BIS Publishes ANPRM for Foundational Technologies
The Bureau of Industry and Security released its long-awaited pre-rule for foundational technologies and asked industry to comment on the types of technologies BIS should target for potential controls. BIS is specifically looking for feedback on a definition for foundational technologies, criteria for identifying them, how the controls might impact their development and the potential benefits of end-use or end-user based controls as opposed to technology-based controls.
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The agency said in the advance notice of proposed rulemaking it expects to use the public comments to impose new control levels on items currently controlled for anti-terrorism reasons or items controlled under the Export Administration Regulations and classified as EAR99. Comments on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking are due Oct. 26.