No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

II.A0.001

Hollow cathode lamps as follows:

a.  Iodine hollow cathode lamps with windows in pure silicon or quartz;

b.  Uranium hollow cathode lamps.

N/A

II.A0.002

Faraday isolators in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm.

N/A

II.A0.003

Optical gratings in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm.

N/A

II.A0.004

Optical fibres in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm coated with anti-reflecting layers in the wavelength range

500 nm – 650 nm and having a core diameter greater than 0,4 mm but not exceeding 2 mm.

N/A

II.A0.005

Nuclear reactor vessel components and testing equipment, other than those specified in 0A001, as follows:

a.  Seals;

b.  Internal components;

c.  Sealing, testing and measurement equipment.

0A001

II.A0.006

Nuclear detection systems, other than those specified in 0A001.j. or 1A004.c., for detection, identification or quantification of radioactive materials or radiation of nuclear origin and specially designed components thereof.

N.B: For personal equipment refer to II.A1.004 below.

0A001.j.

1A004.c.

II.A0.007

Bellows-sealed valves other than those specified in 0B001.c.6., 2A226 or 2B350, made of aluminium alloy or stainless steel type 304, 304L or 316L.

0B001.c.6.

2A226

2B350

II.A0.008

Laser mirrors, other than those specified in 6A005.e., consisting of substrates having a thermal expansion coefficient of 10– 6 K– 1 or less at 20 °C (e.g. fused silica or sapphire).

Note: This item does not cover optical systems specially designed for astronomical applications, except if the mirrors contain fused silica.

0B001.g.5.

6A005.e.

II.A0.009

Laser lenses, other than those specified in 6A005.e.2, consisting of substrates having a thermal expansion coefficient of 10– 6 K– 1 or less at 20 °C (e.g. fused silica).

0B001.g.

6A005.e.2.

II.A0.010

Pipes, piping, flanges, fittings made of, or lined with nickel, or nickel alloy containing more than 40 % nickel by weight, other than those specified in 2B350.h.1.

2B350

II.A0.011

Vacuum pumps other than those specified in 0B002.f.2. or 2B231, as follows:

a.  Turbo-molecular pumps having a flow-rate equal to or greater than 400 l/s;

b.  Roots type vacuum roughing pumps having a volumetric aspiration flow-rate greater than 200 m3/h;

c.  Bellows-sealed, scroll, dry compressor, and bellows-sealed, scroll, dry vacuum pumps.

0B002.f.2.

2B231

II.A0.012

Shielded enclosures for the manipulation, storage and handling of radioactive substances (hot cells).

0B006

II.A0.013

‘Natural uranium’ or ‘depleted uranium’ or thorium in the form of metal, alloy, chemical compound or concentrate and any other material containing one or more of the foregoing, other than those specified in 0C001.

0C001

II.A0.014

Detonation chambers having a capacity of explosion absorption of more than 2,5 kg TNT equivalent.

N/A

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

II.A1.001

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (HDEHP or D2HPA) Chemical Abstract Number (CAS): [CAS 298-07-7] solvent in any quantity, with a purity greater than 90 %.

N/A

II.A1.002

Fluorine gas CAS: [7782-41-4], with a purity of at least 95 %.

N/A

II.A1.003

Ring-shaped seals and gaskets, having an inner diameter of 400 mm or less, made of any of the following materials:

a.  Copolymers of vinylidene fluoride having 75 % or more beta crystalline structure without stretching;

b.  Fluorinated polyimides containing 10 % by weight or more of combined fluorine;

c.  Fluorinated phosphazene elastomers containing 30 % by weight or more of combined fluorine;

d.  Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE, e.g. Kel-F ®);

e.  Fluoro-elastomers (e.g. Viton ®, Tecnoflon ®);

f.  Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

1A001

II.A1.004

Personal equipment for detecting radiation of nuclear origin, other than that specified in 1A004.c., including personal dosimeters.

1A004.c.

II.A1.005

Electrolytic cells for fluorine production, other than those specified in 1B225, with an output capacity greater than 100 g of fluorine per hour.

1B225

II.A1.006

Catalysts, other than those specified in 1A225 or 1B231, containing platinum, palladium or rhodium, usable for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from heavy water or for the production of heavy water.

1A225

1B231

II.A1.007

Aluminium and its alloys, other than those specified in 1C002.b.4. or 1C202.a., in crude or semi-fabricated form having either of the following characteristics:

a.  ‘Capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MPa or more at 293 K (20 °C); or

b.  Having a tensile strength of 415 MPa or more at 298 K (25 °C).

Technical note:

The phrase alloys ‘capable of’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment.

1C002.b.4.

1C202.a.

II.A1.008

Magnetic metals, of all types and of whatever form, other than those specified in 1C003.a. having an ‘initial relative permeability’ of 120 000 or more and a thickness between 0,05 mm and 0,1 mm.

Technical note:

Measurement of ‘initial relative permeability’ must be performed on fully annealed materials.

1C003.a.

II.A1.009

‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’ or prepregs, other than those specified in 1C010.a., 1C010.b., 1C210.a. or 1C210.b., as follows:

a.  Aramid ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ having either of the following characteristics:

1.  A ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 10 × 106 m; or

2.  A ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 17 × 104 m;

b.  Glass ‘Gfibrous or filamentary materials’ having either of the following characteristics:

1.  A ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 3,18 × 106 m; or

2.  A ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 76,2 × 103 m;

c.  Thermoset resin-impregnated continuous ‘yarns’, ‘rovings’, ‘tows’ or ‘tapes’ with a width of 15 mm or less (once prepregs), made from glass ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ other than those specified in I.A1.010.a. below;

d.  Carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’;

e.  Thermoset resin-impregnated continuous ‘yarns’, ‘rovings’, ‘tows’, or ‘tapes’, made from carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’;

f.  Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) continuous ‘yarns’, ‘rovings’, ‘tows’ or ‘tapes’;

g.  Para-aramid ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ (Kevlar® and other Kevlar®-like fibres).

1C010.a.

1C010.b.

1C210.a.

1C210.b.

II.A1.010

Resin-impregnated or pitch-impregnated fibres (prepregs), metal or carbon-coated fibres (preforms) or ‘carbon fibre preforms’, as follows:

a.  Made from ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ specified in II.A1.009 above;

b.  Epoxy resin ‘matrix’ impregnated carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ (prepregs), specified in 1C010.a., 1C010.b. or 1C010.c., for the repair of aircraft structures or laminates, of which the size of individual sheets does not exceed 50 cm × 90 cm;

c.  Prepregs specified in 1C010.a., 1C010.b. or 1C010.c., when impregnated with phenolic or epoxy resins having a glass transition temperature (Tg) less than 433 K (160 °C) and a cure temperature lower than the glass transition temperature.

1C010

1C210

II.A1.011

Reinforced silicon carbide ceramic composites usable for nose tips, re-entry vehicles, nozzle flaps, usable in ‘missiles’, other than those specified in 1C107.

1C107

II.A1.012

Not used.

II.A1.013

Tantalum, tantalum carbide, tungsten, tungsten carbide and alloys thereof, other than those specified in 1C226, having both of the following characteristics:

a.  In forms having a hollow cylindrical or spherical symmetry (including cylinder segments) with an inside diameter between 50 mm and 300 mm; and

b.  A mass greater than 5 kg.

1C226

II.A1.014

‘Elemental powders’ of cobalt, neodymium or samarium or alloys or mixtures thereof containing at least 20 % by weight of cobalt, neodymium or samarium, with a particle size less than 200 μm.

Technical note: ‘Elemental powder’ means a high purity powder of one element.

N/A

II.A1.015

Pure tributyl phosphate (TBP) [CAS No 126-73-8] or any mixture having a TBP content of more than 5 % by weight.

N/A

II.A1.016

Maraging steel, other than those specified by 1C116 or 1C216.

Technical notes:

1.  The phrase maraging steel ‘capable of’ encompasses maraging steel before or after heat treatment.

2.  Maraging steels are iron alloys generally characterised by high nickel, very low carbon content and the use of substitutional elements or precipitates to produce strengthening and age-hardening of the alloy.

1C116

1C216

II.A1.017

Metals, metal powders and material as follows:

a.  Tungsten and tungsten alloys, other than those specified in 1C117, in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of 500 μm (micrometre) diameter or less with a tungsten content of 97 % by weight or more;

b.  Molybdenum and molybdenum alloys, other than those specified in 1C117, in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of 500 μm diameter or less with a molybdenum content of 97 % by weight or more;

c.  Tungsten materials in the solid form, other than those specified in 1C226 having material compositions as follows:

1.  Tungsten and alloys containing 97 % by weight or more of tungsten;

2.  Copper infiltrated tungsten containing 80 % by weight or more of tungsten; or

3.  Silver infiltrated tungsten containing 80 % by weight or more of tungsten.

1C117

1C226

II.A1.018

Soft magnetic alloys, other than those specified in 1C003, having a chemical composition as follows:

a.  Iron content between 30 % and 60 %; and

b.  Cobalt content between 40 % and 60 %.

1C003

II.A1.019

Not used.

II.A1.020

Graphite, other than that specified in 0C004 or 1C107.a., designed or specified for use in Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) machines.

0C004

1C107.a.

II.A1.021

Steel alloys in sheet or plate form, having any of the following characteristics:

(a)  Steel alloys ‘capable of’ ultimate tensile strength of 1 200 MPa or more, at 293 K (20 °C); or

(b)  Nitrogen-stabilised duplex stainless steel.

Note: the phrase alloys ‘capable of’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment.

Technical note: ‘nitrogen-stabilised duplex stainless steel’ has a two-phase microstructure consisting of grains of ferritic and austenitic steel with the addition of nitrogen to stabilise the microstructure.

1C116

1C216

II.A1.022

Carbon-Carbon Composite material.

1A002.b.1

II.A1.023

Nickel alloys in crude or semi-fabricated form, containing 60 % by weight or more nickel.

1C002.c.1.a

II.A1.024

Titanium alloys in sheet or plate form ‘capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 900 MPa or more at 293 K (20 °C).

Note: the phrase alloys ‘capable of’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment.

1C002.b.3

II.A1.025

Titanium alloys, other than those specified in 1C002 and 1C202.

1C002

1C202

II.A1.026

Zirconium and zirconium alloys, other than those specified in 1C011, 1C111 and 1C234.

1C011

1C111

1C234

II.A1.027

Explosive materials other than those specified in 1C239, or materials or mixtures containing more than 2 % by weight of such explosive materials, with a crystalline density higher than 1,5 g/cm3 and with a detonation speed higher than 5 000 m/s.

1C239

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

II.A2.001

Vibration test systems, equipment and components thereof, other than those specified in 2B116:

a.  Vibration test systems employing feedback or closed loop techniques and incorporating a digital controller, capable of vibrating a system at an acceleration equal to or greater than 0,1 g rms between 0,1 Hz and 2 kHz and imparting forces equal to or greater than 50 kN, measured ‘bare table’;

b.  Digital controllers, combined with specially designed vibration test ‘software’, with a ‘real-time control bandwidth’ greater than 5 kHz designed for use with vibration test systems specified in a.;

Technical note:‘Real-time control bandwidth’ is defined as the maximum rate at which a controller can execute complete cycles of sampling, processing data and transmitting control signals.

c.  Vibration thrusters (shaker units), with or without associated amplifiers, capable of imparting a force equal to or greater than 50 kN, measured ‘bare table’, and usable in vibration test systems specified in a.;

d.  Test piece support structures and electronic units designed to combine multiple shaker units in a system capable of providing an effective combined force equal to or greater than 50 kN, measured ‘bare table’, and usable in vibration systems specified in a.

Technical note: ‘bare table’ means a flat table, or surface, with no fixture or fittings.

2B116

II.A2.002

Machine tools, other than those specified in 2B001 or 2B201 and any combination thereof, for removing (or cutting) metals, ceramics, or ‘composites’ that, according to the manufacturer's technical specification, can be equipped with electronic devices for ‘numerical control’, having positioning accuracies of equal to or less (better) than 30 μm according to ISO 230/2 (1988) or national equivalents along any linear axis.

Technical note: Manufacturers calculating positioning accuracy in accordance with ISO 230/2 (1997) should consult the competent authorities of the Member State in which they are established.

2B001

2B201

II.A2.002a

Components and numerical controls, specially designed for machine tools specified in 2B001, 2B201 or I.A2.002 above.

N/A

II.A2.003

Balancing machines and related equipment as follows:

a.  Balancing machines, designed or modified for dental or other medical equipment, having all the following characteristics:

1.  Not capable of balancing rotors/assemblies having a mass greater than 3 kg;

2.  Capable of balancing rotors/assemblies at speeds greater than 12 500 rpm;

3.  Capable of correcting unbalance in two planes or more; and

4.  Capable of balancing to a residual specific unbalance of 0,2 g × mm per kg of rotor mass;

b.  ‘Indicator heads’ designed or modified for use with machines specified in a. above.

