMMERCE CONTROL LIST OVERVIEW AND THE COUNTRY CHART

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5. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 738 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 10 U.S.C. 8720; 10 U.S.C. 8730(e); 22 U.S.C. 
287c; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6004; 
42 U.S.C. 2139a; 15 U.S.C. 1824; 50 U.S.C. 4305; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et 
seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 
228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783.

0
6. Supplement no. 1 to part 738 is amended by revising the entries for 
``Belarus'' and ``Russia'' and footnote 6 to read as follows:

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Supplement No. 1 to Part 738--Commerce Country Chart

                                                                                      [Reason for Control]
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                                             Chemical and biological        Nuclear          National       Missile       Regional        Firearms         Crime control         Anti- terrorism
                                                     weapons           nonproliferation      security         tech        stability      convention --------------------------------------------
                 Countries                 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              CB 1     CB 2     CB 3     NP 1     NP 2     NS 1     NS 2      MT 1      RS 1     RS 2       FC 1       CC 1     CC 2     CC 3     AT 1     AT 2
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Belarus \6\...............................       X        X        X        X        X        X        X          X        X        X   ...........       X        X   .......  .......  .......
 
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Russia \6\................................       X        X        X        X        X        X        X          X        X        X   ...........       X        X   .......  .......  .......
 
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\6\ See Sec.   746.5 of the EAR for additional license requirements under the Russian Industry Sector Sanctions for ECCNs 0A998, 1C992, 3A229, 3A231, 3A232, 6A991, 8A992, and 8D999 and items
  identified in supplement no. 2 to part 746 of the EAR. See Sec.   746.8 of the EAR for Sanctions against Russia and Belarus, including additional license requirements for items listed in any
  ECCN in Categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of the CCL.

* * * * *

PART 740--LICENSE EXCEPTIONS

0
7. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 740 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 
58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 
2001 Comp., p. 783.

0
8. Section 740.2 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(6) to read as 
follows:

Sec.  740.2   Restrictions on all License Exceptions.

    (a) * * *
    (6) The export or reexport is to a sanctioned destination (Cuba, 
Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea region of Ukraine, and the so-called 
Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) 
regions of Ukraine) or a license is required based on a limited 
sanction (Russia or Belarus) unless a license exception or portion 
thereof is specifically listed in the license exceptions paragraph 
pertaining to a particular sanctioned country in part 746 of the EAR.
* * * * *

0
9. Section 740.19 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b) 
introductory text, and (c) to read as follows:

Sec.  740.19  Consumer Communications Devices (CCD).

    (a) Authorizations. This section authorizes the export, reexport, 
or transfer (in-country) of commodities and software to Cuba, Russia, 
and Belarus subject to the requirements stated in this section. This 
section does not authorize U.S. owned or controlled entities in third 
countries to engage in reexports of foreign produced commodities to 
Cuba for which no license would be issued by the Department of the 
Treasury pursuant to 31 CFR 515.559.
    (b) Eligible commodities and software. Commodities and software in 
paragraphs (b)(1) through (17) of this section are eligible for export, 
reexport, or transfer (in-country) under this section to and within 
Cuba, Russia, and Belarus.
* * * * *
    (c) Eligible and ineligible end users--(1) Organizations. (i) The 
license exception in this section may be used to export, reexport, or 
transfer (in-country) eligible commodities and software to and for the 
use of independent non-governmental organizations in Cuba, Russia, or 
Belarus.
    (ii) The Cuban Government, the Cuban Communist Party, the Russian 
Government, the Belarusian Government, and organizations administered 
or controlled by the Cuban Government, the Cuban Communist Party, the 
Russian Government, or the Belarusian Government are not eligible end 
users.
    (iii) [Reserved]
    (2) Individuals. The license exception in this section may be used 
to export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) eligible commodities and 
software to and for the use of individuals other than the following:
    (i) Ineligible Cuban Government officials. Ministers and Vice-
Ministers; members of the Council of State; members of the Council of 
Ministers; members and employees of the National Assembly of People's 
Power; members of any provincial assembly; local sector chiefs of the 
Committees for the Defense of the Revolution; Director Generals and 
sub-Director Generals and higher of all Cuban ministries and state 
agencies; employees of the Ministry of the Interior (MININT); employees 
of the Ministry of Defense (MINFAR); secretaries and first secretaries 
of the Confederation of Labor of Cuba (CTC) and its component unions; 
chief editors, editors and deputy editors of Cuban state-run media 
organizations and programs, including newspapers, television, and 
radio; or members and employees of the Supreme Court (Tribuno Supremo 
Nacional).
    (ii) Ineligible Cuban Communist Party officials. Members of the 
Politburo.
    (iii) Ineligible Russian Government officials. The President, Prime 
Minister, and Deputy Prime Ministers; Federal Ministers; Chairman, 
Deputy Chairman, and Secretary of the Security Council; members and 
employees of the Federal Assembly (the State Duma and the Federation 
Council); members and employees of the Supreme Court and the 
Constitutional Court; Chief and all employees of the General Staff of 
the armed forces; employees of the Ministry of Defence; Director and 
employees of the Federal Security Service, Director and employees of 
the Foreign Intelligence Service; employees of the Ministry of the 
Interior; employees of state committees, chief editors, editors and 
deputy editors of Russian state-run media organizations and programs, 
including newspapers, television, and radio; offices, services, 
agencies and other entities organized under or reporting to the federal 
government.
    (iv) Ineligible Belarusian Government officials. Alyaksandr 
Lukashenko; Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers; members of the 
Council of Ministers; members of the Security Council of Belarus; 
members and employees of the National Assembly of the Republic of 
Belarus; members and employees of the Supreme Court and the 
Constitutional Court; Chief and all employees of the General Staff of 
the armed forces; employees of the Ministry of Defense, including the 
National Armed Services (Army and Air Force), the National

