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title: "BIS Confirms: Entity List Restrictions Apply to All Parties, Including Freight Forwarders and Purchasers"
date: 2020-08-18T16:29:07-04:00
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# BIS Confirms: Entity List Restrictions Apply to All Parties, Including Freight Forwarders and Purchasers

 August 18, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

On August 20, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will publish a[ final rule ](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/20/2020-17908/clarification-of-entity-list-requirements-for-listed-entities-when-acting-as-a-party-to-the)confirming that the Entity List licensing requirements apply to all transactions in which a listed party plays a role – including where the listed party is the ultimate consignee, end-user, purchaser, or intermediate consignee. The new rule formally codifies longstanding BIS policy on the scope of the Entity List’s requirements, which generally prohibit exports, reexports and in-country transfers of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that involve a party on the Entity List without a license.

Prohibited party screening programs should screen every party to a transaction to properly identify shipments that implicate the Entity List’s restrictive controls.

 

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