Commerce proposes tighter controls for missile components to Canada

Commerce proposes tighter controls for missile components to Canada    The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposes to amend its regulations to include licenses for all exports and re-exports of items controlled for missile technology reasons to Canada.
   Currently, the agency’s Export Administration Regulations requires licenses for missile technology-controlled items to all countries, except for Canada.
   BIS said it’s implementing recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office in a 2001 report. The federal watchdog agency said BIS should either impose a license requirement for missile technology-controlled items to Canada based on the existing export control rules or seek a statutory change.
   BIS said the effect of this rule is that license exemptions for missile technology-controlled items will no longer be available.
   The agency will take comments from the industry regarding the proposed rulemaking through June 23. For more information, contact Steven Goldman, director of the BIS Office of Nonproliferation Controls and Treaty Compliance, in Washington at (202) 482-3825.