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Guard and National Police; and employees of Government Intelligence or 
Reconnaissance Organizations of the Republic of Belarus, including the 
Director and employees of the State Security Committee (BKGB); 
employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; employees of state 
committees; employees of the State Authority for the Military Industry; 
employees of the Border Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus; 
chief editors, editors and deputy editors of Belarusian state-run media 
organizations and programs, including newspapers, television, and 
radio; offices, services, agencies and other entities organized under 
or reporting to the federal government.

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10. Supplement no. 1 to part 740 is amended by revising the entry for 
``Belarus'' and footnote 3 in the Country Group A table and the entry 
for ``Belarus'' in the Country Group D table to read as follows:

Supplement No. 1 to Part 740--Country Groups

                                                                     Country Group A
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                                                               [A:1]       [A:2] Missile
                                                             Wassenaar      technology         [A:3]       [A:4] Nuclear
                         Country                           participating  control regime     Australia       suppliers         [A:5]           [A:6]
                                                            states \1\          \2\            group         group \3\
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Belarus
 
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\1\ Country Group A:1 is a list of the Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States, except for Malta, Russia and Ukraine.
\2\ Country Group A:2 is a list of the Missile Technology Control Regime countries, except for Russia.
\3\ Country Group A:4 is a list of the Nuclear Suppliers Group countries, except for the People's Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Belarus.

* * * * *

                                                                     Country Group D
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                                                                                                                                         [D:5] U.S. arms
                              Country                                 [D:1] National   [D:2] Nuclear    [D:3] Chemical   [D:4] Missile      embargoed
                                                                         security                        & biological      technology     countries \1\
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Belarus............................................................               X                X                X                X                X
 
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\1\ Note to Country Group D:5: Countries subject to U.S. arms embargoes are identified by the State Department through notices published in the Federal
  Register. The list of arms embargoed destinations in this table is drawn from 22 CFR 126.1 and State Department Federal Register notices related to
  arms embargoes (compiled at www.pmddtc.state.gov/embargoed_countries/index.html) and will be amended when the State Department publishes subsequent
  notices. If there are any discrepancies between the list of countries in this table and the countries identified by the State Department as subject to
  a U.S. arms embargo (in the Federal Register), the State Department's list of countries subject to U.S. arms embargoes shall be controlling.

* * * * *

PART 742--CONTROL POLICY--CCL BASED CONTROLS

0
11. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 742 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 22 
U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210; Sec. 1503, Pub. L. 108-11, 117 
Stat. 559; 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. 12938, 59 FR 
59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 
1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 
783; Presidential Determination 2003-23, 68 FR 26459, 3 CFR, 2004 
Comp., p. 320; Notice of November 10, 2021, 86 FR 62891 (November 
12, 2021).

0
12. Section 742.2 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(4) to read as 
follows:

Sec.  742.2  Proliferation of chemical and biological weapons.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (4) License applications for items described in paragraph (a) of 
this section, when destined for the People's Republic of China will be 
reviewed in accordance with the licensing policies in both paragraph 
(b) of this section and Sec.  742.4(b)(7). When such items are destined 
to Russia or Belarus, license applications will be reviewed under a 
policy of denial. However, exports and reexports of items to Russia or 
Belarus in support of U.S.-Russia or U.S.-Belarus civil space 
cooperation activities-will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, as 
well as certain other certain specified activities specified in Sec.  
746.8 of the EAR. See Sec.  746.8(b).
* * * * *

0
13. Section 742.3 is amended by revising the second and third sentences 
of paragraph (b)(4) to read as follows:

Sec.  742.3  Nuclear nonproliferation.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (4) * * * When such items are destined to Russia or Belarus, 
license applications will be reviewed under a policy of denial. 
However, exports and reexports of items to Russia or Belarus in support 
of U.S.-Russia or U.S.-Belarus civil space cooperation activities or in 
support of Russian manufactured nuclear power plants in

