Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/01/31/2013-01901/amendment-to-the-international-traffic-in-arms-regulations-revision-of-us-munitions-list-category-iv
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Federal Register :: Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revision of U.S. Munitions List Category IV
A Proposed Rule by the State Department on 01/31/2013
6765-6769 (5 pages)
2013-01901
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2013-01901 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2013-01901
As part of the President's Export Control Reform effort, the Department of State proposes to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise Category IV (launch vehicles, guided missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, and mines) of the U.S. Munitions List (USML) to describe more precisely the articles warranting control on the USML. The revisions contained in this rule are part of the Department of State's retrospective plan under E.O. 13563 completed on August 17, 2011. The Department of State's full plan can be accessed at http://www.state.gov/​documents/​organization/​181028.pdf. In addition, several ITAR sections addressing the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex are revised to provide a new method of identifying articles common to the MTCR Annex and the USML. And, the ITAR section describing shipments between U.S. possessions is clarified to only encompass those shipments that do not transit a foreign country.
Specifically, based in part on a review of the comments received in response to the December 2010 notices, the Administration has determined that fundamentally altering the structure of the USML by tiering and aligning it on a category-by-category basis would significantly disrupt the export control compliance systems and procedures of exporters and reexporters. For example, until the entire USML was revised and became final, some USML categories would follow the legacy numbering and control structures while the newly revised categories would follow a completely different numbering structure. In order to allow for the national security benefits to flow from re-aligning the jurisdictional status of defense articles that no longer warrant control on the USML on a category-by-category basis while minimizing the impact on exporters' internal control and jurisdictional and classification marking systems, the Administration plans to proceed with building positive Start Printed Page 6766lists now and afterward return to structural changes.
Paragraph (a) is revised to remove demolition blocks and blasting caps, and to add subparagraphs (1) through (11) to more clearly describe the articles controlled in (a). ITAR § 121.11, which further describes demolition blocks and blasting caps, is removed and placed in reserve.
ITAR § 121.5, which provides clarification of paragraph (c), is removed. Articles currently therein are identified in a note to paragraph (c) or are enumerated in paragraph (h).
ITAR § 121.16, which lists articles on the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex also enumerated on the USML, including in USML Category IV, is removed and placed in reserve. Articles common to the MTCR Annex and the USML are to be identified on the USML with the parenthetical “(MT)” at the end of each section containing such articles. ITAR §§ 120.29, 121.1(c), and 121.2 are also revised accordingly.
Finally, ITAR § 123.12 is revised to add clarifying language regarding the shipment of defense articles between U.S. possessions. For a shipment of defense articles between U.S. possessions not to require an export license, the shipment must be direct, without transiting a foreign country. A temporary export license is required for shipments that do transit a foreign country.
In addition, the Department welcomes comments on the proposed revision of §§ 121.16 and 123.12.
Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributed impacts, and equity). Start Printed Page 6767These Executive Orders stress the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. These rules have been designated “significant regulatory actions,” although not economically significant, under section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866. Accordingly, this proposed rule has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Authority: Secs. 2, 38, and 71, Pub. L. 90-629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2797); 22 U.S.C. 2794; E.O. 11958, 42 FR 4311; E.O. 13284, 68 FR 4075; 3 CFR, 1977 Comp. p. 79; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; Pub. L. 105-261, 112 Stat. 1920; Pub. L. 111-266.
2. Section 120.29 is revised to read as follows:
4. Section 121.1 is amended by revising paragraph (c) and U.S. Munitions List Category IV, as follows:
(c) Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex. The parenthetical “(MT)” indicates those defense articles that are on the MTCR Annex. See § 120.29 of this subchapter.
(8) Depth charges;Start Printed Page 6768
(2) Solid propellant rocket motors, hybrid or gel rocket motors, or liquid propellant rocket engines having a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 1.1 × 106 N·s (MT);
(3) Solid propellant rocket motors, hybrid or gel rocket motors, or liquid propellant rocket engines having a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 8.41 × 105 N·s, but less than 1.1 × 106 N·s (MT);
(9) Missile and rocket safing, arming, fuzing, and firing (SAFF) components (to include target detection and proximity sensing devices) and “specially designed” parts therefor (MT for those safing, arming, fuzing, and firing (SAFF) components usable in systems enumerated in paragraph (a)(1) of this category);Start Printed Page 6769
(10) Self-destruct systems “specially designed” for articles enumerated in paragraph (a) of this category (MT for those articles enumerated in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this category);
(i) Technical data (see § 120.10 of this subchapter) and defense services (see § 120.9 of this subchapter) directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (h) of this category and classified technical data directly to items controlled in CCL ECCN 0x604 and defense services using the classified technical data. (See § 125.4 of this subchapter for exemptions.) (MT for technical data and defense services related to articles designated as such.)
5. Section 121.2 is revised to read as follows:
Interpretations of the U.S. Munitions List.
6. Section 121.5 is removed and reserved, as follows:
7. Section 121.11 is removed and reserved, as follows:
8. Section 121.16 is removed and reserved, as follows:
10. Section 123.12 is revised to read as follows:
§ 123.12
An export license is not required for the shipment of defense articles between the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. possessions provided the shipment does not transit a foreign country (see § 123.13 of this subchapter). A license is required, however, for the export of defense articles from these areas to foreign countries.