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BIS Adds 24 Entities to Entity List for Supplying to Russia, Iran, Pakistan

December 8, 2022 by Ian Cohen|Top News

The Bureau of Industry and Security is adding 24 companies to the Entity List for participating in a range of illegal exports, including efforts to aid Russia’s military, supply export-controlled items to Iran or support Pakistan’s nuclear activities, the agency said in a final rule released Dec. 7. The additions include entities located in Latvia, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. BIS also removed one company from the Entity List.

All added entities will require a license for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations. BIS will review license applications under a review policy of denial or presumption of denial, with some entities eligible for certain case-by-case reviews, including for food and medicine. The additions took effect Dec. 8.

Some of the entities, including several located in Latvia, Russia and Switzerland, have “significantly” contributed to Russia’s military or defense industrial base, BIS said, which is subject to broad export restrictions. Those companies will receive a “footnote 3” designation on the Entity List because the End-User Review Committee determined they are Russian or Belarusian military end-users, the agency said. As a result, they will be subject to the Russia/Belarus-Military End User Foreign Direct Product rule (see 2202240069).

Other entities have tried to supply items subject to the EAR to Pardazan System Namad Arman, an Iranian entity sanctioned by the Treasury Department in 2018, BIS said. The agency also added organizations to the Entity List “based on their contributions to unsafeguarded nuclear activities and missile proliferation-related activities,” including efforts to supply EAR-controlled items for Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programs.

BIS also said it removed Safe Technical Supply from the Entity List “based on information” it received. The company had been listed under Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

All exports that now require a license as a result of the Entity List changes that were aboard a carrier to a port as of Dec. 8 may proceed to their destinations under the previous eligibility, BIS said.

The 24 new entities, added under 26 entries because some were listed under multiple destinations, are:

Latvia

Pakistan

Russia

Singapore

Switzerland

United Arab Emirates