Expansion of Nuclear Nonproliferation Controls on China and Macau — First Correction (FR Doc 2023-18047)

Mechanism

This is the first of two correction notices (FR Doc 2023-18047, 88 FR 56763) in the erratum chain for the BIS final rule published August 14, 2023 (FR Doc 2023-17243, 88 FR 55021). The three-step chain:

1. August 14, 2023 — Original final rule (2023-17243, effective August 11): BIS amends 15 CFR Parts 738 and 742 to add China and Macau to NP2 licensing requirements under 15 CFR § 742.3(a)(2) and inserts "X" marks for China and Macau in the NP2 column of the Commerce Country Chart. 2. August 21, 2023 — First correction (2023-18047, this action): BIS publishes a correction notice correcting a typographical error in the Commerce Country Chart table as printed in the August 14 Federal Register. The corrected text itself contained a rendering error, necessitating a follow-on correction. 3. August 29, 2023 — Second correction (C1-2023-18047): BIS issues the definitive corrected version of the NP2 column entries for China and Macau in the Commerce Country Chart.

This action is procedural in character: it does not alter the licensing requirements established by the August 14 rule; it only addresses how the regulatory table was printed in the official register.

Affected ECCNs

Items newly subject to NP2 licensing requirements for China and Macau under the underlying rule:

• 1A290 — nuclear reactors and major components
• 1C298 — other nuclear-related materials
• 2A290 — nuclear-related machine tools
• 2A291 — nuclear plant equipment (generators, pumps, heat exchangers)
• 2D290 — nuclear-related software
• 2E001, 2E002 — technology for development/production of nuclear equipment
• 2E290 — technology for use of nuclear equipment

Downstream implications

• Compliance officers relying on the August 14 Federal Register version of the Country Chart should

defer to the August 29 second correction (C1-2023-18047) as the authoritative text.

• No licence applications or licensing policy were affected by the typographic errors in the erratum

chain; BIS enforcement practice followed the substantive policy from August 11, 2023 onwards.

Open questions

• Whether any licence applications filed between August 14 and August 29, 2023 were adjudicated

against the erroneous Country Chart text, and whether any corrections or appeals resulted.