The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1992

Made: 8th December 1992

Coming into force: 31st December 1992

Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by section 1 of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939[^f00001] and now vested in him[^f00002], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 31st December 1992.

• (2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “aircraft” means a fixed wing, swivel wing, rotary wing, tilt rotor or tilt wing airborne vehicle or helicopter;

• “basic scientific research” means experimental or theoretical work undertaken principally to acquire new knowledge of the fundamental principles of phenomena or observable facts and not primarily directed towards a specific practical aim or objective;

• “country” includes territory;

• “development” means any activity or phase prior to production and may include or relate to design, design research, design analysis, design concepts, design data, assembly and testing of prototypes, pilot production schemes, the process of transforming design data into a product, configuration design, integration design, or layout;

• “document” includes any medium or device by means of which information is recorded or stored including a magnetic or optical disk or tape or a solid state memory;

• “goods”, unless otherwise specified, means both used and unused goods;

• “importation” and “exportation” in relation to a vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft includes the taking into or out of the United Kingdom of the vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft notwithstanding that the vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft is conveying goods or passengers, and whether or not it is moving under its own power; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “Member State” means a Member State of the European Communities;

• “microprogramme” means a sequence of elementary instructions, maintainded in a special storage, the execution of which is initiated by the introduction of its reference instruction into an instruction register;

• “normal commercial journey” means a journey providing transport services in the ordinary course of business;

• “production” includes all production phases, including construction, production engineering, manufacture, integration, assembly (which includes mounting), inspection, testing and quality assurance;

• “programme” means a sequence of instructions to carry out a process in, or convertible into, a form executable by an electronic computer;

• “scheduled journey” means one of a series of journeys which are undertaken between the same two places and which together amount to a systematic service operated in such manner that the benefits thereof are available to members of the public from time to time seeking to take advantage of it;

• “software” means one or more programmes or microprogrammes fixed in any tangible medium of expression;

• “surface effect vehicle” means any air cushion vehicle (whether side wall or skirted) and any vehicle using the wing-in-ground effect for positive lift;

• “technology” means any document including blueprints, plans, diagrams, models, formulae, tables, engineering designs or specification, manuals or instructions, necessary for the development, production or use of goods except: any document the information within which is generally available to the public or relates to basic scientific research; any application for the grant of a patent (or any other form of protection for an invention) or for the registration of a design, or a semiconductor topography, in each case under the law of the United Kingdom or of any other country or under any treaty or international convention; any document necessary to enable any such application to be filed, made or pursued;

• “toxins” means toxins in the form of deliberately isolated preparations or mixtures, no matter how produced, other than toxins present as contaminants of other materials such as pathological specimens, crops, foodstuffs or seed stocks of microorganisms;

• “use” means operation, installation (which includes on-site installation), maintenance, checking, repair, overhaul and refurbishing;

• “vessel” includes any ship, surface effect vehicle, small waterplane area vessel and hydrofoil, and the hull or part of the hull of a vessel.

• (3) In this Order—

• (a) a prohibition on exportation is a prohibition on exportation from the United Kingdom including a prohibition on shipment as ships' stores; and

• (b) numerical references in Schedule 1 hereto to standards and recommendations are references to the relevant standards and recommendations so numbered with such amendments (if any) thereto as may have been published before the making of this Order.

Prohibitions and restrictions on exportation

2

Subject to the provisions of this Order, all goods of a description specified in Schedule 1 hereto are prohibited to be exported to any destination, save where specified to the contrary in Schedule 1 in relation to those goods.

Exceptions

3

Nothing in this Order shall be taken to prohibit the exportation of—

Licensed exports a any goods under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State, provided that all conditions attaching to the said licence are complied with;

Channel Islands b any goods other than goods of a description specified in Group 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 hereto or in Group I of Part III of the said Schedule, to any destination in the Channel Islands;

Aircraft c i any aircraft which is being exported after temporary importation into the United Kingdom provided that there has been no change of ownership or registration since such importation; ii any aircraft on a scheduled journey;

Vessels d i any vessel registered or constructed outside the United Kingdom which is being exported after temporary importation into the United Kingdom; ii any vessel which is departing from the United Kingdom on trials; iii any vessel proceeding on a normal commercial journey;

Firearms and ammunition e i any firearm (not being goods of a description specified in Group 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 hereto) falling within category B, C or D of Annex 1 to Council Directive 91/477/EEC[^f00003] and related ammunition for use therewith to any destination in a Member State if aa the firearm and ammunition form part of the personal effects of a person who is in possession of i a European firearms pass which has been issued to him under section 32A of the Firearms Act 1968[^f00004] or ii a document which has been issued to him under the provisions of the law of a Member State corresponding to the provisions of that section and which, in either case, relates to the firearm in question; and bb either the said pass or document issued to him contains authorisation for the possession of the said firearm from the Member State of destination and any other Member State through which the holder intends that the firearm will pass on its way to that destination, or the holder of the firearm can on request satisfy the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the place of export i that the export of the firearm is necessary to enable the holder to participate in one of the activities specified in Article 12.2 of the said Directive, ii that the firearm falls within the category appropriate to that activity in accordance with the said Article 12.2 and iii that the export or passage of the firearm is not to or, as the case may be, through a Member State which prohibits or requires an authorisation for the acquisition or possession of the said firearm; and ii any firearm (not being goods of a description specified in Group 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 hereto) authorised to be possessed or, as the case maybe, purchased or acquired, by a valid firearm certificate or shot gun certificate granted under the Firearms Act 1968[^f00005] or by a visitor’s firearm or shot gun permit granted under section 17 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988[^f00006] or by a valid firearm certificate granted under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00007] or granted in the Isle of Man under the Firearms Act 1947 (an act of Tynwald)[^f00008], and related ammunition for use therewith aa to any destination in a Member State by any person or body specified in Article 2.2 of the said Directive, or by the holder of a firearm certificate granted under the said Act of 1947, or bb to any other destination other than a destination in South Africa, provided that the firearm and ammunition form part of the personal effects of the holder of the certificate and, in a case to which (bb) applies, the certificate is produced by the holder, or his duly authorised agent, with the firearm and ammunition to the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the place of export; or the shipment of any goods as ships' stores with the permission of a proper officer of Customs and Excise at the port of departure for use on board the ship provided that all conditions attaching to the said permission are complied with.

Permitted ships' stores or the shipment of any goods as ships' stores with the permission of a proper officer of Customs and Excise at the port of departure for use on board the ship provided that all conditions attaching to the said permission are complied with.

