Broadcasts:

Subject: AES Outage October 18 - 19, 2003

AES Broadcast  09/30/2003           Broadcast  #  2003054

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On October 18, 2003, the Automated Export System will undergo
programming changes to reflect the new requirements for mandatory
filing of items on the United States Munitions List and Commerce
Control List that currently require an SED.

AES will be unavailable for a 4-hour period of time beginning at
11PM EST on Saturday October 18, 2003 thru 3AM EST on Sunday
October 19, 2003.  We have established the following filing deadlines
to ensure that any shipments submitted on Saturday October 18, 2003
will be processed BEFORE the outage begins:

     Option 3 filers must submit their post-departure filings by
     5PM EST on Saturday, October 18, 2003.

     All other filings should be submitted by
     8PM EST on Saturday October 18, 2003

NOTE TO AESDIRECT USERS:  Filing Deadlines for AESDirect Users may vary
from the ones above.  A separate broadcast message from AESDirect will
be forthcoming on October 10, 2003 and will provide filing deadlines for
AESDirect users that supersede the deadlines stated above.