One Turkey entry is off supplement no. 4 to part 744, so Entity List license requirements and license-exception limits no longer attach to that name and address string.
IN BRIEF: Effective August 21, 2026, the Bureau of Industry and Security removed Atempo Proje Taahhüt Ses ve Görüntü Sistemleri Anonim Şirketi İstanbul Şubesi, Bülent Ecevit Bulvarı, from the Entity List under Turkey by final rule FR Doc. 2026-17230 (91 FR 54657, August 24, 2026).
RECORD:
Date: August 21, 2026 (effective); published August 24, 2026
Beat: Chip-War Control Ledger
Jurisdiction: United States; destination Turkey
Entity: Atempo Proje Taahhüt Ses ve Görüntü Sistemleri Anonim Şirketi İstanbul Şubesi, Bülent Ecevit Bulvarı
Instrument / cite: FR Doc. 2026-17230; 91 FR 54657; Docket No. 260818-0012; RIN 0694-AK52; 15 CFR Part 744, supplement no. 4
Source type: Federal Register final rule
Confidence: confirmed
Record ID: N/A
Source: Federal Register
The Bureau of Industry and Security removed a single Turkey entry from the Entity List by final rule, and the removal was already in force before the Federal Register printed it. Effective August 21, 2026, BIS amended the Export Administration Regulations by deleting Atempo Proje Taahhüt Ses ve Görüntü Sistemleri Anonim Şirketi İstanbul Şubesi, Bülent Ecevit Bulvarı, from supplement no. 4 to part 744 under the destination of Turkey. The rule is FR Doc. 2026-17230, Docket No. 260818-0012, RIN 0694-AK52, published at 91 FR 54657 on August 24, 2026.
The stated basis is procedural. The End-User Review Committee “determined to remove” the entity “based on information BIS received pursuant to § 744.16(e) of the EAR and the review the ERC conducted in accordance with procedures described in supplement no. 5 to part 744 of the EAR.” The rule does not reproduce that information, does not describe the company’s activities, and does not restate a license review policy for the former entry. It notes that license-exception impact is described in the Federal Register document that added the entity, and it does not identify that earlier document.
What the listing meant is set out in the rule’s own background. The Entity List “identifies entities for which there is reasonable cause to believe, based on specific and articulable facts, that the entities have been involved, are involved, or pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to § 744.11(b).” While an entity is listed, the EAR “imposes additional license requirements on, and limits the availability of, most license exceptions for exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) when a listed entity is a party to the transaction.” Removal ends that Entity List treatment for this name and address string. The text amends no other Turkey entry. It records that BIS places entities on the list pursuant to part 744 and part 746, and it does not amend part 746.
The vote rule is the other operational fact. The ERC is composed of representatives of the Departments of Commerce (Chair), State, Defense, Energy and, where appropriate, the Treasury. Additions pass by majority vote. “The ERC makes decisions to remove or modify an entry by unanimous vote.” A counterparty can treat this deletion as a unanimous ERC decision on the record received under § 744.16(e). The rule does not name the representatives.
Authority is the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852, enacted August 13, 2018, in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. BIS cites section 1753 (50 U.S.C. 4812) for regulation of exports, reexports, and in-country transfers of items subject to U.S. jurisdiction, and section 1754(a)(1)-(16) (50 U.S.C. 4813(a)(1)-(16)) for maintaining a list of foreign persons and end-uses determined to be a threat and for restricting controlled items to persons so listed. Section 1762(a) (50 U.S.C. 4821(a)) is the basis for a final rule without prior notice and comment. The rulemaking section repeats that exemption from the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) requirements for notice, public participation, and delay in effective date. Because notice and comment were not required, the Regulatory Flexibility Act does not apply, and no regulatory flexibility analysis was prepared.
BIS determined the rule “not significant for purposes of E.O. 12866,” after review under Executive Orders 12866 and 13563. It is exempt from E.O. 14192 “because it is being issued with respect to a national security function of the United States, per section 5(a) of E.O. 14192.” The rule has no federalism implications under E.O. 13132. The related collection is OMB Control Number 0694-0088, Simplified Network Application Processing System; BIS “does not anticipate a change to the burden hours associated with this collection as a result of this rule.” The list of subjects for 15 CFR part 744 remains “Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.” The authority citation for part 744 is revised. The operative amendment removes the quoted entry under TURKEY in supplement no. 4.
Julia A. Khersonsky, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade, signed the rule. It was filed at 8:45 a.m. on August 21, 2026, billing code 3510-33-P, and occupies pages 54657-54658 of Volume 91, Number 162. Questions go to the Chair, End-User Review Committee, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, (202) 482-5991, ERC@bis.doc.gov.
For an exporter, reexporter, or investor screening against supplement no. 4, the change is narrow and already effective. The deleted string is the İstanbul Şubesi entry tied to Bülent Ecevit Bulvarı. Transactions in which that entity is a party no longer draw the additional license requirement and license-exception limits the EAR attaches to a listed party. Controls on the item, the end use, or a different party are outside this text. The rule supplies no successor address, no alias, and no statement that related names were reviewed.
WHY IT MATTERS: A unanimous ERC removal under § 744.16(e) clears this Turkey string from Entity List screening, but the rule publishes neither the information BIS received nor a finding that restates the § 744.11(b) test in the company’s name. Compliance teams can drop the listed-party license requirement for this entry as of August 21, 2026; they cannot treat the notice as a description of what the firm does, or of any other Turkey party.