Customs powers to demand evidence of destination which goods reach

4

Any exporter or any shipper of goods which have been exported from the United Kingdom shall, if so required by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, furnish within such time as they may allow proof to their satisfaction that the goods have reached either—

• (i) a destination to which they were authorised to be exported by a licence granted for the purposes of this Order, or

• (ii) a destination to which their exportation was not prohibited by this Order;

and, if he fails to do so, he shall be liable to a customs penalty not exceeding two thousand pounds unless he proves that he did not consent to or connive at the goods reaching any destination other than such a destination as aforesaid.

Offences in connection with applications for licences, conditions attaching to licences, etc

5

• (1) If for the purpose of obtaining any licence or permission under this Order for the exportation or shipment as ships' stores of any goods any person

• (i) makes any statement or furnishes any documents or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular; or

• (ii) recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any documents or information which is false in a material particular,

he shall be guilty of an offence; and any licence or permission which may have been granted for the exportation or shipment as ships' stores of any goods in connection with the application for which the false statement was made or the false document or information furnished, shall be void as from the time it was granted.

• (2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) above shall be liable—

• (a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and

• (b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding2 years, or to both.

• (3) Any person who—

• (a) has exported goods from the United Kingdom under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State in pursuance of Article 3(a); and

• (b) fails to comply with any condition attaching to that licence, or fails to comply with Article 8 of this Order;

shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

• (i) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and

• (ii) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to both:

Declaration as to goods: powers of search

6

• (1) Any person who, on any occasion, is about to leave the United Kingdom shall, if on that occasion he is required to do so by an officer of Customs and Excise—

• (a) declare whether or not he has with him any goods the export of which from the United Kingdom is subject to any prohibition or restriction under this Order; and

• (b) produce any such goods as aforesaid which he has with him;

and such officer, and any person acting under his directions, may search that person for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has with him any such goods as aforesaid:

Licences

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• (1) A licence granted by the Secretary of State in pursuance of Article 3(a) or having effect as if so granted may be either general, or special, may be limited so as to expire on a specified date unless renewed and may be varied or revoked by the Secretary of State at any time.

• (2) A licence may be subject to or without conditions and any such condition may require any act or omission before or after the exportation of goods under the licence.

• (3) Any permission granted by the proper officer of Customs and Excise for the shipment of any goods as ships' stores may be modified or revoked by such officer at any time.

• (4) Subject to the provisions of Schedule 1, or any contrary provisions in a licence, a licence granted in relation to any goods specified in Part III of Schedule I shall also authorize the export of the minimum technology required for the installation, operation, maintenance and repair of the goods, to the same destination as the goods.

Use of General Licences

8

• (1) Before or within 30 days after the first exportation of any goods by a person under the authority of any general licence granted under this Order that does not provide otherwise, that person shall give written notice to the Secretary of State of the following particulars—

• (i) the name of the person; and

• (ii) the address at which copies of the records referred to in paragraph (3) below may be inspected by any person authorised by the Secretary of State under paragraph (3).

• (2) After any change in any of the said particulars, before or within 30 days after the first exportation of any goods under the authority of any general licence granted under this Order that does not provide otherwise, the said person shall give written notice to the Secretary of State of that change.

• (3) Subject to the provisions of the particular general licence under which he has exported goods, any person who has exported goods under the authority of a general licence shall keep records of every such exportation including the following information—

• (a) in so far as it is known to him, the name and address of any consignee of the goods, and any person to whom the goods are to be, or have been, delivered;

• (b) his address;

• (c) the date of exportation;

• (d) a description of the goods including the quantity of goods exported;

• (e) any further information required by the licence to be kept;

and any such records shall be kept for at least 4 years from the date of the relevant exportation; and he shall permit any such records to be inspected, and copied, by any person authorised by the Secretary of State; and for these purposes any such person shall, on producing, if required to do so, some duly authenticated document showing his authority, have the right at all reasonable hours to enter the premises the address of which has been most recently notified to the Secretary of State under paragraph (1) or (2).

• (4) Where any records referred to in paragraph (3) are kept in a form which is not legible the exporter shall at the request of the person authorised by the Secretary of State reproduce such records in a legible form.

• (5) Any notice to be given by a person under paragraph (1) or (2) may be given by the agent of that person and shall be sent by post or delivered to the Secretary of State at The Compliance Unit, DTI, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6SW.

Revocations

9

The Orders specified in Schedule 3 hereto are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE 1 — PROHIBITED GOODS—MISCELLANEOUS

CONTENTS

PART I

Group 1 — Goods specified by reference to headings and sub headings of the Combined Nomenclature

Group 2 — Antiques

PART II

Goods capable of being used in relation to chemical, biological or nuclear weapons and related missiles

PART III

Group 1 — Military, Security and Para-Military Goods and Arms, Ammunition and Related Material

Definitions

Group 2 — Atomic Energy Minerals and Materials and Nuclear Facilities, Equipment, Appliances and Software

Definitions

Atomic Energy Minerals and Materials

Group 2A

Nuclear Facilities, Equipment, Appliances and Software

Group 2B

Group 3 — Dual-Use Industrial Goods and Technology

Exclusions and definitions

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

1A

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

1B

Materials

1C

Software

1D

Technology

1E

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

2A

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

2B

Materials

2C

Software

2D

Technology

2E

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

3A

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

3B

Materials

3C

Software

3D

Technology

3E

4A

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

4B

Materials

4C

Software

4D

Technology

4E

Telecommunications

Part 1

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

5A1

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

5B1

Materials

5C1

Software

5D1

Technology

5E1

Information Security

Part 2

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

5A2

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

5B2

Materials

5C2

Software

5D2

Technology

5E2

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

6A

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

6B

Materials

6C

Software

6D

Technology

6E

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

7A

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

7B

Materials

7C

Software

7D

Technology

7E

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

8A

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

8B

Materials

8C

Software

8D

Technology

8E

Equipment, Assemblies and Components

9A

Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

9B

Materials

9C

Software

9D

Technology

9E

INDEX

PART I

1

In Group 1 of this Part—

• (a) “bovine offal” means the brain, spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a bovine animal over six months of age which has died or has been slaughtered, as the case may be, in the United Kingdom;

• (b) “intestines” means that part of the digestive tract of a bovine animal from the junction of the abomasum and the duodenum to (and including) the rectum; and

• (c) any description of goods specified in relation to a Combined Nomenclature heading or sub-heading, other than one covering a whole heading, shall be taken to comprise all goods which would be classified under an entry in the same terms constituting a sub-heading in the relevant heading in the Combined Nomenclature of the European Economic Community[^f00009].