Technical note: ‘Indicator heads’ are sometimes known as balancing instrumentation.

2B119

II.A2.004

Remote manipulators that can be used to provide remote actions in radiochemical separation operations or hot cells, other than those specified in 2B225, having either of the following characteristics:

a.  A capability of penetrating a hot cell wall of 0,3 m or more (through the wall operation); or

b.  A capability of bridging over the top of a hot cell wall with a thickness of 0,3 m or more (over the wall operation).

Technical note: Remote manipulators provide translation of human operator actions to a remote operating arm and terminal fixture. They may be of master/slave type or operated by joystick or keypad.

2B225

II.A2.005

Controlled atmosphere heat treatment furnaces or oxidation furnaces capable of operation at temperatures above 400 °C.

Note: This item does not cover tunnel kilns with roller or car conveyance, tunnel kilns with conveyor belt, pusher type kilns or shuttle kilns, specially designed for the production of glass, tableware ceramics or structural ceramics.

2B226

2B227

II.A2.006

Not used.

II.A2.007

‘Pressure transducers’, other than those defined in 2B230, capable of measuring absolute pressures at any point in the range 0 to 200 kPa and having both of the following characteristics:

a.  Pressure sensing elements made of or protected by ‘Materials resistant to corrosion by uranium hexafluoride (UF6)’; and

b.  Having either of the following characteristics:

1.  A full scale of less than 200 kPa and an ‘accuracy’ of better than ± 1 % of full scale; or

2.  A full scale of 200 kPa or greater and an ‘accuracy’ of better than 2 kPa.

Technical note: For the purposes of 2B230 ‘accuracy’ includes non-linearity, hysteresis and repeatability at ambient temperature.

2B230

II.A2.008

Liquid-liquid contacting equipment (mixer-settlers, pulsed columns, plate columns, centrifugal contactors); and liquid distributors, vapour distributors or liquid collectors designed for such equipment, where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from any of the following materials:

a.  Alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight;

b.  Fluoropolymers;

c.  Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining);

d.  Graphite or ‘carbon graphite’;

e.  Nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight;

f.  Tantalum or tantalum alloys;

g.  Titanium or titanium alloys;

h.  Zirconium or zirconium alloys; or

i.  Stainless steel.

Technical note: ‘Carbon graphite’ is a composition consisting of amorphous carbon and graphite, in which the graphite content is 8 % or more by weight.

2B350.e.

II.A2.009

Industrial equipment and components, other than those specified in 2B350.d., as follows:

Heat exchangers or condensers with a heat transfer surface area greater than 0,05 m2, and less than 30 m2; and tubes, plates, coils or blocks (cores) designed for such heat exchangers or condensers, where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the fluid(s) are made from any of the following materials:

a.  Alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight;

b.  Fluoropolymers;

c.  Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining);

d.  Graphite or ‘carbon graphite’;

e.  Nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight;

f.  Tantalum or tantalum alloys;

g.  Titanium or titanium alloys;

h.  Zirconium or zirconium alloys;

i.  Silicon carbide;

j.  Titanium carbide; or

k.  Stainless steel.

Note: This item does not cover vehicle radiators.

Technical note: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementation of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the heat exchanger.

2B350.d.

II.A2.010

Multiple-seal, and seal-less pumps, other than those specified in 2B350.i, suitable for corrosive fluids, or vacuum pumps and casings (pump bodies), preformed casing liners, impellers, rotors or jet pump nozzles designed for such pumps, in which all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from any of the following materials:

a.  Alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight;

b.  Ceramics;

c.  Ferrosilicon;

d.  Fluoropolymers;

e.  Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining);

f.  Graphite or ‘carbon graphite’;

g.  Nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight;

h.  Tantalum or tantalum alloys;

i.  Titanium or titanium alloys;

j.  Zirconium or zirconium alloys;

k.  Niobium (columbium) or niobium alloys;

l.  Stainless steel;

m.  Aluminium alloys; or

n.  Rubber.

Technical notes: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementations of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the pump.

The term ‘rubber’ encompasses all kinds of natural and synthetic rubbers.

2B350.i.

II.A2.011

‘Centrifugal separators’, other than those specified in 2B352.c., capable of continuous separation without the propagation of aerosols and manufactured from:

a.  Alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight;

b.  Fluoropolymers;

c.  Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining);

d.  Nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight;

e.  Tantalum or tantalum alloys;

f.  Titanium or titanium alloys; or

g.  Zirconium or zirconium alloys.

Technical note:

‘Centrifugal separators’ include decanters.

2B352.c.

II.A2.012

Sintered metal filters, other than those specified in 2B352.d., made of nickel or nickel alloy with more than 40 % nickel by weight.

2B352.d.

II.A2.013

Spin-forming machines and flow-forming machines, other than those specified by 2B009, 2B109 or 2B209 and specially designed components therefor.

Technical note: For the purpose of this item, machines combining the functions of spin-forming and flow-forming are regarded as flow-forming machines.

2B009

2B109

2B209

II.A2.014

Equipment and reagents, other than those specified in 2B350 or 2B352, as follows:

a.  Fermenters capable of cultivation of pathogenic ‘micro-organisms’ or viruses, or capable of toxin production, without the propagation of aerosols, and having a total capacity of 10 l or more;

b.  Agitators for fermenters as mentioned in a. above;

Technical Note: Fermenters include bioreactors, chemostats and continuous-flow systems.

c.  Laboratory equipment as follows:

1.  Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-equipment

2.  Genetic sequencing equipment;

3.  Genetic synthesizers;

4.  Electroporation equipment;

5.  Specific reagents associated with the equipment in I.A2.014.c. numbers 1. to 4. above;

d.  Filters, micro-filters, nano-filters or ultra-filters usable in industrial or laboratory biology for continuous filtering, except filters specially designed or modified for medical or clear water production purposes and to be used in the framework of EU or UN officially supported projects;

e.  Ultracentrifuges, rotors and adaptors for ultracentrifuges;

f.  Freeze drying equipment.

2B350

2B352

II.A2.015

Equipment, other than that specified in 2B005, 2B105 or 3B001.d., for the deposition of metallic overlays as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

a.  Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) production equipment;

b.  Physical vapour deposition (PVD) production equipment;

c.  Production equipment for deposition by means of inductive or resistance heating.

2B005

2B105

3B001.d.

II.A2.016

Open tanks or containers, with or without agitators, with a total internal (geometric) volume greater than 0,5 m3 (500 litres), where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed or contained are made from any of the following materials:

a.  Alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight;

b.  Fluoropolymers;

c.  Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining);

d.  Nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight;

e.  Tantalum or tantalum alloys;

f.  Titanium or titanium alloys;

g.  Zirconium or zirconium alloys;

h.  Niobium (columbium) or niobium alloys;

i.  Stainless steel;

j.  Wood; or

k.  Rubber.

Technical note: The term ‘rubber’ encompasses all kinds of natural and synthetic rubbers.

2B350

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

II.A3.001

High voltage direct current power supplies, other than those specified in 0B001.j.5. or 3A227, having both of the following characteristics:

a.  Capable of continuously producing, over a time period of eight hours, 10 kV or more, with output power of 5 kW or more with or without sweeping; and

b.  Current or voltage stability better than 0,1 % over a time period of four hours.

0B001.j.5.

3A227

II.A3.002

Mass spectrometers, other than those specified in 0B002.g. or 3A233, capable of measuring ions of 200 atomic mass units or more and having a resolution of better than 2 parts in 200, as follows, and ion sources therefor:

a.  Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP/MS);

b.  Glow discharge mass spectrometers (GDMS);

c.  Thermal ionisation mass spectrometers (TIMS);

d.  Electron bombardment mass spectrometers which have a source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with ‘materials resistant to corrosion by uranium hexafluoride UF6’;

e.  Molecular beam mass spectrometers having either of the following characteristics:

1.  A source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with stainless steel or molybdenum and equipped with a cold trap capable of cooling to 193 K (– 80 °C) or less; or

2.  A source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with materials resistant to UF6;

f.  Mass spectrometers equipped with a micro-fluorination ion source designed for actinides or actinide fluorides.

0B002.g.

3A233

II.A3.003

Frequency changers or generators, other than those specified by 0B001.b.13. or 3A225, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed components and software therefor:

a.  Multiphase output capable of providing a power of 40 W or greater;

b.  Capable of operating in the frequency range between 600 and 2 000 Hz; and

c.  Frequency control better (less) than 0,1 %.

Technical notes:

1.  Frequency changers are also known as converters, inverters, generators, electronic test equipment, AC power supplies, variable speed motor drives or variable frequency drives.

2.  The functionality specified in this item may be met by certain equipment marketed as: electronic test equipment, AC power supplies, variable speed motor drives or variable frequency drives.

0B001.b.13.

3A225

II.A3.004

Spectrometers and diffractometers, designed for the indicative test or quantitative analysis of the elemental composition of metals or alloys without chemical decomposition of the material.

N/A

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

II.A6.001

Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) rods.

N/A

II.A6.002

Optical equipment and components, other than those specified in 6A002 or 6A004.b. as follows:

Infrared optics in the wavelength range 9 μm – 17 μm and components thereof, including cadmium telluride (CdTe) components.

6A002

6A004.b.

II.A6.003

Wave front corrector systems, other than mirrors specified in 6A004.a., 6A005.e. or 6A005.f., for use with a laser beam having a diameter exceeding 4 mm, and specially designed components thereof, including control systems, phase front sensors and ‘deformable mirrors’ including bimorph mirrors.

6A004.a.

6A005.e.

6A005.f.

II.A6.004

Argon ion ‘lasers’, other than those specified in 0B001.g.5., 6A005.a.6. and/or 6A205.a., having an average output power equal to or greater than 5 W.

0B001.g.5.

6A005.a.6.

6A205.a.

II.A6.005

Semiconductor ‘lasers’, other than those specified in 0B001.g.5., 0B001.h.6. or 6A005.b., and components thereof, as follows:

a.  Individual semiconductor ‘lasers’ with an output power greater than 200 mW each, in quantities larger than 100;

b.  Semiconductor ‘laser’ arrays having an output power greater than 20 W.

Notes:

1.  Semiconductor ‘lasers’ are commonly called ‘laser’ diodes.

2.  This item does not cover ‘laser’ diodes with a wavelength in the range 1,2 μm – 2,0 μm.

0B001.g.5.

0B001.h.6.

6A005.b.

II.A6.006

Tunable semiconductor ‘lasers’ and tunable semiconductor ‘laser’ arrays, other than those specified in 0B001.h.6. or 6A005.b., of a wavelength between 9 μm and 17 μm, as well as array stacks of semiconductor ‘lasers’ containing at least one tunable semiconductor ‘laser’ array of such wavelength.

Note: Semiconductor ‘lasers’ are commonly called ‘laser’ diodes.

0B001.h.6.

6A005.b.

II.A6.007

Solid state ‘tunable’‘lasers’, other than those specified in 0B001.g.5., 0B001.h.6. or 6A005.c.1., and specially designed components thereof, as follows:

a.  Titanium-sapphire lasers,

b.  Alexandrite lasers.

0B001.g.5.

0B001.h.6.

6A005.c.1.

II.A6.008

Neodymium-doped (other than glass) ‘lasers’, other than those specified in 6A005.c.2.b., having an output wavelength greater than 1,0 μm but not exceeding 1,1 μm and output energy exceeding 10 J per pulse.

6A005.c.2.b.

II.A6.009

Components of acousto-optics, as follows:

a.  Framing tubes and solid-state imaging devices having a recurrence frequency equal to or exceeding 1 kHz;

b.  Recurrence frequency supplies;

c.  Pockels cells.

6A203.b.4.

II.A6.010

Radiation-hardened cameras, or lenses thereof, other than those specified in 6A203.c., specially designed, or rated as radiation-hardened, to withstand a total radiation dose greater than 50 × 103 Gy (silicon) (5 × 106 rad (silicon)) without operational degradation.

Technical note: The term Gy (silicon) refers to the energy in Joules per kilogram absorbed by an unshielded silicon sample when exposed to ionising radiation.

6A203.c.

II.A6.011

Tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators, other than those specified in 0B001.g.5., 6A005 and or 6A205.c., having all of the following characteristics:

a.  Operating at wavelengths between 300 nm and 800 nm;

b.  An average output power greater than 10 W but not exceeding 30 W;

c.  A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and

d.  Pulse width less than 100 ns.

Note: This item does not cover single mode oscillators.

0B001.g.5.

6A005

6A205.c.

II.A6.012

Pulsed carbon dioxide ‘lasers’, other than those specified in, 0B001.h.6., 6A005.d. or 6A205.d., having all of the following characteristics:

a.  Operating at wavelengths between 9 μm and 11 μm;

b.  A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;

c.  An average output power greater than 100 W but not exceeding 500 W; and

d.  Pulse width less than 200 ns.

