The proposed rule creates 17 new
export control classification numbers under the commerce control list to control the items moved from the munitions list, and the rule further revises several other numbers.
The BIS final rule creates 10 new 600 series
export control classification numbers to accommodate the items being transferred from the USML, which include aircraft, gas turbine engines, components, accessories, attachments, software and technology.
The aspect that has received the most attention is the establishment of new military end-use controls on 20 product categories consisting of 31
export control classification numbers (ECCN).
One of the changes included in the rule is that mass market encryption commodities and software with key lengths (symmetric) over 64 bits may now be exported and re-exported to most destinations sans a license under
Export Control Classification Numbers 5A992 and 5D992, so long as a 30-day review has been conducted by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
