[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: 15CFR730.6]

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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.  730.6  Control purposes.

    The export control provisions of the EAR are intended to serve the 
national security, foreign policy, nonproliferation, and short supply 
interests of the United States and, in some cases, to carry out its 
international obligations. Some controls are designed to restrict access 
to dual use items by countries or persons that might apply such items to 
uses inimical to U.S. interests. These include controls designed to stem 
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and controls designed 
to limit the military and terrorism support capability of certain 
countries. The effectiveness of many of the controls under the EAR is 
enhanced by their being maintained as part of multilateral control 
arrangements. Multilateral export control cooperation is sought through 
arrangements such as the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Australia Group, 
and the Missile Technology Control Regime. The EAR also include some 
export controls to protect

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the United States from the adverse impact of the unrestricted export of 
commodities in short supply.