Australia Group Chem-Bio EAR Rules Updated

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement changes agreed to by Australia Group (AG) member countries at recent meetings. These include controlling: instruments for the automated chemical synthesis of peptides (automated peptide synthesizers), dipropylamine, and neosaxitoxin; and revising the controls for botulinum toxins, toxic gas monitors, and centrifugal separators.

This rule also makes minor conforming changes for the new controls and revisions to existing controls.

BIS published two actions, an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (87 FR 55930 (Sept. 13, 2022)) and the Peptide Synthesizers Proposed Rule to better inform the AG process through public comments. BIS received five comments from the public on the 2022 advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, to which BIS responded in the Peptide Synthesizers Proposed Rule, but received no comments on the Peptide Synthesizers Proposed Rule itself.

[89 FR 104408]