[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR730.3]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 730_GENERAL INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  730.3  Dual use exports.

    The convenient term dual use is sometimes used to distinguish the 
types of items covered by the EAR from those that are covered by the 
regulations of certain other U.S. government departments and agencies 
with export licensing responsibilities. In general, the term dual use 
serves to distinguish EAR-controlled items that can be used both in 
military and other strategic uses (e.g., nuclear) and commercial 
applications. In general, the term dual use serves to distinguish EAR-
controlled items that can be used both in military and other strategic 
uses and in civil applications from

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those that are weapons and military related use or design and subject to 
the controls of the Department of State or subject to the nuclear 
related controls of the Department of Energy or the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission. Note, however, that although the short-hand term dual use 
may be employed to refer to the entire scope of the EAR, the EAR also 
apply to some items that have solely civil uses.