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class="item-page" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <meta itemprop="inLanguage" content="en-GB" /> <div class="page-header"> <h2 itemprop="headline"> Advisory Opinions </h2> </div> <div itemprop="articleBody"> <p>BIS has selected certain advisory opinions that may be of general interest to the public. BIS will add future advisory opinions to this list as appropriate. Some of these advisory opinions have been redacted to avoid releasing identifying information that is protected under Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act.</p> <p> </p> <table style="width: 80%;" sizcache="2" sizset="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" bgcolor="#999999"> <tbody sizcache="2" sizset="0"> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><th height="29" bgcolor="#cccccc">Date</th><th bgcolor="#cccccc">Issue Examined</th></tr>  <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>09/25/23</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=3389">Export guidance and BIS interpretation of “gene” related to ECCN 1C353</a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>06/09/23</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=3311">Additional deemed export authorization not required for release of licensed technology and software to permanent and regular employees (as defined in 734.20(d)(2)) in the United States.</a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>05/03/23</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=3279">Non-proprietary system description shared in standards development</a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>08/19/19</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=2437">General Advisory Opinion Concerning Prohibited Activities in the Standards Setting or Development Context When a Listed Entity Is Involved</a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>11/24/14</td> <td> <p><a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=1098&Itemid=182">Cloud-based Storefronts</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>03/25/14</td> <td> <p><a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=906&Itemid=182">Scope of the General Technology Note</a> <a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=873&Itemid=182"></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>12/13/13</td> <td> <p><a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=873&Itemid=182">Application of “specially designed” to multipurpose die, standard packages, and integrated circuits comprised thereof</a> <a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=844&Itemid=182"></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="display: none;" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>10/24/13</td> <td> <p><a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=844&Itemid=182">Time-Limited EAR99 Software on a Public Website</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>10/31/13</td> <td> <p><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/deemed-exports/deemed-reexport-guidance1">Deemed Reexport Guidance</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>08/05/13</td> <td> <p><a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=819&Itemid=182">Artwork to Cuba</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>02/21/13</td> <td> <p><a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=686&Itemid=182">Application of ECCNs 9A00l .a and 9A003.a to Aero Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>02/23/13</td> <td> <p><a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=684&Itemid=182">EAR licensing requirements for deemed reexports to third-country national and certain dual nation</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>01/18/13</td> <td><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span> <p><a class="doclink" href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=670&Itemid=182">Interpretation of the Note to ECCN 9A001.a</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>10/25/11</td> <td><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/advisory-opinions?id=320"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Guidance for Preparing Commodity Classification (“CCATS”) Requests for Information Pertaining to the Development or Production of Carbon Fiber Organic Matrix Composite Items</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>01/11/11</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=533"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cloud Computing and Deemed Exports</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>12/27/10</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=532"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Advisory Opinion Regarding Technology for the Development or Production of Carbon Fiber/Organic Resin Items</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>09/14/09</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=531"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Second Incorporation Rule</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>09/11/09</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=529"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Downloads of encrypted software reviewed and classified as "-mass market-" </span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>07/01/09</td> <td>Interpretation of ECCN 1A007: This interpretation has been superseded by the December 11, 2009 publication of a rule that removed the license requirement note in 1A007</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>02/10/09</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=530"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Transfers of Licenses</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>01/13/09</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=527"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Application of EAR to Grid and Cloud Computing Services </span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>01/12/09</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=528"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Software or technology related to Avionics Displays that employ techniques used to make two dimensional (2D) image appear as a three dimensional (3D)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>11/10/08</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=706">Licensing Requirement Note to ECCN 2B350</a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>10/14/08</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=523"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Classification of computer preloaded with TSU-eligible encryption software</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>03/21/08</td> <td>Clarifications on current technical parameters under ECCN 1C210:<br /><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=522">ECCN 1C210 Content</a><br /><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=521" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Thermoset Resin</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>03/21/08</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=526" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clarification on current technical parameter under ECCN 3A233</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>11/19/07</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=513">Condition on permanent employees access to controlled technology/technical data</a><br /><span class="smallText">(Note: this guidance supersedes that provided by BIS in agency interpretation dated 2/24/06)</span></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>09/13/07</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=518" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Reminder of Wassenaar Arrangement's Munitions List Controls</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>08/02/07</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=517" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Application of the Foreign Direct Product Rule to Exports of Encryption Technology</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>06/05/06</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=516"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Exports and Reexports to Non-U.S. Embassies Located in Third Countries </span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>07/19/06</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=515"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">License Exception Contradictions</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>05/04/06</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=514"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bullet-proof windshield glass</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>01/11/06</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=512"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nexus between export and deemed export requirements under the EAR and the foreign filing requirements under the USPTO regulations.</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>12/06/04</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=510"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Public sale of US equipment to a foreign national and the "deemed export" rule</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>08/26/04</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=509"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Involvement of a US-person in a foreign company</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>05/27/04</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=508"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Availability of License Exception RPL</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>05/24/04</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=511"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Classification of an item incorporated into a larger system</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>12/01/03</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=507"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Foreign distributor as a "-sales representative-" under License Exception TMP</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>10/03/03</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=506"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Availability of License Exceptions APR and RPL for foreign made products</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>07/14/03</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=505"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Reexports to Iran</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>05/15/03</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=504"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clarification of ECCN 5E001.b.3</span></a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td>05/06/03</td> <td><a href="/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=503">Remotely sensed imagery</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="clr"></div> <span 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