Bureau of Export Administration
 
October 25, 2001
 

The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) has issued a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the Commerce Control List (CCL) to implement the understandings reached at the October 2000, plenary meeting of the Australia Group (AG). The rule also amends the EAR by adding Cyprus and Turkey to Country Group A:3, thereby eliminating license requirements for exports and reexports of certain AG-controlled items to these two countries. Finally, this rule updates the list of countries that are currently States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention by adding the following countries: Azerbaijan, Colombia, Dominica, Eritrea, Gabon, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, San Marino, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and Zambia. This rule is effective September 28, 2001.