On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the implementation of updated export controls to “restrict the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) ability to both purchase and manufacture certain high-end chips used in military applications and build on prior policies, company-specific actions, and less public regulatory, legal, and enforcement actions taken by BIS.” The new controls include additions to the Commerce Control List (CCL), new license requirements, and revisions to BIS’s Unverified List.
The effective dates for the changes are broken into three phases beginning October 7, 2022, October 12, 2022, and October 21, 2022.
On December 7, 2022, in a Federal Register Notice, BIS announced the extension of the comment period through January 31, 2023.
The October 7, 2022 BIS press release can be found here:
The October 13, 2022 Federal Register interim final rule entitled Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification can be found here:
The October 13, 2022 Federal Register final rule entitled Revisions to the Unverified List; Clarifications to Activities and Criteria That May Lead to Additions to the Entity List can be found here:
The December 7, 2022 Federal Register interim final rule entitled Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification can be found here:
