Under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C.

Parts 730-774 (EAR) may be subject to both criminal and administrative penalties. Violations of the Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Unlike ordinary marketing issues, violating these sanctions (called 'export control') risks heavy fines and imprisonment, as the US government organization responsible for them explains: We asked ONVIF for clarification on why they would knowingly falsely report their membership status but they declined to comment on that.Įarlier, in October 2018, ONVIF was clear to other members about these companies being suspended due to sanctions and the importance of not violating these sanctions:įines and Prison For Violating Export Control ONVIF's own website is knowingly factually wrong, as its own member list falsely says these companies are active members:

However, it is not the fault of the ONVIF help desk. The information that the help desk gave out was incorrect. ONVIF confirmed to IPVM on January 13, 2020, that this was wrong: For example, an industry professional emailed ONVIF's support / help email, to which ONVIF staff falsely said Huawei was an active member: By removing the public statement, this could help these Chinese manufacturers (falsely) claim they are not suspended. The only reasonable hypothesis we have heard so far is that RFPs are being released that require an active ONVIF membership and that this has caused these mega-Chinese manufacturers to protest to ONVIF as they are losing out on projects. Update Jan 19, 2020: ONVIF no longer is redirecting that link to 'trashed' and has issued a new statement, which we detail later in this report. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

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