Foreign Policy Controls: Specially Designed Implements of Torture

The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by expanding foreign policy controls on specially designed implements of torture. Previously, such implements were controlled under ECCN 0A82C of the Commerce Control List, along with handcuffs, police helmets and shields, as crime control and detection commodities. As such, they did not require a validated license for export to member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Australia, Japan or New Zealand. This rule creates a new CCL entry requiring a validated license for export of specially designed implements of torture to all destinations, including Canada. Applications for such exports will continue to be subject to a general policy of denial.