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Russia or other destinations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. 
* * *
* * * * *

0
14. Section 742.4 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(9) to read as 
follows:

Sec.  742.4  National security.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (9) For the Russian Federation and Belarus, all applications will 
be reviewed in accordance with the licensing policy set forth in Sec.  
746.8(b) of the EAR.
* * * * *

0
15. Section 742.5 is amended by revising the second, third, and fourth 
sentences of paragraph (b)(5) to read as follows:

Sec.  742.5  Missile technology.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (5) * * * When such items are destined to Russia or Belarus, 
license applications will be reviewed under a policy of denial. 
However, exports and reexports of items to Russia or Belarus in support 
of U.S.-Russia or U.S.-Belarus civil space cooperation activities-will 
be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. See Sec.  746.8(b) of the EAR.
* * * * *

0
16. Section 742.6 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(9) to read as 
follows:

Sec.  742.6  Regional stability.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (9) Russia or Belarus. Applications to export or reexport items 
described in paragraph (a)(7) of this section will be reviewed pursuant 
to the licensing policy set forth in Sec.  746.8(b) of the EAR, as well 
as the foreign policy interest of promoting the observance of human 
rights throughout the world and consistent with United States arms 
embargo policies in Sec.  126.1 of the ITAR (22 CFR 126.1).
* * * * *

PART 744--END-USE AND END-USER CONTROLS

0
17. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 744 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 22 
U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210; 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. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13026, 
61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 
CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 208; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., 
p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice 
of September 15, 2021, 86 FR 52069 (September 17, 2021); Notice of 
November 10, 2021, 86 FR 62891 (November 12, 2021).

0
18. Section 744.6 is amended by revising paragraphs (b)(5) to read as 
follows:

Sec.  744.6  Restrictions on specific activities of ``U.S. persons.''

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (5) A `military-intelligence end use' or a `military-intelligence 
end user,' as defined in Sec.  744.22(f), in Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, 
the People's Republic of China, Russia, or Venezuela; or a country 
listed in Country Groups E:1 or E:2 (see supplement no. 1 to part 740 
of the EAR).
* * * * *

0
19. Section 744.21 is revised to read as follows:

Sec.  744.21  Restrictions on certain `military end use' or `military 
end user' in Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, 
the Russian Federation, or Venezuela.

    (a) General prohibition. In addition to the license requirements 
for items specified on the Commerce Control List (CCL) (supplement no. 
1 to this part), you may not export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) 
any item subject to the EAR listed in supplement no. 2 to this part to 
Burma, Cambodia, the People's Republic of China (China), or Venezuela, 
or any item ``subject to the EAR,'' without a license if, at the time 
of the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country), you have 
``knowledge,'' as defined in Sec.  772.1 of the EAR, that the item is 
intended, entirely or in part, for a `military end use,' as defined in 
paragraph (f) of this section, or a `military end user,' as defined in 
paragraph (g) of this section, in Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, China, the 
Russian Federation, or Venezuela.
    (b) Additional prohibition on those informed by BIS. BIS may inform 
you either individually by specific notice, through amendment to the 
EAR published in the Federal Register, or through a separate 
notification published in the Federal Register, that a license is 
required for specific exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) of 
any item because there is an unacceptable risk of use in or diversion 
to a `military end use' or `military end user' in Belarus, Burma, 
Cambodia, China, the Russian Federation, or Venezuela. Specific notice 
will be given only by, or at the direction of, the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Export Administration. When such notice is provided 
orally, it will be followed by written notice within two working days 
signed by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration or 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary's designee. The absence of BIS 
notification does not excuse the exporter from compliance with the 
license requirements of paragraph (a) of this section.
    (1) `Military End-User' (MEU) List and Entity List. BIS may inform 
and provide notice to the public that certain entities are subject to 
the additional prohibition described under this paragraph (b) following 
a determination by the End-User Review Committee (ERC) that a specific 
entity is a `military end user' pursuant to this section and therefore 
any exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) to that entity 
represent an unacceptable risk of use in or diversion to a `military 
end use' or `military end user' in Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, China, the 
Russian Federation or Venezuela. Such entities in Burma, Cambodia, 
China, or Venezuela may be added to supplement no. 7 to this part--
`Military End-User' (MEU) List. Such entities in the Russian Federation 
or Belarus may also be added to supplement No. 4 to this part--Entity 
List. License requirements for listed MEU are described in paragraph 
(b)(1)(ii) of this section. The listing of entities under supplement 
no. 7 or 4 to this part is not an exhaustive listing of `military end 
users' for purposes of this section. Exporters, reexporters, and 
transferors are responsible for determining whether transactions with 
entities not listed on supplement no. 7 or 4 to this part are subject 
to a license requirement under paragraph (a) of this section. The 
process in this paragraph (b)(1) for placing entities on the MEU List 
and Entity List is only one method BIS may use to inform exporters, 
reexporters, and transferors of license requirements under this 
section.
    (i) End-User Review Committee (ERC). The End-User Review Committee 
(ERC), composed of representatives of the Departments of Commerce 
(Chair), State, Defense, Energy and, where appropriate, the Treasury, 
makes all decisions regarding additions to, removals from, or other 
modifications to the MEU List and Entity List. Decisions by the ERC for 
purposes of the MEU List and Entity List will be made following the 
procedures identified in this section and in supplement no. 5 to this 
part--Procedures for End-User Review Committee Entity List and 
`Military End User' (MEU) List Decisions.
    (ii) License requirement for parties to the transaction. Consistent 
with paragraph (a) of this section, a license is

