[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: 15CFR736.1]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 736_GENERAL PROHIBITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  736.1  Introduction.

    In this part, references to the EAR are references to 15 CFR chapter 
VII, subchapter C. A person may undertake transactions subject to the 
EAR without a license or other authorization, unless the regulations 
affirmatively state such a requirement. As such, if an export, reexport, 
or activity is subject to the EAR, the general prohibitions contained in 
this part and the License Exceptions specified in part 740 of the EAR 
must be reviewed to determine if a license is necessary. In the case of 
all exports from the United States, you must document your export as 
described in part 762 of the EAR regarding recordkeeping and clear your 
export through the U.S. Customs Service as described in part 758 of the 
EAR regarding export clearance requirements. Also note that for short 
supply controls all prohibitions and License Exceptions are in part 754 
of the EAR.
    (a) In this part we tell you:
    (1) The facts that make your proposed export, reexport, or conduct 
subject to these general prohibitions, and
    (2) The ten general prohibitions.
    (b) Your obligations under the ten general prohibitions and under 
the EAR depend in large part upon the five types of information 
described in Sec.  736.2(a) of this part and upon the general 
prohibitions described in Sec.  736.2(b) of this part. The ten general 
prohibitions contain cross-references to other parts of the EAR that 
further define the breadth of the general prohibitions. For that reason, 
this part is not freestanding. In part 732, we provide certain steps you 
may follow in proper order to help you understand the general 
prohibitions and their relationship to other parts of the EAR.
    (c) If you violate any of these ten general prohibitions, or engage 
in other conduct contrary to the Export Administration Act, the EAR, or 
any order, license, License Exception, or authorization issued 
thereunder, as described in part 764 of the EAR regarding enforcement, 
you will be subject to the sanctions described in that part.