# Export Requirements for Applications Using SQLCipher **URL:** \ **Category:** SQLCipher FAQ\ **Created:** [August 13, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/export-requirements-for-applications-using-sqlcipher/47 "2014-08-13T21:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sjlombardo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.zetetic.net/sjlombardo/32/3_2.png) [@sjlombardo](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/sjlombardo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/export-requirements-for-applications-using-sqlcipher/47/1 "2014-08-13T21:20:37Z")
The latest guidance has been moved to the [SQLCipher Export Requirements](https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/export-compliance/) documentation. This topic has been archived to preserve discussion. ---
**Author:** ![hkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hkumar](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/hkumar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/export-requirements-for-applications-using-sqlcipher/47/2 "2015-05-01T12:58:37Z")
Hello, Thanks for the details. Since my App is using SQLCipher, Apple has rejected my App to be published in French App Store and have asked me to provide the clearance certificate from French government. Do I really require that? There is also a discussion going on about this at [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sqlcipher/nNKCPwHjDLs](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sqlcipher/nNKCPwHjDLs) Please let me know do i really need that certificate from Apple. Regards Sunny ---
**Author:** ![developernotes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.zetetic.net/developernotes/32/1309_2.png) [@developernotes](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/developernotes)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/export-requirements-for-applications-using-sqlcipher/47/3 "2015-05-01T13:29:47Z")
Hello @hkumar Unfortunately we can not provide much additional guidance with regard to app store submissions in the French marketplace as we do not sell our products there at this time. There is another thread on our mailing list in which another user has successfully completed the French approval process for export compliance. You may wish to review it [here](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sqlcipher/coFKQJ1g-vE/LQqhGeGUpm0J). ---
**Author:** ![hkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hkumar](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/hkumar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/export-requirements-for-applications-using-sqlcipher/47/4 "2015-05-06T05:09:55Z")
Thanks a lot. I’ll go with that. Cheers Hemant ---
**Author:** ![ertra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@ertra](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/ertra)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/export-requirements-for-applications-using-sqlcipher/47/5 "2016-05-23T15:17:20Z")
Dear @hkumar , please can I ask you, did you have SQLCipher compiled with using external openssl or it used only iOS CommonCrypto? please if somebody knows, if SQLCipher needs ERN number and French encryption as well, let me know. regards tomas ---
**Author:** ![revolter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.zetetic.net/revolter/32/2562_2.png) [@revolter](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/revolter)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/export-requirements-for-applications-using-sqlcipher/47/6 "2018-04-12T08:04:37Z")
@developernotes, So, does it “use encryption limited to that within the Apple operating system” or not? Because we have to answer this question in iTunes Connect. ---
**Author:** ![sjlombardo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.zetetic.net/sjlombardo/32/3_2.png) [@sjlombardo](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/sjlombardo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/export-requirements-for-applications-using-sqlcipher/47/7 "2018-04-12T12:25:21Z")
@revolter - SQLCipher’s encryption is above and beyond that provided by the Apple operating system. ---
**Author:** ![Pedro\_Chagas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.zetetic.net/pedro_chagas/32/1813_2.png) [@Pedro\_Chagas](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/Pedro_Chagas)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/export-requirements-for-applications-using-sqlcipher/47/8 "2022-05-13T21:15:14Z")
> [@sjlombardo](#): > > United States Export Controls Thera are some dead links in the “United States Export Controls” section.