Complying with U.S. Export Controls

This two-day program is led by BIS professional counseling staff and provides an in-depth examination of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).  The program will cover the information exporters need to know to comply with US export control requirements under these regulations.

The workshop will explain:
What items and activities are subject to the EAR
Steps to take to determine the export licensing requirements for your item
How to determine your export control classification number (ECCN)
When you can export or re-export without applying for a license
Export clearance procedures and record keeping requirements
Export Compliance Program (ECP) concepts and real life examples in applying this information.

Presenters will conduct a number of “hands-on” exercises that will prepare you to apply the regulations to your own company’s export activities.  This one-of-a-kind program is well suited for those who need a comprehensive understanding of their obligations under the EAR.  Continuing legal education credit (MCLE) is available, and varies with the length of each seminar, for CA State Bar members.  The instructors are experienced export policy specialists, and enforcement personnel fro BIS field offices and are available throughout the seminar to answer your questions.

This event has been approved for 13 CES/MES credit

Agenda

DAY ONE

7:30 – REGISTRATION/NETWORKING/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 – WELCOME/HOUSEKEEPING DETAILS
8:45 – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
9:15 – SCOPE OF THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS

• Important terms and principles
• What is covered by the regulations
• Determining Jurisdiction
• Exercise

10:00 – NETWORKING BREAK
10:15 – CLASSIFYING ITEMS & COMMERCE COUNTRY CHART

• How to classify your item
• Export Control Classification Numbers
• Reasons for Control
• General Prohibitions 1 and 6
• Exercise

12:00 – NETWORKING LUNCH
1:00 – SPECIALLY DESIGNED VIDEO
1:10 – APPLICATIONS & PROCESSING

• Classification Requests
• Applying for an export license/SNAP-R
• Application Review Process
• General Prohibitions 9 and 10
• Exercise

2:45 – NETWORKING BREAK
3:00 – DEEMED EXPORTS
3:45 – OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS

• De Minimis Guidelines – General Prohibition 2
• Direct Product Guidelines – General Prohibition 3
• Exercise

4:30 DAY ONE CONCLUDES

DAY TWO

7:30 – NETWORKING/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 – REVIEW AND GAME
9:00 – BIS NEWS, UPDATES, & OTHER TOPICS

• Advisory Opinions
• Office of Antiboycott Compliance
• Recent Updates to the EAR

9:15 – END USER AND END USE CONTROLS

• Part 744 Control Policy
• Consolidated Screening List
• General Prohibitions 4, 5, and 7
• Exercise

10:00 – NETWORKING BREAK
10:15 – LICENSE EXCEPTIONS

• When/How to Use License Exceptions
• Country Groups
• Exercise

12:00 – NETWORKING LUNCH
1:00 – BIS OFFICE OF EXPORT ENFORCEMENT
2:00 – OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, ENFORCEMENT
2:45 – NETWORKING BREAK
3:00 – EXPORT CLEARANCES AND RECORDKEEPING

• Electronic Export Information
• General Prohibition 8
• Destination Control Statement
• Recordkeeping
• Exercise

3:45 – EXPORT COMPLIANCE PROGRAM

• Eight Elements of an Export Compliance Program
• Exercise

4:30 – DAY TWO CONCLUDES

Refund Policy

• Substitutions within the same company are available up to the date of the event.
• No Refunds after April 8, 2019
• A credit toward a future BIS seminar sponsored by the Women in International Trade Orange County (WITOC) will be considered if a cancellation is needed due to the extenuating circumstances.  This seminar is annual, April/May in the Newport Beach/Irvine area.
• Direct refund questions to Karen Scuncio by telephone at 949-445-0618 or email at admin@witoc.org
• Any refund or substitution request must be made by email to admin@witoc.org

Location & Lodging

Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport, 18800 MacArthur Blvd, Irvine CA 92612

Hilton Irvine/Orange County is offering a special rate of $169 per night until April 2, 2019 to seminar attendees.  Booking details will be provided after registering.

Questions

Registration questions, please contact Karen Scuncio at 949-445-0618 or admin@witoc.org

Program Content questions or questions on the topics to be covered, please call BIS’s Western Regional Office at 408-998-8806 or email Lani.Tito@bis.doc.gov 

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