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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.

IEC authorises specified items to specified destinations as set out in BIS's License Exception IEC Eligible Items and Destinations list (last modified 17 September 2024), incorporated by reference;

ear-export-administration-regulations::740.24 · 740.24 Implemented Export Control (IEC) →

For CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET and TOP SECRET systems, when highly formatted textual data is exported through gateways, agencies must implement: protective marking checks; filtering by a product built specifically for data filtering;

new-zealand-information-security-manual-nzism::20.2.8.C.01 · 20.2.8.C.01 Gateway export controls for formatted textual data →

Using an export or temporary import control document containing a false statement or omitting a material fact to export, transfer, reexport, retransfer, obtain or furnish a defense article, technical data or defense service is unlawful, and such statements are...

itar-international-traffic-in-arms-regulations::127.2 · Keep every export control document complete and truthful →

The state's data security review system conducts national security reviews of data processing that affects or may affect national security, and review decisions made according to law are final;

china-data-security-law-dsl::24-25 · Art. 24-25 Submit to national security review of data processing that affects national security; observe export control on controlled data →

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 →

LkSG Sections 12-23 - enforcement + sanctions. BAFA (Bundesamt fur Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle - Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control): the German federal enforcement authority + responsible for: (a) MONITORING + INSPECTION (Section 14-17...

LkSG-BAFA-Enforcement-Sanctions · BAFA Enforcement, EUR 8M + 2% Sanctions and Public Procurement Exclusion →

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 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Export Control?
Export Control appears in the requirement text of EAR - Export Administration Regulations, New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM), ITAR - International Traffic in Arms Regulations, China Data Security Law (DSL), Defence Industry Security Program (DISP). Across these standards we have identified 16 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 1,016 frameworks.

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