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BIS relaxes EAR export controls for Syria
EAR USBureau of Industry and Security (BIS)US, Syria
Announced
Sep 2, 2025
Effective
Sep 2, 2025
Implementation
Sep 2, 2025
Description
BIS relaxed EAR restrictions on exports to Syria consistent with Executive Order 14312 (June 30, 2025). Changes include revised license application review policies to be more favorable, expanded existing license exceptions to apply to Syria, added new license exceptions including for EAR99 items, and removal of General Order No. 2 from the EAR.
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BIS relaxes EAR export controls for Syria
onsistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14312, Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions, which directed the removal of sanctions on Syria. This final rule relaxes the EAR's existing restrictions on exports and reexports to Syria of items subject to the EAR by making the following changes: revising certain restrictive license application review policies that had applied to most items subject to the EAR to be more