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Export Control

What is Export Control?

Regulations governing the export of sensitive goods, software, and technology to foreign countries, requiring licenses and compliance with embargo restrictions.

Compliance and Regulatory

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as export control. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on export control

Requirements naming export control across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) administered by the US Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) at 22 USC 2778 + 2779 + 2780 + Executive Order 13637 (delegation of authorit...

ITAR-Scope-AECA-22USC2778-22CFR120-130-DDTC-USML-21Categories-DefenseArticle-Service-TechnicalData · ITAR Scope + Arms Export Control Act (22 USC 2778) + 22 CFR Parts 120-130 + Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) + United States Munitions List (USML) 21 Categories + Defense Article/Service/Technical Data Definitions

Ensure controlled shipments are accompanied by accurate Electronic Export Information filings, license citations or exception symbols, destination control statements, and tamper evident packaging, and that freight forwarders are vetted and instructed.

ITAR-EAR-Shipping · Physical Export Controls and Shipping

Data that is a controlled item relevant to safeguarding national security and interests, or to fulfilling international obligations, is subject to export-control law.

DSL-Art25 · Export Controls on Controlled Data (Art. 25)

The entity must flow down relevant DISP and security requirements to subcontractors handling classified information, and comply with export-control and controlled-technology obligations (Defence Trade Controls / ITAR where applicable).

DISP-ICT-SUPPLYCHAIN · Supply chain, subcontractor flowdown and export controls

Operators must ensure declared goods, parties and destinations comply with applicable EU restrictive measures and export control regulations, performing denied party and dual-use screening before customs formalities.

EU-UCC-20 · Sanctions and Export Controls Alignment

Requires persons subject to the EAR to keep records of regulated transactions (including export control documents, memoranda, correspondence and financial records) for five years and to make them available to BIS.

EAR-Part762 · Recordkeeping

Questions people ask about export control

What is Export Control?
Regulations governing the export of sensitive goods, software, and technology to foreign countries, requiring licenses and compliance with embargo restrictions.
Why is Export Control important for compliance?
Export Control is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding export control helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Export Control?
Export Control appears in the requirement text of ITAR - International Traffic in Arms Regulations, US ITAR and EAR - Export Control and Data Security, China Data Security Law (DSL), Defence Industry Security Program (DISP), Union Customs Code (UCC) - Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. Across these standards we have identified 14 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Export Control?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how export control applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.