Encryption Items

This interim rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by clarifying controls on the export and reexport of encryption items (EI) controlled for ``EI'' reasons on the Commerce Control List. This rule incorporates public comments on an interim rule published in the Federal Register on December 30, 1996, and implements new licensing policies for general purpose non-recoverable non-voice encryption commodities or software of any key length for distribution to banks and financial institutions in specified countries.

Agency Contact: James Lewis, Office of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy Controls, Bureau of Export Administration, Telephone: (202) 482-0092.