Cornerstones of ITAR Compliance: Registration, Empowered Officials &
Exemptions

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) says that you must register if you manufacture or export United States Munitions List (USML) controlled items (“defense articles”). If you provide “defense services” you may be required to register as well. Registration is often misunderstood, it’s not customer driven, it’s not an authorization to export anything, nor is it a confirmation that the State Department believes you are in compliance with the ITAR. Registration really is an important regulatory requirement in its own right and also a prerequisite for organizations who want to export. We will walk you through the steps behind registering with the State Department.

The next step is to name your company’s empowered official. The ITAR uses the term “empowered official” in some very specific ways. Despite that, it’s a frequently misunderstood role, even by some people currently in it! In this webinar, we will discuss what it means to be an empowered official and what the ITAR requires of those in the role.

ITAR exemptions authorize certain hardware exports without a license.  Some exporters, however, get a license even when an exemption is available because they prefer the comfort factor of having an export license—and that is certainly understandable because some of the exemptions are complex and confusing, not to mention that some of the restrictions that prohibit you from using an exemption are not even written in the exemption itself. Join us and learn the issues to address when you use an exemption. Just think: if you use an exemption instead of a license just once because of this webinar and the $250 savings (off your annual registration fee) will more than pay the cost of the webinar.