Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Prohibited Exports, Imports, and Sales To or From Certain Countries-Cyprus

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of State 22 CFR Part 126 [Public Notice: 12801] RIN 1400-AG10 AGENCY: Department of State. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of State is amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations to reflect current defense trade policy toward Cyprus. DATES: This rule is effective on October 1, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Damon Smith, Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy, U.S. Department of State, telephone (202) 596-3616; email DDTCCustomerService@state.gov . ATTN: Regulatory Change, ITAR Section 126.1 Cyprus Country Policy Update. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of State (the Department) amends section 126.1 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) ( 22 CFR parts 120 through 130 ) to specify that the Republic of Cyprus' status as a proscribed destination is suspended from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This action continues the Department's current policy, which originally lifted the arms embargo to the Republic of Cyprus, under section 126.1 of the ITAR, on October 1, 2022. Specifically, section 1250A(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Pub. L. 116-92 ) (2020 NDAA) and section 205(d) of the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019 ( Pub. L. 116-94 , Div. J.) (EMSEPA) provide that the policy of denial for exports, reexports, and transfers of defense articles on the United States Munitions List to the Republic of Cyprus sh…