Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010
| A0. Nuclear Materials, Facilities, and Equipment | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| II.A0.001 | Hollow cathode lamps as follows: a. Iodine hollow cathode lamps with windows in pure silicon or quartz b. Uranium hollow cathode lamps | — |
| II.A0.002 | Faraday isolators in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm | — |
| II.A0.003 | Optical gratings in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm | — |
| II.A0.004 | Optical fibres in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm coated with anti-reflecting layers in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm and having a core diameter greater than 0,4 mm but not exceeding 2 mm | — |
| II.A0.005 | Nuclear reactor vessel components and testing equipment, other than those specified in 0A001, as follows: 1. Seals 2. Internal components 3. Sealing, testing and measurement equipment | 0A001 |
| II.A0.006 | Nuclear detection systems for detection, identification or quantification of radioactive materials and radiation of nuclear origin and specially designed components thereof other than those specified in 0A001.j. or 1A004.c. | 0A001.j 1A004.c |
| II.A0.007 | Bellows-sealed valves made of aluminium alloy or stainless steel type 304, 304L or 316L. Note: This item does not cover bellow valves defined in 0B001.c.6 and 2A226. | 0B001.c.6 2A226 |
| II.A0.008 | Laser mirrors, other than those specified in 6A005.e, consisting of substrates having a thermal expansion coefficient of 10-6K-1 or less at 20 oC (e.g. fused silica or sapphire). Note: This item does not cover optical systems specially designed for astronomical applications, except if the mirrors contain fused silica. | 0B001.g.5, 6A005.e |
| II.A0.009 | Laser lenses, other than those specified in 6A005.e.2, consisting of substrates having a thermal expansion coefficient of 10-6K-1 or less at 20 oC (e.g. fused silica). | 0B001.g, 6A005.e.2 |
| II.A0.010 | Pipes, piping, flanges, fittings made of, or lined with, nickel or nickel alloy containing more than 40 % nickel by weight, other than those specified in 2B350.h.1. | 2B350 |
| II.A0.011 | Vacuum pumps other than those specified in 0B002.f.2 or 2B231, as follows: Turbomolecular pumps having a flowrate equal to or greater than 400 l/s, Roots type vacuum roughing pumps having a volumetric aspiration flowrate greater than 200 m3/h. Bellows-sealed, scroll, dry compressor, and bellows-sealed, scroll, dry vacuum pumps. | 0B002.f.2, 2B231 |
| II.A0.012 | Shielded enclosures for the manipulation, storage and handling of radioactive substances (Hot cells). | 0B006 |
| II.A0.013 | ‘Natural uranium’ or ‘depleted uranium’ or thorium in the form of metal, alloy, chemical compound or concentrate and any other material containing one or more of the foregoing, other than those specified in 0C001. | 0C001 |
| II.A0.014 | Detonation chambers having a capacity of explosion absorption of more than 2,5 kg TNT equivalent. | — |
| A1. Materials, chemicals, ‘microorganisms’ and ‘toxins’ | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| II.A1.001 | Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (HDEHP or D2HPA) CAS 298-07-7 solvent in any quantity, with a purity greater than 90 %. | — |
| II.A1.002 | Fluorine gas (Chemical Abstract Number (CAS): 7782-41-4), with a purity of at least 95 %. | — |
| II.A1.005 | Electrolytic cells for fluorine production with an output capacity greater than 100 g of fluorine per hour. Note: This item does not cover electrolytic cells defined in item 1B225. | 1B225 |
| II.A1.006 | Catalysts, other than those prohibited by 1A225, containing platinum, palladium or rhodium, usable for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from heavy water or for the production of heavy water. | 1B231, 1A225 |
| II.A1.007 | Aluminium and its alloys, other than those specified in 1C002.b.4 or 1C202.a, in crude or semi-fabricated form having either of the following characteristics: a. Capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MPa or more at 293 K (20 oC); or b. Having a tensile strength of 415 MPa or more at 298 K (25 oC). | 1C002.b.4, 1C202.a |
| II.A1.008 | Magnetic metals, of all types and of whatever form, having an initial relative permeability of 120 000 or more and a thickness between 0,05 and 0,1 mm. | 1C003.a |
| II.A1.009 | ‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’ or prepregs, as follows: N.B. SEE ALSO II.A1.019.A. a. Carbon or aramid ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ having either of the following characteristics: 1. A ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 10 × 106 m; or 2. A ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 17 × 104 m; b. Glass ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ having either of the following characteristics: 1. A ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 3,18 × 106 m; or 2. A ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 76,2 × 103 m; c. Thermoset resin-impregnated continuous ‘yarns’, ‘rovings’, ‘tows’ or ‘tapes’ with a width of 15 mm or less (once prepregs), made from carbon or glass ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ other than those specified in II.A1.010.a. or b. Note: This item does not cover ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ defined in items 1C010.a, 1C010.b, 1C210.a and 1C210.b. | 1C010.a 1C010.b 1C210.a 1C210.b |
| II.A1.010 | Resin-impregnated or pitch-impregnated fibres (prepregs), metal or carbon-coated fibres (preforms) or ‘carbon fibre preforms’, as follows: a. Made from ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ specified in II.A1.009 above; b. Epoxy resin ‘matrix’ impregnated carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ (prepregs), specified in 1C010.a, 1C010.b or 1C010.c, for the repair of aircraft structures or laminates, of which the size of individual sheets does not exceed 50 cm × 90 cm; c. Prepregs specified in 1C010.a, 1C010.b or 1C010.c, when impregnated with phenolic or epoxy resins having a glass transition temperature (Tg) less than 433 K (160 oC) and a cure temperature lower than the glass transition temperature. Note: This item does not cover ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ defined in item 1C010.e. | 1C010.e. 1C210 |
| II.A1.011 | Reinforced silicon carbide ceramic composites usable for nose tips, re-entry vehicles, nozzle flaps, usable in ‘missiles’, other than those specified in 1C107. | 1C107 |
| II.A1.012 | Maraging steels, other than those specified in 1C116 or 1C216, ‘capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 2 050 MPa or more, at 293 K (20 oC). Technical Note: The phrase ‘maraging steel capable of’ encompasses maraging steel before or after heat treatment. | 1C216 |
| II.A1.013 | Tungsten, tantalum, tungsten carbide, tantalum carbide and alloys, having both of the following characteristics: a. In forms having a hollow cylindrical or spherical symmetry (including cylinder segments) with an inside diameter between 50 mm and 300 mm; and b. A mass greater than 5 kg. Note: This item does not cover tungsten, tungsten carbide and alloys defined in item 1C226. | 1C226 |
| II.A1.014 | Elemental powders of cobalt, neodymium or samarium or alloys or mixtures thereof containing at least 20 % by weight of cobalt, neodymium or samarium, with a particle size less than 200 μm. | — |
| II.A1.015 | Pure tributyl phosphate (TBP) [CAS No 126-73-8] or any mixture having a TBP content of more than 5 % by weight. | — |