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required for the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of any item 
subject to the EAR listed in supplement no. 2 to this part when an 
entity that is listed on the MEU List under Burma, Cambodia, the 
People's Republic of China (China), or Venezuela is a party to the 
transaction as described in Sec.  748.5(c) through (f) of the EAR. 
Consistent with paragraph (a) of this section, a license is required 
for the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of any item subject 
to the EAR except for food or medicine designated as EAR99 to Russia or 
to Belarus when an entity that is listed on the Entity List under 
Russia or Belarus pursuant to this section is a party to the 
transaction as described in Sec.  748.5(c) through (f) of the EAR.
    (2) Requests for removal from or modification of `Military End 
User' (MEU) List and Entity List. Any entity listed on the MEU List or 
Entity List pursuant to this section may request that its listing be 
removed or modified. All such requests, including reasons therefor, 
must be in writing and sent to: Chair, End-User Review Committee, 
Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 3886, Washington, DC 20230; or 
by email at [email protected]. In order for an entity listed on the MEU 
List or the Entity List pursuant to this section to petition BIS for 
their removal or modification, as applicable, the entity must address 
why the entity is not a `military end user' for purposes of this 
section.
    (i) Review. The ERC will review such requests for removal or 
modification in accordance with the procedures set forth in supplement 
no. 5 to this part.
    (ii) BIS action. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export 
Administration will convey the decision on the request to the requester 
in writing. That decision will be the final agency action on the 
request.
    (c) License exception. Despite the prohibitions described in 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, you may export, reexport, or 
transfer (in-country) items subject to the EAR under the provisions of 
License Exception GOV set forth in Sec.  740.11(b)(2)(i) and (ii) of 
the EAR.
    (d) License application procedure. When submitting a license 
application pursuant to this section, you must state in the 
``additional information'' block of the application that ``this 
application is submitted because of the license requirement in this 
section (Restrictions on a `Military End Use' or `Military End User' in 
Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, the Russian 
Federation, or Venezuela).'' In addition, either in the additional 
information block of the application or in an attachment to the 
application, you must include all known information concerning the 
`military end use' and `military end user(s)' of the item(s). If you 
submit an attachment with your license application, you must reference 
the attachment in the ``additional information'' block of the 
application.
    (e) License review standards. (1) Applications to export, reexport, 
or transfer (in-country) items to or within Burma, Cambodia, the 
People's Republic of China (China), or Venezuela described in paragraph 
(a) of this section will be reviewed with a presumption of denial. 
Applications to export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) items to or 
within Russia or Belarus described in paragraph (a) of this section 
will be reviewed with a policy of denial.
    (2) Applications may be reviewed under chemical and biological 
weapons, nuclear nonproliferation, or missile technology review 
policies, as set forth in Sec. Sec.  742.2(b)(4), 742.3(b)(4), and 
742.5(b)(4) of the EAR, if the end use may involve certain 
proliferation activities.
    (3) Applications for items requiring a license for any reason that 
are destined to Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, China, the Russian 
Federation, or Venezuela for a `military end use' or `military end 
user' also will be subject to the review policy stated in paragraph 
(e)(1) of this section.
    (f) Military end use. In this section, `military end use' means: 
Incorporation into a military item described on the U.S. Munitions List 
(USML) (22 CFR part 121, International Traffic in Arms Regulations); 
incorporation into items classified under Export Control Classification 
Numbers (ECCNs) ending in ``A018'' or under ``600 series'' ECCNs; or 
any item that supports or contributes to the operation, installation, 
maintenance, repair, overhaul, refurbishing, ``development,'' or 
``production,'' of military items described on the USML, or items 
classified under ECCNs ending in ``A018'' or under ``600 series'' 
ECCNs.
    (g) Military end user. In this section, the term `military end 
user' means the national armed services (army, navy, marine, air force, 
or coast guard), as well as the national guard and national police, 
government intelligence or reconnaissance organizations (excluding 
those described in Sec.  744.22(f)(2)), or any person or entity whose 
actions or functions are intended to support `military end uses' as 
defined in paragraph (f) of this section.
    (h) Effects on contracts. Transactions involving the export, 
reexport, or transfer (in country) of items to or within Venezuela are 
not subject to the provisions of this section if the contracts for such 
transactions were signed prior to November 7, 2014.

