Implementation of the 2002 Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items: Revisions to Categories 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Commerce Control List, General Software Note, and Reporting Requirements

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies items subject to Department of Commerce export controls. This final rule revises certain entries controlled for national security reasons in Categories 2, 3, 4, 5 Part I (telecommunications), 5 Part II (information security), 6, 7, 8, and 9 to conform with changes in the List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies maintained and agreed to by governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar Arrangement). The Wassenaar Arrangement controls strategic items with the objective of improving regional and international security and stability. The purpose of this final rule is to make the necessary changes to the Commerce Control List to implement revisions to the Wassenaar List that were agreed upon in the February 2002 meeting (and finalized in May 2002) and to make necessary revisions to reporting requirements, definitions, and the General Technology and Software Notes. The changes that affected microprocessors were published in a separate rule on January 14, 2003 (68 FR 1796).