[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR120.17]

[Page 426]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 120_PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 120.17  Export.

    (a) Export means:
    (1) Sending or taking a defense article out of the United States in 
any manner, except by mere travel outside of the United States by a 
person whose personal knowledge includes technical data; or
    (2) Transferring registration, control or ownership to a foreign 
person of any aircraft, vessel, or satellite covered by the U.S. 
Munitions List, whether in the United States or abroad; or
    (3) Disclosing (including oral or visual disclosure) or transferring 
in the United States any defense article to an embassy, any agency or 
subdivision of a foreign government (e.g., diplomatic missions); or
    (4) Disclosing (including oral or visual disclosure) or transferring 
technical data to a foreign person, whether in the United States or 
abroad; or
    (5) Performing a defense service on behalf of, or for the benefit 
of, a foreign person, whether in the United States or abroad.
    (6) A launch vehicle or payload shall not, by reason of the 
launching of such vehicle, be considered an export for purposes of this 
subchapter. However, for certain limited purposes (see Sec. 126.1 of 
this subchapter), the controls of this subchapter may apply to any sale, 
transfer or proposal to sell or transfer defense articles or defense 
services.
    (b) [Reserved]