LegalizeCommission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2003 of 8 September 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of dual-use items
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1D Software
| 1D001 | "Software" specially designed or modified for the "development", "production" or "use" of equipment specified in 1B001 to 1B003. | |
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| 1D002 | "Software" for the "development" of organic "matrix", metal "matrix" or carbon "matrix" laminates or "composites". | |
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| 1D003 | "Software" specially designed or modified to enable equipment to perform the functions of equipment specified in 1A004.c. or 1A004.d. | |
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| 1D101 | "Software" specially designed or modified for the operation or maintenance of goods specified in 1B101, 1B102, 1B115, 1B117, 1B118 or 1B119. | |
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| 1D103 | "Software" specially designed for analysis of reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures. | |
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| 1D201 | "Software" specially designed for the "use" of goods specified in 1B201. |
1E Technology
| 1E001 | "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of equipment or materials specified in 1A002 to 1A005, 1A006.b., 1A007, 1B or 1C. | |
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| 1E002 | Other "technology" as follows: a. "Technology" for the "development" or "production" of polybenzothiazoles or polybenzoxazoles; b. "Technology" for the "development" or "production" of fluoroelastomer compounds containing at least one vinylether monomer; c. "Technology" for the design or "production" of the following ceramic powders or non-"composite" ceramic materials: 1. Ceramic powders having all of the following: a. Any of the following compositions: 1. Single or complex oxides of zirconium and complex oxides of silicon or aluminium; 2. Single nitrides of boron (cubic crystalline forms); 3. Single or complex carbides of silicon or boron; or 4. Single or complex nitrides of silicon; b. Any of the following total metallic impurities (excluding intentional additions): 1. Less than 1 000 ppm for single oxides or carbides; or 2. Less than 5 000 ppm for complex compounds or single nitrides; and c. Being any of the following: 1. Zirconia (CAS 1314-23-4) with an average particle size equal to or less than 1 μm and no more than 10 % of the particles larger than 5 μm; or 2. Other ceramic powders with an average particle size equal to or less than 5 μm and no more than 10 % of the particles larger than 10 μm; 2. Non-"composite" ceramic materials composed of the materials specified in 1E002.c.1.; Note: 1E002.c.2. does not control "technology" for abrasives. d. Not used; e. "Technology" for the installation, maintenance or repair of materials specified in 1C001; f. "Technology" for the repair of "composite" structures, laminates or materials specified in 1A002 or 1C007.c.; Note: 1E002.f. does not control "technology" for the repair of "civil aircraft" structures using carbon "fibrous or filamentary materials" and epoxy resins, contained in "aircraft" manufacturers' manuals. g. "Libraries" specially designed or modified to enable equipment to perform the functions of equipment specified in 1A004.c. or 1A004.d. | |
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| 1E101 | "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "use" of goods specified in 1A102, 1B001, 1B101, 1B102, 1B115 to 1B119, 1C001, 1C101, 1C107, 1C111 to 1C118, 1D101 or 1D103. | |
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| 1E102 | "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" of "software" specified in 1D001, 1D101 or 1D103. | |
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| 1E103 | "Technology" for the regulation of temperature, pressure or atmosphere in autoclaves or hydroclaves, when used for the "production" of "composites" or partially processed "composites". | |
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| 1E104 | "Technology" for the "production" of pyrolytically 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. Note: 1E104 includes "technology" for the composition of precursor gases, flow-rates and process control schedules and parameters. | |
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| 1E201 | "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "use" of goods specified in 1A002, 1A007, 1A202, 1A225 to 1A227, 1B201, 1B225 to 1B235, 1C002.b.3. or .b.4., 1C010.b., 1C202, 1C210, 1C216, 1C225 to 1C241 or 1D201. | |
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| 1E202 | "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of goods specified in 1A007, 1A202 or 1A225 to 1A227. | |
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| 1E203 | "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" of "software" specified in 1D201. |
PART IV
Category 2
CATEGORY 2 - MATERIALS PROCESSING
2A Systems, Equipment and Components
- N.B. For quiet running bearings, see the Military Goods Controls.