0B001.h.6.

6A005.d.

6A205.d.

II.A6.013

Lasers, other than those specified in 6A005 or 6A205.

6A005

6A205

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

II.A7.001

Inertial navigation systems and specially designed components thereof, as follows:

a.  Inertial navigation systems which are certified for use on ‘civil aircraft’ by civil authorities of a State participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement, and specially designed components thereof, as follows:

1.  Inertial navigation systems (INS) (gimballed or strapdown) and inertial equipment designed for ‘aircraft’, land vehicle, vessels (surface or underwater) or ‘spacecraft’ for attitude, guidance or control, having any of the following characteristics, and specially designed components thereof:

a.  Navigation error (free inertial) subsequent to normal alignment of 0,8 nautical mile per hour (nm/hr) ‘Circular Error Probable’ (CEP) or less (better); or

b.  Specified to function at linear acceleration levels exceeding 10 g;

2.  Hybrid Inertial Navigation Systems embedded with Global Navigation Satellite Systems(s) (GNSS) or with ‘Data-Based Referenced Navigation’ (‘DBRN’) System(s) for attitude, guidance or control, subsequent to normal alignment, having an INS navigation position accuracy, after loss of GNSS or ‘DBRN’ for a period of up to four minutes, of less (better) than 10 metres ‘Circular Error Probable’ (CEP);

3.  Inertial Equipment for Azimuth, Heading, or North Pointing having any of the following characteristics, and specially designed components thereof:

a.  Designed to have an Azimuth, Heading, or North Pointing accuracy equal to, or less (better) than 6 arc minutes RMS at 45 degrees latitude; or

b.  Designed to have a non-operating shock level of at least 900 g at a duration of at least 1 msec.

b.  Theodolite systems incorporating inertial equipment specially designed for civil surveying purposes and designed to have an Azimuth, Heading, or North Pointing accuracy equal to, or less (better) than 6 arc minutes RMS at 45 degrees latitude, and specially designed components thereof.

c.  Inertial or other equipment using accelerometers specified in 7A001 or 7A101, where such accelerometers are specially designed and developed as MWD (Measurement While Drilling) sensors for use in down-hole well services operations.

Note: The parameters of a.1. and a.2. are applicable with any of the following environmental conditions:

1.  Input random vibration with an overall magnitude of 7,7 g rms in the first half hour and a total test duration of one and a half hours per axis in each of the three perpendicular axes, when the random vibration meets the following:

a.  A constant power spectral density (PSD) value of 0,04 g2/Hz over a frequency interval of 15 to 1 000 Hz; and

b.  The PSD attenuates with a frequency from 0,04 g2/Hz to 0,01 g2/Hz over a frequency interval from 1 000 to 2 000 Hz;

2.  A roll and yaw rate equal to or greater than + 2,62 radian/s (150 deg/s); or

3.  According to national standards equivalent to 1. or 2. above.

Technical notes:

1.  a.2. refers to systems in which an INS and other independent navigation aids are built into a single unit (embedded) in order to achieve improved performance.

2.  ‘Circular Error Probable’ (CEP) – In a circular normal distribution, the radius of the circle containing 50 % of the individual measurements being made, or the radius of the circle within which there is a 50 % probability of being located.

7A001

7A003

7A101

7A103

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

II.A9.001

Explosive bolts.

N/A

II.A9.002

Internal combustion engines (i.e. axial piston or rotary piston type), designed or modified for propelling ‘aircrafts’ or ‘lighter-than-air-vehicles’ and specially designed components therefor.

N/A

II.A9.003

Trucks, other than those specified in 9A115, having more than one motorised axle and a payload exceeding 5 tonnes.

Note: This item includes flatbed trailers, semi trailers and other trailers.

9A115

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

II.B.001

Software required for the development, production or use of the items in Part A. (Goods).

N/A

No

Description Items, materials, equipment, goods and technology

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

II.C.001

Technology required for the development, production or use of the items in Part A. (Goods).

N/A

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

III.A1.001

Unwrought aluminium

1C002

III.A1.002

Aluminium waste and scrap

1C002

III.A1.003

Aluminium powders and flakes

1C111

III.A1.004

Aluminium bars, rods and profiles

1C002

III.A1.005

Aluminium wire

1C002

III.A1.006

Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm

1C002

III.A1.007

Aluminium tubes and pipes

1C002

III.A1.008

Aluminium tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)

1C002

III.A1.009

Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium, not electrically insulated

1C002

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

IV.A0.001

Ring Magnets

Permanent magnet materials having both the following characteristics:

i.  Ring-shaped magnet with a relation between outer and inner diameter smaller or equal to 1.6:1; and

ii.  Made of any of the following magnetic materials: aluminium-nickel-cobalt, ferrites, samarium-cobalt, or neodymium-iron-boron.

3A201.b.

IV.A0.002

Frequency Changers (also known as converters or inverters)

Frequency changers, other than those specified in entries 0B001.b.13 or 3A225 of Annex 1, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed software therefore:

i.  Multiphase frequency output;

ii.  Capable of providing a power of 40 W or greater; and

iii.  Capable of operating anywhere (at any one point or more) within the frequency range of between 600 and 2 000 Hz.

Technical Notes:

(1)  Frequency changers are also known as converters or inverters.

(2)  The functionality specified above may be met by certain equipment described or marketed as electronic test equipment, AC power supplies, variable speed motor drives, or variable frequency drives.

0B001.b.13.

3A225

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

IV.A1.001

Maraging steel having both the following characteristics:

i.  ‘capable of’ an ultimate tensile strength of 1 500 MPa or more at 293 K (20 °C).

ii.  In bar or tube form, with an outer diameter of 75 mm or greater.

1C216

IV.A1.002

Magnetic alloy materials in sheet or thin strip form having both of the following characteristics:

(a)  Thickness of 0,05 mm or less; or height of 25 mm or less, and

(b)  Made of any of the following magnetic alloy materials: iron-chromium-cobalt, iron-cobalt-vanadium, iron- chromium-cobalt-vanadium, or iron-chromium.

1C005

IV.A1.003

High-strength Aluminium Alloy

Aluminium alloys having both the following characteristics:

i.  ‘capable of’ an ultimate tensile of strength of 415 MPa or more at 293 K (20 °C) and

ii.  In bar or tube form, with an outer diameter of 75 mm or greater.

Technical Note:

The phrase ‘capable of’ encompasses aluminium alloy before or after heat treatment.

1C202

IV.A1.004

‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’ and prepregs, as follows:

i.  Carbon, aramid, or glass ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ having both of the following characteristics:

(1)  A ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 3,18 × 106 m; and

(2)  A ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 76,2 × 103 m;

ii.  Prepregs: Thermoset resin-impregnated continuous ‘yarns’, ‘rovings’, ‘tows’ or ‘tapes’ with a width of 30 mm or less, made from carbon, aramid, or glass ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ controlled in (a) above.

1C210

IV.A1.005

Filament winding machines and related equipment, as follows:

i.  Filament winding machines having all of the following characteristics:

(1)  Having motions for positioning, wrapping, and winding fibres coordinated and programmed in two or more axes;

(2)  Specially designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’; and

(3)  Capable of winding cylindrical tubes of diameter of 75 mm or greater;

ii.  Coordinating and programming controls for filament winding machines specified in (a) above;

iii.  Mandrels for filament winding machines specified in (a) above.

1B201

IV.A1.006

Metal hydrides such as, zirconium

1B231

IV.A1.007

Sodium metal (7440-23-5)

1C350

IV.A1.008

Sulphur trioxide (7446-11-9)

1C350

IV.A1.009

Aluminium chloride (7446-70-0)

N/A

IV.A1.010

Potassium Bromide (7758-02-3)

1C350

IV.A1.011

Sodium bromide (7647-15-6)

1C350

IV.A1.012

Dichloromethane (75-09-2)

1C350

IV.A1.013

Isopropyl bromide (75-26-3)

1C350

IV.A1.014

Isopropyl ether (108-20-3)

1C350

IV.A1.015

Monoisopropylamine (75-31-0)

1C350

IV.A1.016

Trimethylamine (75-50-3)

1C350

IV.A1.017

Tributylamine (102-82-9)

1C350

IV.A1.018

Triethylamine (121-44-8)

1C350

IV.A1.019

N,N-Dimethylaniline (121-69-7)

1C350

IV.A1.020

Pyridine (110-86-1)

1C350

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

IV.A2.001

Flow-forming Machines

As described in INFCIRC/254/Rev.9/Part2 and S/2014/253

2B209

IV.A2.002

Laser welding equipment

N/A

IV.A2.003

4- and 5-axis CNC machine tools

2B201

IV.A2.004

Plasma cutting equipment

N/A

IV.A2.005

Reaction vessels, reactors, agitators, heat exchangers, condensers, pumps, valves, storage tanks, containers, receivers, and distillation or absorption columns that meet performance parameters described in S/2006/853 and S/2006/853/corr.1

Single-seal pumps with manufacturer's specified maximum flow-rate greater than 0,6 m3/h and casings (pump bodies), preformed casing liners, impellers, rotors or jet pump nozzles designed for such pumps, in which all surfaces that come into direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from any of the following materials:

(a)  nickel or alloys with more than 40 % nickel by weight;

(b)  alloys with more than 25 % nickel and 20 % chromium by weight;

(c)  fluoropolymers (polymeric or elastomeric materials with more than 35 % fluorine by weight);

(d)  glass or glass-lined (including vitrified or enamelled coating);

(e)  graphite or carbon-graphite;

(f)  tantalum or tantalum alloys;

(g)  titanium or titanium alloys;

(h)  zirconium or zirconium alloys;

(i)  ceramics;

(j)  ferrosilicon (high silicon iron alloys); or

(k)  niobium (columbium) or niobium alloys.

2B350

IV.A2.006

Conventional or turbulent air-flow clean-air rooms and self-contained fan-HEPA filter units that could be used for P3 or P4 (BSL 3, BSL 4, L3, L4) containment facilities.

2B352

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

V.A1.001

Isocyanates (TDI (Toluene di-isocyanate), MDI (Methylene bis (phenyl isocyanate)), IPDI (Isophorone diiosocyanate), HNMDI or HDI (Hexamethylene diisocyanate), and DDI (dimeryl diisocyanate) and production equipment.

N/A

V.A1.002

Ammonium nitrate, chemically pure or in phase stabilized version (PSAN).

1C111

V.A1.003

Polymeric Substances (Hydroxyl Terminated Poly-Ether (HTPE), Hydroxyl Terminated Caprolactone Ether (HTCE), Polypropylene glycol (PPG), Polydiethyleneglycol adipate (PGA) and Polyethylene

1C111

V.A1.004

Manganese metal Brazing Foils.

1C111

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

V.A2.001

Hydroforming machines.

2B109

V.A2.002

Thermal treatment furnaces — Temperature > 850 °C and one dimension > 1 m,

II.A2.005

2B226

2B227

V.A2.003

Electrical Discharge Machines (EDMs)

2B001.d

V.A2.004

Friction stir welding machines.

N/A

V.A2.005

Floor-mounted fume hoods (walk-in style) with a minimum nominal width of 2,5 meters,

2B352

V.A2.006

Batch centrifuges with a rotor capacity of 4 L or greater, usable with biological materials

II.A2.014.e.

2B350

2B352

V.A2.007

Fermenters with an internal volume of 10-20 L (0,01-0,02 m3), usable with biological materials

2B352

II.A2.014.a.

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

V.A6.001

High-speed imaging cameras except those used in medical imaging systems

6A003.a.2

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

V.A9.001

Non-destructive test chambers with a 1m or more critical internal dimension.

9B106

V.A9.002

Turbo-pumps for liquid or hybrid rocket engines

9A006

V.A9.003

Countermeasure Subsystems and Penetration Aids (e.g. jammers, chaff, decoys) designed to saturate, confuse, or evade missile defences.

N/A

V.A9.004

Truck chassis with 6 or more axles

9A115

II.A9.003

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

V.B.001

Modelling and design software related to the modelling of aerodynamic and thermodynamic analysis of rocket or unmanned aerial vehicle systems.

