Document ID: BIS-2020-0008-0001
Agency: bis
Document Type: Rule
Title: Country Groups for Russia and Yemen under the Export Administration Regulations; Correction
Posted Date: 2020-03-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 45 (Friday, March 6, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 13009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04178]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry of Security

15 CFR Part 740

[Docket No. 200204-0044]
RIN 0694-AH93

Amendments to Country Groups for Russia and Yemen Under the 
Export Administration Regulations

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) publishes this 
document to correct a final rule published in the Federal Register on 
February 24, 2020 (February 24th rule), in which BIS amended the Export 
Administration Regulations (EAR) to revise the Country Group 
designations for the Russian Federation (Russia) and Yemen based on 
national security and foreign policy concerns, including proliferation-
related concerns. This document corrects the final rule to provide an 
instruction to remove Yemen from Country Group B, as was described in 
the preamble of the February 24th rule.

DATES: This correction is effective March 6, 2020 and is applicable on 
February 24, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jodi Kouts, Director, Chemical and 
Biological controls Division, at email Jodi Kouts@bis.doc.gov or by 
phone at (202) 482-6109.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the reasons described in the preamble 
and the authority as set out in the February 24, 2020 final rule (85 FR 
10274), this document provides the correcting amendment to remove 
``Yemen'' from the list of ``Country Group B--Countries'' in Supplement 
No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 740

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

    Accordingly, part 740 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 
CFR parts 730-774) is corrected by making the following correcting 
amendment:

PART 740--LICENSE EXCEPTIONS

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1. The authority citation for 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.

Supplement No. 1 to Part 740 [Amended]

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2. Supplement No. 1 part 740 is amended by removing ``Yemen'' from 
``Country Group B--Countries''.

    Dated: February 25, 2020.
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-04178 Filed 3-5-20; 8:45 am]
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