[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: 15CFR748.6]

[Page 372-373]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 748_APPLICATIONS (CLASSIFICATION, ADVISORY, AND LICENSE) AND DOCUMENTATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  748.6  General instructions for license applications.

    (a) Form and instructions. An application for license, whether to 
export or reexport, must be submitted on Form BIS-748P, Multipurpose 
Application (revised June 15, 1996 or later), and Form BIS-748P-A, Item 
Appendix, and Form BIS-748P-B, End-User Appendix. Facsimiles or copies 
of these forms are not acceptable. Instructions for preparing Form BIS-
748P are contained in Supplement No. 1 to this part 748. See Sec.  
748.7(a) of this part for instructions on submitting license 
applications electronically.
    (b) Application Control Number. Each application form includes a 
preprinted Application Control Number. The Application Control Number, 
consisting of a letter followed by six digits, is for use by BIS when 
processing applications, and by applicants when communicating with BIS 
concerning pending applications. This number is used for tracking 
purposes within the U.S. Government. The Application Control Number is 
not a license number.
    (c) Approval or denial in entirety. License applications may be 
approved in whole or in part, denied in whole or in part, or returned 
without action. However, you may specifically request that your license 
application be considered as a whole and either approved or denied in 
its entirety.
    (d) Combining items on license applications. Any items may be 
combined on a single application, however, if the items differ 
dramatically (e.g., computers and shotguns) the number of BIS offices to 
which a license application may be referred for review may increase 
significantly. Accordingly, it is recommended that you limit items on 
each license application to those that are similar and/or related.
    (e) Assembly and additional information. All documents or 
correspondence accompanying your license application should bear the 
Application Control Number, and be stapled together. Where necessary, 
BIS may require you to submit additional information beyond that stated 
in the EAR confirming or amplifying information contained in your 
license application.
    (f) Changes in facts. Answers to all items on the license 
application will be deemed to be continuing representations of the 
existing facts or circumstances. Any material or substantive change in 
the terms of the order, or in the facts relating to the transaction, 
must be promptly reported to BIS, whether a license has been granted or 
the license application is still under consideration. If a license has 
been granted and such changes are not excepted in Sec.  750.7(c) of the 
EAR, they must be reported immediately to BIS, even though shipments 
against the license may be partially or wholly completed, during the 
validity period of the license.
    (g) Request for extended license validity period. An extended 
validity period will generally be granted if your transaction is related 
to a multi-year project, when production lead time will not permit 
export or reexport during the normal validity period or for other 
similar circumstances. A continuing requirement to supply spare or 
replacement parts will not normally justify an

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extended validity period. To request an extended validity period, 
include justification for your request in Block 24 on the application.