State Department to Only Electronic Submission of Commodity Jurisdiction Requests After September 3rd

August 10, 2010

The State Department has issued a final rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to require electronic submission of requests for commodity jurisdiction determinations starting September 3, 2010.

A new form entitled ‘‘Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Determination Form’’ (Form DS–4076) has been added to the listing of forms at 22 CFR 120.28(a)(8). This form was made available via the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls’ (DDTC) Web site (http://www.pmddtc.state.gov) for public use on a trial basis (as well as comment) on September 30, 2009. Information contained in the description block (Block 5) (exclusive of information legitimately identified as proprietary in Block 15) will be used in DDTC’s published Commodity Jurisdiction determinations list, to be available on the DDTC Web site. Also, 22 CFR 120.4(a) is amended to state that the ‘‘Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Determination Form’’ must be electronically submitted to DDTC. For twenty-nine days after the effective date of this final rule, a request for a commodity jurisdiction determination may be submitted electronically or via a paper format. After thirty (30) days from the effective date of this final rule (September 2, 2010), electronic submission via the ‘‘Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Determination Form’’ (Form DS–4076) will be mandatory. Additionally, § 120.4(c) was amended to eliminate the instruction to submit seven collated sets of supporting documentation.