[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: 15CFR746.7]

[Page 365]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 746_EMBARGOES AND OTHER SPECIAL CONTROLS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  746.7  Iran.

    The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) 
administers a comprehensive trade and investment embargo against Iran 
under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
of 1977, as amended, section 505 of the International Security and 
Development Cooperation Act of 1985, and Executive Orders 12957 and 
12959 of March 15, 1995 and May 6, 1995, respectively. This embargo 
includes prohibitions on export and certain reexport transactions 
involving Iran, including transactions dealing with items subject to the 
EAR. (See OFAC's Iranian Transactions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560.) BIS 
continues to maintain licensing requirements on exports and reexports to 
Iran under the EAR as described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section. No 
person may export or reexport items subject to both the EAR and OFAC's 
Iranian Transactions Regulations without prior OFAC authorization. 
Exports and reexports subject to the EAR that are not subject to the 
Iranian Transactions Regulations may require authorization from BIS.
    (a) License requirements--(1) OFAC administered embargo. You should 
consult with OFAC if:
    (i) You seek authorization to export from the United States; or
    (ii) You are a United States person (as defined in OFAC's Iranian 
Transactions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560) and seek authorization to 
export or reexport from a third country; or
    (iii) You seek authorization to reexport U.S.-origin items that were 
subject to any export license application requirements prior to 
Executive Order 12959 of May 6, 1995.
    (2) BIS license requirements. A license is required under the EAR:
    (i) To export to Iran any item on the CCL containing a CB Column 1, 
CB Column 2, CB Column 3, NP Column 1, NP Column 2, NS Column 1, NS 
Column 2, MT Column 1, RS Column 1, RS Column 2, CC Column 1, CC Column 
2, CC Column 3, AT Column 1 or AT Column 2 in the Country Chart Column 
of the License Requirements section of an ECCN, or classified under 
ECCNs 1C980, 1C981, 1C982, 1C983, 1C984, 5A980, 0A980, and 0A983; or
    (ii) To reexport to Iran any of the items identified in paragraph 
(a)(2)(i) of this section, except for ECCNs 2A994; 3A992.a; 5A991.g; 
5A992; 6A991; 6A998; 7A994; 8A992.d, .e, .f, and .g; 9A990.a and .b; and 
9A991.d and .e. However, the export of these items from the United 
States to any destination with knowledge that they will be reexported, 
in whole or in part, to Iran, is prohibited without a license; or
    (iii) To export or reexport items subject to the general 
prohibitions, including proliferation end-use prohibitions (see part 736 
of the EAR).
    (3) BIS authorization. To avoid duplication, exporters or 
reexporters are not required to seek separate authorization from BIS for 
an export or reexport subject both to the EAR and to OFAC's Iranian 
Transactions Regulations. Therefore, if OFAC authorizes an export or 
reexport, no separate authorization from BIS is necessary.
    (4) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term ``United 
States person'' means any United States citizen, permanent resident 
alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States (including 
foreign branches), or any person in the United States; the term 
``foreign person'' means those not defined as United States persons.
    (b) Iran has been designated by the Secretary of State as a country 
that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
terrorism. For anti-terrorism controls, see Sec.  742.8 of the EAR and 
Supplement 2 to part 742.

[61 FR 12806, Mar. 25, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 42229, Aug. 7, 1998; 65 
FR 34075, May 26, 2000; 66 FR 36683, July 12, 2001]