EAR99 Explained

What this guide settles

• EAR99 is a classification inside the EAR, not an exemption: it removes the Country Chart licence requirement — and nothing else
• Destinations (Part 746), parties (Part 744 lists, denial orders), end uses and knowledge must still be reviewed
• Part 746 lists capture EAR99 items by HTS-6 code, CAS number or description — the code, not the classification, can create the licence requirement
• A clean screen is not a clearance: record the checks behind every “no licence required”, with a date

What you get

• The guide: explanations, method, conditions and limits
• Worked examples: codes that are not EAR99, the ten general prohibitions applied, a commented real case and ten pitfalls
• Tools printed in the guide: four templates and a readiness check
• Sources with section references and their verification date
• Revisions included for 12 months

Printed tools: T1 · EAR99 basis record · T2 · Transaction screening sheet · T3 · Red flag and resolution log · T4 · Decision record and review triggers · Readiness check

Contents

1. Before you start: scope and limits
2. Why EAR99 is misread
3. The rule in one page
4. Where a licence can still be required
5. The method in six steps
6. Templates T1 to T4
7. Ten pitfalls
8. Case study: correctly EAR99, still a violation
9. Readiness check

What it does not cover

• De minimis and foreign direct product calculations
• A full Russia, Belarus or Iran review, including OFAC sanctions
• Licence applications and licence exceptions once a requirement is found

Assumed knowledge. Telling ITAR from EAR jurisdiction, knowing whether and why an item is subject to the EAR, and how the Commerce Control List is searched.

Sample pages

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Where it connects

Part of a collection

EAR99 Explained is one of the eight guides of EAR: Scope, Licensing & Exceptions (Understand the Rules), available together at €390 instead of €89 each.