The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security is adding five new national security-related technologies to the Export Administration Regulations’ Commerce Control List, according to a notice in the Federal Register. The additions stem from changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement’s List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies agreed to during the 2018 Plenary meeting, the notice said. The changes add “recently developed or developing technologies” that are “essential” to U.S. national security: “discrete microwave transistors,” “continuity of operation software,” “post-quantum cryptography,” “underwater transducers designed to operate as hydrophones” and “air-launch platforms.” The notice is scheduled for publication and the changes take effect on May 23.
Commerce Control List
The Commerce Control List (CCL) is the list of dual-use goods and technologies that require licenses under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The list is broken out into 10 categories with various Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) describing each good, software or technology subject to export controls. It is administered by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security.