| II.A1.016 | Maraging steel, other than those prohibited by 1C116, 1C216 or II.A1.012 Technical Note: Maraging steels are iron alloys generally characterised by high nickel, very low carbon content and the use of substitutional elements or precipitates to produce strengthening and age-hardening of the alloy. | — |
| II.A1.017 | Metals, metal powders and material as follows: a. Tungsten and tungsten alloys, other than those prohibited by 1C117, in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of 500 μm diameter or less with a tungsten content of 97 % by weight or more; b. Molybdenum and molybdenum alloys, other than those prohibited by 1C117, in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of 500 μm diameter or less with a molybdenum content of 97 % by weight or more; c. Tungsten materials in the solid form, other than those prohibited by 1C226, or II.A1.013 having material compositions as follows: 1. Tungsten and alloys containing 97 % by weight or more of tungsten; 2. Copper infiltrated tungsten containing 80 % by weight or more of tungsten; or 3. Silver infiltrated tungsten containing 80 % by weight or more of tungsten. | — |
| II.A1.018 | Soft magnetic alloys having a chemical composition as follows: (a) Iron content between 30 % and 60 %, and (b) Cobalt content between 40 % and 60 %. | — |
| II.A1.019 | ‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’ or prepregs, not prohibited by Annex I or by Annex II (under II.A1.009, II.A1.010) of this Regulation, or not specified by Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 428/2009, as follows: (a) Carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’; Note: II.A1.019a. does not cover fabrics. (b) Thermoset resin-impregnated continuous ‘yarns’, ‘rovings’, ‘tows’, or ‘tapes’, made from carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’; (c) Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) continuous ‘yarns’, ‘rovings’, ‘tows’ or ‘tapes’ | — |
| A2. Materials Processing | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| II.A2.001 | Vibration test systems, equipment and components thereof, other than those specified in 2B116: a. Vibration test systems employing feedback or closed loop techniques and incorporating a digital controller, capable of vibrating a system at an acceleration equal to or greater than 0,1 g rms between 0,1 Hz and 2 kHz and imparting forces equal to or greater than 50 kN, measured ‘bare table’; b. Digital controllers, combined with specially designed vibration test ‘software’, with a real-time bandwidth greater than 5 kHz designed for use with vibration test systems specified in a.; c. Vibration thrusters (shaker units), with or without associated amplifiers, capable of imparting a force equal to or greater than 50 kN, measured ‘bare table’, and usable in vibration test systems specified in a.; d. Test piece support structures and electronic units designed to combine multiple shaker units in a system capable of providing an effective combined force equal to or greater than 50 kN, measured ‘bare table’, and usable in vibration systems specified in a. Technical Note: ‘Bare table’ means a flat table, or surface, with no fixture or fittings. | 2B116 |
| II.A2.002 | Machine tools and components and numerical controls for machine tools, as follows: a. Machine tools for grinding having positioning accuracies with ‘all compensations available’ equal to or less (better) than 15 μm according to ISO 230/2 (1988) (1) or national equivalents along any linear axis; Note: This item does not cover machine tools for grinding defined in items 2B201.b and 2B001.c. b. Components and numerical controls, specially designed for machine tools specified in 2B001, 2B201, or under a. | 2B201.b 2B001.c |
| II.A2.003 | Balancing machines and related equipment as follows: a. Balancing machines, designed or modified for dental or other medical equipment, having all the following characteristics: 1. Not capable of balancing rotors/assemblies having a mass greater than 3 kg; 2. Capable of balancing rotors/assemblies at speeds greater than 12 500 rpm; 3. Capable of correcting imbalance in two planes or more; and 4. Capable of balancing to a residual specific imbalance of 0,2 g × mm per kg of rotor mass; b. Indicator heads designed or modified for use with machines specified in a. above. Technical Note: Indicator heads are sometimes known as balancing instrumentation. | 2B119 |
| II.A2.004 | Remote manipulators that can be used to provide remote actions in radiochemical separation operations or hot cells, other than those specified in 2B225, having either of the following characteristics: a. A capability of penetrating a hot cell wall of 0,3 m or more (through the wall operation); or b. A capability of bridging over the top of a hot cell wall with a thickness of 0,3 m or more (over the wall operation). | 2B225 |
| II.A2.006 | Furnaces capable of operation at temperatures above 400 oC as follows: a. Oxidation furnaces b. Controlled atmosphere heat treatment furnaces Note: This item does not cover tunnel kilns with roller or car conveyance, tunnel kilns with conveyor belt, pusher type kilns or shuttle kilns, specially designed for the production of glass, tableware ceramics or structural ceramics. | 2B226 2B227 |
| II.A2.007 | ‘Pressure transducers’, other than those defined in 2B230, capable of measuring absolute pressures at any point in the range 0 to 200 kPa and having both of the following characteristics: a. Pressure sensing elements made of or protected by ‘Materials resistant to corrosion by uranium hexafluoride (UF6)’, and b. Having either of the following characteristics: 1. A full scale of less than 200 kPa and an ‘accuracy’ of better than ± 1 % of full scale; or 2. A full scale of 200 kPa or greater and an ‘accuracy’ of better than 2 kPa. | 2B230 |
| II.A2.011 | Centrifugal separators, capable of continuous separation without the propagation of aerosols and manufactured from: 1. Alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight; 2. Fluoropolymers; 3. Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining); 4. Nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight; 5. Tantalum or tantalum alloys; 6. Titanium or titanium alloys; or 7. Zirconium or zirconium alloys. Note: This item does not cover centrifugal separators defined in item 2B352.c. | 2B352.c |
| II.A2.012 | Sintered metal filters made of nickel or nickel alloy with more than 40 % nickel by weight. Note: This item does not cover filters defined in item 2B352.d. | 2B352.d |
| II.A2.013 | Spin-forming machines and flow-forming machines, other than those controlled by 2B009, 2B109 or 2B209, having a roller force of more than 60 kN and specially designed components therefor. Technical Note: For the purpose of II.A2.013, machines combining the functions of spin-forming and flow-forming are regarded as flow-forming machines. | — |
| II.A2.014 | Liquid-liquid contacting equipment (mixer-settlers, pulsed columns, centrifugal contactors); and liquid distributors, vapour distributors or liquid collectors designed for such equipment where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are any of the following: N.B. SEE ALSO III.A2.008. a. Made from any of the following materials: 1. Alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight; 2. Fluoropolymers; 3. Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining); 4. Graphite or ‘carbon graphite’; 5. Nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight; 6. Tantalum or tantalum alloys; 7. Titanium or titanium alloys; or 8. Zirconium or zirconium alloys; or b. Made from both stainless steel and one or more of the materials specified in II.A2.014.a. Technical Note: ‘Carbon graphite’ is a composition consisting of amorphous carbon and graphite, in which the graphite content is 8 % or more by weight. | 2B350.e |
