REGULATORY COMPLIANCE NEWSLETTER – Vol. 0404-2008

Today's Items:

1. Focusing on the ITAR—A Seminar Series
2. OFAC--Quarterly TSRA report
3. CBP--United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement
4. BATF--Puerto Rican Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes Shipped From Puerto Rico to the United States
5. NATO Offers Membership to Two of Three Balkan Candidates
6. Denied Parties Screening Update
7. Conferences

NEWS:

Focusing on the ITAR--A Seminar Series—Training in Defense Trade Regulatory Requirements and Practices

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued the release of the quarterly TSRA report -- Quarterly Report of Licensing Activities pursuant to Section 906(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (“TSRA”), covering activities undertaken by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") under Section 906(a)(1) of the TSRA from July through September 2007. Under the procedures established in its TSRA-related regulations, OFAC processes license applications requesting authorization to export agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices to Iran and Sudan under the one-year specific licensing regime set forth in Section 906 of the TSRA.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a final rule, that adopts, without change, interim amendments to title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations which were published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2007, as CBP Dec. 07-50 to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs- related provisions of the United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement signed by the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Final rule effective April 30, 2008.

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is adopting as a final rule, with some clarifying changes and editorial corrections, the temporary regulations set forth in T.D. ATF-444. These temporary regulations eliminated the onsite preshipment inspection of, and the requirement to complete several ATF forms for, shipments to the United States of tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes manufactured in Puerto Rico . Effective Date: March 31, 2008.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

NATO Offers Membership to Two of Three Balkan Candidates -- NATO formally offered membership to two of the three Balkan nations President Bush had strongly advocated for acceptance. Albania and Croatia were accepted by the 26 other NATO members to begin the accession process. Greece blocked Macedonia , the third Balkan nation under consideration, from receiving an invitation to join. Greece objects to the nation using the name Macedonia , saying it implies claims on a Greek province of the same name.

DENIED PARTIES SCREENING UPDATE:

The following entities were added to the Denied Persons List. The full list of changes can be accessed at the OCR web site.

• *ENTIRE COUNTRY* , SRI LANKA
  Privileges affected: In accordance with the DOS, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (Div. J, Pub. L. 110-161), the DOS is amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) regarding Sri Lanka, to make it United States policy to deny licenses and other approvals to export or otherwise transfer defense articles and defense services to Sri Lanka except, on a case-by-case basis, for technical data or equipment made available for the limited purposes of maritime and air surveillance and communications. (FR 15409 Dated 03/24/2008). In accordance with DOS, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008, effective December 26, 2007, it is the policy of the United States to deny applications for licenses and other approvals to export or otherwise transfer defense articles and services to Sri Lanka .
  Effective date: 12/26/07, Expiration date: UNTIL RESCINDED
  F.R. Date: 03/24/2008, Citation: 73 FR 15409

CONFERENCES:

BIS

Title: Complying with US Export Controls
Date: April 8-9, 2008
Location: Atlanta, GA

Title: Technology Controls
Date: April 10, 2008
Location: Atlanta, GA

Title: Deemed Exports
Date: April 15, 2008
Location: Webinar

Title: Complying with US Export Controls Closed
Date: April 16-17, 2008
Location: Chicago, IL

Title: Complying with US Export Controls
Date: April 23-24, 2008
Location: Portland, OR

Title: How To Develop an Export Management and Compliance Program
Date: April 29 and 30 , 2008
Location: New Orleans, LA

International Trade Compliance Strategies, LLC -- http://www.itcstrategies.com/

Unz & Co. Seminars – http://www.unzco.com/

Title: Export Operations & Procedures, Export Controls and Licensing, NAFTA and Other Free Trade Agreements, Export Management
Date: April 7 - 11, 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC

Title: Export Operations and Procedures, Export Controls and Licensing, Introduction to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), ITAR Licensing Workshop
Date: April 14 – 18, 2008
Location: New Orleans, LA

Title: Import Operations & Procedures, Tariff Classification Under the Harmonized System, U.S. Customs Audit & Compliance Assessment, International Terms of Sale, Payment & Letter of Credit
Date: April 21 - 25, 2008
Location: Saddle Brook, NJ

Title: Classification Under the Schedule B
Date: April 22, 2008
Location: Stamford, CT

Title: Export Operations & Procedures, Export Controls and Licensing, Introduction to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), ITAR Licensing Workshop
Date: April 28 – May 2, 2008
Location: Chicago, IL

Title: Global Sourcing & Supply Chain Management
Date: April 29, 2008
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Title: International Logistics
Date: April 30, 2008
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Title: Export Operations & Procedures, Export Controls and Licensing, Introduction to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), ITAR Licensing Workshop, Classification Under the Schedule B
Date: April 28 – May 2, 2008
Location: Chicago, IL

DL Exports International

For a list of seminars please visit http://www.dlexports.com/

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