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On May 19, 2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) announced that it is removing export restrictions on four categories of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and other items used to address the effects of...more
- On August 10, 2020, FEMA extended the duration of its restrictions on the export of certain shipments of PPE through December 31, 2020. - The August 10 notice narrowed the types of PPE covered by the restrictions to...more
On Monday, August 10, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA) announced that it would continue to halt the export of certain personal protective equipment (PPE) until December 31, 2020. With this announcement,...more
On August 6, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) issued a temporary final rule modifying the list of Personal Protective Equipment (“PPE”) subject to FEMA’s export restrictions and extending the...more
Pandemic prevention supplies are in high demand during the current coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) outbreak. China, as it gradually gets the outbreak under control, is resuming manufacture and exporting the supplies to the...more
On 31 March 2020 the China Ministry of Commerce, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), and the General Administration of Customs (GAC) issued the Notice on the Orderly Exportation of Medical Supplies...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 9 (April 30, 2020) - After Chinese medical supplies were criticized for low quality, including masks, tests and gloves sent to Europe, the Chinese government responded with new...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded exponentially, so too has the demand by hospitals and other healthcare providers for masks and other medical personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect doctors, nurses, and other...more
As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government has taken measures to ensure domestic supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) by both facilitating imports and restricting exports....more
On 17 April the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released significant exceptions (effective Friday 17 April, but to be published on 21 April) to FEMA's temporary final rule prohibiting exports of certain personal...more
In an Alert published on April 10, we discussed temporary restrictions that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had placed on the export from the United States of certain personal protective equipment (PPE). ...more
Our International Trade & Regulatory Group explores the directive the Federal Emergency Management Agency has given to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to detain personal protective equipment bound for overseas....more
- Effective April 17, 2020, FEMA expanded exemptions to its April 7, 2020, Temporary Rule that implemented export restrictions on certain shipments of personal protective equipment. - FEMA issued the Temporary Rule to...more
On April 21, 2020, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is due to publish a notification of exemptions (Notification) to the restrictions it has recently imposed on the export of five types of personal protective...more
In the April 21, 2020 Federal Register, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will publish additional exemptions and clarifications to its general halt to exports of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the...more
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has left many important questions blowing in the wind as a result of a Notification of Exemptions action published for public inspection on Friday, April 17, 2020. The final action will...more
On April 3, 2020, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to utilize the Defense Production Act to restrict the...more
On April 10, 2020, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a Temporary Final Rule as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Temporary Final Rule allocates certain scarce or threatened...more
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a temporary rule, pursuant to Section 101 of the federal Defense Production Act (DPA), under which FEMA will review and limit export shipments of five types of...more
On April 7, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) issued a temporary final rule to restrict exports of respirators, masks and gloves used by healthcare providers. The restrictions, which will remain in effect...more
On April 9, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Memorandum to its field operators providing guidance on the implementation of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Temporary Final Rule (TFR)...more
On Friday, April 10, 2020, the United States will join the list of countries requiring authorization for exports of certain medical and health-related equipment. Specifically, as of that date, authorization from the U.S....more
- Beginning April 7, 2020, CBP is authorized to temporarily detain all shipments of five categories of personal protective equipment used in the response to and treatment of COVID-19, pursuant to a Temporary Rule issued by...more
On April 7, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released for public inspection a temporary rule that prohibits the export of five types of personal protective equipment (PPE) without explicit approval by...more