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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 740', '§740', '§740', 'art 740', 'art 774', 'art 740', '§748', 'art 740', 'art 772', '§734', '§740']

Title 15 → Subtitle B → Chapter VII → Subchapter C → Part 740 → §740.15
§740.15 Aircraft, vessels and spacecraft (AVS).
This License Exception authorizes departure from the United States of foreign registry civil aircraft on temporary sojourn in the United States and of U.S. civil aircraft for temporary sojourn abroad; the export of equipment and spare parts for permanent use on a vessel or aircraft; exports to vessels or planes of U.S. or Canadian registry and U.S. or Canadian Airlines' installations or agents; the export or reexport of cargo that will transit Cuba on an aircraft or vessel on temporary sojourn; and the export of spacecraft and components for fundamental research. Generally, no License Exception symbol is necessary for export clearance purposes; however, when necessary, the symbol “AVS” may be used.
(a) Aircraft on temporary sojourn—(1) Foreign registered aircraft. An operating civil aircraft of foreign registry that has been in the United States on a temporary sojourn may depart from the United States under its own power for any destination, provided that:
(4) Reexports. Civil aircraft legally exported from the United States may be reexported under this section, provided the restrictions described in this paragraph (a) are met.
Note to paragraph (a): An aircraft exported or reexported to a country pursuant to this paragraph (a) may not remain in that country for more than seven consecutive days before it departs for a country to which it may be exported without a license or the United States.
(b) Equipment and spare parts for permanent use on a vessel or aircraft, and ship and plane stores—(1) Vessel. Equipment and spare parts for permanent use on a vessel, when necessary for the proper operation of such vessel, may be exported or reexported for use on board a vessel of any registry, except a vessel registered in Country Group D:1 (see supplement no. 1 to part 740), Cuba, or owned or controlled by, or under charter or lease to any of these countries or their nationals. In addition, other equipment and services for necessary repair to fishing and fishery support vessels of Country Group D:1 may be exported for use on board such vessels when admitted into the United States under governing international fishery agreements.
(2) Aircraft. Equipment and spare parts for permanent use on an aircraft, when necessary for the proper operation of such aircraft, may be exported or reexported for use on board an aircraft of any registry, except an aircraft registered in, owned or controlled by, or under charter or lease to a country included in Country Group D:1, Cuba, or a national of any of these countries.
(4) Cuba. Only items designated as EAR99 or controlled on the Commerce Control List (CCL) (supplement no. 1 to part 774 of the EAR) only for anti-terrorism reasons (i.e., anti-terrorism must be the only reason for control that applies to the item as set forth in the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) that controls the item) are eligible for export or reexport to Cuba pursuant to this paragraph (b).
(c) Shipments to U.S. or Canadian vessels, planes and airline installations or agents—(1) Exports to vessels or planes of U.S. or Canadian registry. Export may be made of the commodities set forth in paragraph (c)(3) of this section, for use by or on a specific vessel or plane of U.S. or Canadian registry located at any seaport or airport outside the United States or Canada except a port in Cuba or Country Group D:1 (excluding the PRC), (see supplement no. 1 to part 740) provided that such commodities are all of the following:3
3Where a license is required, see §§748.1, 748.4 and 748.6 of the EAR.
(2) Exports to U.S. or Canadian airline's installation or agent. Exports of the commodities set forth in paragraph (c)(3) of this section, except fuel, may be made to a U.S. or Canadian airline's4 installation or agent in any foreign destination except Cuba or Country Group D:1 (excluding the PRC), (see supplement no. 1 to part 740) provided such commodities are all of the following:
4See part 772 of the EAR for definitions of United States and Canadian airlines.
(3) Applicable commodities. This paragraph (c) applies to the following commodities, subject to the provisions in paragraph (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section:
(d) Vessels on temporary sojourn—(1) Foreign flagged vessels. A foreign flagged vessel in the United States may depart from the United States under its own power for any destination, provided that:
(2) U.S. flagged vessels. A U.S. flagged vessel may depart from the United States under its own power for any destination, provided that:
(3) Criteria for temporary sojourn of vessels. The following criteria must be met if a voyage is to be considered a temporary sojourn under this paragraph (d). To be considered a temporary sojourn, the voyage must not be for the purpose of sale or transfer of operational control. A transfer of operational control occurs unless the exporter or reexporter retains each of the following indicia of control:
(i) Hiring of crew. Right to hire and fire the crew.
(ii) Dispatch of vessel. Right to dispatch the vessel.
(iii) Selection of routes. Right to determine the vessel's routes (except for contractual commitments entered into by the exporter for specifically designated routes).
(4) Reexports. Vessels subject to the EAR may be reexported under this section on temporary sojourn, provided that:
Note 1 to paragraph (d): A vessel exported or reexported to a country pursuant to this paragraph (d) may not remain in that country for more than 14 consecutive days before it departs for a country to which it may be exported without a license or the United States.
(f) Spacecraft for launch. This paragraph (e) authorizes the export by accredited U.S. institutions of higher learning of commodities subject to the EAR fabricated only for fundamental research purposes when all of the following conditions are met:
(2) All the information about the commodity, including its design, and all of the resulting information obtained through fundamental research involving the commodity will be published and shared broadly within the scientific community, and is not restricted for proprietary reasons or specific U.S. government access and dissemination controls or other restrictions accepted by the institution or its researchers on publication of scientific and technical information resulting from the project or activity (see §734.11 of the EAR); and
Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting §740.15, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.