Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1 of 20 October 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of dual-use items

Type Delegated Regulation
Publication 2022-01-06
State In force
Text As published
Department European Commission, TRADE
Source EUR-Lex
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9A012

"Unmanned aerial vehicles" ("UAVs"), unmanned "airships", related equipment and components, as follows:

Technical Notes:

9A101 Turbojet and turbofan engines, other than those specified in 9A001, as follows;

- 2. Specific fuel consumption of 0,15 kg N–1 h–1 or less;

Technical Notes:

9A102

‘Turboprop engine systems’ specially designed for unmanned aerial vehicles specified in 9A012 or 9A112.a., and specially designed components therefor, having a ‘maximum power’ greater than 10 kW.

Technical Notes:

9A104 Sounding rockets, capable of a range of at least 300 km.

9A105 Liquid propellant rocket engines or gel propellant rocket motors, as follows:

9A106 Systems or components, other than those specified in 9A006 as follows, specially designed for liquid rocket propulsion or gel propellant rocket systems:

Technical Note:

Examples of methods of achieving thrust vector control specified in 9A106.c. are:

9A107 Solid propellant rocket motors, usable in complete rocket systems or unmanned aerial vehicles, capable of a range of 300 km, other than those specified in 9A007, having total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 0,841 MNs.

9A108 Components, other than those specified in 9A008, as follows, specially designed for solid and hybrid rocket propulsion systems:

Technical Note:

Examples of methods of achieving thrust vector control specified in 9A108.c. are:

9A109 Hybrid rocket motors and specially designed components as follows:

9A110 Composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof, other than those specified in 9A010, specially designed for use in ‘missiles’ or the subsystems specified in 9A005, 9A007, 9A105, 9A106.c., 9A107, 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119.

Technical Note:

In 9A110 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.

9A111 Pulse jet or detonation engines, usable in "missiles" or unmanned aerial vehicles specified in 9A012 or 9A112.a., and specially designed components therefor.

Technical Note:

In 9A111 detonation engines utilise detonation to produce a rise in effective pressure across the combustion chamber. Examples of detonation engines include pulse detonation engines, rotating detonation engines or continuous wave detonation engines.

9A112

"Unmanned aerial vehicles" ("UAVs"), other than those specified in 9A012, as follows:

- a. An autonomous flight control and navigation capability; or

Technical Notes:

9A115 Launch support equipment as follows:

Technical Note:

In 9A115.a. ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.

9A116 Reentry vehicles, usable in "missiles", and equipment designed or modified therefor, as follows:

9A117 Staging mechanisms, separation mechanisms, and interstages, usable in "missiles".

9A118 Devices to regulate combustion usable in engines, which are usable in "missiles" or unmanned aerial vehicles specified in 9A012 or 9A112.a., specified in 9A011 or 9A111.

9A119 Individual rocket stages, usable in complete rocket systems or unmanned aerial vehicles, capable of a range of 300 km, other than those specified in 9A005, 9A007, 9A009, 9A105, 9A107 and 9A109.

9A120 Liquid or gel propellant tanks, other than those specified in 9A006, specially designed for propellants specified in 1C111 or ‘other liquid or gel propellants’ used in rocket systems capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km.

9A121 Umbilical and interstage electrical connectors specially designed for "missiles", space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 or sounding rockets specified in 9A104.

Technical Note:

Interstage connectors referred to in 9A121 also include electrical connectors installed between the "missile", space launch vehicle or sounding rocket and their payload.

9A350 Spraying or fogging systems, specially designed or modified for fitting to aircraft, "lighter-than-air vehicles" or unmanned aerial vehicles, and specially designed components therefor, as follows:

Technical Notes:

- a. Doppler laser method;

9B Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

9B001 Manufacturing equipment, tooling or fixtures, as follows:

9B002 On-line (real time) control systems, instrumentation (including sensors) or automated data acquisition and processing equipment, having all of the following:

9B003 Equipment specially designed for the "production" or test of gas turbine brush seals designed to operate at tip speeds exceeding 335 m/s and temperatures in excess of 773 K (500 °C), and specially designed components or accessories therefor.

