# Amendment to the Export Administration Regulations: Removal of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation From the List of Validated End-Users in the People's Republic of China
> **Bureau of Industry and Security** · Final rule. · Published 2016-12-05 · Effective 2016-12-05 · 81 FR 87426
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-29057
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Industry and Security
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 87426
- **CFR reference:** 15 CFR 748
- **Publication date:** 2016-12-05
- **Effective date:** 2016-12-05
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 161005927-6927-01
## Abstract

In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove one end-user from the list of validated end-users in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Specifically, BIS amends Supplement Number 7 to part 748 of the EAR to remove the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) as a validated end-user in the PRC. BIS makes this change at the company's request, and not in response to activities of concern.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/05/2016-29057/amendment-to-the-export-administration-regulations-removal-of-semiconductor-manufacturing)
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