Effects of the New Rules   The BIS and State Department intend for these DCS revisions to have significant positive effects on exporters, and on export regulation generally.  Specifically, their hope is that the final rule revisions will help minimize the compliance burden for exporters, and the complexity of the export control process overall.  Recipient […]

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The final rules issued by the BIS and State Department – and effective as of November 2016 – alter the text of the existing EAR and ITAR regulations to better harmonize their separate DCS requirements.   Commercial invoice only. The new rules no longer require a DCS on several different export control documents.  Instead, under […]

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How is the pre-existing DCS paradigm frustrating for exporters?   The purpose of a DCS is to notify international parties as to the compliance of the exported defense article with applicable EAR and ITAR regulation, and to ensure that the relevant parties are further notified as to the illegality of diverting the exported article.   […]

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New Revisions to the EAR and ITAR to Harmonize Destination Control Statements   On August 17, 2016, as part of the President’s Export Control Reform initiative, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the US Department of State issued final rules revising the destination control statement (DCS) requirements in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) […]

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