GROUP 1 — GOODS SPECIFIED BY REFERENCE TO HEADINGS AND SUB-HEADINGS OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (“CN”)

2

The following goods are prohibited to be exported to any destination unless the place of export is in Great Britain, or the export of the goods is from Northern Ireland to the Republicof Ireland:

CN Heading and Sub-heading No.	Description of Goods
1002	Live bovine animals
0103	Live swine
010410	Live sheep.

3

The following goods are prohibited to be exported to any destination except a destination in another Member State:

CN Heading and Sub-heading No.	Description of Goods
ex 0206	Bovine offal
ex 0210
Protein derived from bovine offal
ex 0504	Bovine offal
ex 0511
Bovine offal and protein derived from such offal
ex 2301	Protein derived from bovine offal
ex 2309	Feeding stuff containing bovine offal or protein derived from such offal.

GROUP 2 — ANTIQUES

4

Any goods manufactured or produced more than 50 years before the date of exportation except:

• (1) postage stamps and other articles of philatelic interest;

• (2) birth, marriage or death certificates or other documents relating to the personal affairs of the exporter or the spouse of the exporter;

• (3) letters or other writings written by or to the exporter or the spouse of the exporter; and

• (4) any goods exported by, and being the personal property of, the manufacturer or producer thereof, or the spouse, widow or widower of that person.

PART II

Goods capable of being used in relation to chemical, biological or nuclear weapons and related missiles

1

Goods of a description specified in paragraph (2) below are prohibited to be exported to any destination—

• (a) if the exporter knows that they are intended or likely to be used in—

• (i) the development, production, handling, operation, delivery, detection, identification or storage of any chemical or biological weapon;

• (ii) the disposal of waste arising out of the development or production of any chemical or biological weapon;

• (iii) the development, production, handling, operation, delivery, detection, identification or storage of any vaccine, toxoid, protein or immunoglobulin for protection against, or the treatment of, the harmful effects of any chemical or biological weapon;

• (iv) the development, production, handling, operation, delivery, or storage of any nuclear weapon; or

• (v) the development, production, handling, operation, delivery or storage of missiles capable of delivering any nuclear, chemical or biological weapon;

• (b) where the exporter knows or has grounds for suspecting that they might be used for any purpose referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above, unless he has made all reasonable enquiries as to their proposed use and satisfied himself that the goods will not be so used.

2

• (a) Any chemical, toxin, microorganism or other biological agent;

• (b) Any vaccine, toxoid, protein or immunoglobulin capable of being used for protection against, or treatment of, any harmful effect of any chemical, toxin, microorganism or other biological agent;

• (c) Any equipment (including clothing), software or materials capable of being used in the development, production, handling, operation, delivery, detection, identification or storage of any of the substances specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above;

• (d) Any equipment (including clothing), software or materials capable of being used in the disposal of waste arising out of the development or production of substances specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above;

• (e) Any equipment (including clothing), software or materials capable of being used in the development, production, handling, operation, delivery or storage of nuclear weapons or missiles capable of delivering nuclear, chemical or biological weapons;

• (f) Technology the information in which includes information relating to any goods in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) above.

PART III

Note: The goods in this Part are for convenience specified by reference to the classification system used by the Department of Trade and Industry for export control purposes (which in the case of Groups 2 and 3 has been developed by technical experts from Member States for such purposes). For convenience only, defined terms are highlighted in bold type and technical notes of an advisory nature are included.

GROUP 1 — MILITARY, SECURITY AND PARA-MILITARY GOODS AND ARMS, AMMUNITION AND RELATED MATERIAL

Definitions

In this Group:

• “adapted for use in war” means any modification or selection (such as altering purity, shelf life, virulence, dissemination characteristics, or resistance to ultra violet (UV) radiation designed to increase the effectiveness in producing casualties in men or animals, degrading equipment or damaging crops or the environment);

• “anti-idiotypic antibodies” means antibodies which bind to the specific antigen binding sites of other antibodies;

• “biocatalyst” means enzymes and other biological compounds which bind to and accelerate the degradation of chemical warfare (CW) agents;

• “biopolymer” means the following biological macromolecules: enzymes; antibodies, monoclonal, polyclonal or anti-idiotypic; specially designed or specially processed receptors;

• the “critical temperature” (sometimes referred to as the transition temperature) of a specific superconductive material means the temperature at which the specific material loses all resistance to the flow of direct electrical current;

• “end-effectors” include grippers, active tooling units and any other tooling that is attached to the baseplate on the end of a robot manipulator arm; for this purpose, active tooling unit means a device for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to the workpiece;

• “enzymes” means biocatalysts for specific chemical or biochemical reactions;

• “expression vectors” means carriers including plasmid or virus types, which are used to introduce genetic material into host cells;

• “improvised explosive devices” means devices placed or fabricated in an improvised manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic or incendiary chemicals, designed to destroy, disfigure or harass; they may incorporate military stores, but are normally devised from non-military components;

• a “laser” is an assembly of components which produce both spatially and temporally coherent light which is amplified by stimulated emission of radiation;

• “military propellants” means solid, liquid or gaseous substances or mixtures of substances used for propelling projectiles and missiles, or to generate gases for powering auxiliary devices for military equipment which, when ignited, burn or deflagrate to produce quantities of gas capable of performing work, but in their application these quantities are required not to undergo a deflagration to detonation transition;

• “military pyrotechnics” means mixtures of solid or liquid fuels and oxidisers which, when ignited, undergo an energetic chemical reaction at a controlled rate intended to produce specific time delays, or quantities of heat, noise, smoke, visible light or infrared radiation; pyrophorics are a subclass of pyrotechnics, which contain no oxidisers but ignite spontaneously on contact with air;

• “monoclonal antibodies” means proteins which bind to one antigenic site and are produced by a single clone of cells;

• “nuclear reactor” means the items within or attached directly to the reactor vessel, the equipment which controls the level of power in the core, and the components which normally contain, come into direct contact with or control the primary coolant of the reactor core;

• “polyclonal antibodies” means a mixture of proteins which bind to the specific antigen and are produced by more than one clone of cells;

• “receptors” means biological macromolecular structures capable of binding ligands, the binding of which affects physiological functions;

• “riot control agents”means substances, including tear gases, which produce temporary, irritating or disabling physical effects which disappear within minutes of removal from exposure;

