Two final rules issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security amend the Export Administration Regulations' Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to EAR Part 774). The Entity List provides notice to the public that certain exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to entities identified on the Entity List require a license from BIS and that availability of license exceptions in such transactions is limited. The first rule ( ¶72,750.256) adds 16 persons under 18 entries to the Entity List. These persons have been determined by the government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. These persons will be listed under the countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. The effective date of this rule is April 27, 2012.
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