N/A

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VI.A1.001

Explosive bolts, nuts and shackles, flexible linear-shaped charges, ball locks, compression springs, circular cutting devices and acceleration rockets usable for staging mechanisms

N/A

VI.A1.002

All environmental test chambers capable of simulating flight conditions (temperature, pressure, shock and vibration) except those used for civilian aircraft safety purposes

9B106

VI.A1.003

Rapid prototyping, including additive manufacturing equipment

N/A

VI.A1.004

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibre usable as a precursor for carbon fibre production and its associated production equipment

1C010

1C210

9C110

VI.A1.005

For point 12 of the list in the report of the Committee prepared in accordance with paragraph 25 of resolution 2270 (2016) (S/2016/308, annex) read ‘Metal hydrides, such as zirconium hydride, beryllium hydride, aluminium hydride, lithium aluminium hydride and titanium hydride’

1C111

VI.A1.006

Plasticizers usable in composite propellants, such as

1C111

VI.A1.007

Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 1 950 MPa or more at 293 K (20 °C) and in any of the following forms:

(a)  Sheet, plate or tubing with a wall or plate thickness equal to or less than 5,0 mm;

(b)  Tubular forms with a wall thickness of 50 mm or less and having an inner diameter of 270 mm or more

1C216

VI.A1.008

Filament winding machines and related equipment:

Filament winding machines or fibre/tow-placement machines, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres can be coordinated and programmed in two or more axes and which are designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from fibrous or filamentary materials, coordinating and programming controls and precision mandrels for such equipment

1B001

1B101

1B201

VI.A1.009

Full face-mask air-purifying and air-supplying respirators except those used in breathing apparatus for firefighters

1A004.a.

2B352

VI.A1.010

Additional chemicals suitable for decontamination of chemical warfare agents:

Diethylenetriamine (CAS 111-40-0)

N/A

VI.A1.011

Nerve agent chemoprophylaxis:

N/A

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VII.A1.001

‘Composite’ structures or laminates consisting of an organic ‘matrix’ and materials as follows:

Note:

Does not apply to ‘composite’ structures or laminates, made from epoxy resin impregnated carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, for the repair of ‘civil aircraft’ structures or laminates, having all of the following:

Does not apply to semi-finished items, specially designed for purely civilian applications as follows: sporting goods, automotive industry, machine tool industry, medical applications. Does not apply to finished items specially designed for a specific application.

(a)  Inorganic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ that have a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 2,54 × 106 m and a melting, softening, decomposition or sublimation point exceeding 1 649 °C in an inert environment.

Note: Does not apply to the following

(b)  ‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’ having any of the following:

1.  Materials composed of aromatic polyetherimides having a glass transition temperature (Tg) exceeding 290 °C,

2.  Polyarylene ketones,

3.  Polyarylene sulphides where the arlylene group is biphenylene, triphenylene or combinations thereof,

4.  Polybiphenylenethersulphone having a Tg exceeding 290 °C, or

5.  Any of the above materials ‘commingled’ with any of the following:

a.  Organic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, with a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 12,7 × 106 m and a ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 23,5 × 104 m.

b.  Carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 14,65 × 106 m; and specific tensile strength exceeding 26,82 × 104 m.

c.  Inorganic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 2,54 × 106 m; and a melting, softening, decomposition or sublimation point exceeding 1 649 °C in an inert environment.

Notes:

1.  Does not apply to polyethylene.

2.  Does not apply to

3.  Does not apply to discontinuous, multiphase, polycrystalline alumina fibres in chopped fibre or random mat form, containing 3 % by weight or more silica, with a ‘specific modulus’ of less than 10 × 106 m; molybdenum and molybdenum alloy fibres; boron fibres; discontinuous ceramic fibres with a melting, softening, decomposition or sublimation point lower than 1 770 °C in an inert environment.

(c)  Organic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ with a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 12,7 × 106 m and with a ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 23,5 × 104 m.

(d)  Carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ having a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 14,65 × 106 m and a specific tensile exceeding 26,82 × 104 m.

(e)  Fully or partially resin-impregnated or pitch-impregnated ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ (prepregs), metal or carbon-coated ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ (preforms) or carbon fibre preforms having any of the following ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ and resins:

1.  Inorganic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ with a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 2,54 × 106 m and a melting, softening, decomposition or sublimation point exceeding 1 649 °C in an inert environment, or

2.  Organic or carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having all of the following:

a.  ‘Specific modulus’ exceeding 10,15 × 106 m; and

b.  ‘Specific tensile strength’ exceeding 17,7 × 104 m; or

3.  Resin or pitch, from unprocessed fluorinated compounds such as:

a.  Fluorinated polyimides containing 10 % by weight or more of combined fluorine;

b.  Fluorinated phosphazene elastomers containing 30 % by weight or more of combined fluorine; or

4.  Phenolic resins with Dynamic Mechanical Analysis glass transition temperature (DMA Tg) equal to, or exceeding, 180 °C and having a phenolic resin; or

5.  Other resin or pitch with Dynamic Mechanical Analysis glass transition temperature (DMA Tg) equal to, or exceeding, 232 °C.

Note:

Does not apply to

1A002

1A202

VII.A1.002

‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’ having any of the following:

(a)  Materials composed of aromatic polyetherimides having a glass transition temperature (Tg) exceeding 290 °C.

(b)  Polyarylene ketones.

(c)  Polyarylene sulphides where the arlylene group is biphenylene, triphenylene or combinations thereof

(d)  Polybiphenylenethersulphone having a Tg exceeding 290 °C, or

(e)  Any of the above materials commingled with any of the following:

1.  Organic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, with a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 12,7 × 106 m and ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 23,5 × 104 m,

2.  Carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 14,65 × 106 m and ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 26,82 × 104 m,

3.  Inorganic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having a ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 2,54 × 106 m and melting, softening, decomposition or sublimation point exceeding 1 649 °C in an inert environment.

Notes:

1.  Does not apply to polyethylene.

2.  Does not apply to:

3.  Does not apply to discontinuous, multiphase, polycrystalline alumina fibres in chopped fibre or random mat form, containing 3 % by weight or more silica, with a ‘specific modulus’ of less than 10 × 106 m; molybdenum and molybdenum alloy fibres; boron fibres; discontinuous ceramic fibres with a melting, softening, decomposition or sublimation point lower than 1 770 °C in an inert environment

1C008

1C010

1C210

9C110

VII.A1.003

Equipment for the ‘production’ or inspection of ‘composite’ structures

Specially designed components and accessories to include:

(a)  Filament winding machines, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres are coordinated and programmed in three or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of ‘composite’ structures or laminates, from ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’.

(b)  ‘Tape-laying machines’, of which the motions for positioning and laying tape are coordinated and programmed in five or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of ‘composite’ airframe or missile structures.

(c)  Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving machines or interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, specially designed or modified for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres for ‘composite’ structures.

(d)  Equipment specially designed or adapted for the ‘production’ of reinforcement fibres, as follows:

1.  Equipment for converting polymeric fibres (such as polyacrylonitrile, rayon, pitch or polycarbosilane) into carbon fibres or silicon carbide fibres, including special equipment to strain the fibre during heating;

2.  Equipment for the chemical vapor deposition of elements or compounds, on heated filamentary substrates, to manufacture silicon carbide fibres;

3.  Equipment for the wet-spinning of refractory ceramics (such as aluminium oxide);

4.  Equipment for converting aluminium containing precursor fibres into alumina fibres by heat treatment;

5.  Equipment for producing prepregs specified in VII.A1.003, paragraph ‘d’, under ‘Materials’, by the hot melt method;

6.  Non-destructive inspection equipment specially designed for ‘composite’ materials, as follows:

a.  X-ray tomography systems for three dimensional defect inspection;

b.  Numerically controlled ultrasonic testing machines of which the motions for positioning transmitters or receivers are simultaneously coordinated and programmed in four or more axes to follow the three dimensional contours of the component under inspection.

Notes:

1.  For the purposes of this ‘tape-laying machines’ have the ability to lay one or more ‘filament bands’ limited to widths greater than 25 mm and less than or equal to 305 mm, and to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the laying process.

2.  The technique of interlacing includes knitting.

1B001.a.

1B001.b.

1B001.c.

1B001.d.

1B001.e.

1B001

1B101

1B201

VII.A1.004

Metal alloys, metal alloy powder and alloyed materials including the following:

(a)  Aluminides, including:

1.  Nickel aluminides containing a minimum of 15 % by weight aluminium, a maximum of 38 % by weight aluminium and at least one additional alloying element;

2.  Titanium aluminides containing 10 % by weight or more aluminium and at least one additional alloying element.

(b)  Metal alloys made from the powder or particulate material including:

1.  Nickel alloys having a stress-rupture life of 10 000 hours or longer at 650 °C at a stress of 676 MPa or a low cycle fatigue life of 10 000 cycles or more at 550 °C at a maximum stress of 1 095 MPa;

2.  Niobium alloys having a stress-rupture life of 10 000 hours or longer at 800 °C at a stress of 400 MPa or a low cycle fatigue life of 10 000 cycles or more at 700 °C at a maximum stress of 700 MPa;

3.  Titanium alloys having a stress-rupture life' of 10 000 hours or longer at 450 °C at a stress of 200 MPa or a low cycle fatigue life of 10 000 cycles or more at 450 °C at a maximum stress of 400 MPa;

4.  Aluminium alloys having a tensile strength of 240 MPa or more at 200 °C or a tensile strength of 415 MPa or more at 25 °C;

5.  Magnesium alloys having a tensile strength of 345 MPa or more and a corrosion rate of less than 1 mm/year in 3 % sodium chloride aqueous solution measured in accordance with ASTM standard G-31 or national equivalents;

6.  Metal alloy powder or particulate material, having all of the following and made from any of the following composition systems:

a.  Nickel alloys (Ni-Al-X, Ni-X-Al) qualified for turbine engine parts or components, i.e. with less than 3 non-metallic particles (introduced during the manufacturing process) larger than 100 μm in 109 alloy particles

b.  Niobium alloys (Nb-Al-X or Nb-X-Al, Nb-Si-X or Nb-X-Si, Nb Ti X or Nb-X-Ti)

c.  Titanium alloys (Ti-Al-X or Ti-X-Al)

d.  Aluminium alloys (Al-Mg-X or Al-X-Mg, Al-Zn-X or Al-X-Zn, Al Fe-X or Al-X-Fe) or

e.  Magnesium alloys (Mg-Al-X or Mg-X-Al)

7.  Made in a controlled environment by any of the following processes:

a.  ‘Vacuum atomization’

b.  ‘Gas atomization’

c.  ‘Rotary atomization’

d.  ‘Splat quenching’

e.  ‘Melt spinning and comminution’

Note:

Unless provision to the contrary is made, the words ‘metals’ and ‘alloys’ cover crude and semi-fabricated forms.

Crude forms: anodes, balls, bars (including notched bars and wire bars), billets, blocks, blooms, brickets, cakes, cathodes, crystals, cubes, dice, grains, granules, ingots, lumps, pellets, pigs, powder, rondelles, shot, slabs, slugs, sponge, sticks. Semi-fabricated forms: Wrought or worked materials fabricated by rolling, drawing, extruding, forging, impact extruding, pressing, graining, atomising, and grinding, i.e.: angles, channels, circles, discs, dust, flakes, foils and leaf, forging, plate, powder, pressings and stampings, ribbons, rings, rods (including bare welding rods, wire rods, and rolled wire), sections, shapes, sheets, strip, pipe and tubes (including tube rounds, squares, and hollows), drawn or extruded wire. Cast material produced by casting in sand, die, metal, plaster or other types of moulds, including high pressure castings, sintered forms, and forms made by powder metallurgy.

1C002

1C202

VII.A1.005

Magnetic metals, of all types and of whatever form, having any of the following:

(a)  Initial relative permeability of 120 000 or more and a thickness of 0,5 mm or less

(b)  Magnetostrictive alloys having any of the following:

1.  A saturation magnetostriction of more than 5 × 10– 4; or

2.  A magnetomechanical coupling factor (k) of more than 0,8; or

(c)  Amorphous or ‘nanocrystalline’ alloy strips, having all of the following:

1.  A composition having a minimum of 75 % by weight of iron, cobalt or nickel;

2.  A saturation magnetic induction (Bs) of 1,6 T or more; and any of the following:

a.  A strip thickness of 0,02 mm or less; or

b.  An electrical resistivity of 2 × 10– 4 ohm cm or more.

1C003

VII.A1.006

Uranium titanium alloys or tungsten alloys with a ‘matrix’ based on iron, nickel or copper, having all of the following:

(a)  A density exceeding 17,5 g/cm3;

(b)  An elastic limit exceeding 880 MPa;

(c)  An ultimate tensile strength exceeding 1 270 MPa; and

(d)  An elongation exceeding 8 %.

1C004

VII.A1.007

‘Superconductive’ composite conductors in lengths exceeding 100 m or with a mass exceeding 100 g, as follows:

(a)  ‘Superconductive’‘composite’ conductors containing one or more niobium-titanium ‘filaments’, having all of the following:

1.  Embedded in a ‘matrix’ other than a copper or copper-based mixed ‘matrix’; and

2.  Having a cross-section area less than 0,28x 10– 4 mm2 (6 μm in diameter for circular ‘filaments’);

(b)  ‘Superconductive’‘composite’ conductors consisting of one or more ‘superconductive’‘filaments’ other than niobium-titanium, having all of the following:

1.  A ‘critical temperature’ at zero magnetic induction exceeding – 263,31 °C; and

2.  Remaining in the ‘superconductive’ state at a temperature of – 268,96 °C when exposed to a magnetic field oriented in any direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of conductor and corresponding to a magnetic induction of 12 T with critical current density exceeding 1 750 A/mm2 on overall cross-section of the conductor.

(c)  ‘Superconductive’‘composite’ conductors consisting of one or more ‘superconductive’‘filaments’, which remain ‘superconductive’ above – 158,16 °C

1C005

VII.A1.008

Fluids and lubricating materials, as follows:

(a)  Lubricating materials containing, as their principal ingredients, any of the following:

1.  Phenylene or alkylphenylene ethers or thio-ethers, or their mixtures, containing more than two ether or thio-ether functions or mixtures thereof; or

2.  Fluorinated silicone fluids with a kinematic viscosity of less than 5 000 mm2/s (5 000 centistokes) measured at 25 °C;

(b)  Damping or flotation fluids having all of the following:

1.  Purity exceeding 99,8 %;

2.  Containing less than 25 particles of 200 μm or larger in size per

3.  100 ml; and

4.  Made from at least 85 % of any of the following:

a.  Dibromotetrafluoroethane (CAS 25497-30-7, 124-73-2, 27336-23-8);

b.  Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (oily and waxy modifications only); or

c.  Polybromotrifluoroethylene

(c)  Fluorocarbon electronic cooling fluids having all of the following:

1.  Containing 85 % by weight or more of any of the following, or mixtures thereof:

a.  Monomeric forms of perfluoropolyalkylether-triazines or perfluoroaliphatic-ethers;

b.  Perfluoroalkylamines;

c.  Perfluorocycloalkanes; or

d.  Perfluoroalkanes

e.  Density at 298 K (25 °C) of 1,5 g/ml or more;

f.  In a liquid state at 273 K (0 °C); and

g.  Containing 60 % or more by weight of fluorine

Note: Does not apply to materials specified and packages as medical products

1C006

VII.A1.009

Ceramic powders, non-‘composite’ ceramic materials, ceramic-‘matrix’‘composite’ materials and precursor materials, as follows:

(a)  Ceramic powders of single or complex borides of titanium, having total metallic impurities, excluding intentional additions, of less than 5 000 ppm, an average particle size equal to or less than 5 μm and no more than 10 % of the particles larger than 10 μm;

(b)  Non-‘composite’ ceramic materials in crude or semi-fabricated form, composed of borides of titanium with a density of 98 % or more of the theoretical density;

(c)  Ceramic-ceramic ‘composite’ materials with a glass or oxide-‘matrix’ and reinforced with fibres having all of the following:

1.  Made from any of the following materials:

a.  Si-N;

b.  Si-C;

c.  Si-A1-O-N; or

d.  Si-O-N; and

2.  Having a ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 12,7 × 103 m

(d)  Ceramic-ceramic ‘composite’ materials, with or without a continuous metallic phase, incorporating particles, whiskers or fibres, where carbides or nitrides of silicon, zirconium or boron form the ‘matrix’;

(e)  Precursor materials (i.e., special purpose polymeric or metallo-organic materials) for producing any phase or phases of the materials specified above, as follows:

1.  Polydiorganosilanes (for producing silicon carbide);

2.  Polysilazanes (for producing silicon nitride);

3.  Polycarbosilazanes (for producing ceramics with silicon, carbon and nitrogen components);

(f)  Ceramic-ceramic ‘composite’ materials with an oxide or glass ‘matrix’ reinforced with continuous fibres from any of the following systems:

1.  Al2O3 (CAS 1344-28-1); or

2.  Si-C-N.

Notes:

1.  Does not apply to abrasives.

2.  Does not apply to ‘composites’ containing fibres from these systems with a fibre ‘tensile strength’ of less than 700 MPa at 1 273 K (1 000 °C) or fibre tensile creep resistance of more than 1 per cent creep strain at 100 MPa load and 1 273 K (1 000 °C) for 100 hours.

1C007

VII.A1.010

Non-fluorinated polymeric substances as follows:

(a)  Imides as follows:

1.  Bismaleimides;

2.  Aromatic polyamide-imides (PAI) having a ‘glass transition temperature (Tg)’ exceeding 290 °C;

3.  Aromatic polyimides having a ‘glass transition temperature (Tg)’ exceeding 232 °C;

4.  Aromatic polyetherimides having a ‘glass transition temperature (Tg)’ exceeding 290°C;

(b)  Polyarylene ketones;

(c)  Polyarylene sulphides, where the arylene group is biphenylene, triphenylene or combinations thereof;

(d)  Polybiphenylenethersulphone having a ‘glass transition temperature (Tg)’ exceeding 290°C.

Note: Applies to the substances in liquid or solid ‘fusible’ form, including resin, powder, pellet, film, sheet, tape, or ribbon.

1C008

VII.A1.011

Unprocessed fluorinated compounds as follows:

(a)  Fluorinated polyimides containing 10 % by weight or more of combined fluorine;

(b)  Fluorinated phosphazene elastomers containing 30 % by weight or more of combined fluorine.

1C009

VII.A1.012

‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’ as follows:

(a)  Organic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having all of the following:

1.  ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 12,7 × 106 m; and

2.  ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 23,5 × 104 m;

(b)  Carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having all of the following:

1.  ‘specific modulus’ exceeding 14,65 × 106 m; and

2.  ‘specific tensile strength’ exceeding 26,82 × 104 m;

(c)  Inorganic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having all of the following:

1.  ‘Specific modulus’ exceeding 2,54 × 106 m; and

2.  Melting, softening, decomposition or sublimation point exceeding 1 649 °C in an inert environment

(d)  ‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’, having any of the following:

1.  Composed of any of the following:

a.  Polyetherimides specified in VII.A1.010

b.  Other materials specified in VII.A1.010

2.  Composed of materials specified above and commingled with other fibres specified in VII.A1.012.

(e)  Fully or partially resin-impregnated or pitch-impregnated fibrous or filamentary materials (prepregs), metal or carbon-coated ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ (preforms) or carbon fibre preforms, having all of the following:

1.  Having any of the following:

a.  Inorganic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ specified above

b.  Organic or carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having all of the following:

1.  ‘Specific modulus’ exceeding 10,15 × 106 m; and

2.  ‘Specific tensile strength’ exceeding 17,7 × 104 m; and

2.  Having any of the following:

a.  Resin or pitch, specified in previous sections;

b.  ‘Dynamic Mechanical Analysis glass transition temperature (DMA Tg)’ equal to or exceeding 180 °C and having a phenolic resin; or

c.  ‘Dynamic Mechanical Analysis glass transition temperature (DMA Tg)’ equal to or exceeding 232 °C and having a resin or pitch, not specified earlier and not being a phenolic resin.

Notes:

1.  Does not apply to polyethylene.

2.  Does not apply to ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, for the repair of ‘civil aircraft’ structures or laminates, having all of the following:

(a)  An area not exceeding 1 m2;

(b)  A length not exceeding 2,5 m; and

(c)  A width exceeding 15 mm. Or to mechanically chopped, milled or cut carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ 25,0 mm or less in length.

3.  Does not apply to the following:

(a)  Discontinuous, multiphase, polycrystalline alumina fibres in chopped fibre or random mat form, containing 3 % by weight or more silica, with a ‘specific modulus’ of less than 10 × 106 m;

(b)  Molybdenum and molybdenum alloy fibres;

(c)  Boron fibres;

(d)  Discontinuous ceramic fibres with a melting, softening, decomposition or sublimation point lower than 2 043 K (1 770 °C) in an inert environment.

4.  Does not apply to:

(a)  Epoxy resin ‘matrix’ impregnated carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ (prepregs) for the repair of ‘civil aircraft’ structures or laminates, having all of the following;

1.  An area not exceeding 1 m2;

2.  A length not exceeding 2,5 m; and

3.  A width exceeding 15 mm.

(b)  Fully or partially resin-impregnated or pitch-impregnated mechanically chopped, milled or cut carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ 25,0 mm or less in length when using a resin or pitch other than those specified previously.

1C010.a.

1C010.b.

1C010.c.

VII.A1.013

Metals and compounds, as follows:

(a)  Metals in particle sizes of less than 60 μm whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or ground, manufactured from material consisting of 99 % or more of zirconium, magnesium and alloys thereof;

(b)  Boron or boron alloys, with a particle size of 60 μm or less, as follows:

1.  Boron with a purity of 85 % by weight or more;

2.  Boron alloys with a boron content of 85 % by weight or more;

(c)  Guanidine nitrate (CAS 506-93-4);

(d)  Nitroguanidine (NQ) (CAS 556-88-7)

Note: The metals referred to here also refer to metals or alloys encapsulated in aluminium, magnesium, zirconium or beryllium.

1C011

VII.A1.014

Body armour and components therefor, as follows:

(a)  Soft body armour not manufactured to military standards or specifications, or to their equivalents, and specially designed components therefor;

(b)  Hard body armour plates providing ballistic protection equal to or less than level IIIA (NIJ 0101.06, July 2008) or national equivalents.

Note: this paragraph does not apply to body armour when accompanying its user for the user's own personal protection, to body armour designed to provide frontal protection only from both fragment and blast from non-military explosive devices, and to body armour designed to provide protection only from knife, spike, needle or blunt trauma.

1A005

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VII.A4.001

Electronic computers and related systems, equipment and components, or ‘electronic assemblies’ having any of the following:

(a)  Specially designed to have any of the following:

1.  Radiation hardened to exceed any of the following specifications:

a.  Total dose 5 × 103 Gy (Si);

b.  Dose rate upset 5 × 106 Gy (Si)/s; or

c.  Single event upset 1 × 10– 8 error/bit/day.

4A001

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VII.A5.001

Telecommunication systems and equipment, and specially designed components and accessories therefor, having any of the following characteristics, functions or features:

(a)  Specially designed to have any of the following:

1.  User programmable spreading codes; or

2.  A total transmitted bandwidth which is 100 or more times the bandwidth of any one information channel and in excess of 50 kHz.

Note: Does not apply to radio equipment specially designed for use with any of the following:

(a)  Civil cellular radio-communications systems; or

(b)  Fixed or mobile satellite earth stations for commercial civil telecommunications.

(b)  Being digitally controlled radio receivers having all of the following:

1.  More than 1 000 channels;

2.  A ‘channel switching time’ of less than 1 ms;

3.  Automatic searching or scanning of a part of the electromagnetic spectrum; and

4.  Identification of the received signals or the type of transmitter.

Note: Does not apply to radio equipment specially designed for use with civil cellular radio-communications systems.

Technical note:

‘Channel switching time’: the time (i.e., delay) to change from one receiving frequency to another, to arrive at or within ± 0,05 % of the final specified receiving frequency. Items having a specified frequency range of less than ± 0,05 % around their centre frequency are defined to be incapable of channel frequency switching.

5A001.b.

VII.A5.002

Telecommunication test, inspection and production equipment and specially designed components or accessories therefor, specially designed for the ‘development’ or ‘production’ of telecommunication equipment, functions or features.

Note: Does not apply to optical fibre characterization equipment.

5B002

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VII.A6.001

Hydrophones having any of the following:

(a)  Incorporating continuous flexible sensing elements

(b)  Incorporating flexible assemblies of discrete sensing elements with either a diameter or length less than 20 mm and with a separation between elements of less than 20 mm;

(c)  Having any of the following sensing elements:

1.  Optical fibres;

2.  ‘Piezoelectric polymer’ films other than polyvinylidene-fluoride (PVDF) and its co-polymers {P(VDF-TrFE) and P(VDF-TFE)};

3.  ‘Flexible piezoelectric composites’

4.  Lead-magnesium-niobate/lead-titanate (i.e., Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3)O3-PbTiO3, or PMN-PT) piezoelectric single crystals grown from solid solution; or

5.  Lead-indium-niobate/lead-magnesium niobate/lead-titanate (i.e., Pb(In1/2 Nb1/2)O3–Pb(Mg1/3 Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3, or PIN-PMN-PT) piezoelectric single crystals grown from solid solution;

(d)  Designed to operate at depths exceeding 35 m with acceleration compensation; or

(e)  Designed for operation at depths exceeding 1 000 m.

Note: The status of hydrophones specially designed for other equipment is determined by the status of the other equipment.

6A001.a.