• “robot” means a manipulation mechanism, which may be of the continuous path or of the point-to-point variety, may use sensors, and which: is multifunctional; is capable of positioning or orienting material, parts, tools or special devices through variable movements in three dimensional space; incorporates three or more closed or open loop servo-devices which may include stepping motors; and has user-accessible programmability by means of the teach/playback method or by means of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controller, i.e.,without mechanical intervention; except: manipulation mechanisms which are only manually/teleoperator controllable; fixed sequence manipulation mechanisms, which are automated moving devices, operating according to programmes where the motions are limited by fixed stops, such as pins or cams and the sequence of motions and the selection of paths or angles are not variable or changeable by mechanical, electronic or electrical means; mechanically controlled variable sequence manipulation mechanisms, which are automated moving devices, operating according to programmes where the motions are limited by fixed, but adjustable stops, such as pins or cams and the sequence of motions and the selection of paths or angles are variable within the fixed programme pattern; variations or modifications of the programme pattern (e.g., changes of pins or exchanges of cams) in one or more motion axes are accomplished only through mechanical operations; non-servo-controlled variable sequence manipulation mechanisms, which are automated moving devices, operating according to mechanically fixed programmed motions; the programme is variable but the sequence proceeds only by the binary signal from mechanically fixed electrical binary devices or adjustable stops; stacker cranes defined as Cartesian co-ordinate manipulator systems manufactured as an integral part of a vertical array of storage bins and designed to access the contents of those bins for storage or retrieval;

• “superconductive” refers to materials (i.e., metals, alloys or compounds) which can lose all electrical resistance (i.e., which can attain infinite electrical conductivity and carry very large electrical currents without Joule heating); the superconductive state of a material is individually characterised by a critical temperature, a critical magnetic field, which is a function of temperature, and a critical current density which is a function of both magnetic field and temperature;

• “user-accessible programmability” means the facility allowing a user to insert, modify or replace programmes by means other than: a physical change in wiring or interconnections; or the setting of function controls including entry of parameters.

ML1

Small arms, machine guns and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

• (a) Rifles, carbines, revolvers, pistols, machine pistols and machine guns;

• (b) Smooth-bore weapons specially designed for military use;

• (c) Weapons using caseless ammunition;

• (d) Silencers, special gun-mountings, clips and flash suppressors for the goods specified in heads a., b. and c. above;

except:

• (a) Air weapons (other than those declared by the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969[^f00010] to be specially dangerous);

• (b) Firearms specially designed for dummy ammunition and which are incapable of firing any ammunition specified in this Group;

• (c) Firearms which have been de-activated by a registered UK Proof House as being incapable of firing any ammunition specified in this Group;

• (d) Bayonets.

PL5002

Telescopic sights for firearms.

PL5018

Smooth-bore weapons other than those specially designed for military use;

except:

Air weapons (other than those declared by the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969 to be specially dangerous).

PL5021

Ammunition, including projectiles, and specially designed components therefor, for the goods specified in entry PL5018.

ML2

Large calibre armament or weapons, projectors and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

• (a) Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, tank destroyers, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, recoilless rifles and signature reduction devices therefor;

• (b) Military smoke, gas and pyrotechnic projectors or generators. In this entry specially designed components include injectors, metering devices and storage tanks for use with liquid propelling charges.

ML3

Ammunition, including projectiles, and specially designed components therefor, for the goods specified in entries ML1, ML2 or ML26.

ML4

Bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

• (a) Bombs, torpedoes, grenades, smoke canisters, rockets, mines, missiles, depth charges, demolition—charges, —devices and —kits, military pyrotechnics, cartridges and simulators;

except:

Rockets or smoke canisters designed for the purposes of entertainment, distress or Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS);

• (b) Equipment specially designed for the handling, control, activation, powering with one time operational output, launching, laying, sweeping, discharging, decoying, jamming, detonation or detection of goods specified in head a. above.

PL5006

Apparatus or devices specially designed for military use, for the handling, control, discharging, decoying, jamming, detonation, disruption or detection of improvised explosive devices or other explosive devices not specified in head a. of entry ML4;

ML5

Fire control, and related alerting and warning equipment, and related systems, as follows, specially designed for military use, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

• (a) Weapon sights, bombing computers, gun laying equipment and on-board weapon control systems;

• (b) Target acquisition, designation, range-finding, surveillance or tracking systems; detection, recognition or identification equipment; and sensor integration equipment.

ML6

Vehicles and related equipment specially designed or modified for military use, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

• (a) Tanks and self-propelled guns;

• (b) Armed, armoured vehicles and vehicles fitted with mounting for arms;

• (c) Armoured railway trains;

• (d) Half-tracks;

• (e) Recovery vehicles;

• (f) Gun-carriers, tractors and trailers specially designed for towing or transporting ammunition or weapon systems and related load handling equipment;

• (g) Amphibious and deep water fording vehicles;

• (h) Mobile repair shops specially designed to service military equipment;

• (i) All other vehicles specially designed or modified for military use, including tank transporters, tracked amphibious cargo carriers, high speed tractors, heavy artillery transporters, bridge laying vehicles and specialised bulk refuellers;

• (j) Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially constructed to be bullet proof or to run when deflated;

• (k) Engines and power transfer systems for the propulsion of the vehicles specified in heads a. to i. above, and specially designed components therefor;

• (l) Tyre inflation pressure control systems, operated from inside a moving vehicle, specially designed or modified for military use;

• (m) Suspensions specially designed or modified for military use.

ML7

Toxicological agents, riot control agents and related equipment, components, materials and technology, as follows:

• (a) Biological agents and radioactive materials adapted for use in war to produce casualties in humans or animals, degrade equipment or damage crops or the environment, and chemical warfare (CW) agents;

• except:

1

Cyanogen chloride;

2

Hydrocyanic acid;

3

Chlorine;

4

Carbonyl chloride (phosgene);

5

Diphosgene (trichloromethyl-chloroformate);

6

Ethyl bromoacetate;

7

Xylyl bromide;

8

Benzyl bromide;

9

Benzyl iodide;

10

Bromoacetone;

11

Cyanogen bromide;

12

Bromomethylethylketone;

13

Chloroacetone;

14

Ethyl iodoacetate;

15

Iodoacetone;

16

Chloropicrin;

• (b) CW binary precursors, as follows:

1

DF:Methyl phosphonyldifluoride;

2

QL:o—Ethyl—2—diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonite;

• (c) Riot control agents, including tear gases;

• (d) Equipment specially designed or modified for the dissemination of the materials or agents specified in head a. above and specially designed components therefor;

