To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On 15 January 2021, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule imposing new restrictions requiring licenses for transactions involving exports, reexports, or transfers, as well as certain transactions by U.S. persons, involving “military-intelligence end uses” or “military-intelligence end users” in China, Russia, Venezuela, or a country listed in Country Group E:1 or E:2. On 15 January 2021, BIS published an interim final rule, effective 21 March 2021, imposing additional license requirements under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) for exports, reexports, in-country transfers, and certain activities of U.S. persons in connection with certain “military-intelligence end uses” and “military-intelligence end-users” in China, Russia, Venezuela, or a country listed in Country Group E:1 or E:2 (the MIEU Rule). Notably this rule applies to certain transactions involving items that are