Removal From the Entity List

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In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing one entity from the Entity List under the destination of Turkey.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 162 (Monday, August 24, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54657-54658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17230]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Part 744

[Docket No. 260818-0012]
RIN 0694-AK52


Removal From the Entity List

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends 
the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing one entity from 
the Entity List under the destination of Turkey.

DATES: This rule is effective August 21, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, End-User Review Committee, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of 
Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, Phone: (202) 482-5991, 
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f4b1a6b7b4969d87da909b97da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d081f0e0d2f243e6329222e632a223b">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Entity List (supplement no. 4 to part 744 of the EAR (15 CFR 
parts 730-774)) identifies entities for which there is reasonable cause 
to believe, based on specific and articulable facts, that the entities 
have been involved, are involved, or pose a significant risk of being 
or becoming involved in activities contrary to the national security or 
foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to Sec.  
744.11(b). The EAR imposes additional license requirements on, and 
limits the availability of, most license exceptions for exports, 
reexports, and transfers (in-country) when a listed entity is a party 
to the transaction. The license review policy for each listed entity is 
identified in the ``License Review Policy'' column on the Entity List, 
and the impact on the availability of license exceptions is described 
in the relevant Federal Register document that added the entity to the 
Entity List. BIS places entities on the Entity List pursuant to part 
744 (Control Policy: End-User and End-Use Based) and part 746 
(Embargoes and Other Special Controls) of the EAR.
    The End-User Review Committee (ERC), composed of representatives of 
the Departments of Commerce (Chair), State, Defense, Energy and, where 
appropriate, the Treasury, makes decisions regarding additions to, 
removals from, or other modifications to the Entity List. The ERC makes 
decisions to add an entry to the Entity List by majority vote and makes 
decisions to remove or modify an entry by unanimous vote.

Removal From the Entity List

    The ERC determined to remove Atempo Proje Taahh[uuml]t Ses ve 
G[ouml]r[uuml]nt[uuml] Sistemleri Anonim [Scedil]irketi [Idot]stanbul 
[Scedil]ubesi, B[uuml]lent Ecevit Bulvar[inodot] in Turkey from the 
Entity List based on information BIS received pursuant to Sec.  744.16 
(e) of the EAR and the review the ERC conducted in accordance with 
procedures described in supplement no. 5 to part 744 of the EAR.

Export Control Reform Act of 2018

    On August 13, 2018, the President signed into law the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which 
included the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) (50 U.S.C. 4801-
4852). ECRA provides the legal basis for BIS's principal authorities 
and serves as the authority under which BIS issues this rule. In 
particular, Section 1753 of ECRA (50 U.S.C. 4812) authorizes the 
regulation of exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) of items 
subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Further, Section 1754(a)(1)-(16) of ECRA 
(50 U.S.C. 4813(a)(1)-(16)) authorizes, inter alia, establishing and 
maintaining a list of foreign persons and end-uses that are determined 
to be a threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States pursuant to the policy set forth in Section 1752(2)(A), 
and restricting exports, reexports, and in-country transfers of any 
controlled items to any foreign person or end-use so listed; apprising 
the public of changes in policy, regulations, and procedures; and any 
other action necessary to carry out ECRA that is not otherwise 
prohibited by law. Pursuant to Section 1762(a) of ECRA (50 U.S.C. 
4821(a)), these changes can be imposed in a final rule without prior 
notice and comment.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. BIS has examined the impact of this rule as required by 
Executive Orders (E.O.) 12866 and 13563, which direct agencies to 
assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, 
if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that 
maximize net benefits (e.g., potential economic, environmental, public, 
health, and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). This 
rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of E.O. 
12866. This rule is exempt from the requirements of E.O. 14192 because 
it is being issued with respect to a national security function of the 
United States, per section 5(a) of E.O. 14192.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is 
required to respond to or be subject to a penalty for failure to comply 
with a collection of information, subject to the requirements of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA), unless 
that collection of information displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number. This regulation involves an 
information collection approved by OMB under control number 0694-0088, 
Simplified Network Application Processing System. BIS does not 
anticipate a change to the burden hours associated with this collection 
as a result of this rule. Information regarding the collection, 
including all supporting materials, can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with federalism implications 
as that term is defined in E.O. 13132.
    4. Pursuant to section 1762 of the Export Control Reform Act of 
2018, this action is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (5 
U.S.C. 553) requirements for notice of proposed rulemaking, opportunity 
for public participation, and delay in effective date.
    5. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for 
public comment are not required to be given for this rule by 5 U.S.C. 
553, or by any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), are

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not applicable. Accordingly, no regulatory flexibility analysis is 
required, and none has been prepared.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.

    Accordingly, part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 
CFR parts 730-774) is amended as follows:

PART 744--CONTROL POLICY: END-USER AND END-USE BASED

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1. The authority citation for part 744 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 
U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22 
U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179; 
E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12938, 59 
FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 
1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 
208; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786.

Supplement No. 4 to Part 744--Entity List

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2. Supplement no. 4 to part 744 is amended under TURKEY by removing the 
entry for ``Atempo Proje Taahh[uuml]t Ses ve G[ouml]r[uuml]nt[uuml] 
Sistemleri Anonim [Scedil]irketi [Idot]stanbul [Scedil]ubesi, 
B[uuml]lent Ecevit Bulvar[inodot]''.

Julia A. Khersonsky,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade.
[FR Doc. 2026-17230 Filed 8-21-26; 8:45 am]
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