Authorization Validated End-User: Amendment to Existing Validated End-User Authorizations in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India

In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to suspend the availability of Authorization Validated End-User (VEU) status for any export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of items subject to the EAR to Aviza Technology China, a VEU in the People's Republic of China (PRC/China) and to GE India's GE Fanuc Systems PVT Ltd facility in India. VEU status was provided to the PRC company in an April 2009 final rule published in the Federal Register, and to the eligible facility of the Indian company in a July 2009 final rule published in the Federal Register. BIS is suspending the availability of Authorization VEU for exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) due to material changes at the companies, consistent with the authorization's eligible end-user provisions. Suspension of the availability of Authorization VEU in this amendment is not the result of prohibited activities by the two companies. This amendment does not otherwise create a new license requirement or adversely affect the licensing policy for exports, reexports or transfers of items to the company and facility identified in this rule.