ACCESSION NUMBER:231825
FILE ID:NE-313
DATE:06/17/92
TITLE:NEA313   06/17/92 * (06/17/92)
TEXT:*92061713.NEA US exports/me announced/NH sa/ok
NEA313   06/17/92 *

U.S. TIGHTENS CONTROLS ON MISSILE COMPONENTS
(U.S. exports to 21 countries restricted)     (460)
By Norma Holmes
USIA Staff Writer
Washington -- U.S. authorities June 16 announced tightened restrictions
on people and materials that could be useful in building missiles.

The amended export regulations include a list of foreign missile technology
regions, countries and missile projects.  Exports to these destinations are
subject to special export licensing requirements to help prevent U.S.
participation in foreign missile activities, Commerce Acting Under
Secretary for Export Administration Joan M. McEntee announced.

The list and controls, developed in consultation with the U.S. Department of
State and other U.S. government agencies, also applies to re-exports of
U.S. goods from other countries.

"This new step tightens our national export controls and is part of the
international effort to prevent the further spread of weapons of mass
destruction," McEntee said.

The rules take effect June 16, when a complete text will be published in the
Federal Register.  Americans are prohibited from knowingly assisting in
foreign missile activities, including financing, insuring shipping and
brokering or selling  without export license, goods or services that could
help build weapons in 21 countries including Iraq, China, India and North
Korea.

"Exporters need to take special care in doing business in certain regions
and countries to avoid participating in or contributing to missile-related
activities," McEntee said.  While the list will be used for export
licensing purposes "it should not be viewed as a sanction against other
countries."

The countries, regions, and missile projects listed include:
-- Middle East, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and
Yemen.

-- Brazil:  Sonda II, Sonda IV, SS-300, SS-1000, MB/EE Series Missile, VLS
Space Launch Vehicle.

-- China:  M Series Missiles, CSS-2
-- India:  AGNI, PRITHVI, SLV-3 Satellite Launch Vehicle, Augmented
Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV),
Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).

-- Iran:  Surface-to-Surface Missile Project, SCUD Development Project.
-- North Korea:  No Dong 1, SCUD Development Project.
-- Pakistan:  HATF Series Missiles.
-- South Africa:  Surface-to-Surface Missile Project, Space Launch Vehicle.
The new regulation supplements 1991 Commerce department regulations
implementing the President's Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative
(EPCI).  Under EPCI rules, an individual, validated license is required for
the export of any type of item when a U.S. person "knows" that a proposed
1xport will be used for chemical and biological weapons (CBW) activities at
certain destinations.  The new regulation supplements these rules by
providing a list of missile destinations to which EPCI validated licensing
requirements apply.  A list of CBW destinations appeared in the Federal
Register in 1991.

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