| II.A2.015 | Industrial equipment and components, other than those specified in 2B350.d, as follows: N.B. SEE ALSO III.A2.009. Heat exchangers or condensers with a heat transfer surface area greater than 0,05 m2, and less than 30 m2; and tubes, plates, coils or blocks (cores) designed for such heat exchangers or condensers, where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the fluid(s) are any of the following: a. Made from any of the following materials: 1. Alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight; 2. Fluoropolymers; 3. Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining); 4. Graphite or ‘carbon graphite’; 5. Nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight; 6. Tantalum or tantalum alloys; 7. Titanium or titanium alloys; 8. Zirconium or zirconium alloys; 9. Silicon carbide; or 10. Titanium carbide; or b. Made from both stainless steel and one or more of the materials specified in II.A2.015.a. Note: This item does not cover vehicle radiators. Technical Note: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementation of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the heat exchanger. | 2B350.d |
| II.A2.016 | Multiple-seal, and seal-less pumps, other than those specified in 2B350.i, suitable for corrosive fluids, with manufacturer’s specified maximum flow-rate greater than 0,6 m3/hour, or vacuum pumps with manufacturer’s specified maximum flow-rate greater than 5 m3/hour [measured under standard temperature (273 K or 0 oC) and pressure (101,3 kPa) conditions]; and casings (pump bodies), preformed casing liners, impellers, rotors or jet pump nozzles designed for such pumps, in which all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are any of the following: NB. SEE ALSO III.A2.010. a. Made from any of the following materials: 1. Alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight; 2. Ceramics; 3. Ferrosilicon; 4. Fluoropolymers; 5. Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining); 6. Graphite or ‘carbon graphite’ 7. Nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight; 8. Tantalum or tantalum alloys; 9. Titanium or titanium alloys; 10. Zirconium or zirconium alloys; 11. Niobium (columbium) or niobium alloys; or 12. Aluminium alloys; or b. Made from both stainless steel and one or more of the materials specified in II.A2.016.a. Technical Note: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementation of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the pump. | 2B350.i |
| A3. Electronics | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| II.A3.001 | High voltage direct current power supplies having both of the following characteristics: a. Capable of continuously producing, over a time period of eight hours, 10 kV or more, with output power of 5 kW or more with or without sweeping; and b. Current or voltage stability better than 0,1 % over a time period of four hours. Note: This item does not cover power supplies defined in items 0B001.j.5 and 3A227. | 3A227 |
| II.A3.002 | Mass spectrometers, other than those specified in 3A233 or 0B002.g, capable of measuring ions of 200 atomic mass units or more and having a resolution of better than 2 parts in 200, as follows, and ion sources thereof: a. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP/MS); b. Glow discharge mass spectrometers (GDMS); c. Thermal ionisation mass spectrometers (TIMS); d. Electron bombardment mass spectrometers which have a source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with ‘materials resistant to corrosion by uranium hexafluoride UF6’; e. Molecular beam mass spectrometers having either of the following characteristics: 1. A source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with stainless steel or molybdenum and equipped with a cold trap capable of cooling to 193 K (– 80 oC) or less; or 2. A source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with ‘materials resistant to corrosion by uranium hexafluoride (UF6)’; f. Mass spectrometers equipped with a microfluorination ion source designed for actinides or actinide fluorides. | 3A233 |
| II.A3.003 | Frequency changers or generators, other than those prohibited by 0B001 or 3A225, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed components and software therefor: a. Multiphase output capable of providing a power of 40 W or greater; b. Capable of operating in the frequency range between 600 and 2 000 Hz; and c. Frequency control better (less) than 0,1 %. Technical Note: Frequency changers in II.A3.003 are also known as converters or inverters. | — |
| A6. Sensors and Lasers | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| II.A6.001 | Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) rods | — |
| II.A6.002 | Optical equipment and components, other than those specified in 6A002, 6A004.b as follows: Infrared optics in the wavelength range 9 000 nm – 17 000 nm and components thereof, including cadmium telluride (CdTe) components. | 6A002 6A004.b |
| II.A6.003 | Wave front corrector systems for use with a laser beam having a diameter exceeding 4 mm, and specially designed components thereof, including control systems, phase front sensors and ‘deformable mirrors’ including bimorph mirrors. Note: This item does not cover mirrors defined in 6A004.a, 6A005.e and 6A005.f. | 6A003 |
| II.A6.004 | Argon ion ‘lasers’ having an average output power equal to or greater than 5 W. Note: This item does not cover argon ion ‘lasers’ defined in items 0B001.g.5, 6A005 and 6A205.a. | 6A005.a.6 6A205.a |
| II.A6.005 | Semiconductor ‘lasers’ and components thereof, as follows: a. Individual semiconductor ‘lasers’ with an output power greater than 200 mW each, in quantities larger than 100; b. Semiconductor ‘laser’ arrays having an output power greater than 20 W. Notes: 1. Semiconductor ‘lasers’ are commonly called ‘laser’ diodes. 2. This item does not cover ‘lasers’ defined in items 0B001.g.5, 0B001.h.6 and 6A005.b. 3. This item does not cover ‘laser’ diodes with a wavelength in the range 1 200 nm – 2 000 nm. | 6A005.b |
| II.A6.006 | Tunable semiconductor ‘lasers’ and tunable semiconductor ‘laser’ arrays, of a wavelength between 9 μm and 17 μm, as well as array stacks of semiconductor ‘lasers’ containing at least one tunable semiconductor ‘laser’ array of such wavelength. Notes: 1. Semiconductor ‘lasers’ are commonly called ‘laser’ diodes. 2. This item does not cover semiconductor ‘lasers’ defined in items 0B001.h.6 and 6A005.b | 6A005.b |
| II.A6.007 | Solid state ‘tunable’‘lasers’ and specially designed components thereof as follows: a. Titanium-sapphire lasers, b. Alexandrite lasers. Note: This item does not cover titanium-sapphire and alexandrite lasers defined in items 0B001.g.5, 0B001.h.6 and 6A005.c.1. | 6A005.c.1 |
| II.A6.008 | Neodymium-doped (other than glass) ‘lasers’, having an output wavelength greater than 1 000 nm but not exceeding 1 100 nm and output energy exceeding 10 J per pulse. Note: This item does not cover neodymium-doped (other than glass) ‘lasers’ defined in item 6A005.c.2.b. | 6A005.c.2 |
| II.A6.009 | Components of acousto-optics, as follows: a. Framing tubes and solid-state imaging devices having a recurrence frequency equal to or exceeding 1 kHz; b. Recurrence frequency supplies; c. Pockels cells. | 6A203.b.4.c |
| II.A6.010 | Radiation-hardened cameras, or lenses thereof, other than those specified in 6A203.c., specially designed, or rated as radiation-hardened, to withstand a total radiation dose greater than 50 × 103 Gy(silicon) (5 × 106 rad (silicon)) without operational degradation. Technical Note: The term Gy(silicon) refers to the energy in Joules per kilogram absorbed by an unshielded silicon sample when exposed to ionising radiation. | 6A203.c |