9B004 Tools, dies or fixtures, for the solid state joining of "superalloy", titanium or intermetallic airfoil-to-disk combinations described in 9E003.a.3. or 9E003.a.6. for gas turbines.

9B005 On-line (real time) control systems, instrumentation (including sensors) or automated data acquisition and processing equipment, specially designed for use with any of the following:

Technical Note:

‘Test section size’ means the diameter of the circle, or the side of the square, or the longest side of the rectangle, at the largest test section location.

9B006 Acoustic vibration test equipment capable of producing sound pressure levels of 160 dB or more (referenced to 20 μPa) with a rated output of 4 kW or more at a test cell temperature exceeding 1 273 K (1 000 °C), and specially designed quartz heaters therefor.

9B007 Equipment specially designed for inspecting the integrity of rocket motors and using Non-Destructive Test (NDT) techniques other than planar x-ray or basic physical or chemical analysis.

9B008 Direct measurement wall skin friction transducers specially designed to operate at a test flow total (stagnation) temperature exceeding 833 K (560 °C).

9B009 Tooling specially designed for producing gas turbine engine powder metallurgy rotor components having all of the following:

9B010 Equipment specially designed for the production of items specified in 9A012.

9B105

‘Aerodynamic test facilities’ for speeds of Mach 0,9 or more, usable for ‘missiles’ and their subsystems.

Technical Notes:

9B106 Environmental chambers and anechoic chambers, as follows:

Technical Notes:

9B107

‘Aerothermodynamic test facilities’, usable for ‘missiles’, ‘missile’ rocket propulsion systems, and reentry vehicles and equipment specified in 9A116, having any of the following characteristics:

Technical Notes:

9B115 Specially designed "production equipment" for the systems, sub-systems and components specified in 9A005 to 9A009, 9A011, 9A101, 9A102, 9A105 to 9A109, 9A111, 9A116 to 9A120.

9B116 Specially designed "production facilities" for the space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, or systems, sub-systems, and components specified in 9A005 to 9A009, 9A011, 9A101, 9A102, 9A104 to 9A109, 9A111, 9A116 to 9A120 or ‘missiles’.

Technical Note:

In 9B116 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.

9B117 Test benches or test stands for solid or liquid propellant rockets or rocket motors, having either of the following characteristics:

9C Materials

9C108

"Insulation" material in bulk form and "interior lining", other than those specified in 9A008, for rocket motor cases usable in "missiles" or specially designed for solid propellant rocket engines specified in 9A007 or 9A107.

9C110 Resin impregnated fibre prepregs and metal coated fibre preforms therefor, for composite structures, laminates and manufactures specified in 9A110, made either with organic matrix or metal matrix utilising fibrous or filamentary reinforcements having a "specific tensile strength" greater than 7,62 × 104 m and a "specific modulus" greater than 3,18 × 106 m.

9D Software

9D001

"Software", not specified in 9D003 or 9D004, specially designed or modified for the "development" of equipment or "technology", specified in 9A001 to 9A119, 9B or 9E003.

9D002

"Software", not specified in 9D003 or 9D004, specially designed or modified for the "production" of equipment specified in 9A001 to 9A119 or 9B.

9D003

"Software" incorporating "technology" specified in 9E003.h. and used in "FADEC Systems" for systems specified in 9A or equipment specified in 9B.

9D004 Other "software" as follows:

9D005

"Software" specially designed or modified for the operation of items specified in 9A004.e. or 9A004.f.

9D101

"Software" specially designed or modified for the "use" of goods specified in 9B105, 9B106, 9B116 or 9B117.