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20. Section 744.22 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b), and 
(f)(2) introductory text and adding paragraph (f)(2)(x) to read as 
follows:

Sec.  744.22  Restrictions on exports, reexports, and transfers (in-
country) to certain military-intelligence end uses or end users.

    (a) General prohibition. In addition to the license requirements 
for items specified on the Commerce Control List (CCL) (supplement no. 
1 to part 774 of the EAR), you may not export, reexport, or transfer 
(in-country) any item subject to the EAR without a license from BIS if, 
at the time of the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country), you have 
``knowledge'' that the item is intended, entirely or in part, for a 
'military-intelligence end use' or a 'military-intelligence end user' 
in Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, the People's Republic of China (China), 
Russia, or Venezuela; or a country listed in Country Groups E:1 or E:2 
(see supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR).
    (b) Additional prohibition on those informed by BIS. BIS may inform 
you either individually by specific notice, through amendment to the 
EAR published in the Federal Register, or through a separate 
notification published in the Federal Register, that a license is 
required for specific exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) of 
any item subject to the EAR because there is an unacceptable risk of 
use in, or diversion to, a `military-intelligence end use' or a 
`military-intelligence end user' in Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, China, 
Russia, or Venezuela; or a country listed in Country Group E:1 or E:2 
(see supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR).
* * * * *
    (f) * * *
    (2) `Military-intelligence end user' means any intelligence or 
reconnaissance organization of the armed services (army, navy, marine, 
air force, or coast guard); or national guard. For license requirements 
applicable to other government intelligence or reconnaissance 
organizations in Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, China, Russia, or Venezuela, 
see Sec.  744.21. Military-intelligence end users subject to the 
license requirements set forth in this section include, but are not 
limited to, the following:
* * * * *

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    (x) Belarus. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff 
of the Armed Forces of Belarus.

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21. Supplement No. 4 to part 744 is amended as follows:
0
a. Under Belarus by adding in alphabetical order entries for ``JSC 
Integral'' and ``The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus, 
including the Armed Forces of Belarus''; and
0
b. Under RUSSIA by revising the entries for ``Argut OOO,'' 
``International Center for Quantum Optics and Quantum Technologies 
LLC,'' ``JSC Central Research Institute of Machine Building (JSC 
TsNIIMash),'' ``Kamensk-Uralsky Metallurgical Works J.S. Co.,'' 
``Oboronprom OJSC,'' ``Promtech-Dubna, JSC,'' ``Radiotechnical and 
Information Systems (RTI) Concern,'' and ``SP Kvant''.
    The additions and revisions read as follows:

Supplement No. 4 to Part 744--Entity List

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                                                                              License review    Federal Register
        Country                     Entity             License requirement        policy            citation
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BELARUS................                                         * * * * * *
                         JSC Integral, a.k.a., the     All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          following two aliases:        to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                         --OAO Integral; and            for food or          746.8(b) and       2022.
                         --Joint-Stock Company          medicine             744.21(e).
                          Integral                      designated as
                         --Holding Managing Company.    EAR99, or ECCN
                         121A, Kazintsa I.P. Str.,      5A992.c and
                          Minsk, 220108, Belarus; and   5D992.c unless for
                         12 Korzhenevskogo Str.,        Belarusian
                          Minsk, 220108, Belarus; and   ``government end
                         137 Brestskaya Str., Pinsk,    users'' and
                          Brest region, 225710,         Belarusian state-
                          Belarus.                      owned enterprises
                                                        (SoEs) to Belarus.
                                                        (See Sec.  Sec.
                                                        734.9(g),\3\
                                                        746.8(a)(3), and
                                                        744.21(b) of the
                                                        EAR) This license
                                                        requirement may be
                                                        overcome by
                                                        License Exception
                                                        GOV under Sec.
                                                        740.11(b)(2) and
                                                        (e).
                                                                * * * * * *
                         The Ministry of Defence of    All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          the Republic of Belarus,      to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                          including the Armed Forces    for food or          746.8(b) and       2022.
                          of Belarus and all            medicine             744.21(e).
                          operating units wherever      designated as
                          located. This includes the    EAR99. (See Sec.
                          national armed services       Sec.
                          (army and air force), as      734.9(g),\3\
                          well as the national guard    746.8(a)(3), and
                          and national police,          744.21(b) of the
                          government intelligence or    EAR).
                          reconnaissance
                          organizations of the
                          Republic of Belarus. All
                          addresses located in
                          Belarus.
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RUSSIA.................                                         * * * * * *
                         Argut OOO, 6 Mnevniki str     All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          end 6 fl, Moscow 123308,      to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER FROM
                          Russia.                       for food or          746.8(b) and       FR 2022-04300,
                                                        medicine             744.21(e).         SCHEDULED TO
                                                        designated as                           PUBLISH 3/3/
                                                        EAR99. (See Sec.                        2022], 3/3/22.
                                                        Sec.                                   87 FR [INSERT FR
                                                        734.9(g),\3\                            PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                                                        746.8(a)(3), and                        2022.
                                                        744.21(b) of the
                                                        EAR).
                                                                * * * * * *
                         International Center for      All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          Quantum Optics and Quantum    to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER FROM
                          Technologies LLC, a.k.a.      for food or          746.8(b) and       FR 2022-04300,
                          the following two aliases:    medicine             744.21(e).         SCHEDULED TO
                         --Russian Quantum Center and   designated as                           PUBLISH 3/3/
                         --RQC.                         EAR99. (See Sec.                        2022], 3/3/22.
                         Business-center ``Ural,''      Sec.                                   87 FR [INSERT FR
                          100 Novaya Street,            734.9(g),\3\                            PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                          Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025,     746.8(a)(3), and                        2022.
                          Russia; and 30 Bolshoy        744.21(b) of the
                          Blvd, Bldg 1, Moscow,         EAR).
                          121205, Russia; and 100A
                          Novaya Street, Skolkovo,
                          Odintsovsky District,
                          Moscow, 143025, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         JSC Central Research          All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          Institute of Machine          to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER FROM
                          Building (JSC TsNIIMash),     for food or          746.8(b) and       FR 2022-04300,
                          Pionerskaya Street, 4,        medicine             744.21(e).         SCHEDULED TO
                          korpus 22, Moskovskaya        designated as                           PUBLISH 3/3/
                          obl., Korolov 141070,         EAR99. (See Sec.                        2022], 3/3/22.
                          Russia.                       Sec.                                   87 FR [INSERT FR
                                                        734.9(g),\3\                            PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                                                        746.8(a)(3), and                        2022.
                                                        744.21(b) of the
                                                        EAR).
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Kamensk-Uralsky               All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          Metallurgical Works J.S.      to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER FROM
                          Co., 5 Zavodskaya St.,        for food or          746.8(b) and       FR 2022-04300,
                          Kamensk Uralsky, 623405       medicine             744.21(e).         SCHEDULED TO
                          Sverdlovsk region, Russia.    designated as                           PUBLISH 3/3/
                                                        EAR99. (See Sec.                        2022], 3/3/22.
                                                        Sec.                                   87 FR [INSERT FR
                                                        734.9(g),\3\                            PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                                                        746.8(a)(3), and                        2022.
                                                        744.21(b) of the
                                                        EAR).
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                         Oboronprom OJSC, 29/141       All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          Vereiskaya Street, Moscow,    to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER FROM
                          121357 Russia.                for food or          746.8(b) and       FR 2022-04300,
                                                        medicine             744.21(e).         SCHEDULED TO
                                                        designated as                           PUBLISH 3/3/
                                                        EAR99. (See Sec.                        2022], 3/3/22.
                                                        Sec.                                   87 FR [INSERT FR
                                                        734.9(g),\3\                            PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                                                        746.8(a)(3), and                        2022.
                                                        744.21(b) of the
                                                        EAR).
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Promtech-Dubna, JSC,          All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          Programmistov st., 4, room    to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER FROM
                          364, Dubna, Moscow 141983,    for food or          746.8(b) and       FR 2022-04300,
                          Russia.                       medicine             744.21(e).         SCHEDULED TO
                                                        designated as                           PUBLISH 3/3/
                                                        EAR99. (See Sec.                        2022], 3/3/22.
                                                        Sec.                                   87 FR [INSERT FR
                                                        734.9(g),\3\                            PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                                                        746.8(a)(3), and                        2022.
                                                        744.21(b) of the
                                                        EAR).
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Radiotechnical and            All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          Information Systems (RTI)     to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER FROM
                          Concern, 127083, Moscow, 8    for food or          746.8(b) and       FR 2022-04300,
                          marta, 10/1 Russia.           medicine             744.21(e).         SCHEDULED TO
                                                        designated as                           PUBLISH 3/3/
                                                        EAR99. (See Sec.                        2022], 3/3/22.
                                                        Sec.                                   87 FR [INSERT FR
                                                        734.9(g),\3\                            PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                                                        746.8(a)(3), and                        2022.
                                                        744.21(b) of the
                                                        EAR).
                                                                * * * * * *
                         SP Kvant, a.k.a., the follow  All items subject    Policy of denial.  87 FR [INSERT FR
                          three aliases:                to the EAR except    See Sec.  Sec.     PAGE NUMBER FROM
                         --Kvant LLC;                   for food or          746.8(b) and       FR 2022-04300,
                         --Limited Liability Company    medicine             744.21(e).         SCHEDULED TO
                          Joint Venture Quantum         designated as                           PUBLISH 3/3/
                          Technologies; and             EAR99. (See Sec.                        2022], 3/3/22.
                         --Joint Venture Quantum.       Sec.                                   87 FR [INSERT FR
                                                        734.9(g),\3\                            PAGE NUMBER] 3/8/
                                                        746.8(a)(3), and                        2022.
                                                        744.21(b) of the
                                                        EAR).
                         D. 46, Etazh 6, pom. 600K,
                          Shosse Varshavskoe, Moscow,
                          115230, Russia.
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\3\ For this entity, ``items subject to the EAR'' includes foreign-produced items that are subject to the EAR
  under Sec.   734.9(g) of the EAR. See Sec.  Sec.   746.8 and 744.21 of the EAR for related license
  requirements, license review policy, and restrictions on license exceptions.