| II.A6.011 | Tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators, having all of the following characteristics: 1. Operating at wavelengths between 300 nm and 800 nm; 2. An average output power greater than 10 W but not exceeding 30 W; 3. A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and 4. Pulse width less than 100 ns. Notes: 1. This item does not cover single mode oscillators. 2. This item does not cover tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators defined in item 6A205.c, 0B001.g.5 and 6A005. | 6A205.c |
| II.A6.012 | Pulsed carbon dioxide ‘lasers’ having all of the following characteristics: 1. Operating at wavelengths between 9 000 nm and 11 000 nm; 2. A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz; 3. An average output power greater than 100 W but not exceeding 500 W; and 4. Pulse width less than 200 ns. Note: This item does not cover pulsed carbon dioxide laser amplifiers and oscillators defined in item 6A205.d., 0B001.h.6. and 6A005.d. | 6A205.d |
| II.A6.013 | Copper vapour ‘lasers’ having both of the following characteristics: 1. Operating at wavelengths between 500 and 600 nm; and 2. An average output power equal to or greater than 15 W. | 6A005.b |
| II.A6.014 | Pulsed carbon monoxide ‘lasers’ having all of the following characteristics: 1. Operating at wavelengths between 5 000 and 6 000 nm; 2. A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz; 3. An average output power greater than 100 W; and 4. Pulse width of less than 200 ns. Note: This item does not control the higher power (typically 1 to 5 kW) industrial carbon monoxide lasers used in applications such as cutting and welding, as these latter lasers are either continuous wave or are pulsed with a pulse width greater than 200 ns. | |
| A7. Navigation and Avionics | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| II.A7.001 | Inertial navigation systems and specially designed components thereof, as follows: I. Inertial navigation systems which are certified for use on ‘civil aircraft’ by civil authorities of a State participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement, and specially designed components thereof, as follows: a. Inertial navigation systems (INS) (gimballed or strapdown) and inertial equipment designed for ‘aircraft’, land vehicle, vessels (surface or underwater) or ‘spacecraft’ for attitude, guidance or control, having any of the following characteristics, and specially designed components thereof: 1. Navigation error (free inertial) subsequent to normal alignment of 0,8 nautical mile per hour (nm/hr) ‘Circular Error Probable’ (CEP) or less (better); or 2. Specified to function at linear acceleration levels exceeding 10 g; b. Hybrid Inertial Navigation Systems embedded with Global Navigation Satellite Systems(s) (GNSS) or with ‘Data-Based Referenced Navigation’ (‘DBRN’) System(s) for attitude, guidance or control, subsequent to normal alignment, having an INS navigation position accuracy, after loss of GNSS or ‘DBRN’ for a period of up to four minutes, of less (better) than 10 metres ‘Circular Error Probable’ (CEP); c. Inertial Equipment for Azimuth, Heading, or North Pointing having any of the following characteristics, and specially designed components thereof: 1. Designed to have an Azimuth, Heading, or North Pointing accuracy equal to, or less (better) than 6 arc/ minutes RMS at 45 degrees latitude; or 2. Designed to have a non-operating shock level of at least 900 g at a duration of at least 1 msec. Note: The parameters of I.a. and I.b. are applicable with any of the following environmental conditions: 1. Input random vibration with an overall magnitude of 7,7 g rms in the first half hour and a total test duration of one and a half hours per axis in each of the three perpendicular axes, when the random vibration meets the following: a. A constant power spectral density (PSD) value of 0,04 g2/Hz over a frequency interval of 15 to 1 000 Hz; and b. The PSD attenuates with a frequency from 0,04 g2/Hz to 0,01 g2/Hz over a frequency interval from 1 000 to 2 000 Hz; 2. A roll and yaw rate equal to or greater than 2,62 radian/s (150 deg/s); or 3. According to national standards equivalent to 1. or 2. above. Technical Notes: 1. I.b. refers to systems in which an INS and other independent navigation aids are built into a single unit (embedded) in order to achieve improved performance. 2. ‘Circular Error Probable’ (CEP) – In a circular normal distribution, the radius of the circle containing 50 percent of the individual measurements being made, or the radius of the circle within which there is a 50 percent probability of being located. II. Theodolite systems incorporating inertial equipment specially designed for civil surveying purposes and designed to have an Azimuth, Heading, or North Pointing accuracy equal to, or less (better) than 6 arc minutes RMS at 45 degrees latitude, and specially designed components thereof. III. Inertial or other equipment using accelerometers specified in 7A001 or 7A101, where such accelerometers are specially designed and developed as MWD (Measurement While Drilling) sensors for use in downhole well services operations. | 7A003 7A103 |
| A9. Aerospace and Propulsion | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| II.A9.001 | Explosive bolts. | — |
II.B. TECHNOLOGY
| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
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| II.B.001 | Technology required for the development, production, or use of the items in Part II.A. (Goods) above. Technical Note: The term ‘technology’ includes software. | — |
| II.B.002 | Technology required for the development or production of the items in Part III.A. (Goods) of Annex III. Technical Note: The term ‘technology’ includes software. | – |
ANNEX IIa
INTRODUCTORY NOTES
1.Unless otherwise stated, reference numbers used in the column below entitled ‘Description’ refer to the descriptions of dual use items and technology set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009.
2.A reference number in the column below entitled ‘Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009’ means that the characteristics of the item described in the ‘Description’ column lie outside the parameters set out in the description of the dual use entry referred to.
3.Definitions of terms between ‘single quotation marks’ are given in a technical note to the relevant item.
4.Definitions of terms between ‘double quotation marks’ can be found in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009.
GENERAL NOTES
1.The object of the controls contained in this Annex should not be defeated by the export of any non-controlled goods (including plant) containing one or more controlled components when the controlled component or components is/are the principal element of the goods and can feasibly be removed or used for other purposes.
N.B.:
In judging whether the controlled component or components is/are to be considered the principal element, it is necessary to weigh the factors of quantity, value and technological know-how involved and other special circumstances which might establish the controlled component or components as the principal element of the goods being procured.
2.The goods specified in this Annex include both new and used goods.
GENERAL TECHNOLOGY NOTE (GTN)
1.The sale, supply, transfer or export of ‘technology’ which is ‘required’ for the ‘use’ of goods the sale, supply, transfer or export of which is controlled in Part A (Goods) below, is controlled in accordance with the provisions of Section III.B.