9D103

"Software" specially designed for modelling, simulation or design integration of the space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, sounding rockets specified in 9A104 or "missiles", or the subsystems specified in 9A005, 9A007, 9A105, 9A106.c., 9A107, 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119.

9D104

"Software" as follows:

9D105

"Software" specially designed or modified to coordinate the function of more than one subsystem, other than that specified in 9D004.e., in space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 or sounding rockets specified in 9A104 or ‘missiles’

Technical Note:

In 9D105 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.

9E Technology

9E001

"Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" of equipment or "software", specified in 9A001.b., 9A004 to 9A012, 9A350, 9B or 9D.

9E002

"Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "production" of equipment specified in 9A001.b., 9A004 to 9A011, 9A350 or 9B.

  • N.B. For "technology" for the repair of controlled structures, laminates or materials, see 1E002.f.

9E003

Other "technology" as follows:

Technical Note:

For the purposes of 9E003.a.1., stress-rupture life testing is typically conducted on a test specimen.

- 2. Combustors having any of the following:

- a. ‘Thermally decoupled liners’ designed to operate at ‘combustor exit temperature’ exceeding 1 883K (1 610 °C);

- c. Non-metallic shells; or

- Note: *The "required"

"technology" for holes in 9E003.a.2. is limited to the derivation of the geometry and location of the holes.*

Technical Notes:

- 1. ‘Thermally decoupled liners’ are liners that feature at least a support structure designed to carry mechanical loads and a combustion facing structure designed to protect the support structure from the heat of combustion. The combustion facing structure and support structure have independent thermal displacement (mechanical displacement due to thermal load) with respect to one another, i.e. they are thermally decoupled.

- N.B. *See 9E003.c. for "technology"

"required" for manufacturing cooling holes.*

- b. "Fibrous or filamentary materials" specified in 1C010; or

- c. Aluminides specified in 1C002.a.; or

- 2. Ceramic "matrix""composites" specified in 1C007.; or

- 1. Not specified in 9E003.a.3.a.;

Technical Note:

A ‘splitter duct’ performs the initial separation of the air-mass flow between the bypass and core sections of the engine.

Technical Note:

‘Gas path temperature’ is the bulk average gas path total (stagnation) temperature at the leading edge plane of the turbine component when the engine is running in a "steady state mode" of operation at the certificated or specified maximum continuous operating temperature.

Technical Note:

‘Damage tolerant’ components are designed using methodology and substantiation to predict and limit crack growth.

Technical Note:

For the purposes of 9E003.a.11., a ‘fan blade’ is the aerofoil portion of the rotating stage or stages, which provide both compressor and bypass flow in a gas turbine engine.

Technical Notes:

Technical Note:

‘Box volume’ in 9E003.e. is the product of three perpendicular dimensions measured in the following way:

Length : The length of the crankshaft from front flange to flywheel face;
Width : The widest of any of the following: a. The outside dimension from valve cover to valve cover; b. The dimensions of the outside edges of the cylinder heads; or c. The diameter of the flywheel housing;
Height : The largest of any of the following: a. The dimension of the crankshaft centre-line to the top plane of the valve cover (or cylinder head) plus twice the stroke; or b. The diameter of the flywheel housing.

Technical Note:

‘High output diesel engines’ are diesel engines with a specified brake mean effective pressure of 1,8 MPa or more at a speed of 2 300 r.p.m., provided the rated speed is 2 300 r.p.m. or more.

9E101

Technical Note:

In 9E101.b. ‘UAV’ means unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.

9E102

"Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "use" of space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, goods specified in 9A005 to 9A011, 'UAV's specified in 9A012 or goods specified in 9A101, 9A102, 9A104 to 9A111, 9A112.a., 9A115 to 9A121, 9B105, 9B106, 9B115, 9B116, 9B117, 9D101 or 9D103.