• (e) Equipment specially designed or modified for defence against materials or agents specified in head a. above and specially designed components therefor;

• (f) Equipment specially designed or modified for the detection or identification of materials or agents specified in head a. above and specially designed components therefor;

except:

Personal radiation monitoring dosimeters;

• (g) Biopolymers specially designed or processed for detection and identification of chemical warfare (CW) agents specified in head a. above and the cultures of specific cells used to produce them;

• (h) Biocatalysts for decontamination or degradation of CW agents, and biological systems therefor, as follows:

1

Biocatalysts, specially designed for decontamination or degradation of CW agents described in head a. above resulting from directed laboratory selection or genetic manipulation of biological systems;

2

Biological systems, as follows: expression vectors, viruses or cultures of cells containing the genetic information specific to the production of biocatalysts specified in subhead h.1. above;

• (i) Technology, as follows:

1

Technology for the development, production or use of toxicological agents, related equipment or components, agents, or materials specified in heads a. to f. above;

2

Technology for the development, production or use of biopolymers, or cultures of specific cells, specified in head g. above;

3

Technology exclusively for the incorporation of biocatalysts specified in subhead h.1. above into military carrier substances or military material.

ML8

Military explosives and propellants, and related substances, as follows:

• (a) Substances, as follows, and mixtures therefor:

1

Spherical aluminium powder with a particle size of 60 micrometres or less, manufactured from material with an aluminium content of 99% or more;

2

Metal fuels in particle sizes of less than 60 micrometres whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or ground, manufactured from material consisting of 99% or more of any of the following:

• (a) Zirconium, magnesium and alloys of these;

• (b) Beryllium;

• (c) Iron powder with average particle size of 3 micrometres or less produced by reduction of iron oxide with hydrogen;

• (d) Boron or boron carbide fuels of 85% purity or higher and average particle size of 60 micrometres or less;

3

Perchlorates, chlorates and chromates composited with powdered metal or other high energy fuel components;

4

Nitroguanidine (NQ);

5

Compounds composed of fluorine and any of the following: other halogens, oxygen, nitrogen;

6

Carboranes; decarborane; pentaborane and derivatives thereof;

7

Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX);

8

Hexanitrostilbene (HNS);

9

Diaminotrinitrobenzene (DATB);

10

Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB);

11

Triaminoguanidinenitrate (TAGN);

12

Titanium subhydride of stoichiometry TiH 0·65–1·68;

13

Dinitroglycoluril (DNGU, DINGU); tetranitroglycoluril (TNGU, SORGUYL);

14

Tetranitrobenzotriazolobenzotriazole (TACOT);

15

Diaminohexanitrobiphenyl (DIPAM);

16

Picrylaminodinitropyridine (PYX);

17

3—Nitro—1,2,4—triazol—5—one (NTO or ONTA);

18

Hydrazine in concentrations of 70% or more; hydrazine nitrate; hydrazine perchlorates; unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine; monomethyl hydrazine; symmetrical dimethyl hydrazine;

19

Ammonium perchlorate;

20

Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX); cyclonite; T4; hexahydro—1,3,5—trinitro—1,3,5—triazine; 1,3,5—trinitro—1,3,5—triaza—cyclohexane (hexogen, hexogene);

21

Hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN); hydroxylammonium perchlorate (HAP);

22

2—(5—Cyanotetrazolato) pentaamminecobalt(III)perchlorate (or CP);

23

Cis—bis (5—nitrotetrazolato)pentaamminecobalt(III)perchlorate (or BNCP);

24

7—Amino—4, 6—dinitrobenzofurazane—1—oxide (ADNBF); amino dinitrobenzo—furoxan;

25

5,7—Diamino—4,6—dinitrobenzofurazane—1—oxide, (CL—14 or diamino dinitrobenzofurozan);

26

2,4,6—Trinitro—2,4,6—triazacyclohexanone (K—6 or Keto—RDX);

27

2,4,6,8—Tetranitro—2,4,6,8—tetraazabicyclo[3,3,0]octan—3—one (tetranitrosemiglycouril, K—55 or keto—bicyclic HMX);

28

1,1,3—Trinitroazetidine (TNAZ);

29

1,4,5,8—Tetranitro—1,4,5,8—tetraazadecalin (TNAD);

30

Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL—20 or HNIW; and clathrates of CL—20);

31

Polynitrocubanes with more than four nitro groups;

32

Ammonium dinitramide (ADN or SR 12);

• (b) Explosives and propellants that meet the following performance parameters:

1

Any explosive with a detonation velocity exceeding 8,700 m/s or a detonation pressure exceeding 340 kilobars;

2

Other organic high explosives not listed elsewhere in this entry yielding detonation pressures of 250 kilobars or more that will remain stable at temperatures of 523 K (250°C) or higher for periods of 5 minutes or longer;

3

Any other United Nations (UN) Class 1·1 solid propellant not listed elsewhere in this entry with a theoretical specific impulse (under standard conditions) of more than 250 seconds for non—metallised, or more than 270 seconds for aluminised compositions;

4

Any UN Class 1·3 solid propellant with a theoretical specific impulse of more than 230 seconds for non—halogenised, 250 seconds for non—metallised and 266 seconds for metallised compositions;

5

Any other gun propellants not listed elsewhere in this entry having a force constant of more than 1,200 kJ/kg;

6

Any other explosive, propellant or pyrotechnic not listed elsewhere in this entry that can sustain a steady—state burning rate of more than 38 mm per second under standard conditions of 68—9 bar pressure and 294 K (21°C);

7

Elastomer modified cast double based propellants (EMCDB) with extensibility at maximum stress of more than 5— at 233K (−40°C);

• (c) Military pyrotechnics;

• (d) Military high—energy solid or liquid fuels, including aircraft fuels specially formulated for military purposes and liquid oxidisers comprised of or containing inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA) or oxygen difluoride;

1

Azidomethylmethyloxetane (AMMO) and its polymers;

2

Basic copper salicylate; lead salicylate;

3

Bis (2,2—dinitropropyl) formal or bis (2,2—dinitropropyl) acetal;

4

Bis (2—fluoro—2,2—dinitroethyl) formal (FEFO);

5

Bis (2—hydroxyethyl) glycolamide (BHEGA);

6

Bis (2—methylaziridinyl) methylaminophosphine oxide (Methyl BAPO);

7

Bisazidomethyloxetane and its polymers;

8

Bischloromethyloxetane (BCMO);

9

Butadienenitrileoxide (BNO);

10

Butanetrioltrinitrate (BTTN);