2.The sale, supply, transfer or export of ‘technology’ which is ‘required’ for the ‘development’ or ‘production’ of goods the sale, supply, transfer or export of which is controlled in Part A (Goods) below, is prohibited in accordance with the provisions of Annex II, Section II.B.
3.The ‘technology’‘required’ for the ‘use’ of goods under control remains under control even when it is applicable to non-controlled goods.
4.Controls do not apply to that ‘technology’ which is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation, maintenance (checking) and repair of those goods which are not controlled or the export of which has been authorised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 423/2007, Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 or this Regulation.
5.Controls on ‘technology’ transfer do not apply to information ‘in the public domain’, to ‘basic scientific research’ or to the minimum necessary information for patent applications.
III.A. GOODS
| A0. Nuclear Materials, Facilities, and Equipment | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| III.A0.015 | ‘Glove Boxes’, specially designed for radioactive isotopes, radioactive sources or radionuclides. Technical Note: ‘Glove Boxes’ means equipment providing protection to the user, from hazardous vapour, particles or radiation, from materials inside the equipment being handled or processed by a person outside the equipment, by means of manipulators or gloves integrated into the equipment. | 0B006 |
| III.A0.016 | Toxic gas monitoring systems designed for continuous operation and detection of Hydrogen Sulphide, and specially designed detectors therefore. | 0A001 0B001.c |
| III.A0.017 | Helium Leak Detectors. | 0A001 0B001.c |
| A1. Materials, chemicals, ‘micro-organisms’ and ‘toxins’ | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| III.A1.003 | Ring-shaped seals and gaskets, having an inner diameter of 400 mm or less, made of any of the following materials: a. Copolymers of vinylidene fluoride having 75 % or more beta crystalline structure without stretching; b. Fluorinated polyimides containing 10 % by weight or more of combined fluorine; c. Fluorinated phosphazene elastomers containing 30 % by weight or more of combined fluorine; d. Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE, e.g. Kel-F ®); e. Fluoro-elastomers (e.g., Viton ®, Tecnoflon ®); f. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). | |
| III.A1.004 | Personal equipment for detecting radiation of nuclear origin, including personal dosimeters. Note: This item does not cover nuclear detection systems defined in item 1A004.c. | 1A004.c |
| III.A1.020 | Steel alloys in sheet or plate form, having any of the following characteristics: (a) Steel alloys ‘capable of’ ultimate tensile strength of 1 200 Mpa or more, at 293 K (20 oC); or (b) Nitrogen-stabilised duplex stainless steel. Note: The phrase alloys ‘capable of’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment Technical Note: ‘Nitrogen-stabilised duplex stainless steel’ has a two-phase microstructure consisting of grains of ferritic and austenitic steel with the addition of nitrogen to stabilise the microstructure. | 1C116 1C216 |
| III.A1.021 | Carbon-Carbon Composite material. | 1A002.b.1 |
| III.A1.022 | Nickel alloys in crude or semi-fabricated form, containing 60 % by weight or more nickel. | 1C002.c.1.a |
| III.A1.023 | Titanium alloys in sheet or plate form ‘capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 900 Mpa or more at 293 K (20 oC). Note: The phrase alloys ‘capable of’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment | 1C002.b.3 |
| III.A1.024 | Propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants as follows: (a) Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) (b) Methyl Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI) (c) Isophorone Diiscocyanate (IPDI) (d) Sodium Perchlorate (e) Xylidine (f) Hydroxy Terminated Polyether (HTPE) (g) Hydroxy Terminated Caprolactone Ether (HTCE) Technical Note: This item refers to pure substance and any mixture containing at least 50 % of one of the chemicals mentioned above. | 1C111 |
| III.A1.025 | ‘Lubricating materials’ containing, as their principal ingredients, any of the following: (a) Perfluoroalkylether, (CAS 60164-51-4); (b) Perfluoropolyalkylether, PFPE, (CAS 6991-67-9). ‘Lubricating materials’ means oils and fluids. | 1C006 |
| III.A1.026 | Beryllium-Copper or Copper-Beryllium Alloys in plate, sheet, strip or rolled bar form, having a composition comprising Copper as the major element by weight and other elements including less than 2 % by weight Beryllium. | 1C002.b |
| A2. Materials Processing | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| III.A2.008 | Liquid-liquid contacting equipment (mixer-settlers, pulsed columns, centrifugal contactors); and liquid distributors, vapour distributors or liquid collectors designed for such equipment, where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from the following materials: N.B. SEE ALSO II.A2.014 1. Stainless steel. Note: for stainless steel with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight see entry II.A2.014.a | 2B350.e |
| III.A2.009 | Industrial equipment and components, other than those specified in 2B350.d, as follows: N.B. SEE ALSO II.A2.015 Heat exchangers or condensers with a heat transfer surface area greater than 0,05 m2, and less than 30 m2; and tubes, plates, coils or blocks (cores) designed for such heat exchangers or condensers, where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the fluid(s) are made from the following materials: 1. Stainless steel. Note 1: for stainless steel with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight see entry II.A2.015a Note 2: This item does not cover vehicle radiators. Technical Note: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementation of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the heat exchanger. | 2B350.d |
| III.A2.010 | Multiple-seal, and seal-less pumps, other than those specified in 2B350.i, suitable for corrosive fluids, with manufacturer’s specified maximum flow-rate greater than 0,6 m3/hour, or vacuum pumps with manufacturer’s specified maximum flow-rate greater than 5 m3/hour [measured under standard temperature (273 K or 0 oC) and pressure (101,3 kPa) conditions]; and casings (pump bodies), preformed casing liners, impellers, rotors or jet pump nozzles designed for such pumps, in which all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from the following materials: N.B. SEE ALSO II.A2.016 1. Stainless steel; Note: for stainless steel with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight see entry II.A2.016a Technical Note: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementation of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the pump. | 2B350.i |
| III.A2.017 | Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) tools for removing or cutting metals, ceramics or ‘composites’, as follows, and specially designed ram, sinker or wire electrodes therefor: (a) Ram or sinker electrode Electrical Discharge Machines; (b) Wire electrode Electrical Discharge Machines. Note: Electrical Discharge Machines are also known as Spark Erosion Machines or Wire Erosion Machines. | 2B001.d |
| III.A2.018 | Computer controlled or ‘numerically controlled’ co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM), or dimensional inspection machines, having a three dimensional (volumetric) maximum permissible error of indication (MPPE) at any point in the operating range of the machine (i.e. within the length axes) equal to or less (better) than (3 + L/1 000 ) μm (L is the measured length in mm), tested according to ISO 10360-2 (2001), and measurement probes designed therefor. | 2B006.a 2B206.a |
| III.A2.019 | Computer controlled or ‘numerically controlled’ Electron Beam Welding Machines, and specially designed components therefor. | 2B001.e.1.b |
| III.A2.020 | Computer controlled or ‘numerically controlled’ Laser Welding and Laser Cutting Machines, and specially designed components therefor. | 2B001.e.1.c |
| III.A2.021 | Computer controlled or ‘numerically controlled’ Plasma Cutting Machines, and specially designed components therefor. | 2B001.e.1 |