Technical Note:

In 9E102 ‘UAV’ means unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km. ’

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https://www.australiagroup.net/

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http://mtcr.info/

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http://www.nuclearsuppliersgroup.org/

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http://www.wassenaar.org/

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https://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention

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Manufacturers calculating positioning accuracy in accordance with ISO 230-2:1997 or 2006 should consult the competent authorities of the EU Member State in which they are established.

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The numbers in parenthesis refer to the Notes following this Table.

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX IV

LIST OF DUAL-USE ITEMS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11(1) OF THIS REGULATION

The entries do not always cover the complete description of the item and the related notes in Annex I 14. Only Annex I provides for the complete description of the items.

The mention of an item in this Annex does not affect the application of the provisions concerning mass-market products in Annex I.

The terms appearing in straight double quotes are defined terms in the global definitions list of Annex I.

PART I

(possibility of National General Authorisation for intra-Union trade)

Items of stealth technology

1C001 Materials specially designed for absorbing electromagnetic radiations, or intrinsically conductive polymers. N.B. SEE ALSO 1C101
1C101 Materials and devices for reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures, other than those specified in 1C001, usable in ‘missiles’, “missile” subsystems or unmanned aerial vehicles specified in 9A012. Note: 1C101 does not control materials if such goods are formulated solely for civil applications. Technical Note: In 1C101 ‘missiles’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.
1D103 “Software” specially designed for analysis of reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures.
1E101 “Technology” according to the GTN for the “use” of goods specified in 1C101 or 1D103.
1E102 “Technology” according to the GTN for the “development” of “software” specified in 1D103.
6B008 Pulse radar cross-section measurement systems having transmit pulse widths of 100 ns or less and specially designed components therefor. N.B. SEE ALSO 6B108
6B108 Systems specially designed for radar cross section measurement usable for ‘missiles’ and their subsystems. Technical Note: In 6B108 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.

Items of the Community strategic control

1A007 Equipment and devices, specially designed to initiate charges and devices containing “energetic materials”, by electrical means, as follows: N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS, 3A229 AND 3A232. a. Explosive detonator firing sets designed to drive multiple controlled detonators specified in 1A007.b. below; b. Electrically driven explosive detonators as follows: 1. Exploding bridge (EB); 2. Exploding bridge wire (EBW); 3. Slapper; 4. Exploding foil initiators (EFI). Note: 1A007.b. does not control detonators using only primary explosives, such as lead azide.
1C239 High explosives, other than those specified in the Military Goods Controls, or substances or mixtures containing more than 2 % by weight thereof, with a crystal density greater than 1,8 g/cm3 and having a detonation velocity greater than 8 000  m/s.
1E201 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of goods specified in 1C239.
3A229 High-current pulse generators, as follows … N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS
3A232 Multipoint initiation systems, other than those specified in 1A007 above, as follows… N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS
3E201 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of equipment specified in 3A229 or 3A232.
6A001 Acoustics, limited to the following:
6A001.a.1.b. Object detection or location systems, having any of the following: 1. A transmitting frequency below 5 kHz; 6. Designed to withstand …;
6A001.a.2.a.2. Hydrophones … Incorporating …
6A001.a.2.a.3. Hydrophones … Having any …
6A001.a.2.a.6. Hydrophones … Designed for …
6A001.a.2.b. Towed acoustic hydrophone arrays …
6A001.a.2.c. Processing equipment, specially designed for real time application with towed acoustic hydrophone arrays, having “user-accessible programmability” and time or frequency domain processing and correlation, including spectral analysis, digital filtering and beamforming using Fast Fourier or other transforms or processes;
6A001.a.2.e. Bottom or bay-cable hydrophone arrays, having any of the following: 1. Incorporating hydrophones …, or 2. Incorporating multiplexed hydrophone group signal modules …;
6A001.a.2.f. Processing equipment, specially designed for real time application with bottom or bay cable systems, having “user-accessible programmability” and time or frequency domain processing and correlation, including spectral analysis, digital filtering and beamforming using Fast Fourier or other transforms or processes;
6D003.a. “Software” for the “real-time processing” of acoustic data;
8A002.o.3. Noise reduction systems designed for use on vessels of 1 000 tonnes displacement or more, as follows: b. ‘Active noise reduction or cancellation systems’, or magnetic bearings, specially designed for power transmission systems, and incorporating electronic control systems capable of actively reducing equipment vibration by the generation of anti-noise or anti-vibration signals directly to the source; Technical Note: ‘Active noise reduction or cancellation systems’ incorporate electronic control systems capable of actively reducing equipment vibration by the generation of anti-noise or anti-vibration signals directly to the source.
8E002.a. “Technology” for the “development”, “production”, repair, overhaul or refurbishing (re-machining) of propellers specially designed for underwater noise reduction.

