United States. ONVIF has completely reactivated the operating licences for the electronic security brands, Dahua and Hikvision, as well as the company Huawei, among others, following the decision of the Government of this country to adjust the terms of the sanctions of its List of entities.
In this regard, ONVIF shared with Security Sales the following statement: "ONVIF membership is open to any company or interest group at the level of observer, user, registered affiliate, taxpayer or full member. As of September 2022, changes in U.S. law allow companies on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security's Export Management Regulatory Entity List to participate fully in ONVIF. This includes participating in working groups and committees and submitting products to the ONVIF compliant product program."
In an announcement in early September, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez said the rule change provides clarifications to U.S. industry and other organizations that will allow continued U.S. leadership in these technical groups.
These companies had lost their permits with ONVIF after the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) became effective in 2019, which prohibits the marketing of products of these brands by US government agencies.
The rule change was intended to assuage industry concerns that U.S. companies were discouraged from participating fully in international standards development efforts for fear that they might be unintentionally violating U.S. export controls if representatives of organizations on the Entity List were present.
There were also concerns that a reduced presence of U.S. organizations in standard-setting activities could give a competitive advantage to Chinese companies that take a bigger role in the technical groups that determine how technology is designed and applied globally.
