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The IFR amends Supplement No. 1 to EAR Part 774 to change the reasons-for-control on ECCN 9A004.x (parts, components and accessories for spacecraft) and ECCN 9A515.x (military spacecraft "specially designed" parts) entries from NS1/RS1 to NS2/RS2. Under the Commerce Country Chart:
destination except Canada.
set of countries (broadly: Country Group D:1 plus Country Group E destinations).
The net effect is that BIS licensing requirements are eliminated for around 40 destinations — broadly NATO, EU, NTIB-equivalent, and major non-NATO partners — for the covered "specially designed" spacecraft parts and components. The rule does not relax controls on the more sensitive end-item spacecraft (9A515.a, .b, .c, etc., except where addressed in the companion AU/CA/UK final rule).
The IFR is paired with two same-day companion rules:
requirements for certain 9A515 spacecraft (remote-sensing, space-based logistics, assembly, and servicing items) for Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom under the NTIB.
License Exception Commercial Space Activities (CSA), still in the comment phase.
A parallel DDTC rule on the State Department side revises USML Category XV; that USML rule is a separate instrument and will be filed independently when issued in final form.
space-services industry exporting parts and subsystems to European, Japanese, Korean and Five-Eyes prime contractors.
industrial bases (Airbus DS, OHB, Thales Alenia Space, MELCO, KAI/Hanwha) depend on US-supplied components.
with the broader 2024-25 allied effort to harmonise dual-use controls on advanced technologies (semiconductors, AI compute, biotech, and now space).
the final rule that BIS subsequently consolidated in 2025.
proposal as a separate rule (track via subsequent FR documents in 2025).
in final form on the State Department side (separate filing).
Country Group D:5 destinations evolves under subsequent BIS rulemakings post-2024.