11

Catocene, N—butyl—ferrocene and other ferrocene derivatives;

12

Cyanoethylated polyamine and its salts;

13

Cyanoethylated polyamine adducted with glycidol and salt;

14

Dinitroazetidine—t—butyl salt;

15

Energetic monomers, plasticisers and polymers containing nitro, azido, nitrate, nitraza or difluoroamino groups;

16

Poly—2,2,3,3,4,4—hexafluoropentane—1,5—diol formal (FPF—1);

17

Poly—2,4,4,5,5,6,6—heptafluoro—2—trifluoromethyl—3—oxaheptane—1,7— diol formal (FPF—3);

18

Glycidylazide Polymer (GAP) and its derivatives;

19

Guanidine nitrate;

20

Hexabenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane (HBIW);

21

Hexanitrostibene;

22

Hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) with a hydroxyl functionality of less than 2.16, a hydroxyl value of less than 0·77meq/g, and a viscosity at 30°C of less than 47 poise;

23

Hydrogen peroxide in concentrations of greater than 85%;

24

Superfine iron oxide (Fe₂0₃ hematite) with a specific surface area more than 250m²/g and an average particle size of 0·003 micrometre or less;

25

Lead beta—resorcylate;

26

Lead stannate, lead maleate, lead citrate;

27

Lead—copper chelates of beta—resorcylate or salicylates;

28

Nitratomethylmethyloxetane or poly (3—Nitratomethyl, 3—methyl oxetane); (Poly—NIMMO) (NMMO);

29

N—methyl—p—nitroaniline;

30

Organo—metallic coupling agents, specifically:

• (a) Neopentyl [diallyl] oxy, tri [dioctyl] phosphato titanate; also known as titanium IV, 2,2 [bis 2—propenolato—methyl, butanolate or tris [dioctyl] phosphato—O], or LICA 12;

• (b) Titanium IV, [(2—propenolato—1)methyl, N—propanolatomethyl]butanolato—1, also known as tris(dioctyl)pyrophosphato or KR3538;

• (c) Titanium IV, [(2—propenolato—1)methyl, N—propanolatomethyl]butanolato—1, also known as tris(dioctyl)phosphate or KR3512;

31

Polycyanodifluoroaminoethyleneoxide (PCDE);

32

Polyfunctional aziridine amides: with isophthalic, trimesic (BITA); butylene imine trimesamide isocyanuric; or trimethyladipic backbone structures and2—methyl or 2—ethyl substitutions on the aziridine ring;

33

Polyglycidylnitrate or poly (nitratomethyl oxirane); (Poly—GLYN) (PGN);

34

Polynitroorthocarbonates;

35

Propyleneimide, 2—methylaziridine;

36

Tetraacetyldibenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane (TAIW);

37

Tetraethylenepentamineacrylonitrile (TEPAN); cyanoethylated polyamine and its salts;

38

Tetraethylenepentamineacrylonitrileglycidol (TEPANOL); cyanoethylated polyamine adducted with glycidol and its salts;

39

Triphenyl bismuth (TPB);

40

Tris vinoxy propane adduct (TVOPA);

41

Tris—1—(2—methyl)aziridinyl phosphine oxide (MAPO); bis(2—methylaziridinyl) 2—(2—hydroxypropanoxy) propylamino phosphine oxide (BOBBA8); and other MAPO derivatives;

42

1,2,3—Tris [1,2—bis(difluoroamino)ethoxy] propane; tris vinoxy propane adduct (TVOPA);

43

1,3,5—Trichlorobenzene;

44

1,2,4—Trihydroxybutane (1,2,4—butanetriol);

45

1,3,5,7—Tetraacetyl—1,3,5,7—tetraazacyclooctane (TAT);

46

1,4,5,8—Tetraazadecalin;

47

Low (less than 10,000) molecular weight, alcohol—functionalised, poly (epichlorohydrin); poly (epichlorohydrindiol) and triol.

ML9

Vessels of war and special naval equipment and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor[^f00011]:

• (a) Combatant vessels or vessels (surface or underwater) specially designed or modified for offensive or defensive action, whether or not converted to non—military use, regardless of current state of repair or operating condition, and whether or not they contain weapon delivery systems or armour, and hulls or parts of hulls for such vessels;

• (b) Engines, as follows:

• (c) Underwater detection devices specially designed for military use and controls thereof;

• (d) Submarine and torpedo nets;

• (e) Equipment for guidance and navigation specially designed for military use;

• (f) Hull penetrators and connectors specially designed for military use that enable interaction with equipment external to a vessel;

• (g) Silent bearings specially designed for military use and equipment containing those bearings.

PL 5029

Nuclear power generating or propulsion equipment, including nuclear reactors, specially designed for military use.

ML10

Aircraft, unmanned airborne vehicles, aero—engines and aircraft equipment, related equipment and components specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:

• (a) Combat aircraft and specially designed components therefor;

• (b) Other aircraft specially designed or modified for military use, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training, transporting and airdropping troops or military equipment, logistics support, and specially designed components therefor;

• (c) Aero—engines specially designed or modified for military use, and specially designed components therefor;

• (d) Unmanned airborne vehicles, including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs), and autonomous, programmable vehicles specially designed or modified for military use, and their launchers, ground support and associated equipment for command and control;

• (e) Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the aircraft specified in heads a. or b. above or the aero—engines specified in head c. above, and specially designed components therefor;

• (e) Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for aircraft specified in heads a. or b. above, or for aero—engines specified in head c. above;

• (g) Pressurised breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in aircraft, anti—g suits, military crash helmets and protective masks, liquid oxygen converters used for aircraft or missiles, and catapults and cartridge actuated devices for emergency escape of personnel from aircraft;

• (h) Parachutes used for combat personnel, cargo dropping or aircraft deceleration, as follows:

• (i) Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads; equipment specially designed or modified for military use for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment.

ML11

Electronic equipment not specified elsewhere in this Group specially designed for military use and specially designed components therefor.

ML13

Armoured or protective equipment and constructions, as follows:

• (a) Armoured plate;

• (b) Combinations and constructions of metallic and non—metallic materials specially designed to provide ballistic protection for military systems;

• (c) Military helmets;

except:

Conventional steel helmets not equipped with, modified or designed to accept any type of accessory device;

• (d) Body armour, bullet—proof or bullet—resistant clothing, flack suits and specially designed components therefor;

except:

Equipment specially designed for protection against knife attacks or other equipment primarily designed for protection whilst playing sport.

PL5014

Specially designed components for the goods specified in heads a., b. or c. of entry ML13 in this Group.

