CUSECO 2026 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE PRACTICE SET
◉ Form DSP-83. Answer: Required with license applications for
exports of classified technical data, classified defense articles,
significant military equipment
◉ Federal Register. Answer: The most authoritative and best way to
keep track of proposed and final regulatory changes regarding US
trade controls
◉ USML. Answer: Contained in the ITAR
◉ DSP-83 under the ITAR. Answer: A non-transfer and use
certificate
◉ BIS license application for National Security items to Indonesia.
Answer: Generally requires a Statement by Ultimate Consignee and
Purchaser and an Import/End-user Certificate issued by the IC/DV
authority of the country
◉ Schedule B Number. Answer: Entered on the AES filing
,◉ ELA requirements. Answer: All (foreign) consignees receiving
items under the ELA must be pre-approved
◉ Exporter definition in the EAR and FTSR. Answer: Different when
the export is a 'routed transaction'
◉ ITAR DA. Answer: A contract to distribute defense articles from
the US to an approved sales territory, a contract to distribute defense
articles manufactured and reexported abroad to an approved sales
territory, a contract to distribute defense articles exported from the
US to a distribution point abroad for redistribution to an approved
sales territory
◉ Documentation requirement on export shipments. Answer: AES
filing, Export License application, CofO for reasons of import
clearance at destination
◉ Retransfer under the ITAR. Answer: The transfer of defense
articles and defense services from one country to another, the
transfer of defense articles and services from one end-user to
another in the same country, the same as a reexport
◉ SNAP. Answer: The electronic submittal tool for BIS export and
reexport applications, and commodity classifications
,◉ Statistical export regulations. Answer: Mainly contained in the
FTSR
◉ BIS License application. Answer: A Statement by Ultimate
Consignee and Purchaser and an Import/End-user Certificate issued
by the IC/DV authority of the country.
◉ ITAR-regulated technical assistance. Answer: You must include in
the agreement a clause stating 'No liability will be incurred or
attributed to the US government in connection with any possible
infringement of privately owned patent or proprietary rights either
domestic or foreign, by reason of the US Governments approval to
this agreement.'
◉ License requirement for revised data. Answer: You will require a
license before providing him with this revised data.
◉ Major defense equipment. Answer: Major defense equipment can
be significant military equipment but not all significant military
equipment is major defense equipment.
◉ Manufacturing license agreement. Answer: An agreement (e.g.
contract) whereby a US person grants a foreign person an
authorization to manufacture defense articles abroad.
, ◉ Defense services contract. Answer: The Directorate of Defense
Trade Controls must notify Congress, which has the option of
prohibiting you from fulfilling the contract.
◉ Plant visit approval. Answer: Then under some circumstances,
approval of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls is not
required.
◉ Re-export or retransfer. Answer: Transfer of defense articles or
defense services to an end use, end user, or destination not
previously authorized.
◉ Warehousing and distribution agreements. Answer: Must be
approved by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls before they
enter into force.
◉ Defense service. Answer: 'Design, development, engineering, or
demilitarization' are possible definitions of defense service.
◉ Technical data exemption. Answer: Technical data, including
classified information, related to .45 caliber firearms, and
ammunition for such weapons, except detailed design, development,
production, or manufacturing information, is exempt from ITAR
requirements of part 125.
GUIDE PRACTICE SET
◉ Form DSP-83. Answer: Required with license applications for
exports of classified technical data, classified defense articles,
significant military equipment
◉ Federal Register. Answer: The most authoritative and best way to
keep track of proposed and final regulatory changes regarding US
trade controls
◉ USML. Answer: Contained in the ITAR
◉ DSP-83 under the ITAR. Answer: A non-transfer and use
certificate
◉ BIS license application for National Security items to Indonesia.
Answer: Generally requires a Statement by Ultimate Consignee and
Purchaser and an Import/End-user Certificate issued by the IC/DV
authority of the country
◉ Schedule B Number. Answer: Entered on the AES filing
,◉ ELA requirements. Answer: All (foreign) consignees receiving
items under the ELA must be pre-approved
◉ Exporter definition in the EAR and FTSR. Answer: Different when
the export is a 'routed transaction'
◉ ITAR DA. Answer: A contract to distribute defense articles from
the US to an approved sales territory, a contract to distribute defense
articles manufactured and reexported abroad to an approved sales
territory, a contract to distribute defense articles exported from the
US to a distribution point abroad for redistribution to an approved
sales territory
◉ Documentation requirement on export shipments. Answer: AES
filing, Export License application, CofO for reasons of import
clearance at destination
◉ Retransfer under the ITAR. Answer: The transfer of defense
articles and defense services from one country to another, the
transfer of defense articles and services from one end-user to
another in the same country, the same as a reexport
◉ SNAP. Answer: The electronic submittal tool for BIS export and
reexport applications, and commodity classifications
,◉ Statistical export regulations. Answer: Mainly contained in the
FTSR
◉ BIS License application. Answer: A Statement by Ultimate
Consignee and Purchaser and an Import/End-user Certificate issued
by the IC/DV authority of the country.
◉ ITAR-regulated technical assistance. Answer: You must include in
the agreement a clause stating 'No liability will be incurred or
attributed to the US government in connection with any possible
infringement of privately owned patent or proprietary rights either
domestic or foreign, by reason of the US Governments approval to
this agreement.'
◉ License requirement for revised data. Answer: You will require a
license before providing him with this revised data.
◉ Major defense equipment. Answer: Major defense equipment can
be significant military equipment but not all significant military
equipment is major defense equipment.
◉ Manufacturing license agreement. Answer: An agreement (e.g.
contract) whereby a US person grants a foreign person an
authorization to manufacture defense articles abroad.
, ◉ Defense services contract. Answer: The Directorate of Defense
Trade Controls must notify Congress, which has the option of
prohibiting you from fulfilling the contract.
◉ Plant visit approval. Answer: Then under some circumstances,
approval of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls is not
required.
◉ Re-export or retransfer. Answer: Transfer of defense articles or
defense services to an end use, end user, or destination not
previously authorized.
◉ Warehousing and distribution agreements. Answer: Must be
approved by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls before they
enter into force.
◉ Defense service. Answer: 'Design, development, engineering, or
demilitarization' are possible definitions of defense service.
◉ Technical data exemption. Answer: Technical data, including
classified information, related to .45 caliber firearms, and
ammunition for such weapons, except detailed design, development,
production, or manufacturing information, is exempt from ITAR
requirements of part 125.