Items of the Community strategic control — Cryptanalysis — Category 5 Part 2

5A004.a. Equipment designed or modified to perform ‘cryptanalytic functions’. Note: 5A004.a. includes systems or equipment, designed or modified to perform ‘cryptanalytic functions’ by means of reverse engineering. Technical Note: ‘Cryptanalytic functions’ are functions designed to defeat cryptographic mechanisms in order to derive confidential variables or sensitive data, including clear text, passwords or cryptographic keys.
5D002.a. “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of any of the following: 3. Equipment as follows: a. Equipment specified in 5A004.a.;
5D002.c. “Software” having the characteristics of, or performing or simulating the functions of, any of the following: 3. Equipment as follows: a. Equipment specified in 5A004.a.;
5E002.a. Only “technology” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of the goods specified in 5A004.a, 5D002.a.3. or 5D002.c.3. above.

Items of the MTCR technology

7A117 “Guidance sets”, usable in “missiles” capable of achieving system accuracy of 3,33 % or less of the range (e.g., a ‘CEP’ of 10 km or less at a range of 300 km), except “guidance sets” designed for missiles with a range under 300 km or manned aircraft. Technical Note: In 7A117 ‘CEP’ (Circular Error Probable or Circle of Equal Probability) is a measure of accuracy, defined as the radius of the circle centred at the target, at a specific range, in which 50 % of the payloads impact.
7B001 Test, calibration or alignment equipment specially designed for equipment specified in 7A117 above. Note: 7B001 does not control test, calibration or alignment equipment for ‘Maintenance Level I’ or ‘Maintenance Level II’.
7B003 Equipment specially designed for the “production” of equipment specified in 7A117 above.
7B103 “Production facilities” specially designed for equipment specified in 7A117 above.
7D101 “Software” specially designed for the “use” of equipment specified in 7B003 or 7B103 above.
7E001 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment or “software” specified in 7A117, 7B003, 7B103 or 7D101 above.
7E002 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment specified in 7A117, 7B003 and 7B103 above.
7E101 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of equipment specified in 7A117, 7B003, 7B103 and 7D101 above.
9A004 Space launch vehicles capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km. N.B. SEE ALSO 9A104. Note 1: 9A004 does not control payloads.
9A005 Liquid rocket propulsion systems containing any of the systems or components specified in 9A006 usable for space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 above or sounding rockets specified in 9A104 below. N.B. SEE ALSO 9A105 and 9A119.
9A007.a. Solid rocket propulsion systems, usable for space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 above or sounding rockets specified in 9A104 below, with any of the following: N.B. SEE ALSO 9A119. a. Total impulse capacity exceeding 1,1 MNs;
9A008.d. Components, as follows, specially designed for solid rocket propulsion systems: N.B. SEE ALSO 9A108.c. d. Movable nozzle or secondary fluid injection thrust vector control systems, usable for space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 above or sounding rockets specified in 9A104 below, capable of any of the following: 1. Omni-axial movement exceeding ± 5°; 2. Angular vector rotations of 20°/s or more; or 3. Angular vector accelerations of 40°/s2 or more.
9A104 Sounding rockets, capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km. N.B. SEE ALSO 9A004.