ML14

Specialised equipment for military training or for simulating military scenarios, and specially designed components and accessories therefor.

ML15

Imaging or countermeasure equipment, as follows, specially designed for military use, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

• (a) Recorders and image processing equipment;

• (b) Cameras, photographic equipment and film processing equipment;

• (c) Image intensifier equipment;

except:

First generation image intensifier tubes;

• (d) Infrared or thermal imaging equipment;

• (e) Imaging radar sensor equipment;

• (e) Countermeasure or counter—countermeasure equipment for the equipment specified in heads a. to e. above.

ML16

Forgings, castings and semi—finished products specially designed for goods specified in entries ML1, ML2, ML3, ML4, ML6, ML10, ML23 or ML26.

PL5020

Forgings, castings and semi—finished products specially designed for goods specified in entries PL5006 or PL5018.

ML17

Miscellaneous equipment, materials and libraries, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

• (a) Self—contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus, as follows:

• (b) Construction equipment specially designed for military use;

• (c) Fittings, coatings and treatments for signature suppression, specially designed for military use;

• (d) Field engineer equipment specially designed for use in a combat zone;

• (e) Robots, robot controllers and robot end effectors, having any of the following characteristics:

• (e) Libraries (parametric technical databases) specially designed for military use with goods specified in this Group.

In this entry `libraries' are collections of technical information of a military nature, reference to which may enhance the performance of military equipment or software.

ML18

Equipment and technology for the production of goods specified in this Group, as follows:

• (a) Specially designed or modified production equipment for the production of products specified in this Group and specially designed components therefor;

• (b) Specially designed environmental test facilities, and specially designed equipment therefor, for the certification, qualification, or testing of products specified in this Group;

• (c) Production technology, even if the equipment with which such technology is to be used is not specified in this Group;

• (d) Technology specific to the design of, the assembly of components into, and the operation, maintenance and repair of, complete production installations even if the components themselves are not specified in this Group.

PL 5017

Equipment for the development of the goods specified in this Group.

ML20

Cryogenic and superconductive equipment, as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

• (a) Equipment specially designed or configured to be installed in a vehicle for military ground, marine, airborne or space applications, capable of operating while in motion and of producing or maintaining temperatures below 103K (−170°C);

• (b) Superconductive electrical equipment (rotating machinery and transformers) specially designed or configured to be installed in a vehicle for military ground, marine, airborne or space applications and capable of operating while in motion;

except:

Direct—current hybrid homopolar generators that have single—pole normal metal armatures which rotate in a magnetic field produced by superconducting windings, provided those windings are the only superconducting component in the generator.

ML23

Directed energy weapons (DEW) systems, related or countermeasure equipment and test models, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

• (a) Laser systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission—abort of a target;

• (b) Particle beam systems capable of destruction or effecting mission—abort of a target;

• (c) High power radio—frequency (RF) systems capable of destruction or effecting mission—abort of a target;

• (d) Equipment specially designed for the detection or identification of, or defence against, systems specified in heads a., b. or c. above;

• (e) Physical test models and related test results for the systems, equipment and components specified in heads a. to d. above.

ML24

Software, as follows:

• (a) Software specially designed or modified for the development, production, or use of equipment or material specified in this Group;

• (b) Specific software, as follows:

ML26

Kinetic energy weapon systems and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

• (a) Kinetic energy weapons systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission—abort of a target;

• (b) Specially designed test and evaluation facilities and test models, including diagnostic instrumentation and targets, for dynamic testing of kinetic energy projectiles and systems.

PL5001

Security and para—military police equipment, as follows:

• (a) Acoustic devices represented by the manufacturers or suppliers thereof as suitable for riot control purposes, and specialised components therefor;

• (b) Anti—riot shields and components therefor;

• (c) Leg—irons, shackles (excluding any pair of handcuffs the maximum dimension of which when locked does not exceed 240mm) and gangchains, specially designed for restraining human beings;

• (d) Portable anti—riot devices for administering an electric shock or an incapacitating substance, and specialised components therefor;

• (e) Water cannon and components therefor;

• (e) Riot control vehicles which have been specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders.

PL5027

Technology applicable to the development or use of goods specified in entries ML11, ML18, PL5017, heads a. or b. of entry ML4, heads a. or b. of entry ML5, head j. of entry ML6, heads a., b. or c. of entry ML10, or heads a., b., d. or e. of entry ML8 of this Group.

PL5028

The export of goods specified in this entry is only prohibited to any destination in any country listed in Schedule 2.

GROUP 2 — ATOMIC ENERGY MINERALS AND MATERIALS AND NUCLEAR FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES AND SOFTWARE

Definitions

In this Group:

• “boron equivalent” (BE) is defined as: $BE=CF×Concentration of element Z in ppm$ where CF is the conversion factor $=γZ×ABγB×AZ$ and γB and γZ are the thermal cross sections (in barns) for boron and element Z respectively; and AB and AZ are the atomic weights of boron and element Z respectively;

• “depleted uranium” means uranium depleted in the isotope 235 below that occurring in nature;

• “effective gramme” of special fissile material or other fissile material means: for plutonium isotopes and uranium—233, the isotope weight in grammes; for uranium enriched 1 per cent or greater in the isotope U—235, the element weight in grammes multiplied by the square of its enrichment expressed as a decimal weight fraction; for uranium enriched below 1 per cent in the isotope U—235, the element weight in grammes multiplied by 0·0001; for americium—242m, curium—245 and —247, californium—249 and —251, the isotope weight in grammes multiplied by 10;

• “fibrous or filamentary materials” include: continuous monofilaments; continuous yarns and rovings; tapes, fabrics, random mats and braids; chopped fibres, staple fibres and coherent fibre blankets; whiskers, either monocrystalline or polycrystalline, of any length; aromatic polyamide pulp;

• a “laser” is an assembly of components which produce both spatially and temporally coherent light which is amplified by stimulated emission of radiation;

• “natural uranium” means uranium containing the mixtures of isotopes occurring in nature;

• “nuclear reactor” means the items within or attached directly to the reactor vessel, the equipment which controls the level of power in the core, and the components which normally contain, come into direct contact with or control the primary coolant of the reactor core;

• “other fissile materials” means previously separated americium—242m, curium—245 and —247, californium—249 and —251, isotopes of plutonium other than plutonium—238 and —239, and any material containing the foregoing;

• “previously separated” means the application of any process intended to increase the concentration of the controlled isotope;

• “special fissile material” means plutonium—239, uranium—233, uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233, and any material containing the foregoing;

• “specific modulus” is Young’s modulus in pascals, equivalent to N/m² divided by specific weight in N/m³, measured at a temperature of (296 ± 2) K ((23 ± 2)°C) and a relative humidity of (50 ± 5)%;

• “specific tensile strength” is ultimate tensile strength in pascals, equivalent to N/m² divided by specific weight in N/m³, measured at a temperature of (296 ± 2) K ((23 ± 2)°C) and a relative humidity of (50 ± 5)%;

• “uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233” means uranium containing the isotopes 235 or 233, or both, in an amount such that the abundance ratio of the sum of these isotopes to the isotope 238 is more than the ratio of the isotope 235 to the isotope 238 occurring in nature (isotopic ratio 0·72%).

