15 CFR § 781.3 - Scope of the APR.

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title: "15 CFR § 781.3 - Scope of the APR."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "781.3"
section_name: "Scope of the APR."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "781"
part_name: "GENERAL INFORMATION AND OVERVIEW OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL REGULATIONS (APR)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act of 2006, Pub. Law No. 109-401, 120 Stat. 2726 (December 18, 2006) (to be codified at 22 U.S.C. 8101-8181); Executive Order 13458 (February 4, 2008)."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 65128, Oct. 31, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 781.3 Scope of the APR.

The Additional Protocol Regulations or APR implement certain obligations of the United States under the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency Concerning the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America, known as the Additional Protocol.

(a) *Persons and locations subject to the APR.* The APR, promulgated by the Department of Commerce, shall apply to all persons and locations in the United States, *except*:

(1) Locations that are subject to the regulatory authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), pursuant to the NRC's regulatory jurisdiction under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2011 *et seq.*); and

(2) The following *United States Government locations* (see definition in § 781.1 of the APR):

(i) Department of Energy locations;

(ii) Department of Defense locations;

(iii) Central Intelligence Agency locations; and

(iv) Department of State locations.

(b) *Activities subject to the APR.* The activities that are subject to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in the APR are found in parts 783 and 784 of this subchapter (APR).