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BIS Proposes Eliminating Paper Documents
December 4th, 2009
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is proposing to eliminate the use of most paper documents that it sends to parties with business before the agency. Among the documents that would be affected are export and reexport licenses, notices of denial of license applications, notices of return of a license application without action, classification results, License Exception AGR notification results, and encryption review request results.
BIS has issued a proposed rule (PDF) that would modify the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the changes, and to revise the recordkeeping requirements to take into account the elimination of paper documents.
Comments on the agency’s proposal are due by February 2, 2010.
For further information, contact: Thomas Andrukonis, Office of Exporter Services, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce at 202 482 6393 or tandrukoi@bis.doc.gov.