Atomic Energy Minerals and Materials

2A

A10

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;

except:

• (a) Four grammes or less of natural uranium or depleted uranium when contained in a sensing component in instruments;

• (b) Depleted uranium specially fabricated for the following civil non—nuclear applications:

A20

Special fissile materials and other fissile materials;

Four effective grammes or less when contained in a sensing component in instruments.

A30

A40

Deuterium, heavy water, deuterated paraffins and other compounds of deuterium, and mixtures and solutions containing deuterium, in which the isotopic ratio of deuterium to hydrogen exceeds 1:5,000.

A50

Graphite, nuclear—grade, having a purity level of less than 5 parts per million boron equivalent and with a density greater than 1·5g/cm³.

A60

Nickel powder and porous nickel metal, as follows:

• (a) Powder with a nickel purity content of 99·9 weight % or more and a mean particle size of less than 10 micrometres measured by American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) B330 standard and a high degree of particle size uniformity;

• (b) Porous nickel metal produced from materials specified in head a. above;

except:

Single porous nickel sheets not exceeding 930cm² intended for use in batteries for civil applications.

A70

Specially prepared compounds or powders, other than nickel, resistant to corrosion by UF₆ (egaluminium oxide and fully fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers), for the manufacture of gaseous diffusion barriers, having a purity content of 99·9 weight % or more and a mean particle size of less than 10 micrometres measured by American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) B330 standard and a high degree of particle size uniformity.

Nuclear Facilities, Equipment, Appliances and Software

2B

B10

Plant for the separation of isotopes of natural uranium, depleted uranium, special fissile materials or other fissile materials, and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, as follows:

• (a) Plant specially designed for separating isotopes of natural uranium, depleted uranium, special fissile materials or other fissile materials, as follows:

• (b) Equipment and components, as follows, specially designed or prepared for:

• (2) Gas centrifuge separation process:

• (a) Gas centrifuges;

• (b) Complete rotor assemblies;

• (c) Rotor tube cylinders with a thickness of 12mm or less, a diameter of between 75mm and 400mm, made from any of the following high strength—to—density ratio materials:

• (1) Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2,050MPa or more;

• (2) Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460MPa or more; or

• (3) Fibrous or filamentary materials with a specific modulus of more than 3·18 × 10⁶m and a specific tensile strength greater than 76·2 × 10³m;

• (d) Magnetic suspension bearings consisting of an annular magnet suspended within a housing containing a damping medium, and having the magnet coupling with a pole piece or second magnet fitted to the top cap of the rotor;

• (e) Specially prepared bearings comprising a pivot—cup assembly mounted on a damper;

• (e) Rings or bellows with a wall thickness of 3mm or less and a diameter of between 75mm and 400mm and designed to give local support to a rotor tube or to join a number together, made from any of the following high strength—to—density ratio materials:

• (1) Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2,050MPa or more;

• (2) Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460MPa or more; or

• (3) Fibrous or filamentary materials with a specific modulus of more than 3·18 × 10⁶m and a specific tensile strength greater than 76·2 × 10³m;

• (g) Baffles of between 75mm and 400mm diameter for mounting inside a rotor tube, made from any of the following high strength—to—density ratio materials:

• (1) Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2,050MPa or more;

• (2) Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460MPa or more; or

• (3) Fibrous or filamentary materials with a specific modulus of more than 3·18 × 10⁶ m and a specific tensile strength greater than 76·2 × 10³ m;

• (h) Top and bottom caps of between 75mm and 400mm diameter to fit the ends of a rotor tube, made from any of the following high strength—to—density ratio materials:

• (1) Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2,050MPa or more;

• (2) Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460MPa or more; or

• (3) Fibrous and filamentary materials with a specific modulus of more than 3·18 × 10⁶ m and a specific tensile strength greater than 76·2 × 10³ m;

• (i) Molecular pumps comprised of cylinders having internally machined or extruded helical grooves and internally machined bores;

• (j) Ring—shaped motor stators for multiphase AC hysteresis (or reluctance) motors for synchronous operation within a vacuum in the frequency range of 600 to 2,000 Hz and a power range of 50 to 1,000 Volt—Amps;

• (k) Frequency changers (converters or inverters) specially designed or prepared to supply motor stators for gas centrifuge enrichment, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed components therefor:

• (1) Multiphase output of 600 Hz to 2 kHz;

• (2) Frequency control better than 0·1%;

• (3) Harmonic distortion of less than 2%; and

• (4) An efficiency greater than 80%;

• (3) Aerodynamic separation process:

• (a) Separation nozzles consisting of slit—shaped, curved channels having a radius of curvature less than 1 mm and having a knife—edge contained within the nozzle which separates the gas flowing through the nozzle into two streams;

• (b) Tangential inlet flow—driven cylindrical or conical tubes, specially designed for uranium isotope separation;

• (c) UF₆—hydrogen helium compressors wholly made of or lined with aluminium, aluminium alloys, nickel or alloy contained 60 weight % or more nickel, including compressor seals;

• (d) Aerodynamic separation element housings, designed to contain vortex tubes or separation nozzles;

• (e) Heat exchangers made of aluminium, copper, nickel, or alloys containing more than 60 weight % nickel, or combinations of these metals as clad tubes, designed to operate at pressures of 600 kPa or less;

• (4) Chemical exchange separation process:

• (a) Fast—exchange liquid—liquid centrifugal contactors or fast exchange liquid—liquid pulse columns made of fluorocarbon lined materials;

• (b) Electrochemical reduction cells designed to reduce uranium from one valence state to another;

• (5) Ion—exchange separation process including fast reacting ion—exchange resins, pellicular and reticulated resins in which the active chemical exchange groups are limited to a coating on the surface of an inert particle or fibre;

• (6) Atomic vapour laser isotopic separation process: