15 CFR § 734.5 - Activities of U.S. and foreign persons subject to the EAR.

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title: "15 CFR § 734.5 - Activities of U.S. and foreign persons subject to the EAR."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "734.5"
section_name: "Activities of U.S. and foreign persons subject to the EAR."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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subchapter_name: "EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "734"
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authority: "50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601  50 U.S.C. 1701  E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13020, 61 FR 54079, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 219; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 223; Notice of November 7, 2024, 89 FR 88867 (November 8, 2024)."
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# 734.5 Activities of U.S. and foreign persons subject to the EAR.

The following kinds of activities are subject to the EAR:

(a) Specific activities of “U.S. persons,” wherever located, related to the proliferation of nuclear explosive devices, “missiles,” chemical or biological weapons, whole plants for chemical weapons precursors, and certain military-intelligence end uses and end users as described in § 744.6 of the EAR.

(b) Activities of U.S. or foreign persons prohibited by any order issued under the EAR, including a Denial Order issued pursuant to part 766 of the EAR.

[61 FR 12746, Mar. 25, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 68578, Dec. 30, 1996; 64 FR 27141, May 18, 1999; 64 FR 47105, Aug. 30, 1999; 74 FR 52883, Oct. 15, 2009; 86 FR 4869, Jan. 15, 2021; 89 FR 96810, Dec. 5, 2024]