[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR744.5]

[Page 333-334]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 744--CONTROL POLICY: END-USER AND END-USE BASED--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 744.5  Restrictions on certain maritime nuclear propulsion end-uses.

    (a) General prohibition. In addition to the license requirements for 
items specified on the CCL, you may not export or reexport certain 
technology subject to the EAR without a license if at the time of the 
export or reexport you know the item is for use in connection with a 
foreign maritime nuclear propulsion project. This prohibition applies to 
any technology relating to maritime nuclear propulsion plants, their 
land prototypes, and special facilities for their construction, support, 
or maintenance, including any machinery, devices, components, or 
equipment specifically developed or designed for use in such plants or 
facilities.
    (b) Exceptions. The exceptions provided in part 740 of the EAR do 
not apply to the prohibitions described in paragraph (a) of this 
section.
    (c) License review standards. It is the policy of the United States 
Government not to participate in and not to authorize United States 
firms or individuals to participate in foreign naval nuclear propulsion 
plant projects, except under an Agreement for Cooperation on naval 
nuclear propulsion executed in accordance with Sec. 123(d) of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954. However, it is the policy of the United States 
Government to encourage United States

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firms and individuals to participate in maritime (civil) nuclear 
propulsion plant projects in friendly foreign countries provided that 
United States naval nuclear propulsion information is not disclosed.

[61 FR 12802, Mar. 25, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 25459, May 9, 1997]