PART 746--EMBARGOES AND OTHER SPECIAL CONTROLS

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22. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 746 is continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 287c; Sec 1503, Pub. L. 108-11, 117 
Stat. 559; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note; 22 U.S.C. 6004; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et 
seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 12854, 58 FR 36587, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 
614; E.O. 12918, 59 FR 28205, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 899; E.O. 13222, 
66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13338, 69 FR 26751, 3 
CFR, 2004 Comp., p 168; Presidential Determination 2003-23, 68 FR 
26459, 3 CFR, 2004 Comp., p. 320; Presidential Determination 2007-7, 
72 FR 1899, 3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 325; Notice of May 6, 2021, 86 FR 
26793 (May 10, 2021).

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23. Section 746.8 is revised to read as follows:

Sec.  746.8   Sanctions against Russia and Belarus.

    (a) License requirements. For purposes of paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) 
of this section, commodities and software classified under ECCNs 5A992 
or 5D992 that have been `classified in accordance with Sec.  740.17' do 
not require a license to or within Russia or Belarus for civil end-
users that are wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries, foreign subsidiaries of 
U.S. companies that are joint ventures with other U.S. companies, joint 
ventures of U.S. companies with companies headquartered in countries 
from Country Group A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the 
EAR countries, the wholly-owned subsidiaries of companies headquartered 
in countries from Country Group A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 
740, or joint ventures of companies headquartered in Country Group A:5 
and A:6 with other companies headquartered in Country Groups A:5 and 
A:6.
    (1) Items classified in any ECCN in CCL Categories 3 to 9. In 
addition to license requirements specified on the Commerce Control List 
(CCL) in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the EAR and in other 
provisions of the EAR, including part 744 and Sec.  746.5, a license is 
required, excluding deemed exports and deemed reexports, to export, 
reexport, or transfer (in-country) to or within Russia or Belarus any 
item subject to the EAR and specified in any Export Control 
Classification Number (ECCN) in Categories 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 of 
the CCL.
    (2) Foreign-produced ``direct product'' items subject to the EAR 
under Russia/Belarus foreign ``direct product'' (FDP) rule. Except as 
described in paragraph (a)(4) of this section, a license is required to 
reexport, export from abroad, or transfer (in-country) to any 
destination any foreign-produced item subject to the EAR under the 
Russia/Belarus FDP rule described in Sec.  734.9(f) of the EAR.
    (3) Foreign-produced ``direct product'' items subject to the EAR 
under Russia/Belarus-Military End User FDP rule. Except as described in 
paragraph (a)(4) of this section, a license is required to reexport, 
export from abroad, or transfer (in-country) to or within any 
destination any foreign-produced item subject to the EAR under Sec.  
734.9(g) of the EAR other than food or medicine designated as EAR99.
    (4) Exclusion from license requirements under paragraphs (a)(2) and 
(3) of this section. The countries listed in supplement No. 3 to this 
part have committed to implementing substantially similar export 
controls on Russia and Belarus under their domestic laws. Therefore, 
exports or reexports from the countries described in this supplement 
No. 3 to this part or transfers (in-country) within the countries 
described in this supplement are not subject to the license 
requirements described in paragraphs (a)(2) and (3) of this section, 
unless a limit to the exclusion is described in the Scope column in 
supplement no. 3 to this part.
    (5) Exclusion from scope of U.S.-origin controlled content under 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section. For purposes of determining U.S.-
origin controlled content under supplement

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No. 2 to part 734 of the EAR, paragraph (a)(1) of this section when 
making a de minimis calculation for reexports and exports from abroad 
to Russia or Belarus, the license requirements in paragraph (a)(1) of 
this section are not used to determine controlled U.S.-origin content 
in a foreign-made item, provided the criteria in paragraphs (a)(5)(i) 
and (ii) of this section are met:
    (i) The U.S.-origin content is described in an Anti-Terrorism (AT)-
only ECCN and is not otherwise excluded from the applicable Scope 
column in supplement No. 3 to this part. For purposes of this paragraph 
(a)(5), AT-only items mean any ECCN that only specifies either only AT 
in the reason for control paragraph of the ECCN or is classified under 
ECCN 9A991; and
    (ii) The foreign made item will be reexported or exported from 
abroad from a country described in supplement no. 3 to this part.

