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Section 744.1(c) of the EAR generally prohibits the use of license exceptions for almost all exports and reexports to listed entities. However, if one or more license exceptions are available to a listed entity, the availability will be noted in the licensing requirements information specific to that entity.

BIS reviews license applications that include listed entities according to the entity’s role in the proposed transaction and the specific license review policy(ies) set forth for the entity(ies) on the Entity List. Note that while transactions outside of the scope of the license review policy for a listed entity are not prohibited, BIS considers that such transactions carry a "red flag."

Each entity on the Entity List is assigned a specific licensing requirement on the basis of the national security and/or foreign policy considerations associated with the entity’s designation on the Entity List. Within the Entity List, the information for each listed entity includes the license requirement, license review policy, and Federal Register citation(s). License requirements vary from “all items subject to the EAR,” which includes items on the CCL as well as EAR99 items, to all items on the CCL, or to all items on the CCL except for specified items.

As set forth in the answer to question 28, both BIS and other agencies in the U.S. Government maintain other lists of entities for which there are restrictions on doing business. In addition, the provisions of part 744 of the EAR, including § 744.6 of the EAR, apply to transactions regardless of whether the entity in question is listed on the Entity List or not.