The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security drew praise from industry leaders for nixing a license requirement to release technology controlled by Export Administration Regulations—so long as it is for “standards-related activity.”
“This interim final rule … amends the Export Administration Regulations to authorize the release of specified items subject to the EAR without a license when that release occurs in the context of a ‘standards-related activity,’ as defined in this rule,” reads a notice set to publish in the Federal Register Friday.