| III.A2.022 | Vibration Monitoring Equipment specially designed for rotors or rotating equipment and machinery, capable of measuring any frequency in the range 600-2 000 Hz. | 2B116 |
| III.A2.023 | Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps, and specially designed components therefore. | 2B231 2B350.i |
| III.A2.024 | Rotary Vane Vacuum Pumps, and specially designed components therefore. Note 1: III.A2.024 does not control rotary vane vacuum pumps that are specially designed for specific other equipment. Note 2: The control status of rotary vane vacuum pumps that are specially designed for specific other equipment is determined by the control status of the other equipment | 2B231 2B235.i 0B002.f |
| III.A2.025 | Air filters, as follows, having one or more physical size dimension exceeding 1 000 mm: (a) High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters; (b) Ultra-Low Penetration Air (ULPA) filters. Note: III.A2.025 does not control air filters specially designed for medical equipment. | 2B352.d |
| A3. Electronics | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| III.A3.004 | Spectrometers and diffractometers, designed for the indicative test or quantitative analysis of the elemental composition of metals or alloys without chemical decomposition of the material. | |
| III.A3.005 | ‘Frequency Changers’, Frequency Generators and Variable Speed electrical drives, having all the following characteristics: (a) Multiphase output power of 10 W or greater; (b) Capable of operating at a frequency of 600 Hz or more; and (c) Frequency control better (less) than 0,2 %. Technical Note: ‘Frequency Changers’ includes frequency converters and frequency inverters. Notes: 1. Item III.A3.005 does not control frequency changers that include communication protocols or interfaces designed for specific industrial machinery (such as machine tools, spinning machines, printed circuit board machines) so that the frequency changers cannot be used for other purposes while meeting the performance characteristics above. 2. Item III.A3.005 does not control frequency changers specially designed for vehicles and which operate with a control sequence that is mutually communicated between the frequency changer and the vehicle control unit. | 3A225 0B001.b.13 |
| A6. Sensors and Lasers | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| III.A6.012 | ‘Vacuum pressure gauges’, being electrically powered and having measurement accuracy of 5 % or less (better). ‘Vacuum pressure gauges’ include Pirani Gauges, Penning Gauges and Capacitance Manometers. | 0B001.b |
| III.A6.013 | Microscopes and related equipment and detectors, as follows: (a) Scanning Electron Microscopes; (b) Scanning Auger Microscopes; (c) Transmission Electron Microscopes; (d) Atomic Force Microscopes; (e) Scanning Force Microscopes; (f) Equipment and detectors, specially designed for use with the microscopes specified in III.A6.013 (a) to (e) above, employing any of the following materials analysis techniques: 1. X-ray Photo Spectroscopy (XPS); 2. Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX, EDS); or 3. Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA). | 6B |
| A7. Navigation and Avionics | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| III.A7.002 | Accelerometers containing piezoelectric ceramic transducer element, having a sensitivity of 1 000 mV/g or better (higher) | 7A001 |
| A9. Aerospace and Propulsion | ||
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| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
| III.A9.002 | ‘Load Cells’ capable of measuring rocket motor thrust having a capacity exceeding 30 kN. Technical Note: ‘Load Cells’ means devices and transducers for the measurement of force in both tension and in compression. Note: III.A9.002 does not include equipment, devices or transducers, specially designed for the measurement of the weight of vehicles, e.g. weigh bridges. | 9B117 |
| III.A9.003 | Electrical power generation gas turbines, components and related equipment as follows: (a) Gas Turbines specially designed for electrical power generation, having an output exceeding 200 MW; (b) Vanes, Stators, Combustion Chambers and Fuel Injection Nozzles, specially designed for electrical power generation gas turbines specified in III.A9.003.a; (c) Equipment specially designed for the ‘development’ and ‘production’ of electrical power generation gas turbines specified in III. A9.003.a. | 9A001 9A002 9A003 9B001 9B003 9B004 |
III.B. TECHNOLOGY
| No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 |
|---|---|---|
| III.B.001 | ‘Technology’ required for the use of the items in Part III.A. (Goods) above. Technical Note: The term ‘technology’ includes software. |
ANNEX III
CATEGORY 1 — SPECIAL MATERIALS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT
1A Systems, Equipment and Components
| The corresponding systems, equipment and components as identified in Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items | Missile Technology Control Regime (M.TCR): Equipment, software and technology annex | ||
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| 1A002 | “Composite” structures or laminates, having any of the following: a. Consisting of an organic “matrix” and materials specified in 1C010.c., 1C010.d. or 1C010.e.; or b. Consisting of a metal or carbon “matrix”, and any of the following: 1. Carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” having all of the following: a. A “specific modulus” exceeding 10,15 × 106 m; and b. A “specific tensile strength” exceeding 17,7 × 104 m; or 2. Materials specified in 1C010.c. Note 1: 1A002 does not control composite structures or laminates made from epoxy resin impregnated carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” for the repair of “civil aircraft” structures or laminates, having all of the following: a. An area not exceeding 1 m2; b. A length not exceeding 2,5 m; and c. A width exceeding 15 mm. Note 2: 1A002 does not control semi-finished items, specially designed for purely civilian applications as follows: a. Sporting goods; b. Automotive industry; c. Machine tool industry; d. Medical applications. Note 3: 1A002.b.1. does not control semi-finished items containing a maximum of two dimensions of interwoven filaments and specially designed for applications as follows: a. Metal heat-treatment furnaces for tempering metals; b. Silicon boule production equipment. Note 4: 1A002 does not control finished items specially designed for a specific application. | M6A1 | Composite structures, laminates, and manufactures thereof, specially designed for use in the systems specified in 1.A., 19.A.1. or 19.A.2. and the subsystems specified in 2.A. or 20.A. |
| 1A102 | Resaturated pyrolized carbon-carbon components designed for space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 or sounding rockets specified in 9A104. | M6A2 | Resaturated pyrolised (i.e. carbon-carbon) components having all of the following: a. Designed for rocket systems; and b. Usable in the systems specified in 1.A. or 19.A.1. |
1B Test, Inspection and Production Equipment
| The corresponding systems, equipment and components as identified in Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items | Missile Technology Control Regime (M.TCR): Equipment, software and technology annex | ||
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| 1B001 | Equipment for the production or inspection of “composite” structures or laminates specified in 1A002 or “fibrous or filamentary materials” specified in 1C010, as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1B101 AND 1B201. | ||
| a. Filament winding machines, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres are coordinated and programmed in three or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of “composite” structures or laminates, from “fibrous or filamentary materials”; | M6B1a | Filament winding machines or ‘fibre/tow-placement machines’, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres can be coordinated and programmed in three or more axes, designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from fibrous or filamentary materials, and co-ordinating and programming controls | |
