CCL Classifications after ECR: Technical Data/Technology and Software

It is more important than ever to get this right. 

Your company likely is exporting technical data/technology and software more frequently and in more ways than ever before.  The more you export, the more important it is to make sure you have the accurate classification in the Commerce Control List (CCL).  If you get the wrong Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) for the items you export, you could easily have hundreds of people in your organization unknowingly and repeatedly making illegal exports. 

Finding the correct ECCN is easier said than done.  While classifying hardware and materials is difficult, classifying technical data/technology and software often is even more difficult.  Sometimes the classification of your technical data and technology depends on the item to which it is related, and, unfortunately, sometimes it does not.  Sometimes your equipment is EAR99 and your technology for that equipment may require an export license for most countries.  And if it weren’t already difficult enough, Export Control Reform has significantly increased the complexity of ECCN classification rules. 

John Black has worked with many organizations in a wide range of technology and product areas to help them classify their technical data, technology and software in his 30+ years as an export compliance expert.  In this webinar, he will use his experience and expertise to show you the critical elements of determining the proper ECCN.  He will highlight key areas of the CCL and the Export Administration Regulations that you may have never noticed, even though they may play a decisive roles in determining the ECCN for your technical data/technology and software. 

The webinar will address these and other issues:

• Using the new Export Control Reform Order of Review rules
• Classifying technology and technical data
• Classifying software, both source and object code
• Recognizing cases where different controls apply to source vs. object code
• Understanding the General Technology Note and key EAR definitions
• Finding ECCNs that impose strict controls on technology for uncontrolled products
• Finding the sometimes thin line between controlled and uncontrolled technical data/technology
• Understanding “Publicly Available”
• Setting up your team to classify technical data/technology and software
• Considering compliant and streamlined approaches to classifications
• Implementing common sense internal procedures for classifications
• Choosing practical and effective tools for making classifications easier and more accurate

This study of the complex regulations that impact classifications will put you well on your path to being able to do a better job with your classifications.  Knowing more about how to do classifications might not make your life easier, but it should make your exports more compliant.

This webinar compliments, but does not repeat, our previous webinars on determining USML vs. CCL jurisdiction and “specially designed.”

This webinar along with our CCL Classifications after Export Control Reform: Hardware and Materials webinar can be purchased together in our CCL Classifications Power Pack at a discounted rate.

This webinar will provide PowerPoint slides and notes, and include video and commentary from John Black who has been working in the export controls industry for over 30 years. Webinar participants are invited to submit questions during the webinar; the final 30 minutes of the webinar will be allotted to answering attendees' questions.