# Encryption Items
> **Bureau of Industry and Security** · Interim rule. · Published 1998-09-22 · 63 FR 50516
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-25096
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Industry and Security
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 50516
- **CFR reference:** 15 CFR 732
- **Publication date:** 1998-09-22
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 980911233-8233-01
## Abstract

This interim rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by clarifying controls on the export and reexport of encryption items (EI) controlled for ``EI'' reasons on the Commerce Control List. This rule incorporates public comments on an interim rule published in the Federal Register on December 30, 1996, and implements new licensing policies for general purpose non-recoverable non-voice encryption commodities or software of any key length for distribution to banks and financial institutions in specified countries.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/09/22/98-25096/encryption-items)
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