| b. ‘Tape-laying machines’, of which the motions for positioning and laying tape are coordinated and programmed in five or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of “composite” airframe or ‘missile’ structures; Note: In 1B001.b., ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1B001.b., ‘tape-laying machines’ have the ability to lay one or more ‘filament bands’ limited to widths greater than 25 mm and less than or equal to 305 mm, and to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the laying process. | M6B1b | ‘Tape-laying machines’ of which the motions for positioning and laying tape can be co-ordinated and programmed in two or more axes, designed for the manufacture of composite airframes and missile structures; Note: For the purposes of 6.B.1.a. and 6.B.1.b., the following definitions apply: 1. A ‘filament band’ is a single continuous width of fully or partially resinimpregnated tape, tow, or fibre. Fully or partially resin-impregnated ‘filament bands’ include those coated with dry powder that tacks upon heating. 2. ‘Fibre/tow-placement machines’ and ‘tape-laying machines’ are machines that perform similar processes that use computer-guided heads to lay one or several ‘filament bands’ onto a mold to create a part or a structure. These machines have the ability to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the laying process. 3. ‘Fibre/tow-placement machines’ have the ability to place one or more ‘filament bands’ having widths less than or equal to 25,4 mm. This refers to the minimum width of material the machine can place, regardless of the upper capability of the machine. 4. ‘Tape-laying machines’ have the ability to place one or more ‘filament bands’ having widths less than or equal to 304,8 mm, but cannot place ‘filaments bands’ with a width equal to or less than 25,4 mm. This refers to the minimum width of material the machine can place, regardless of the upper capability of the machine. | |
| c. Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving machines or interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, specially designed or modified for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres, for “composite” structures; Technical Note: For the purposes of 1B001.c., the technique of interlacing includes knitting. | M6B1c | Multi-directional, multi-dimensional weaving machines or interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres to manufacture composite structures; Note: 6.B.1.c. does not control textile machinery not modified for the end-uses stated. | |
| d. Equipment specially designed or adapted for the production of reinforcement fibres, as follows: | Equipment designed or modified for the production of fibrous or filamentary materials as follows: | ||
| 1. Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon, pitch or polycarbosilane) into carbon fibres or silicon carbide fibres, including special equipment to strain the fibre during heating; | M6B1d1 | 1. Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon, or polycarbosilane) including special provision to strain the fibre during heating; | |
| 2. Equipment for the chemical vapour deposition of elements or compounds, on heated filamentary substrates, to manufacture silicon carbide fibres; | M6B1d2 | 2. Equipment for the vapour deposition of elements or compounds on heated filament substrates; | |
| 3. Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide); | M6B1d3 | 3. Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide) | |
| 4. Equipment for converting aluminium containing precursor fibres into alumina fibres by heat treatment; e. Equipment for producing prepregs specified in 1C010.e. by the hot melt method; f. Non-destructive inspection equipment specially designed for “composite” materials, as follows: 1. X-ray tomography systems for three dimensional defect inspection; 2. Numerically controlled ultrasonic testing machines of which the motions for positioning transmitters or receivers are simultaneously coordinated and programmed in four or more axes to follow the three dimensional contours of the component under inspection; g. ‘Tow-placement machines’, of which the motions for positioning and laying tows are coordinated and programmed in two or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of “composite” airframe or ‘missile’ structures. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1B001.g., ‘tow-placement machines’ have the ability to place one or more ‘filament bands’ having widths less than or equal to 25 mm, and to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the placement process. Technical Note: 1. For the purpose of 1B001, ‘primary servo positioning’ axes control, under computer program direction, the position of the end effector (i.e., head) in space relative to the work piece at the correct orientation and direction to achieve the desired process. 2. For the purposes of 1B001., a ‘filament band’ is a single continuous width of fully or partially resin-impregnated tape, tow or fibre. | M6B1e | Equipment designed or modified for special fibre surface treatment or for producing prepregs and preforms, including rollers, tension stretchers, coating equipment, cutting equipment and clicker dies. Note: Examples of components and accessories for the machines specified in 6.B.1. are moulds, mandrels, dies, fixtures and tooling for the preform pressing, curing, casting, sintering or bonding of composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof | |
| 1B002 | Equipment for producing metal alloys, metal alloy powder or alloyed materials, specially designed to avoid contamination and specially designed for use in one of the processes specified in 1C002.c.2. N.B.: SEE ALSO 1B102. | M4B3d | Metal powder “production equipment” usable for the “production”, in a controlled environment, of spherical, spheroidal or atomised materials specified in 4.C.2.c., 4.C.2.d. or 4.C.2.e. Note: 4.B.3.d. includes: a. Plasma generators (high frequency arc-jet) usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment; b. Electroburst equipment usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment; c. Equipment usable for the “production” of spherical aluminium powders by powdering a melt in an inert medium (e.g. nitrogen). Notes: 1. The only batch mixers, continuous mixers, usable for solid propellants or propellants constituents specified in 4.C., and fluid energy mills specified in 4.B., are those specified in 4.B.3. 2. Forms of metal powder “production equipment” not specified in 4.B.3.d. are to be evaluated in accordance with 4.B.2. |
| 1B101 | Equipment, other than that specified in 1B001, for the “production” of structural composites as follows; and specially designed components and accessories therefor: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1B201. Note: Components and accessories specified in 1B101 include moulds, mandrels, dies, fixtures and tooling for the preform pressing, curing, casting, sintering or bonding of composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof. | ||
| a. Filament winding machines or fibre placement machines, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres can be coordinated and programmed in three or more axes, designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from fibrous or filamentary materials, and coordinating and programming controls; | M6B1a | Filament winding machines or ‘fibre/tow-placement machines’, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres can be coordinated and programmed in three or more axes, designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from fibrous or filamentary materials, and co-ordinating and programming controls; | |
