---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 120.50"
title: "22"
number: "120.50"
heading: "Export."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/120.50"
---

# §120.50. Export.

- (a) **Export,—** except as set forth in [§ 120.54](/cfr/22/120.54.md) or [§ 126.16](/cfr/22/126.16.md) or [§ 126.17](/cfr/22/126.17.md) of this subchapter, means:
  - (1) An actual shipment or transmission out of the United States, including the sending or taking of a defense article out of the United States in any manner;
  - (2) Releasing or otherwise transferring technical data to a foreign person in the United States (a deemed export);
  - (3) Transferring registration, control, or ownership of any aircraft, vessel, or satellite subject to this subchapter by a U.S. person to a foreign person;
  - (4) Releasing or otherwise transferring a defense article to an embassy or to any of its agencies or subdivisions, such as a diplomatic mission or consulate, in the United States;
  - (5) Performing a defense service on behalf of, or for the benefit of, a foreign person, whether in the United States or abroad; or
  - (6) The release of previously encrypted technical data as described in § [120.56(a)(3)](/cfr/22/120.56.md?p=a-3) and [(4)](/cfr/22/120.56.md?p=a-4).
- (b) Any release in the United States of technical data to a foreign person is deemed to be an export to all countries in which the foreign person has held or holds citizenship or holds permanent residency.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2752, 2753, 2776, 2778, 2779, 2779a, 2785, 2794, 2797; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 223.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 16411, Mar. 23, 2022, unless otherwise noted.