“Specially Designed”: Don’t Rely on First Impressions

Webinar Instructor: John Black

You Could Miss Its Dramatic Change to EAR & ITAR Classifications

August 20, 2014

ECoP^®EAR or ITAR renewal credits = 1

The Devil (and the Meaning) Is in (Understanding) the Details

As a result of export control reform, the two most important words in export controls may be “Specially Designed.”  At first glance, you might not notice their dramatic impact on the ITAR and EAR classifications for a wide range of electronics, satellite, aircraft, engine and missile-related items.  Take a closer look and do a systematic analysis of “specially designed” and you may find some dramatic, and, in fact, sometimes hard to believe changes and relaxations in your ITAR and EAR export classifications.

The recent shift of a wide range of military items off of the US Munitions List and onto the Commerce Control List is the most dramatic export control change in recent memory.  Nothing plays a bigger role in this major relaxation of US export controls than the term “specially designed.”  And there are two important things about “specially designed.”  First, it plays an unprecedented significant role in relaxing US export controls on many products and technologies.  Second, it is extremely complex and difficult to understand.  But it is not impossible to understand and apply, especially if someone sorts through the voluminous regulatory and rule-making language to show you what you need to know and understand.

Our webinar will include:

• The “catch and release” approach in “specially designed”
• The across the board decontrol of certain things such as fasteners, springs, grommets, etc.
• The decontrol of single use military items, because they are not “specially designed”
• The decontrol of items that are the same as lesser controlled items
• The decontrol of things with similar, but not identical, form and fit as lesser controlled items
• The decontrol of items intended for use in highly controlled items and lesser controlled items
• The decontrol of general purpose items
• The continued use of the undefined “specifically designed” in most USML categories
• Tips and ideas for how to go about reclassifying your products based on the new definition
• A question and answer period to clarify your burning questions

And if you think 60 minutes is too long to talk about just one definition, you obviously have not yet read and studied the 20 or so pages of fine print in the Federal Register notices related to “specially designed.”

If you attend the live webinar, you will receive a copy of the webinar training materials, including notes and access to the recorded version of the webinar online—two tools that may come in very handy as you work to use and apply specially designed in your job. Webinar participants will also be invited to submit questions during the webinar; the final 30 minutes of the webinar will be allotted to answering attendees' questions.

Join our webinar on August 20, 2014 as John Black uses his 29+ years of experience and concrete examples to show you how to understand, apply and take advantage of this complex and exporter-friendly new term.  For many companies, the rewards of mastering “specially designed” are discovering relaxed export controls on many items.  This webinar will provide PowerPoint slides and include video and commentary from John who has worked with a wide range of companies to study and apply “specially designed” and has already conducted well over 20 training sessions on this critical term.

**Each registrant will receive a copy of the presentation, certificate of completion and access to the webinar recording.

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