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December 10, 2012
BIS publishes final rule on Editorial Corrections to the Commerce Control List of the Export Administration Regulations.
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November 29, 2012
BIS publishes final rule on Addition of Certain Persons to the Entity List.
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November 29, 2012
BIS publishes proposed rule on Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) To Make the Commerce Control List (CCL) Clearer. Comments must be received by BIS no later than January 28, 2013.
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November 28, 2012
BIS publishes proposed rule on Control of Military Electronic Equipment and Related Items the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List. State Department publishes a related proposed rule on Revision of U.S. Munitions List Category XI and Definition for “Equipment.” Both proposed rules are part of the President’s Export Control Reform Initiative. Comments on both rules are due on January 28, 2013.
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November 7, 2012
BIS publishes proposed rule on deadline for completing voluntary self-disclosures of EAR violations.
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October 9, 2012
BIS publishes a final rule Addition of Certain Persons to the Entity List.
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September 20, 2012
BIS publishes final rule Addition of Certain Persons to the Entity List; Removal of Person From the Entity List Based on Removal Request; and Implementation of Entity List Annual Review Changes
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July 23, 2012
BIS publishes final rule that updates export and reexport controls for Rwanda and United Nations Security Council arms embargoed countries under the EAR.
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July 9, 2012
BIS publishes a final rule amending three existing validated end-user authorizations in the People's Republic of China.
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July 2, 2012
BIS publishes final rule to implement Wassenaar Arrangement 2011 agreements.
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July 2, 2012
BIS publishes final rule to implement Australia Group 2011 agreements.
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June 22, 2012
BIS posts public comments received on proposed rule to add to the Commerce Control List energetic materials and related articles that the President determines no longer warrant control under the United States Munitions List.
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June 21, 2012
BIS publishes proposed revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Implementation of Export Control Reform; Revisions to License Exceptions after Retrospective Review.
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June 19, 2012
BIS and State Department publish proposed rules for "Specially Designed" Definition
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June 19, 2012
BIS publishes advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on Feasibility of Enumerating "Specially Designed" Components 
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June 7, 2012
BIS and State Department Publish Proposed Rules Addressing Personal Protective Equipment, Shelters, and Related Items that the President Determines no Longer Warrant Control on the United States Munitions List
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May 18, 2012
BIS publishes proposed rule Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Auxiliary and Miscellaneous Items that No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List and Items on the Wassenaar Arrangement Munitions List.
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May 2, 2012
BIS and State Department publish proposed rules addressing energetic materials and related articles that the President determines no longer warrant control on the United States Munitions List. The comment period for both rules closes on June 18, 2012.
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April 26, 2012
BIS publishes final rule Addition of Certain Persons to the Entity List; and Implementation of Entity List Annual Review Changes.
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April 18, 2012
BIS publishes final rule Addition of Certain Persons on the Entity List: Addition of Persons Acting Contrary to the National Security or Foreign Policy Interests of the United States.
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April 18, 2012
BIS publishes a proposed rule for revisions to Authorization Validated End-User Provisions: Requirement for Notice of Export, Reexport, or Transfer (In-Country) and Clarification Regarding Termination of Conditions on VEU Authorizations.
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April 17, 2012
BIS publishes final rule Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR): Export Control Classification Number 0Y521 Series, Items Not Elsewhere Listed on the Commerce Control List (CCL).
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March 2, 2012
On February 24, 2012, the Federal Register published a BIS rule entitled, "Amendment to Existing Validated End-User Authorizations for Applied Materials (China), Inc., Boeing Tianjin Composites Co. Ltd., CSMC Technologies Corporation, Lam Research Corporation, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation in the People’s Republic of China, and for GE India Industrial Pvt. Ltd. in India".
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February 24, 2012
BIS publishes rule updating legal authority citations for parts 730 and 744 of the EAR. This is a purely administrative rule to keep authority citation paragraphs in the Code of Federal Regulations current. It does not alter any of the text of the EAR nor does it affect any rights, obligations or prohibitions that apply to any person under the EAR.
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February 13, 2012
BIS posts public comments received on proposed rule to add to the Commerce Control List surface vessels of war and related articles that the President determines no longer warrant control under the United States Munitions List.
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February 13, 2012
BIS posts public comments received on proposed rule to add to the Commerce Control List submersible vessels, oceanographic equipment and related articles that the President determines no longer warrant control under the United States Munitions List.
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February 13, 2012
BIS posts public comments concerning its retrospective regulatory review being conducted pursuant to Executive Order 13653.
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January 27, 2012
BIS posts public comments on proposed rule to add to the Commerce Control List certain gas turbine engines and related items that the President determines no longer warrant control under the United Munitions List.
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January 23, 2012
BIS posts public comments on proposed rule to add to the Commerce Control List certain military vehicles and related items that the President determines no longer warrant control under the United States Munitions List.
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January 9, 2012
BIS publishes rule imposing a license requirement on certain microwave and millimeter wave electronic components.
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