| 2A001 | Anti-friction bearings, bearing systems and components, as follows: N.B. SEE ALSO 2A101. a. Ball bearings and solid roller bearings, having all tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with ISO 492 Tolerance Class 4 or Class 2 (or national equivalents), or better, and having both 'rings' and 'rolling elements', made from monel or beryllium; Note: 2A001.a. does not control tapered roller bearings. Technical Notes: For the purposes of 2A001.a.: 1. 'Ring' is a annular part of a radial rolling bearing incorporating one or more raceways (ISO 5593:1997). 2. 'Rolling element' is a ball or roller which rolls between raceways (ISO 5593:1997). b. Not used; c. Active magnetic bearing systems using any of the following, and specially designed components therefor: 1. Materials with flux densities of 2,0 T or greater and yield strengths greater than 414 MPa; 2. All-electromagnetic 3D homopolar bias designs for actuators; or 3. High temperature (450 K (177 °C) and above) position sensors. | |
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| 2A101 | Radial ball bearings, other than those specified in 2A001, having all tolerances specified in accordance with ISO 492 Tolerance Class 2 (or ANSI/ABMA Std 20 Tolerance Class ABEC-9 or other national equivalents), or better and having all of the following characteristics: a. An inner ring bore diameter between 12 mm and 50 mm; b. An outer ring outside diameter between 25 mm and 100 mm; and c. A width between 10 mm and 20 mm. | |
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| 2A225 | Crucibles made of materials resistant to liquid actinide metals, as follows: a. Crucibles having both of the following characteristics: 1. A volume of between 150 cm3 and 8 000 cm3; and 2. Made of or coated with any of the following materials, or combination of the following materials, having an overall impurity level of 2 % or less by weight: a. Calcium fluoride (CaF2); b. Calcium zirconate (metazirconate) (CaZrO3); c. Cerium sulphide (Ce2S3); d. Erbium oxide (erbia) (Er2O3); e. Hafnium oxide (hafnia) (HfO2); f. Magnesium oxide (MgO); g. Nitrided niobium-titanium-tungsten alloy (approximately 50 % Nb, 30 % Ti, 20 % W); h. Yttrium oxide (yttria) (Y2O3); or i. Zirconium oxide (zirconia) (ZrO2); b. Crucibles having both of the following characteristics: 1. A volume of between 50 cm3 and 2 000 cm3; and 2. Made of or lined with tantalum, having a purity of 99,9 % or greater by weight; c. Crucibles having all of the following characteristics: 1. A volume of between 50 cm3 and 2 000 cm3; 2. Made of or lined with tantalum, having a purity of 98 % or greater by weight; and 3. Coated with tantalum carbide, nitride, boride, or any combination thereof. | |
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| 2A226 | Valves having all of the following characteristics: a. A 'nominal size' of 5 mm or greater; b. Having a bellows seal; and c. Wholly made of or lined with aluminium, aluminium alloy, nickel, or nickel alloy containing more than 60 % nickel by weight. Technical Note: For valves with different inlet and outlet diameters, the 'nominal size' in 2A226 refers to the smallest diameter. |
2B Test, Inspection and Production Equipment
Technical Notes:
- 1. For the purposes of 2B, secondary parallel contouring axes, (e.g., the w-axis on horizontal boring mills or a secondary rotary axis the centre line of which is parallel to the primary rotary axis) are not counted in the total number of contouring axes. Rotary axes need not rotate over 360°. A rotary axis can be driven by a linear device (e.g., a screw or a rack-and-pinion).
- 2. For the purposes of 2B, the number of axes which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for "contouring control" is the number of axes along or around which, during processing of the workpiece, simultaneous and interrelated motions are performed between the workpiece and a tool. This does not include any additional axes along or around which other relative movement within the machine are performed such as:
- a. Wheel-dressing systems in grinding machines;
- b. Parallel rotary axes designed for mounting of separate workpieces;
- c. Co-linear rotary axes designed for manipulating the same workpiece by holding it in a chuck from different ends.
- 3. For the purposes of 2B, axis nomenclature shall be in accordance with ISO 841:2001, Industrial automation systems and integration - Numerical control of machines - Coordinate system and motion nomenclature.
- 4. For the purposes of 2B001 to 2B009, a "tilting spindle" is counted as a rotary axis.
- 5. For the purposes of 2B, 'stated "unidirectional positioning repeatability"' may be used for each machine tool model as an alternative to individual machine tests and is determined as follows:
- a. Select five machines of a model to be evaluated;
- b. Measure the linear axis repeatability (R↑,R↓) according to ISO 230-2:2014 and evaluate "unidirectional positioning repeatability" for each axis of each of the five machines;
- c. Determine the arithmetic mean value of the "unidirectional positioning repeatability"-values for each axis of all five machines together. These arithmetic mean values of "unidirectional positioning repeatability" (
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- d. Since the Category 2 list refers to each linear axis there will be as many 'stated "unidirectional positioning repeatability" values as there are linear axes;
- e. If any axis of a machine model not specified in 2B001.a. to 2B001.c. has a 'stated "unidirectional positioning repeatability" equal to or less than the specified "unidirectional positioning repeatability" of each machine tool model plus 0,7 μm, the builder should be required to reaffirm the accuracy level once every eighteen months.
- 6. For the purposes of 2B001.a. to 2B001.c., measurement uncertainty for the "unidirectional positioning repeatability" of machine tools, as defined in the ISO 230-2:2014 or national equivalents, shall not be considered.
- 7. For the purposes of 2B001.a. to 2B001.c., the measurement of axes shall be made according to test procedures in 5.3.2. of ISO 230-2:2014. Tests for axes longer than 2 meters shall be made over 2 m segments. Axes longer than 4 m require multiple tests (e.g., two tests for axes longer than 4 m and up to 8 m, three tests for axes longer than 8 m and up to 12 m), each over 2 m segments and distributed in equal intervals over the axis length. Test segments are equally spaced along the full axis length, with any excess length equally divided at the beginning, in between, and at the end of the test segments. The smallest "unidirectional positioning repeatability"-value of all test segments is to be reported.
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