The concurrent final rules on transferring items from...

The concurrent final rules on transferring items from U.S. Munitions List category XI to the Commerce Control List include revisions for satellite systems. The Commerce and State departments released the final rules on the transfer of dual-use items Monday (CD July 1 p12). Most of the rules are effective Dec. 30, the departments said Tuesday in Federal Register notices (http://1.usa.gov/1z5Fakc; http://1.usa.gov/1lwGfaz). Revisions include one made to control antennas that employ four or more elements, electronically steer angular beams and achieve a beam switching speed faster than 50 milliseconds. That came in response to commenters who indicated the previous rule was written in a way that would control items like antennas designed for transmitting radio communications via a commercially operated fixed or mobile satellite service system, which is already controlled by an export control classification number, the State Department notice said. The final rules were released as part of previously disclosed export control overhaul (CD May 13 p12).