Notice of Partially Closed Meeting: Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee, 34826 [2018-15675]
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admitted by ZTE and set forth in the
Proposed Charging Letter attached to
and incorporated in the March 2017
Settlement Agreement and the March
23, 2017 Order.1
On March 6, 2018, ZTE notified BIS
that it had made false statements in
letters it sent to BIS on November 30,
2016 and July 20, 2017, respectively,
regarding the discipline of 39 employees
involved in the violations that led to
proposed charges settled through the
March 2017 Settlement Agreement.
After providing notice to ZTE and an
opportunity to respond pursuant to the
Regulations, I issued an order on April
15, 2018 (the ‘‘April 15, 2018 Order’’),
activating the suspended denial of
export privileges set forth in the March
2017 Settlement Agreement and the
March 23, 2017 Order. See 83 FR 17,644
(April 23, 2018).
On June 8, 2018, I issued a
Superseding Order approving a
superseding settlement agreement
between BIS and ZTE (the ‘‘Superseding
Settlement Agreement’’), whereby the
parties agreed to additional and
enhanced settlement terms and
conditions, including, inter alia, the full
and timely payment by ZTE of
$1,000,000,000 to the Department of
Commerce within 60 days of the date of
the Superseding Order, and the full and
timely placement of $400,000,000,
within 90 days of the date of the
Superseding Order, in an escrow
account with a bank located and
headquartered in the United States to be
selected by ZTE and approved by BIS.
The $400,000,000 escrow amount is the
suspended portion of the
$1,761,000,000 civil penalty imposed
pursuant to the Superseding Settlement
Agreement and the Superseding Order.2
The Superseding Order also provided,
as agreed to by the parties, that BIS
would terminate the denial of export
privileges set forth in the April 15, 2018
Order and remove ZTE from the Denied
Persons List upon ZTE’s full and timely
payment of the $1,000,000,000
1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2018) (available at https://www.govinfo.gov/
app/collection/CFR). The Regulations issued under
the authority of the Export Administration Act of
1979, as amended. 50 U.S.C. 4601–4623 (Supp. III
2015). Since August 21, 2001, the Act has been in
lapse and the President, through Executive Order
13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783
(2002)), which has been extended by successive
Presidential Notices, the most recent being that of
August 16, 2017 (82 FR 39,005 (Aug. 15, 2017)), has
continued the Regulations in effect under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701, et seq.) (2012).
2 ZTE satisfied $361,000,000 of this civil penalty
amount through the payment made by ZTE on or
about May 19, 2017, following issuance of the
March 23, 2017 Order.
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referenced above and compliance with
the escrow requirements relating to the
$400,000,000 suspended portion of the
civil penalty.
ZTE has made full and timely
payment of the $1,000,000,000 and has
complied with the escrow requirements
relating to the $400,000,000 suspended
portion of the civil penalty. Therefore,
BIS is hereby terminating the April 15,
2018 Order, and BIS will remove ZTE
from the Denied Persons List.
This Order does not modify any
provision of the Superseding Order or
the Superseding Settlement Agreement.
Under the terms of the Superseding
Settlement Agreement and Superseding
Order, if ZTE does not fully and timely
comply with all other probationary
conditions set forth in the Superseding
Settlement Agreement and Superseding
Order during the ten-year probationary
period, the $400,000,000 suspended
portion of the BIS civil penalty may
immediately become due and owing in
full or in part, at BIS’s discretion, and
the suspended denial order may be
modified or revoked by BIS and a denial
order including a ten-year denial period
activated against ZTE from the date that
it is determined that ZTE has failed to
comply.
This Order is effective immediately
and shall be served on ZTE and shall be
published in the Federal Register.
Issued this day of July 13, 2018.
Richard R. Majauskas,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Export Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting:
Materials Processing Equipment
Technical Advisory Committee
The Materials Processing Equipment
Technical Advisory Committee
(MPETAC) will meet on August 7, 2018,
9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C.
Hoover Building, 14th Street between
Pennsylvania and Constitution
Avenues, NW, Washington, DC. The
Committee advises the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration with respect to technical
questions that affect the level of export
controls applicable to materials
processing equipment and related
technology.
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Agenda
Open Session
1. Opening remarks and
introductions.
2. Discussions on results from last,
and proposals from last Wassenaar
meeting.
3. Report on proposed and recently
issued changes to the Export
Administration Regulations.
4. TAC Membership.
5. Proposed Cyber Rule circulated
6/12/18.
6. TAC Meeting Attendance.
7. Coordinate TAC Project—Draft
Announcement.
8. Industry 4.0 and New
Technologies.
Closed Session
9. Discussion of matters determined to
be exempt from the provisions relating
to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C.
app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
The open session will be accessible
via teleconference to 20 participants on
a first come, first serve basis. To join the
conference, submit inquiries to Ms.
Joanna Lewis at Joanna.Lewis@
bis.doc.gov, no later than July 31, 2018.
A limited number of seats will be
available for the public session.
Reservations are not accepted. To the
extent that time permits, members of the
public may present oral statements to
the Committee. The public may submit
written statements at any time before or
after the meeting. However, to facilitate
the distribution of public presentation
materials to the Committee members,
the Committee suggests that presenters
forward the public presentation
materials prior to the meeting to Ms.
Lewis via email.
The Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel,
formally determined on February 13,
2018, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 § 10(d)), that
the portion of the meeting dealing with
matters the premature disclosure of
which would be likely to frustrate
significantly implementation of a
proposed agency action as described in
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt
from the provisions relating to public
meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2
§§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining
portions of the meeting will be open to
the public. For more information, call
Joanna Lewis at (202) 482–6440.
Joanna Lewis,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting: Materials Processing
Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
The Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
(MPETAC) will meet on August 7, 2018, 9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the
Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and
Constitution Avenues, NW, Washington, DC. The Committee advises the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with
respect to technical questions that affect the level of export controls
applicable to materials processing equipment and related technology.
Agenda
Open Session
1. Opening remarks and introductions.
2. Discussions on results from last, and proposals from last
Wassenaar meeting.
3. Report on proposed and recently issued changes to the Export
Administration Regulations.
4. TAC Membership.
5. Proposed Cyber Rule circulated 6/12/18.
6. TAC Meeting Attendance.
7. Coordinate TAC Project--Draft Announcement.
8. Industry 4.0 and New Technologies.
Closed Session
9. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2
Sec. Sec. 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20
participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Joanna Lewis at
[email protected], no later than July 31, 2018.
A limited number of seats will be available for the public session.
Reservations are not accepted. To the extent that time permits, members
of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public
may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting.
However, to facilitate the distribution of public presentation
materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that
presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the
meeting to Ms. Lewis via email.
The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on February
13, 2018, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. 10(d)), that the portion of the
meeting dealing with matters the premature disclosure of which would be
likely to frustrate significantly implementation of a proposed agency
action as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt from the
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2
Sec. Sec. 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting
will be open to the public. For more information, call Joanna Lewis at
(202) 482-6440.
Joanna Lewis,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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