[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: 15CFR740.7]

[Page 252-254]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 740_LICENSE EXCEPTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  740.7  Computers (CTP).

    (a) Scope. License Exception CTP authorizes exports and reexports of 
computers, including ``electronic assemblies'' and specially designed 
components therefor controlled by ECCN 4A003, exported or reexported 
separately or as part of a system for consumption in Computer Tier 
countries as provided by this section. When evaluating your computer to 
determine License Exception CTP eligibility, use the CTP parameter to 
the exclusion of other technical parameters for computers classified 
under ECCN 4A003.a or .b, and ``electronic assemblies'' under ECCN 
4A003.c, except for parameters specified as Missile Technology (MT) 
concerns or 4A003.e (equipment performing analog-to-digital conversions 
exceeding the limits in ECCN 3A001.a.5.a).
    (b) Restrictions. (1) Related equipment controlled under 4A003.d and 
.g may not be exported or reexported under

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this License Exception when exported or reexported separately from 
eligible computers authorized under this License Exception.
    (2) Computers eligible for License Exception CTP may not be accessed 
either physically or computationally by nationals of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, 
Libya, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria, except that commercial consignees 
described in Supplement No. 3 to part 742 of the EAR are prohibited only 
from giving such nationals user-accessible programmability.
    (3) Computers eligible for License Exception CTP may not be 
reexported or retransferred without prior authorization from BIS, i.e., 
a license, a permissive reexport, another License Exception, or ``No 
License Required''. This restriction must be conveyed to the consignee, 
via the Destination Control Statement, see Sec.  758.6 of the EAR. 
Additionally, the end-use and end-user restrictions in paragraph (d)(3) 
of this section must be conveyed to any consignee in Computer Tier 3.
    (4) You may not use this License Exception to export or reexport 
items that you know will be used to enhance the CTP beyond the 
eligibility limit allowed to your country of destination.
    (c) Computer Tier 1--(1) Eligible countries. The countries that are 
eligible to receive exports under this License Exception include Antigua 
and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, 
Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, 
Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central 
African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa 
Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, 
Fiji, Gabon, Finland, France, Gambia (The), Germany, Ghana, Greece, 
Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong 
Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, 
Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Republic of), Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, 
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, 
Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States 
of), Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New 
Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New 
Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, 
St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Sao Tome & 
Principe, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, 
Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri 
Lanka, Surinam, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, 
Tonga, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United 
Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Western 
Samoa, Zaire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. As of May 2, 2002, Latvia is a 
Computer Tier 1 country.
    (2) Eligible commodities. All computers, including electronic 
assemblies and specially designed components therefor are eligible for 
License Exception CTP to Tier 1 destinations, subject to the 
restrictions in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (d) Computer Tier 3--(1) Eligible countries. The countries that are 
eligible to receive exports and reexports under this License Exception 
are Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, 
Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China 
(People's Republic of), Comoros, Croatia, Djibouti, Egypt, Georgia, 
India, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, 
Lebanon, Macau, Macedonia (The Former Yugoslav Republic of), Mauritania, 
Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, 
Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, 
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
(Serbia and Montenegro). As of May 2, 2002, Latvia is moved to Computer 
Tier 1.
    (2) Eligible commodities. All computers, including electronic 
assemblies and specially designed components therefor having a CTP less 
than or equal to 190,000 MTOPS are eligible for License Exception CTP to 
Tier 3 destinations, subject to the restrictions in paragraphs (b) and 
(d)(3) of this section.

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    (3) Eligible exports. Only exports and reexports to permitted end-
users and end-uses located in countries in Computer Tier 3. License 
Exception CTP does not authorize exports and reexports to Computer Tier 
3 for nuclear, chemical, biological, or missile end-users and end-uses 
subject to license requirements under Sec.  744.2, Sec.  744.3, Sec.  
744.4, and Sec.  744.5 of the EAR. Such exports and reexports will 
continue to require a license and will be considered on a case-by-case 
basis. Retransfers to these end-users and end-uses in eligible countries 
are strictly prohibited without prior authorization.
    (e) Reporting requirements. See Sec.  743.1 of the EAR for reporting 
requirements of certain items under License Exception CTP.

[67 FR 10610, 10614, Mar. 8, 2002]