What should I do if I cannot obtain the Encryption Registration Number (ERN) or the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) for the item from the producer or manufacturer?
If you are not the producer and are unable to obtain the producer’s information or if the producer has not submitted an encryption registration, self-classification report or commodity classification for his/her products to BIS, then you must register with BIS. The registration process will require you to submit a properly completed Supplement No. 5 to part 742 and subsequent Supplement No. 8 Self Classification Report for the products. You will receive an ERN for the registered products or CCATSs as appropriate. BIS recognizes that non-producers who need to submit for encryption registration may not have all of the information necessary to complete Supplement No. 5 to part 742. Therefore, special instructions have been included in Supplement No. 5 to account for this situation. For items described in Part 740.17(b)(2) and (b)(3) or Part 742.15(b)(3) that require the classification by BIS, the non-producer is required to submit as much of the technical information required in Supplemen