    Note 1 to paragraph (a). A `military end user' for purposes of 
paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) of this section is any entity listed on 
the Entity List in supplement no. 4 to part 744 of the EAR with a 
footnote 3 designation.

    (b) Licensing policy. With limited exceptions, applications for the 
export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of any item that requires a 
license for export or reexport to or transfer pursuant to the 
requirements of this section will be reviewed with a policy of denial. 
The following types of license applications for licenses required under 
paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section will be reviewed on a case-
by-case basis to determine whether the transaction in question would 
benefit the Russian or Belarusian government or defense sector: 
applications related to safety of flight; applications related to 
maritime safety; applications for civil nuclear safety; applications to 
meet humanitarian needs; applications that support government space 
cooperation; applications for items destined to wholly-owned U.S. 
subsidiaries, foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies that are joint 
ventures with other U.S. companies, joint ventures of U.S. companies 
with companies headquartered in countries from Country Group A:5 and 
A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR, the wholly-owned 
subsidiaries of companies headquartered in countries from Country Group 
A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 740, joint ventures of 
companies headquartered in Country Groups A:5 and A:6 with other 
companies headquartered in Country Groups A:5 and A:6; applications for 
companies headquartered in Country Groups A:5 and A:6 to support civil 
telecommunications infrastructure; and government-to-government 
activities. License applications required under paragraph (a)(3) of 
this section will be reviewed under a policy of denial in all cases.
    (c) License exceptions. No license exceptions may overcome the 
license requirements in paragraph (a)(3) of this section, except as 
specified in the Entity List entry for a Footnote 3 entity on the 
Entity List in supplement no. 4 to part 744 of the EAR. No license 
exceptions may overcome the license requirements in paragraphs (a)(1) 
and (2) of this section except the following license exceptions 
identified in paragraphs (c)(1) through (7) of this section.
    (1) License Exception TMP for items for use by the news media as 
set forth in Sec.  740.9(a)(9) of the EAR.
    (2) License Exception GOV (Sec.  740.11(b) of the EAR).
    (3) License Exception TSU for software updates for civil end-users 
that are wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries, foreign subsidiaries of U.S. 
companies that are joint ventures with other U.S. companies, joint 
ventures of U.S. companies with companies headquartered in countries 
from Country Group A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the 
EAR countries, the wholly-owned subsidiaries of companies headquartered 
in countries from Country Group A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 
740, or joint ventures of companies headquartered in Country Group A:5 
and A:6 with other companies headquartered in Country Groups A:5 and 
A:6 (Sec.  740.13(c) of the EAR).
    (4) License Exception BAG, excluding firearms and ammunition (Sec.  
740.14, excluding paragraph (e), of the EAR).
    (5) License Exception AVS, excluding any aircraft registered in, 
owned, or controlled by, or under charter or lease by Russia or a 
national of Russia (Sec.  740.15(a) and (b) of the EAR).
    (6) License Exception ENC for civil end-users that are wholly-owned 
U.S. subsidiaries, foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies that are 
joint ventures with other U.S. companies, joint ventures of U.S. 
companies with companies headquartered in countries from Country Group 
A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR countries, the 
wholly-owned subsidiaries of companies headquartered in countries from 
Country Group A:5 and A:6 in supplement no. 1 to part 740, or joint 
ventures of companies headquartered in Country Group A:5 and A:6 with 
other companies headquartered in Country Groups A:5 and A:6 (Sec.  
740.13(c) of the EAR) (Sec.  740.17 of the EAR).
    (7) License Exception CCD (Sec.  740.19 of the EAR).

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24. Supplement No. 3 to part 746 is amended by revising the first 
sentence of the introductory text to read as follows:

Supplement No. 3 to Part 746--Countries Excluded from Certain License 
Requirements of Sec.  746.8

    Countries listed in this supplement have committed to 
implementing substantially similar export controls on Russia and 
Belarus under their domestic laws and are consequently excluded from 
certain requirements in Sec.  746.8 of the EAR, as described in 
Sec.  746.8(a)(4) and (5). * * *
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Thea D. Rozman Kendler,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
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