Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Reform of Computer Export Controls; Establishment of General License G-CTP

The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), to implement the President's October 6, 1995, announcement on major reform of computer export controls. The President announced a liberalization of export controls on all computers to countries in North America, most of Western Europe, and parts of Asia. For certain other countries, including many in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, this rule also liberalizes export controls on computers. For the former Soviet Union, China and certain other countries, U.S. export controls will focus on computers intended for military and proliferation end-uses or users, and ease controls on exports of computers to civilian customers. Finally, there will be no change in current policy for computer shipments to terrorist countries, with the exception of the addition of Sudan to ECCNs 4A94F, 4D94F, 4E94F, and Computer Tier 4 (a grouping of terrorist countries, for the purpose of computer controls). This decision will streamline validated license requirements for U.S. computer manufacturers of computers that are, or will be in the next two years, widely available in the international market place.