15 CFR 734.15
§ 734.15 Release.
United States · 15 CFR — Commerce and Foreign Trade · Status: effective
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- 15 CFR 734.15, § 734.15 Release, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/62005
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(a) Except as set forth in §§ 734.18 and 734.19, “technology” and “software” are “released” through:
(1) Visual or other inspection by a foreign person of items that reveals “technology” or source code subject to the EAR to a foreign person; or
(2) Oral or written exchanges with a foreign person of “technology” or source code in the United States or abroad.
(b) Any act causing the “release” of “technology” or “software,” through use of “access information” or otherwise, to yourself or another person requires an authorization to the same extent an authorization would be required to export or reexport such “technology” or “software” to that person.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.