9A105.a. Liquid propellant rocket engines, as follows: N.B. SEE ALSO 9A119. a. Liquid propellant rocket engines usable in ‘missiles’, other than those specified in 9A005, integrated, or designed or modified to be integrated, into a liquid propellant propulsion system which has a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 1,1 MNs having a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 1,1 MNs; except liquid propellant apogee engines designed or modified for satellite applications and having all of the following: 1. nozzle throat diameter of 20 mm or less; and 2. combustion chamber pressure of 15 bar or less.
9A106.c. Systems or components, other than those specified in 9A006, usable in “missiles”, as follows, specially designed for liquid rocket propulsion systems: c. Thrust vector control sub-systems, except those designed for rocket systems that are not capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km. Technical Note: Examples of methods of achieving thrust vector control specified in 9A106.c. are: 1. Flexible nozzle; 2. Fluid or secondary gas injection; 3. Movable engine or nozzle; 4. Deflection of exhaust gas stream (jet vanes or probes); or 5. Thrust tabs.
9A108.c. Components, other than those specified in 9A008, usable in ‘missiles’ as follows, specially designed for solid rocket propulsion systems: c. Thrust vector control sub-systems, except those designed for rocket systems that are not capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km. Technical Note: Examples of methods of achieving thrust vector control specified in 9A108.c. are: 1. Flexible nozzle; 2. Fluid or secondary gas injection; 3. Movable engine or nozzle; 4. Deflection of exhaust gas stream (jet vanes or probes); or 5. Thrust tabs.
9A116 Reentry vehicles, usable in “missiles”, and equipment designed or modified therefor, as follows, except for reentry vehicles designed for non-weapon payloads: a. Reentry vehicles; b. Heat shields and components therefor fabricated of ceramic or ablative materials; c. Heat sinks and components therefor fabricated of light-weight, high heat capacity materials; d. Electronic equipment specially designed for reentry vehicles.
9A119 Individual rocket stages, usable in complete rocket systems or unmanned aerial vehicles, capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of 300 km, other than those specified in 9A005 or 9A007.a. above
9B115 Specially designed “production equipment” for the systems, sub-systems and components specified in 9A005, 9A007.a., 9A008.d., 9A105.a., 9A106.c., 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119 above.
9B116 Specially designed “production facilities” for the space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, or systems, sub-systems, and components specified in 9A005, 9A007.a., 9A008.d., 9A104, 9A105.a., 9A106.c., 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119 above.
9D101 “Software” specially designed for the “use” of goods specified in 9B116 above.
9E001 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment or “software” specified in 9A004, 9A005, 9A007.a., 9A008.d., 9B115, 9B116 or 9D101 above.
9E002 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment specified in 9A004, 9A005, 9A007.a., 9A008.d., 9B115 or 9B116 above. Note: For “technology” for the repair of controlled structures, laminates or materials, see 1E002.f.
9E101 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of goods specified in 9A104, 9A105.a., 9A106.c., 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119 above.
9E102 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, 9A005, 9A007.a., 9A008.d., 9A104, 9A105.a., 9A106.c., 9A108.c., 9A116, 9A119, 9B115, 9B116 or 9D101 above.

Exemptions:

Annex IV does not control the following items of the MTCR technology:

PART II

(no National General Authorisation for intra-Union trade)

Items of the CWC (Chemical Weapons Convention)

1C351.d.4. Ricin
1C351.d.5. Saxitoxin

Items of the NSG technology

All Category 0 of Annex I is included in Annex IV, subject to the following:

