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Viewing cable 08TELAVIV55, ISRAEL'S NEW DEFENSE EXPORT CONTROL ACT ENTERS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08TELAVIV55 2008-01-08 09:05 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tel Aviv 
VZCZCXYZ0000
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHTV #0055 0080905
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 080905Z JAN 08
FM AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4897
INFO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
 
UNCLAS TEL AVIV 000055 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL ETTC KNNP KOMC IS
SUBJECT: ISRAEL'S NEW DEFENSE EXPORT CONTROL ACT ENTERS 
INTO FORCE 
 
 
1. (SBU) On December 31, Israeli MFA Export Control 
Department Director Haim Waxman informed poloff that that the 
Knesset had just passed the implementing regulations for 
Israel's new Defense Export Control Act (DECA), a law 
enhancing Israel's export control system that was passed on 
July 17.  Waxman said that the implementing regulations 
include various control lists (which identify which exports 
require export licenses), the procedures on how to apply for 
export licenses, and how to appeal refusals.  The regulations 
also reportedly detail exemptions from export licenses, and 
procedures by which Israel's MOD coordinates with the MFA on 
export licensing.  Waxman estimated that there were between 
10-13 control orders (the equivalent of our executive orders) 
passed by the Knesset. 
 
2. (SBU) Waxman clarified that this important step in the 
legislative process does not complete everything that needs 
to be done (e.g., there are still some regulations and 
control orders that need to be finalized pending agreement by 
various elements of Israel's defense industry), and that this 
is an "interim solution."  Nevertheless, Waxman stressed that 
the DECA had entered into force, and that the bulk of the 
implementing regulations had been passed by the deadline set 
(December 31, 2007).  He pointed out that since the DECA's 
passage earlier in the year, Israel's export control system 
has been operating as if the DECA had already entered into 
force. 
 
3. (SBU) Embassy is attempting to obtain copies of the 
implementing regulations and will provide them to NEA/IPA at 
Main State. 
 
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Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv 
 
You can also access this site through the State Department's 
Classified SIPRNET website. 
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MORENO