15 CFR § 754.5 - Horses for export by sea.

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title: "15 CFR § 754.5 - Horses for export by sea."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "754.5"
section_name: "Horses for export by sea."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "754"
part_name: "SHORT SUPPLY CONTROLS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601  50 U.S.C. 1701  10 U.S.C. 8720; 10 U.S.C. 8730(e); 15 U.S.C. 1824; E.O. 11912, 41 FR 15825, 3 CFR, 1976 Comp., p. 114; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 12844, Mar. 25, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 754.5 Horses for export by sea.

(a) *License requirement.* As indicated by the letters “SS” in the “Reason for Control” paragraph of the “License Requirements” section of ECCN 0A980 on the CCL (supplement no. 1 to part 774 of the EAR) a license is required for the export of horses exported by sea to all destinations, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

(b) *License policy.* (1) License applications for the export of horses by sea for the purposes of slaughter will be denied.

(2) Other license applications will be approved if BIS, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, determines that the horses are not intended for slaughter. You must provide a statement in the additional information section of the application certifying that no horse under consignment is being exported for the purpose of slaughter.

(3) Each application for export may cover only one consignment of horses.

[61 FR 12844, Mar. 25, 1996, as amended at 73 FR 49331, Aug. 21, 2008; 89 FR 28601, Apr. 19, 2024]