1B226 Electromagnetic isotope separators designed for, or equipped with, single or multiple ion sources capable of providing a total ion beam current of 50 mA or greater. Note: 1B226 includes separators: a. Capable of enriching stable isotopes; b. With the ion sources and collectors both in the magnetic field and those configurations in which they are external to the field.
1B231 Tritium facilities or plants, and equipment therefor, as follows: a. Facilities or plants for the production, recovery, extraction, concentration, or handling of tritium; b. Equipment for tritium facilities or plants, as follows: 1. Hydrogen or helium refrigeration units capable of cooling to 23 K (– 250 °C) or less, with heat removal capacity greater than 150 W; 2. Hydrogen isotope storage or hydrogen isotope purification systems using metal hydrides as the storage or purification medium.
1B233 Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants, and equipment therefor, as follows: a. Facilities or plants for the separation of lithium isotopes; b. Equipment for the separation of lithium isotopes, as follows: 1. Packed liquid-liquid exchange columns specially designed for lithium amalgams; 2. Mercury or lithium amalgam pumps; 3. Lithium amalgam electrolysis cells; 4. Evaporators for concentrated lithium hydroxide solution.
1C012 Materials as follows: Technical Note: These materials are typically used for nuclear heat sources. b. “Previously separated” neptunium-237 in any form. Note: 1C012.b. does not control shipments with a neptunium-237 content of 1 g or less.
1C233 Lithium enriched in the lithium-6 (6Li) isotope to greater than its natural isotopic abundance, and products or devices containing enriched lithium, as follows: elemental lithium, alloys, compounds, mixtures containing lithium, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing. Note: 1C233 does not control thermoluminescent dosimeters. Technical Note: The natural isotopic abundance of lithium-6 is approximately 6,5 weight per cent (7,5 atom per cent).
1C235 Tritium, tritium compounds, mixtures containing tritium in which the ratio of tritium to hydrogen atoms exceeds 1 part in 1 000 , and products or devices containing any of the foregoing. Note: 1C235 does not control a product or device containing less than 1,48 × 103 GBq (40 Ci) of tritium.
1E001 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment or materials specified in 1C012.b.
1E201 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of goods specified in 1B226, 1B231, 1B233, 1C233 or 1C235.
3A228 Switching devices, as follows: a. Cold-cathode tubes, whether gas filled or not, operating similarly to a spark gap, having all of the following characteristics: 1. Containing three or more electrodes; 2. Anode peak voltage rating of 2,5 kV or more; 3. Anode peak current rating of 100 A or more; and 4. Anode delay time of 10 μs or less; Note: 3A228 includes gas krytron tubes and vacuum sprytron tubes. b. Triggered spark-gaps having both of the following characteristics: 1. An anode delay time of 15 μs or less; and 2. Rated for a peak current of 500 A or more;
3A231 Neutron generator systems, including tubes, having both of the following characteristics: a. Designed for operation without an external vacuum system; and b. Utilizing electrostatic acceleration to induce a tritium-deuterium nuclear reaction.
3E201 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of equipment specified in 3A228 or 3A231 above.
6A203 Cameras and components, other than those specified in 6A003, as follows: a. Mechanical rotating mirror streak cameras, as follows, and specially designed components therefor: 1. Streak cameras with writing speeds greater than 0,5 mm per microsecond; b. Mechanical rotating mirror framing cameras, as follows, and specially designed components therefor: 1. Framing cameras with recording rates greater than 225 000 frames per second; Note: In 6A203.a. components of such cameras include their synchronising electronics units and rotor assemblies consisting of turbines, mirrors and bearings.
6A225 Velocity interferometers for measuring velocities exceeding 1 km/s during time intervals of less than 10 microseconds. Note: 6A225 includes velocity interferometers such as VISARs (Velocity interferometer systems for any reflector) and DLIs (Doppler laser interferometers).
6A226 Pressure sensors, as follows: a. Shock pressure gauges capable of measuring pressures greater than 10 GPa, including gauges made with manganin, ytterbium, and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/polyvinyl difluoride (PVF2); b. Quartz pressure transducers for pressures greater than 10 GPa.’
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