15 CFR § 720.1 - Denial of export privileges for convictions under 18 U.S.C. 229.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s720.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 720.1 - Denial of export privileges for convictions under 18 U.S.C. 229."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "720.1"
section_name: "Denial of export privileges for convictions under 18 U.S.C. 229."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "720"
part_name: "DENIAL OF EXPORT PRIVILEGES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 6701 E.O. 13128, 64 FR 36703, 3 CFR 1999 Comp., p. 199."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 24929, Apr. 27, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "720"
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# 720.1 Denial of export privileges for convictions under 18 U.S.C. 229.
Any person in the United States or any U.S. national may be denied export privileges after notice and opportunity for hearing if that person has been convicted under Title 18, Section 229 of the United States Code of knowingly:
(a) Developing, producing, otherwise acquiring, transferring directly or indirectly, receiving, stockpiling, retaining, owning, possessing, or using, or threatening to use, a chemical weapon; or
(b) Assisting or inducing, in any way, any person to violate paragraph (a) of this section, or attempting or conspiring to violate paragraph (a) of this section.