VII.A6.002

Towed acoustic hydrophone arrays having any of the following:

(a)  Hydrophone group spacing of less than 12,5 m or ‘able to be modified’ to have hydrophone group spacing of less than 12,5 m;

(b)  Designed or ‘able to be modified’ to operate at depths exceeding 35 m;

(c)  Heading sensors specified in VII.A6.003

(d)  Longitudinally reinforced array hoses;

(e)  An assembled array of less than 40 mm in diameter;

(f)  Hydrophone characteristics specified in (a) above or a hydrophone with a hydrophone sensitivity better than 180 dB at any depth with no acceleration, or

(g)  Accelerometer-based hydro-acoustic with the following:

1.  Composed of three accelerometers arranged along three distinct axes;

2.  Having an overall ‘acceleration sensitivity’ better than 48 dB (reference 1 000 mV rms per 1g);

3.  Designed to operate at depths greater than 35 metres; and

4.  Operating frequency below 20 kHz.

6A001.a.

VII.A6.003

Heading sensors having all of the following:

(a)  An ‘accuracy’ of better than 0,5°; and

(b)  Designed to operate at depths exceeding 35 m or having an adjustable or removable depth sensing device in order to operate at depths exceeding 35 m;

6A001.a.

VII.A6.004

Bottom or bay-cable hydrophone arrays having any of the following:

(a)  Incorporating hydrophones specified in VII.A6.002 or a hydrophone with a hydrophone sensitivity better than 180 dB at any depth with no acceleration.

(b)  Incorporating multiplexed hydrophone group signal modules having all of the following characteristics:

1.  Designed to operate at depths exceeding 35 m or having an adjustable or removable depth sensing device in order to operate at depths exceeding 35 m; and

2.  Capable of being operationally interchanged with towed acoustic hydrophone array modules; or

(c)  Incorporating accelerometer based hydro-acoustic sensors.

Technical note:

Accelerometer-based hydro-acoustic sensors having all of the following:

1.  Composed of three accelerometers arranged along three distinct axes;

2.  Having an overall ‘acceleration sensitivity’ better than 48 dB (reference 1 000 mV rms per 1g);

3.  Designed to operate at depths greater than 35 metres; and

4.  Operating frequency below 20 kHz.

Notes:

1.  Does not apply to particle velocity sensors or geophones.

2.  Also applies to receiving equipment, whether or not related in normal application to separate active equipment, and specially designed components therefor.

6A001.a.

VII.A6.005

‘Monospectral imaging sensors’ and ‘multispectral imaging sensors’, designed for remote sensing applications and having any of the following:

(a)  An Instantaneous-Field-Of-View (IFOV) of less than 200 μrad (microradians); or

(b)  Specified for operation in the wavelength range exceeding 400 nm but not exceeding 30 000 nm and having all the following;

1.  Providing output imaging data in digital format; and

2.  Having any of the following characteristics:

a.  ‘Space-qualified’; or

b.  Designed for airborne operation, using other than silicon detectors, and having an IFOV of less than 2,5 mrad (milliradians);

Note: Does not apply to monospectral imaging sensors' with a peak response in the wavelength range exceeding 300 nm but not exceeding 900 nm and only incorporating any of the following non ‘space-qualified’ detectors or non-‘space-qualified’‘focal plane arrays’:

(a)  Charge Coupled Devices not designed or modified to achieve ‘charge multiplication’; or

(b)  Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor devices not designed or modified to achieve ‘charge multiplication’.

6A002

VII.A6.006

‘Space-qualified’ components for optical systems, as follows:

(a)  Components lightweighted to less than 20 % ‘equivalent density’ compared with a solid blank of the same aperture and thickness;

(b)  Raw substrates, processed substrates having surface coatings (single-layer or multi-layer, metallic or dielectric, conducting, semiconducting or insulating) or having protective films;

(c)  Segments or assemblies of mirrors designed to be assembled in space into an optical system with a collecting aperture equivalent to or larger than a single optic 1 m in diameter;

(d)  Components manufactured from ‘composite’ materials having a coefficient of linear thermal expansion equal to or less than 5 × 10– 6 in any coordinate direction;

6A004.a.

VII.A6.007

Optical control equipment as follows:

(a)  Equipment specially designed to maintain the surface figure or orientation of the ‘space-qualified’ components specified above.

(b)  Steering, tracking, stabilization and resonator alignment equipment as follows:

1.  Beam steering mirror stages designed to carry mirrors having diameter or major axis length greater than 50 mm and having all of the following, and specially designed electronic control equipment therefor:

a.  A maximum angular travel of ±26 mrad or more;

b.  A mechanical resonant frequency of 500 Hz or more; and

c.  An angular ‘accuracy’ of 10 μrad (microradians) or less (better);

2.  Resonator alignment equipment having bandwidths equal to or more than 100 Hz and an accuracy of 10 μrad or less (better);

(c)  Gimbals having all of the following:

1.  A maximum slew exceeding 5°;

2.  A bandwidth of 100 Hz or more;

3.  Angular pointing errors of 200 μrad (microradians) or less; and

4.  Having any of the following:

a.  Exceeding 0,15 m but not exceeding 1 m in diameter or major axis length and capable of angular accelerations exceeding 2 rad (radians)/s2; or

b.  Exceeding 1 m in diameter or major axis length and capable of angular accelerations exceeding 0,5 rad (radians)/s2.

6A004.d.

VII.A6.008

‘Magnetometers’ using superconductive technology (SQUID) and having any of the following:

(a)  SQUID systems designed for stationary operation, without specially designed subsystems designed to reduce in-motion noise, and having a ‘sensitivity’ equal to or lower (better) than 50 fT (rms) per square root Hz at a frequency of 1 Hz; or

(b)  SQUID systems having an in-motion-magnetometer ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 2 pT (rms) per square root Hz at a frequency of 1 Hz and specially designed to reduce in-

6A006

Except:

VII.A6.009

‘Magnetometers’ using optically pumped or nuclear precession (proton/Overhauser) ‘technology’ having a ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 2 pT (rms) per square root Hz at a frequency of 1 Hz;

6A006

VII.A6.010

‘Magnetic gradiometers’ using multiple ‘magnetometers’ specified in VII.A6;

6A006

VII.A6.011

‘Compensation systems’ for the following:

(a)  ‘Magnetometers’ using optically pumped or nuclear precession (proton/ Overhauser) ‘technology’ having a ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 20 pT (rms) per square root Hz at a frequency of 1 Hz, and using optically pumped or nuclear precession (proton/Overhauser) ‘technology’ that will permit these sensors to realize a ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 2 pT rms per square root Hz.

(b)  Underwater electric field sensors having a ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 8 nanovolt per meter per square root Hz when measured at 1 Hz.

(c)  ‘Magnetic gradiometers’ specified in VII.A6.010 that will permit these sensors to realize a ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 3 pT/m rms per square root H

Note:

Fibre optic ‘intrinsic magnetic gradiometers’ having a magnetic gradient field ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 0,3 nT/m (rms) per square root Hz;

‘Intrinsic magnetic gradiometers’, using ‘technology’ other than fibre-optic ‘technology’, having a magnetic gradient field ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 0,015 nT/m (rms) per square root Hz.

6A006

VII.A6.012

Underwater electromagnetic receivers incorporating ‘magnetometer’ specified by section 1 or 2 ‘Magnetic and electric field sensors’.

6A006

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VII.A7.001

Accelerometers as follows and specially designed components therefor:

(a)  Linear accelerometers having any of the following:

1.  Specified to function at linear acceleration levels less than or equal to 15 g and having any of the following:

a.  A ‘bias’‘stability’ of less (better) than 130 micro g with respect to a fixed calibration value over a period of one year; or

b.  A ‘scale factor’‘stability’ of less (better) than 130 ppm with respect to a fixed calibration value over a period of one year;

2.  Specified to function at linear acceleration levels exceeding 15 g but less than or equal to 100 g and having all of the following:

a.  A ‘bias’‘repeatability’ of less (better) than 1 250 micro g over a period of one year; and

b.  A ‘scale factor’‘repeatability’ of less (better) than 1 250 ppm over a period of one year; or

3.  Designed for use in inertial navigation or guidance systems and specified to function at linear acceleration levels exceeding 100 g;

Note: paragraphs above do not apply to accelerometers limited to measurement of only vibration or shock.

(b)  Angular or rotational accelerometers, specified to function at linear acceleration levels exceeding 100 g.

7A001

VII.A7.002

Gyros or angular rate sensors, having any of the following and specially designed components therefor:

(a)  Specified to function at linear acceleration levels less than or equal to 100 g and having any of the following:

1.  A rate range of less than 500 degrees per second and having any of the following:

a.  A ‘bias’‘stability’ of less (better) than 0,5 degree per hour, when measured in a 1 g environment over a period of one month, and with respect to a fixed calibration value; or

b.  An ‘angle random walk’ of less (better) than or equal to 0,0035 degree per square root hour; or

Note: this paragraph does not apply to ‘spinning mass gyros’.

2.  A rate range greater than or equal to 500 degrees per second and having any of the following:

a.  A ‘bias’‘stability’ of less (better) than 4 degrees per hour, when measured in a 1 g environment over a period of three minutes, and with respect to a fixed calibration value; or

b.  An ‘angle random walk’ of less (better) than or equal to 0,1 degree per square root hour; or

Note: this paragraph does not apply to ‘spinning mass gyros’.

(b)  Specified to function at linear acceleration levels exceeding 100 g.

7A002

VII.A7.003

‘Inertial measurement equipment or systems’, having any of the following:

Notes:

1.  ‘Inertial measurement equipment or systems’ incorporate accelerometers or gyroscopes to measure changes in velocity and orientation in order to determine or maintain heading or position without requiring an external reference once aligned. ‘Inertial measurement equipment or systems’ include:

2.  This paragraph does not apply to ‘inertial measurement equipment or systems’ which are certified for use on ‘civil aircraft’ by civil aviation authorities of one or more Member States.

(a)  Designed for ‘aircraft’, land vehicles or vessels, providing position without the use of ‘positional aiding references’, and having any of the following ‘accuracies’ subsequent to normal alignment:

1.  0,8 nautical miles per hour (nm/hr) ‘Circular Error Probable’ (‘CEP’) rate or less (better);

2.  0,5 % distanced travelled ‘CEP’ or less (better); or

3.  Total drift of 1 nautical mile ‘CEP’ or less (better) in a 24 hr period;

(b)  Designed for ‘aircraft’, land vehicles or vessels, with an embedded ‘positional aiding reference’ and providing position after loss of all ‘positional aiding references’ for a period of up to 4 minutes, having an ‘accuracy’ of less (better) than 10 metres ‘CEP’;

(c)  Designed for ‘aircraft’, land vehicles or vessels, providing heading or True North determination and having any of the following:

1.  A maximum operating angular rate less (lower) than 500 deg/s and a heading ‘accuracy’ without the use of ‘positional aiding references’ equal to or less (better) than 0,07 deg sec(Lat) (equivalent to 6 arc minutes rms at 45 degrees latitude); or

2.  A maximum operating angular rate equal to or greater (higher) than 500 deg/s and a heading ‘accuracy’ without the use of ‘positional aiding references’ equal to or less (better) than 0,2 deg sec (Lat) (equivalent to 17 arc minutes rms at 45 degrees latitude);

(d)  Providing acceleration measurements or angular rate measurements, in more than one dimension, and having any of the following:

1.  Performance specified for accelerometers and gyros described above along any axis, without the use of any aiding references; or

2.  Being ‘space-qualified’ and providing angular rate measurements having an ‘angle random walk’ along any axis of less (better) than or equal to 0,1 degree per square root hour.

7A003

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VII.A8.001

Air independent power systems specially designed for underwater use, as follows:

(a)  Brayton or Rankine cycle engine air independent power systems having any of the following:

1.  Chemical scrubber or absorber systems, specially designed to remove carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and particulates from recirculated engine exhaust;

2.  Systems specially designed to use a monoatomic gas;

3.  Devices or enclosures, specially designed for underwater noise reduction in frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock mitigation; or

4.  Systems having all of the following:

a.  Specially designed to pressurise the products of reaction or for fuel reformation;

b.  Specially designed to store the products of the reaction; and

c.  Specially designed to discharge the products of the reaction against a pressure of 100 kPa or more;

8A002.j.

VII.A8.002

Diesel cycle engine air independent systems having all of the following:

(a)  Chemical scrubber or absorber systems, specially designed to remove carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and particulates from recirculated engine exhaust;

(b)  Systems specially designed to use a monoatomic gas;

(c)  Devices or enclosures, specially designed for underwater noise reduction in frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock mitigation; and

(d)  Specially designed exhaust systems that do not exhaust continuously the products of combustion;

8A002.j.

VII.A8.003

Fuel cell air independent power systems with an output exceeding 2kW and having any of the following:

(a)  Devices or enclosures, specially designed for underwater noise reduction in frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock mitigation; or

(b)  Systems having all of the following:

1.  Specially designed to pressurise the products of reaction or for fuel reformation;

2.  Specially designed to store the products of the reaction; and

3.  Specially designed to discharge the products of the reaction against a pressure of 100 kPa or more

8A002.j.

VII.A8.004

Stirling cycle engine air independent power systems having all of the following:

(a)  Devices or enclosures, specially designed for underwater noise reduction in frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock mitigation; and

(b)  Specially designed exhaust systems which discharge the products of combustion against a pressure of 100 kPa or more;

8A002.p.

VII.A8.005

Manned, tethered submersible vehicles designed to operate at depths exceeding 1 000 m.

8A001.a.

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VII.A9.001

Equipment, tooling or fixtures, specially designed for manufacturing gas turbine engine blades, vanes or ‘tip shrouds’, as follows:

(a)  Directional solidification or single crystal casting equipment;

(b)  Casting tooling, manufactured from refractory metals or ceramics, as follows:

1.  Cores

2.  Shells (moulds)

3.  Combined core and shell (mould) units

(c)  Directional-solidification or single-crystal additive-manufacturing equipment.

9B001

VII.A9.002

Aero gas turbine engines, except aero gas turbine engines which meet all of the following:

(a)  Certified by civil aviation authorities of one or more Member States; and

(b)  Intended to power non-military manned ‘aircraft’ for which any of the following has been issued by civil aviation authorities of one or more Member States for the ‘aircraft’ with this specific engine type:

1.  A civil type certificate; or

2.  An equivalent document recognized by the International Civil Aviation Organization.

9A001

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VII.B.001

‘Software’ for the ‘development’ of the material listed in VII.A1.

1D002

VII.B.002

‘Software’ specially designed for the ‘development’ or ‘production’ of equipment as follows:

(a)  Machine tools for turning having two or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for ‘contouring control’ having any of the following:

1.  ‘Unidirectional positioning repeatability’ equal to or less (better) than 0,9 μm along one or more linear axis with a travel length less than 1,0 m; or

2.  ‘Unidirectional positioning repeatability’ equal to or less (better) than 1,1 μm along one or more linear axis with a travel length equal to or greater than 1,0 m.

(b)  Machine tools for milling having any of the following:

1.  Three linear axes plus one rotary axis which can be coordinated simultaneously for ‘contouring control’ having any of the following:

a.  ‘Unidirectional positioning repeatability’ equal to or less (better) than 0,9 μm along one or more linear axis with a travel length less than 1,0 m; or

b.  ‘Unidirectional positioning repeatability’ equal to or less (better) than 1,1 μm along one or more linear axis with a travel length equal to or greater than 1,0 m.

2.  Five or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for ‘contouring control’ having any of the following:

a.  ‘Unidirectional positioning repeatability’ equal to or less (better) than 0,9 μm along one or more linear axis with a travel length less than 1,0 m;

b.  ‘Unidirectional positioning repeatability’ equal to or less (better) than 1,4 μm along one or more linear axis with a travel length equal to or greater than 1 m and less than 4 m;

c.  ‘Unidirectional positioning repeatability’ equal to or less (better) than 6,0 μm along one or more linear axis with a travel length equal to or greater than 4 m;

3.  A ‘unidirectional positioning repeatability’ for jig boring machines equal to or less (better) than 1,1 μm along one or more linear axis.

4.  Electrical discharge machines of the non-wire type which have two or more rotary axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for ‘contouring control’.

5.  Deep-hole-drilling machines and turning machines modified for deep-hole-drilling, having a maximum depth-of-bore capability exceeding 5 m.

6.  ‘Numerically controlled’ or manual machine tools, and specially designed components, controls and accessories therefor, specially designed for the shaving, finishing, grinding or honing of hardened (Rc = 40 or more) spur, helical and double-helical gears with a pitch diameter exceeding 1 250 mm and a face width of 15 % of pitch diameter or larger finished to a quality of AGMA 14 or better (equivalent to ISO 1 328 class 3).

2D001

2D002

VII.B.003

‘Software’ for marine systems, equipment, components, test, inspection and ‘production’ equipment and other related technology

8D001

8D002

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VII.C.001

‘Technology’ for the ‘development’ or ‘production’ of equipment or materials listed in VII.A

1E001

1E002

1E102

1E103

1E104

1E201

VII.C.002

‘Technology’ for the repair of ‘composite’ structures, laminates or materials specified by the ‘systems, equipment and components’ listed in VII.A1.

Note: Does not apply to technology for the repair of civil aircraft structures using carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ and epoxy resins, contained in aircraft manufacturers' manuals.

1E001

1E002

1E201

1E103

VII.C.003

‘Technology’ for marine systems, equipment, components, test, inspection and ‘production’ equipment and other related technology.

8E001

8E002

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VIII.A0.001

Ring magnets (except those designed for consumer electronics or automobile applications)

0B001

VIII.A0.002

Hot cells

0B006

VIII.A0.003

Glove boxes suitable for use with radioactive materials

0B005

VIII.A0.004

Electrolytic cells for fluorine production

0B001

VIII.A0.005

Particle accelerators

N/A

VIII.A0.006

Freon and chilled-water cooling systems capable of continuous cooling capacity of 100 000 Btu/hr (29,3 kW) or greater

0B001

0B002

1B231

VIII.A0.007

Bellows-sealed valves

0B001

2A226

VIII.A0.008

Monel equipment, including valves, piping, tanks and vessels (pipes and valves greater than 8-in diameter and rated for 500 psi and tanks greater than 500 l)

0B001

2A226

2B350

VIII.A0.009

Grade 304, 316 and austenitic stainless steel plates, valves, piping, tanks and vessels (pipes and valves greater than 8-in diameter and rated for 500 psi and tanks greater than 500 l)

0B001

1C116

1C216

VIII.A0.010

Vacuum valves, piping, flanges, gaskets and related equipment specially designed for use in high-vacuum service (0,1 Pa or lower pressure)

0B001

0B002

2A226

2B350

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VIII.A1.001

Radiation detection, monitoring and measurement equipment

1A004

6A002

6A102

VIII.A1.002

Radiographic detection equipment such as X-ray converters, and storage phosphor image plates (except X-ray equipment specially designed for medical use)

1B001

9B007

VIII.A1.003

Tributyl phosphate (CAS 126-73-8)

N/A

VIII.A1.004

Nitric acid in concentrations of 20 % of weight or greater

1C111

VIII.A1.005

Fluorine (except that used for strictly civilian purposes, such as refrigerants, including freon and fluoride for toothpaste production)

1C350

VIII.A1.006

Alpha-emitting radionuclides

1C236

VIII.A1.007

Radiation-hardened television cameras

6A003

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VIII.A2.001

Hardened steel and tungsten carbide precision ball bearings

(3-mm diameter or greater)

2A001

2A101

VIII.A2.002

Isostatic presses

2B004

2B104

2B204

VIII.A2.003

Electroplating equipment designed for coating parts with nickel or aluminium

2B005

VIII.A2.004

Bellows manufacturing equipment, including hydraulic forming equipment and bellows forming dies

2B009

2B109

2B209

VIII.A2.005

Metal inert gas welders

(greater than 180 A DC)

N/A

VIII.A2.006

Centrifugal multiplane balancing machines

2B119

2B219

VIII.A2.007

Seismic detection equipment or seismic intrusion-detection systems that detect, classify and determine the bearing of the source of a detected signal

2B116

9B006

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VIII.A3.001

Frequency changers capable of operating in the frequency range of 300-600 Hz

3A225

VIII.A3.002

Mass spectrometers

3A233

VIII.A3.003

All flash X-ray machines and ‘parts’ or ‘components’ of pulsed power systems designed therefrom, including Marx generators, high-power pulse-shaping networks, high-voltage capacitors and triggers

3A102

VIII.A3.004

Electronic equipment of synthesized frequencies within the range of 31,8 GHz or greater and power output of 100 mW or greater for time-delay generation or time-interval measurement, as follows:

(a)  digital time delay generators with a resolution of 50 nanoseconds or less over time intervals of 1 microsecond or greater; or

(b)  multichannel (i.e., with 3 or more channels) or modular time interval meters and chronometry equipment with resolution of 50 nanoseconds or less over time intervals of 1 microsecond or greater

3B002

VIII.A3.005

Chromatography and spectrometry analytical instruments

3A233

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

VIII.B.001

Software for neutronic calculations/modelling

0D001

VIII.B.002

Software for radiation transport calculations/modelling

0D001

VIII.B.003

Software for hydrodynamic calculations/modelling (except those used strictly for civilian purposes, such as but not limited to communal heating utilities)

0D001

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

IX.A1.001

Seals, gaskets, sealants or fuel bladders, specially designed for ‘aircraft’ or aerospace use, made from more than 50 % by weight of any of the fluorinated polyimides or fluorinated phosphazene elastomers.

1A001

IX.A1.002

Manufactures of non-‘fusible’ aromatic polyimides in film, sheet, tape or ribbon:

(a)  A thickness exceeding 0,254 mm; or

(b)  Coated or laminated with carbon, graphite, metals or magnetic substances.

Note: The category above does not apply to manufactures when coated or laminated with copper and designed for the production of electronic printed circuit boards.

1A003

IX.A1.003

Protective and detection equipment and components, not specially designed for military use, as follows:

(a)  Full face masks, filter canisters, protective suits, gloves and shoes, detection systems and decontamination equipment specially designed or modified for defence against any of the following:

1.  ‘Biological agents’;

2.  ‘Radioactive materials’; or

3.  Chemical warfare (CW) agents.

1A004.a.

Except 1A004.a: riot control agents

IX.A1.004

Equipment and devices, specially designed to initiate charges and devices containing ‘energetic materials’, by electrical means, as follows:

(a)  Explosive detonator firing sets designed to drive explosive detonators specified in item (b);

(b)  Electrically driven explosive detonators, as follows:

1.  Exploding bridge (EB);

2.  Exploding bridge wire (EBW);

3.  Slapper; or

4.  Exploding foil initiators (EFI).

1A007

IX.A1.005

Charges, devices and components, as follows:

(a)  ‘Shaped charges’;

1.  Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ) greater than 90 g; and

2.  Outer casing diameter equal to or greater than 75 mm;

(b)  Linear shaped cutting charges;

1.  An explosive load greater than 40 g/m; and

2.  A width of 10 mm or more;

(c)  Detonating cord with explosive core load greater than 64 g/m; or

(d)  Cutters and severing tools, having a NEQ greater than 3,5 kg, and other severing tools.

1A008

IX.A1.006

Equipment for the production or inspection of ‘composite’ structures or laminates or ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

(a)  ‘Tow-placement machines’, of which the motions for positioning and laying tows are coordinated and programmed in two or more ‘primary servo positioning’ axes, specially designed for the manufacture of ‘composite’ airframe or missile structures.

1B001.g.

IX.A1.007

Equipment for producing metal alloys, metal alloy powder or alloyed material specially designed to avoid contamination and specially designed for use in one of the following processes:

(a)  Vacuum atomization;

(b)  Gas atomization;

(c)  Rotary atomization;

(d)  Splat quenching;

(e)  Melt spinning and comminution;

(f)  Melt extraction and comminution;

(g)  Mechanical alloying; or

(h)  Plasma atomization.

1B002

IX.A1.008

Tools, dies, moulds or fixtures, for ‘superplastic forming’ or ‘diffusion bonding’ titanium, aluminium or their alloys:

(a)  Airframe or aerospace structures;

(b)  ‘Aircraft’ or aerospace engines; or

(c)  Specially designed components for structures specified in item (a) or for engines specified in item (b).

1B003

IX.A1.009

Materials specially designed for use as absorbers of electromagnetic waves, or intrinsically conductive polymers, as follows:

(a)  Intrinsically conductive polymeric materials with a ‘bulk electrical conductivity’ exceeding 10 000 S/m (Siemens per metre) or a ‘sheet (surface) resistivity’ of less than 100 ohms/square, based on any of the following polymers:

1.  Polyaniline;

2.  Polypyrrole;

3.  Polythiophene;

4.  Poly phenylene-vinylene; or

5.  Poly thienylene-vinylene.

Technical note: ‘Bulk electrical conductivity’ and ‘sheet (surface) resistivity’ should be determined using ASTM D-257 or national equivalents.

1C001.c.

IX.A1.010

‘Superconductive’‘composite’ conductors consisting of one or more ‘superconductive’‘filaments’, which remain ‘superconductive’ above 115 K (– 158,16 °C).

Technical note: For the purposes of the item above, ‘filaments’ may be in wire, cylinder, film, tape or ribbon form.

1C005.a.

IX.A1.011

‘Fibrous or filamentary materials’, as follows:

(a)  Organic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having all of the following:

1.  ‘Specific modulus’ exceeding 12,7 × 106 m; and

2.  ‘Specific tensile strength’ exceeding 23,5 × 104 m;

Note: This item does not apply to polyethylene.