| b. Tape-laying machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape and sheets can be coordinated and programmed in two or more axes, designed for the manufacture of composite airframe and “missile” structures; | M6B1b | ‘Tape-laying machines’ of which the motions for positioning and laying tape can be co-ordinated and programmed in two or more axes, designed for the manufacture of composite airframes and missile structures; Note: For the purposes of 6.B.1.a. and 6.B.1.b., the following definitions apply: 1. A ‘filament band’ is a single continuous width of fully or partially resinimpregnated tape, tow, or fibre. Fully or partially resin-impregnated ‘filament bands’ include those coated with dry powder that tacks upon heating. 2. ‘Fibre/tow-placement machines’ and ‘tape-laying machines’ are machines that perform similar processes that use computer-guided heads to lay one or several ‘filament bands’ onto a mold to create a part or a structure. These machines have the ability to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the laying process. 3. ‘Fibre/tow-placement machines’ have the ability to place one or more ‘filament bands’ having widths less than or equal to 25,4 mm. This refers to the minimum width of material the machine can place, regardless of the upper capability of the machine. 4. ‘Tape-laying machines’ have the ability to place one or more ‘filament bands’ having widths less than or equal to 304,8 mm, but cannot place ‘filaments bands’ with a width equal to or less than 25,4 mm. This refers to the minimum width of material the machine can place, regardless of the upper capability of the machine. | |
| c. Equipment designed or modified for the “production” of “fibrous or filamentary materials” as follows: 1. Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon or polycarbosilane) including special provision to strain the fibre during heating; 2. Equipment for the vapour deposition of elements or compounds on heated filament substrates; 3. Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide); | M6B1d | Equipment designed or modified for the production of fibrous or filamentary materials as follows: 1. Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon, or polycarbosilane) including special provision to strain the fibre during heating; 2. Equipment for the vapour deposition of elements or compounds on heated filament substrates; 3. Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide); | |
| d. Equipment designed or modified for special fibre surface treatment or for producing prepregs and preforms specified in entry 9C110. Note: 1B101.d. includes rollers, tension stretchers, coating equipment, cutting equipment and clicker dies. | M6B1e | Equipment designed or modified for special fibre surface treatment or for producing prepregs and preforms, including rollers, tension stretchers, coating equipment, cutting equipment and clicker dies. Note: Examples of components and accessories for the machines specified in 6.B.1. are moulds, mandrels, dies, fixtures and tooling for the preform pressing, curing, casting, sintering or bonding of composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof | |
| 1B102 | Metal powder “production equipment”, other than that specified in 1B002, and components as follows: N.B.: SEE ALSO 1B115.b. a. Metal powder “production equipment” usable for the “production”, in a controlled environment, of spherical, spheroidal or atomised materials specified in 1C011.a., 1C011.b., 1C111.a.1., 1C111.a.2. or in the Military Goods Controls. b. Specially designed components for “production equipment” specified in 1B002 or 1B102.a. Note: 1B102 includes: a. Plasma generators (high frequency arc-jet) usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment; b. Electroburst equipment usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment; c. Equipment usable for the “production” of spherical aluminium powders by powdering a melt in an inert medium (e.g. nitrogen). | M4B3d | Metal powder “production equipment” usable for the “production”, in a controlled environment, of spherical, spheroidal or atomised materials specified in 4.C.2.c., 4.C.2.d. or 4.C.2.e. Note: 4.B.3.d. includes: a. Plasma generators (high frequency arc-jet) usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment; b. Electroburst equipment usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment; c. Equipment usable for the “production” of spherical aluminium powders by powdering a melt in an inert medium (e.g. nitrogen). Notes: 1. The only batch mixers, continuous mixers, usable for solid propellants or propellants constituents specified in 4.C., and fluid energy mills specified in 4.B., are those specified in 4.B.3. 2. Forms of metal powder “production equipment” not specified in 4.B.3.d. are to be evaluated in accordance with 4.B.2. |
| 1B115 | Equipment, other than that specified in 1B002 or 1B102, for the production of propellant and propellant constituents, as follows, and specially designed components therefor: | ||
| a. “Production equipment” for the “production”, handling or acceptance testing of liquid propellants or propellant constituents specified in 1C011.a., 1C011.b., 1C111 or in the Military Goods Controls; | M4B1 | “Production equipment”, and specially designed components therefor, for the “production”, handling or acceptance testing of liquid propellants or propellant constituents specified in 4.C. | |
| b. “Production equipment” for the “production”, handling, mixing, curing, casting, pressing, machining, extruding or acceptance testing of solid propellants or propellant constituents specified in 1C011.a., 1C011.b., 1C111 or in the Military Goods Controls. Note: 1B115.b. does not control batch mixers, continuous mixers or fluid energy mills. For the control of batch mixers, continuous mixers and fluid energy mills see 1B117, 1B118 and 1B119. Note 1: For equipment specially designed for the production of military goods, see the Military Goods Controls. Note 2: 1B115 does not control equipment for the “production”, handling and acceptance testing of boron carbide. | M4B2 | “Production equipment”, other than that described in 4.B.3., and specially designed components therefor, for the production, handling, mixing, curing, casting, pressing, machining, extruding or acceptance testing of solid propellants or propellant constituents specified in 4.C. | |
| 1B116 | Specially designed nozzles for producing pyrolitically derived materials formed on a mould, mandrel or other substrate from precursor gases which decompose in the 1 573 K (1 300 °C) to 3 173 K (2 900 °C) temperature range at pressures of 130 Pa to 20 kPa. | M6B2 | Nozzles specially designed for the processes referred to in 6.E.3. |
| 1B117 | Batch mixers with provision for mixing under vacuum in the range of zero to 13,326 kPa and with temperature control capability of the mixing chamber and having all of the following, and specially designed components therefor: a. A total volumetric capacity of 110 litres or more; and b. At least one ‘mixing/kneading shaft’ mounted off centre. Note: In 1B117.b. the term ‘mixing/kneading shaft’ does not refer to deagglomerators or knife-spindles. | M4B3a | Batch mixers with provision for mixing under vacuum in the range of zero to 13,326 kPa and with temperature control capability of the mixing chamber and having all of the following: 1. A total volumetric capacity of 110 litres or more; and 2. At least one ‘mixing/kneading shaft’ mounted off centre; Note: In Item 4.B.3.a.2. the term ‘mixing/kneading shaft’ does not refer to deagglomerators or knife-spindles. |
| 1B118 | Continuous mixers with provision for mixing under vacuum in the range of zero to 13,326 kPa and with a temperature control capability of the mixing chamber having any of the following, and specially designed components therefor: a. Two or more mixing/kneading shafts; or b. A single rotating shaft which oscillates and having kneading teeth/pins on the shaft as well as inside the casing of the mixing chamber. | M4B3b | Continuous mixers with provision for mixing under vacuum in the range of zero to 13,326 kPa and with a temperature control capability of the mixing chamber having any of the following: 1. Two or more mixing/kneading shafts; or 2. A single rotating shaft which oscillates and having kneading teeth/pins on the shaft as well as inside the casing of the mixing chamber; |
| 1B119 | Fluid energy mills usable for grinding or milling substances specified in 1C011.a., 1C011.b., 1C111 or in the Military Goods Controls, and specially designed components therefor. | M4B3c | Fluid energy mills usable for grinding or milling substances specified in 4.C |
1C Materials
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