New ECCN "500 series" in Category 9

According to the email news from BIS on May 28, BIS publishes a proposed rule on Control of Spacecraft Systems and Related Items the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List.  State Department publishes a related proposed rule on Revision of U.S. Munitions List Category XV and Definition for “Defense Service.”   Both proposed rules are part of the President’s Export Control Reform Initiative.  Comments on both rules are due by July 8, 2013. BIS Proposed Rule | State Proposed Rule

Quickly looking through the Federal Register, the point is that new ECCN "500 series" will be created for Category 9 for spacecraft including satellites, manned or unmanned space vehicles, which are currently controlled under ITAR USML Category XV.  The changes made to the EAR in the Initial Implementation Rule will be effective on October 15, 2013.

In addition to "600 series" of ECCN, the US ECCN structure will be going unique compared to EU type code.