15 CFR § 768.10 - Removal of controls on less sophisticated items.

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title: "15 CFR § 768.10 - Removal of controls on less sophisticated items."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "768.10"
section_name: "Removal of controls on less sophisticated items."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "768"
part_name: "FOREIGN AVAILABILITY DETERMINATION PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "50 U.S.C. 4601  50 U.S.C. 1701  E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of August 15, 2017, 82 FR 39005 (August 16, 2017)."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 12915, Mar. 25, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 768.10 Removal of controls on less sophisticated items.

Where the Secretary has removed national security controls on an item for foreign availability reasons, the Secretary will also remove controls on similar items that are controlled for national security reasons and whose functions, technological approach, performance thresholds, and other attributes that form the basis for national security export controls do not exceed the technical parameters of the item that BIS has decontrolled for foreign availability reasons.