As revised U.S. export control regulations for satellites and related components take effect in November, one lawyer familiar with the effort cautioned that with the changes come complexities and greater chances for companies to run afoul of the new rules. "It's a little bit like moving the deck chairs on the Titanic, because the changes that have happened have, in essence, made the regime more complicated and more dense," Giovanna Cinelli, a partner at law firm Jones Day, said at the 3rd annual Space and Satellite Regulatory Colloquium here Oct. 23. Cinelli was referring to the Obama administration's overall export control reform effort, which includes a revision of Category 15 of the U.S. Munitions List (USML) that covers satellites and related components. In May, the U.S. State Department published a final rule that moved many items that had previously been on the list to the less-restrictive Commerce Control List. The final rule takes effect Nov. 10.
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