22 CFR § 120.14 - Licenses and related authorizations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s120.14"
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title: "22 CFR § 120.14 - Licenses and related authorizations."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "120.14"
section_name: "Licenses and related authorizations."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS"
part_number: "120"
part_name: "PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2752, 2753, 2776, 2778, 2779, 2779a, 2785, 2794, 2797; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 223."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 16411, Mar. 23, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
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# 120.14 Licenses and related authorizations.

(a) *Export, reexport, retransfer, or temporary import, of defense articles.* The approval of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) must be requested and obtained before the export, reexport, retransfer, or temporary import of a defense article, unless an exemption under the provisions of this subchapter is applicable.

(b) *Furnishing defense services.* The approval of DDTC must be requested and obtained before a defense service may be furnished, unless an exemption under the provisions of this subchapter is applicable.

(c) *Brokering activities.* The approval of DDTC must be requested and obtained before engaging in the business of brokering activities for the defense articles described in § 129.4(a) of this subchapter by a person who is required to register as a broker under part 129 of this subchapter, unless an exemption under the provisions of part 129 is applicable.