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10 CFR § 810.8 - Restrictions on general and specific authorization.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s810.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 810.8 - Restrictions on general and specific authorization."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "810.8"
section_name: "Restrictions on general and specific authorization."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "810"
part_name: "ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN ATOMIC ENERGY ACTIVITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 57, 127, 128, 129, 161, 222, 232, and 234 AEA, as amended by the  Pub. L. 95-242, 68 Stat. 932, 948, 950, 958, 92 Stat. 126, 136, 137, 138 (42 U.S.C. 2077, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2201, 2272, 2280, 2282), the  Pub. L. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3768, and sec. 3116 of the  Pub. L. 115-232; Sec. 104 of the  Pub. L. 93-438; Sec. 301,  Pub. L. 95-91;  Pub. L. 106-65, 50 U.S.C. 2401  as amended."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 9375, Feb. 23, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 810.8 Restrictions on general and specific authorization.

A general or specific authorization granted by the Secretary under this part:

(a) Is limited to activities involving only unclassified information and does not permit furnishing classified information;

(b) Does not relieve a person from complying with the relevant laws or the regulations of other U.S. Government agencies applicable to exports; and

(c) Does not authorize a person to engage in any activity when the person knows or has reason to know that the activity is intended to provide assistance in designing, developing, fabricating, or testing a nuclear explosive device.