Document ID: BIS-2024-0006-0002
Agency: bis
Document Type: Rule
Title: Existing Validated End-User Authorizations in the People's Republic of China: Samsung China Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and SK hynix Semiconductor (China), Ltd; Correction
Posted Date: 2023-11-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 76990-76991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23312]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Part 748

[Docket No. 231010-0244]
RIN 0694-AJ39

Existing Validated End-User Authorizations in the People's 
Republic of China: Samsung China Semiconductor Co. Ltd. and SK hynix 
Semiconductor (China)) Ltd; Correction

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a rule in 
the Federal Register on October 17, 2023, that amended the Export 
Administration Regulations (EAR) to revise the existing Validated End-
User (VEU) list for the People's Republic of China (PRC) for Samsung 
China Semiconductor Co. Ltd. and SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd. 
That rule inadvertently omitted two amendments to the list of VEUs, 
which resulted in failure to add a word to the description of eligible 
items for SK Hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd.; as well as the failure 
to remove the entry for SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi), which was 
necessary because SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) recently merged with SK 
hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd. This rule corrects both omissions.

DATES: This rule is effective November 8, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, End-User Review Committee, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary, Export Administration, Bureau of 
Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, Phone: 202-482-
5991; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 
published in the Federal Register of October 17, 2023, in FR Doc. 2023-
22873, starting on page 71478, amendments to the Export Administration 
Regulations (EAR) to revise the existing Validated End-User (VEU) list 
for the People's Republic of China (PRC) for Samsung China 
Semiconductor Co. Ltd. and SK hynix Semiconductor (China)) Ltd.
    This rule corrects for two inadvertently omitted amendments to 
update the list of VEUs: the first correction adds a word to the 
description of eligible items for SK Hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd.; 
and the second removes the entry for SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) 
Ltd., which recently merged with SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd., 
thereby making the entry for SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd. 
duplicative.

Correction

    BIS amends the EAR's ``Supplement No. 7 to Part 748--Authorization 
Validated End-User (VEU): List of Validated End-Users, Respective Items 
Eligible for Export, Reexport and Transfer (In-Country), and Eligible 
Destinations'':
     by adding the word ``therefor,'' after the word 
``technology'' in the description in the ``Eligible items (by ECCN)'' 
column for ``SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd.''; and
     by removing the entry for ``SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) 
Ltd.'' in ``China (People's Republic of)''.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 748

    Administrative practice and procedure, Exports, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.
    Accordingly, part 748 of the EAR (15 CFR parts 730-774) is 
corrected by making the following correcting amendments:

PART 748--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 748 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. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 
228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of 
August 4, 2022, 87 FR 48077 (August 5, 2021).

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2. Amend supplement no. 7 to part 748 under ``China (People's Republic 
of)'' by:
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a. Revising the entry for ``SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd''; and
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b. Removing the entry for ``SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd''.
    The revision reads as follows:

  Supplement No. 7 to Part 748--Authorization Validated End-User (VEU): List of Validated End-Users, Respective
            Items Eligible for Export, Reexport and Transfer (In-Country), and Eligible Destinations
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       Country         Validated end-user    Eligible items (by ECCN)  Eligible destination        citation
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                                                  * * * * * * *
China...............  * * * * *
                      SK hynix              All items subject to the   SK hynix              78 FR 41291, 7/10/
                       Semiconductor         Export Administration      Semiconductor         13. 78 FR 69535,
                       (China) Ltd.          Regulations, except        (China) Ltd., Lot     11/20/13. 79 FR
                                             ``extreme ultraviolet''    K7, Wuxi High-tech    30713, 5/29/14. 80
                                             (``EUV'') equipment and    Zone, Comprehensive   FR 11863, 3/5/15.
                                             ``specially designed''     Bonded Zone, Wuxi     88 FR 71478, 10/17/
                                             ``parts,''                 New District,         23.
                                             ``components,''            Jiangsu Province,
                                             ``software,'' and          China 214028.
                                             ``technology'' therefor,
                                             necessary for the
                                             ``development'' or
                                             ``production'' of
                                             dynamic random-access
                                             memory (DRAM). Excluded
                                             from Sec.  Sec.
                                             744.6(c)(2)(i)-(iii) and
                                             744.23(a)(1)(iii) and
                                             (a)(2)(iii) of the EAR.
                                             See Sec.   748.15(d).
 

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Karen H. Nies-Vogel,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 2023-23312 Filed 11-7-23; 8:45 am]
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