A newly-released Proposed Rule would create a procedure for the Dept. of Defense (DoD) to release unclassified technical data subject to Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to “qualified contractors,” which are defined to mean qualified U.S. and Canadian contractors.
The public-comment period ends on December 30, 2016.
The Proposed Rule raises the following critical operational and legal issues for U.S. and Canadian defense contractors seeking to obtain ITAR and EAR technical data from DoD:
- the certification requirements related to qualification,
- the use of overlapping and confusing terminology throughout the rule regarding the type of information subject to the rule,
- the limitations on further dissemination, and
- the possibility of disqualification for export violations.
For a brief summary of the process, the contractor certification requirement, the type of information subject to the rule, the disclosure limitations, and the issue of disqualification, click on this link: http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=541556
