BIS Publishes List of First Validated End Users in China
October 2007
In the October 19, 2007 Federal Register the Bureau of Industry and Security published the names of the five entities in China who are the first BIS has designated to be Validated End-Users (VEU) eligible to receive certain items without export/reexport licenses. The five VEUs are:
- Applied Material China: supplier
- Boeing Hexcel AVIC I Joint Venture National Semiconductor Corporation
- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
- Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Corporation
- National Semiconductor Corporation
Each VEU has a list of specific Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) that they may receive license-free under the VEU program. The eligible ECCNs vary from one VEU to the next. The new rule also identifies which facilities for each VEU are eligible to receive license-free exports/reexports.
More information and the complete final rule are available at:
