Recent ITAR Revisions

In December 2007 Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) amended the ITAR by adopting new Section 124.16 (Special Retransfer Authorizations for Unclassified Technical Data and Defense Services to Member States of NATO and the European Union, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Switzerland) and revising Sections 126.1 (Prohibited Exports and Sales to Certain Countries) and 127.12 (Voluntary Disclosures).

124.16 Third Country and Dual Country Nationals

The practical effect of new ITAR Section 124.16 is that it revises DDTCs procedures for authorizing retransfers to third country/dual national employees of foreign licensees under technical assistance agreements (TAAs) and manufacturing license agreements (MLAs). Heretofore, TAA and MLA applicants had been required to obtain authorization on a country-by-country basis for employees of foreign licensees who are nationals of any