(b)  Carbon ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having all of the following:

1.  ‘Specific modulus’ exceeding 14,65 × 106 m; and

2.  ‘Specific tensile strength’ exceeding 26,82 × 104 m;

(c)  Inorganic ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’, having all of the following:

1.  ‘Specific modulus’ exceeding 2,54 × 106 m; and

2.  Melting, softening, decomposition or sublimation point exceeding 1 922 K (1 649 °C) in an inert environment.

1C010.a.

1C010.b.

1C010.c.

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

IX.A2.001

Anti-friction bearings and bearing systems, as follows, and components therefore:

Note: This category does not apply to balls with tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with ISO 3290 as grade 5 or worse.

(a)  Ball bearings and solid roller bearings, having all tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with ISO 492 Tolerance Class 4 (or national equivalents) or better, and having both ‘rings’ and ‘rolling elements’, made from monel or beryllium;

Technical notes:

1.  ‘Ring’ —annular part of a radial rolling bearing incorporating one or more raceways (ISO 5593:1997).

2.  ‘Rolling element’ —ball or roller which rolls between raceways (ISO 5593:1997).

(b)  Active magnetic bearing systems using any of the following:

1.  Materials with flux densities of 2,0 T or greater and yield strengths greater than 414 MPa;

2.  All-electromagnetic three-dimensional homopolar bias designs for actuators; or

3.  High-temperature (450 K (177 °C) and above) position sensors.

2A001.a.

2A001.c.

IX.A2.002

Machine tools and any combination thereof, for removing (or cutting) metals, ceramics or ‘composites’, which, according to the manufacturer's technical specification, can be equipped with electronic devices for ‘numerical control’:

(a)  Machine tools for grinding having any of the following:

1.  Three or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for ‘contouring control’ and a ‘unidirectional positioning repeatability’ equal to or less (better) than 1,1 μm along one or more linear axis; or

2.  Five or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for ‘contouring control’;

(b)  Machine tools for removing metals, ceramics or ‘composites’, having all of the following:

1.  Removing material by means of any of the following:

a.  Water or other liquid jets, including those employing abrasive additives;

b.  Electron beam; or

c.  ‘Laser’ beam; and

2.  At least two rotary axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for ‘contouring control’.

2B001.c.

IX.A2.003

Numerically controlled optical finishing machine tools equipped for selective material removal to produce non-spherical optical surfaces having all of the following characteristics:

(a)  Finishing the form to less (better) than 1,0 μm;

(b)  Finishing to a roughness less (better) than 100 nm rms;

(c)  Four or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for ‘contouring control’; and

(d)  Using any of the following processes:

1.  ‘Magnetorheological finishing (MRF)’;

2.  ‘Electrorheological finishing (ERF)’;

3.  ‘Energetic particle beam finishing’;

4.  ‘Inflatable membrane tool finishing’; or

5.  ‘Fluid jet finishing’.

Technical notes: For the purposes of the items above:

1.  ‘MRF’ is a material removal process using an abrasive magnetic fluid whose viscosity is controlled by a magnetic field.

2.  ‘ERF’ is a removal process using an abrasive fluid whose viscosity is controlled by an electric field.

3.  ‘Energetic particle beam finishing’ uses Reactive Atom Plasmas (RAP) or ion beams to selectively remove material.

4.  ‘Inflatable membrane tool finishing’ is a process that uses a pressurized membrane that deforms to contact the workpiece over a small area

5.  ‘Fluid jet finishing’ makes use of a fluid stream for material removal

2B002.a.

2B002.b.

2B002.c.

2B002.d.

IX.A2.004

Hot ‘isostatic presses’ having all of the following, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

(a)  A controlled thermal environment within the closed cavity and a chamber cavity with an inside diameter of 406 mm or more; and

(b)  Having any of the following:

1.  A maximum working pressure exceeding 207 MPa;

2.  A controlled thermal environment exceeding 1 773 K (1 500 °C); or

3.  A facility for hydrocarbon impregnation and removal of resultant gaseous degradation products.

2B004

2B104

2B204

IX.A2.005

Equipment specially designed for the deposition, processing and in-process control of inorganic overlays, coatings and surface modifications, as follows:

(a)  Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) production equipment having all of the following:

1.  A process modified for one of the following:

a.  Pulsating CVD;

b.  Controlled nucleation thermal deposition (CNTD); or

c.  Plasma enhanced or plasma assisted CVD; and

2.  Having any of the following:

a.  Incorporating high vacuum (equal to or less than 0,01 Pa) rotating seals; or

b.  Incorporating in situ coating thickness control;

(b)  Ion implantation production equipment having beam currents of 5 mA or more;

(c)  Electron beam physical vapour deposition (EB-PVD) production equipment incorporating power systems rated for over 80 kW and having any of the following:

1.  A liquid pool level ‘laser’ control system which regulates precisely the ingots feed rate; or

2.  A computer controlled rate monitor operating on the principle of photo-luminescence of the ionized atoms in the evaporant stream to control the deposition rate of a coating containing two or more elements;

(d)  Plasma spraying production equipment having any of the following:

1.  Operating at reduced pressure controlled atmosphere (equal to or less than 10 kPa measured above and within 300 mm of the gun nozzle exit) in a vacuum chamber capable of evacuation down to 0,01 Pa prior to the spraying process; or

2.  Incorporating in situ coating thickness control;

(e)  Sputter deposition production equipment capable of current densities of 0,1 mA/mm2 or higher at a deposition rate of 15 μm/h or more;

(f)  Cathodic arc deposition production equipment incorporating a grid of electromagnets for steering control of the arc spot on the cathode; or

(g)  Ion plating production equipment capable of in situ measurement of any of the following:

1.  Coating thickness on the substrate and rate control; or

2.  Optical characteristics.

2B005

IX.A2.006

Dimensional inspection or measuring systems, equipment and ‘electronic assemblies’, as follows:

(a)  Computer-controlled or ‘numerically controlled’ Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM), having a three-dimensional (volumetric) maximum permissible error of length measurement (E0,MPE) at any point within the operating range of the machine (i.e., within the length of axes) equal to or less (better) than 1,7 + L/1 000 μm (L is the measured length in mm), according to ISO 10360-2 (2009);

(b)  Linear and angular displacement measuring instruments, as follows:

1.  ‘Linear displacement’ measuring instruments having any of the following:

a.  Non-contact-type measuring systems with a ‘resolution’ equal to or less (better) than 0,2 μm within a measuring range up to 0,2 mm;

b.  Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) systems:

1.  Having any of the following:

a.  ‘Linearity’ equal to or less (better) than 0,1 % measured from 0 to the ‘full operating range’, for LVDTs with a ‘full operating range’ up to and including ± 5 mm; or

b.  ‘Linearity’ equal to or less (better) than 0,1 % measured from 0 to 5 mm for LVDTs with a ‘full operating range’ greater than ± 5 mm; and

2.  Drift equal to or less (better) than 0,1 % per day at a standard ambient test room temperature ± 1 K;

Technical note:

For the purposes of item b. above, ‘full operating range’ is half of the total possible linear displacement of the LVDT. For example, LVDTs with a ‘full operating range’ up to and including ± 5 mm can measure a total possible linear displacement of 10 mm.

c.  Measuring systems having all of the following:

1.  Containing a ‘laser’;

2.  A ‘resolution’ over their full scale of 0,200 nm or less (better); and

3.  Capable of achieving a ‘measurement uncertainty’ equal to or less (better) than (1,6 + L/2 000 ) nm (L is the measured length in mm) at any point within a measuring range, when compensated for the refractive index of air and measured over a period of 30 seconds at a temperature of 20 ± 0,01 °C; or

d.  ‘Electronic assemblies’ specially designed to provide feedback capability in systems specified above;

2.  Angular displacement measuring instruments;

Note: The category above does not apply to optical instruments, such as autocollimators, using collimated light (e.g., ‘laser’ light) to detect angular displacement of a mirror.

(c)  Equipment for measuring surface roughness (including surface defects), by measuring optical scatter with a sensitivity of 0,5 nm or less (better).

2B006.b.

2B206.b.

IX.A2.007

‘Robots’ having any of the following characteristics and specially designed controllers and ‘end-effectors’ therefor:

(a)  Capable in real time of full three-dimensional image processing or full three-dimensional ‘scene analysis’ to generate or modify ‘programs’ or to generate or modify numerical program data;

Technical note:

The ‘scene analysis’ limitation does not include approximation of the third dimension by viewing at a given angle, or limited greyscale interpretation for the perception of depth or texture for the approved tasks (2 1/2 D).

(b)  Specially designed to comply with national safety standards applicable to potentially explosive munitions environments;

(c)  Specially designed or rated as radiation-hardened to withstand greater than 5 × 103 Gy (Si) without operational degradation; or

(d)  Specially designed to operate at altitudes exceeding 30 000 m.

2B007

2B207

IX.A2.008

Assemblies or units, specially designed for machine tools, or dimensional inspection or measuring systems and equipment, as follows:

(a)  Linear position feedback units having an overall ‘accuracy’ less (better) than (800 + (600 × L/1 000 )) nm (L equals the effective length in mm);

(b)  Rotary position feedback units having an ‘accuracy’ less (better) than 0,00025 °; or

(c)  ‘Compound rotary tables’ and ‘tilting spindles’, for use with machine tools to or above the levels specified by this category.

2B008

IX.A2.009

Spin-forming machines and flow-forming machines, which, according to the manufacturer's technical specification, can be equipped with ‘numerical control’ units or a computer control and having all of the following:

(a)  Three or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for ‘contouring control’; and

(b)  A roller force more than 60 kN.

Technical note: Machines combining the functions of spin-forming and flow-forming are regarded as flow-forming machines.

2B009

2B109

2B209

No

Description

Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

IX.A3.001

Electronic items, as follows:

(a)  General-purpose integrated circuits, as follows:

Notes:

1.  The status of wafers (finished or unfinished), in which the function has been determined, is to be evaluated against the parameters of 3A001.a.

2.  Integrated circuits include the following types:

3A001.a

IX.A3.002

Integrated circuits designed or rated as radiation hardened to withstand any of the following:

(a)  A total dose of 5 × 103 Gy (Si) or higher;

(b)  A dose rate upset of 5 × 106 Gy (Si)/s or higher; or

(c)  A fluence (integrated flux) of neutrons (1 MeV equivalent) of 5 × 1 013 n/cm2 or higher on silicon, or its equivalent for other materials;

Note: The category above does not apply to Metal Insulator Semiconductors (MIS).

3A001.a.

IX.A3.003

‘Microprocessor microcircuits’,

‘microcomputer microcircuits’, microcontroller microcircuits, storage integrated circuits manufactured from a compound semiconductor, analogue-to-digital converters, integrated circuits that contain analogue-to-digital converters and store or process the digitized data, digital-to-analogue converters, electro-optical or ‘optical integrated circuits’ designed for ‘signal processing’, field programmable logic devices, custom integrated circuits for which either the function is unknown or the status of the equipment in which the integrated circuit will be used is unknown, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processors, Electrical Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memories (EEPROMs), flash memories, Static Random-Access Memories (SRAMs) or Magnetic Random-Access Memories (MRAMs), having any of the following:

(a)  Rated for operation at an ambient temperature above 398 K (+ 125 °C);

(b)  Rated for operation at an ambient temperature below 218 K (– 55 °C); or

(c)  Rated for operation over the entire ambient temperature range from 218 K (– 55 °C) to 398 K (+ 125 °C);

Note: This category does not apply to integrated circuits for civil automobile or railway train applications.

3A001.a.2

IX.A3.004

Electro-optical and ‘optical integrated circuits’, designed for ‘signal processing’ and having all of the following:

(a)  One or more than one internal ‘laser’ diode;

(b)  One or more than one internal light detecting element; and

(c)  Optical waveguides;

3A001.a.

IX.A3.005

4.  Field programmable logic devices having any of the following:

(a)  A maximum number of single-ended digital input/outputs of greater than 700; or

(b)  An ‘aggregate one-way peak serial transceiver data rate’ of 500 Gb/s or greater;

Note: This category includes

3A001.a.

IX.A3.006

Neural network integrated circuits;

3A001.a.

IX.A3.007

Custom integrated circuits for which the function is unknown, or the status of the equipment in which the integrated circuits will be used is unknown to the manufacturer, having any of the following:

(a)  More than 1 500 terminals;

(b)  A typical ‘basic gate propagation delay time’ of less than 0,02 ns; or

(c)  An operating frequency exceeding 3 GHz;

3A001.a.

IX.A3.008

Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) integrated circuits having any of the following:

(a)  A Digital-to-Analogue Converter (DAC) clock frequency of 3,5 GHz or more and a DAC resolution of 10 bit or more, but less than 12 bit; or

(b)  A DAC clock frequency of 1,25 GHz or more and a DAC resolution of 12 bit or more;

Technical note: The DAC clock frequency may be specified as the master clock frequency or the input clock frequency.

3A001.a.

IX.A3.009

Microwave or millimetre wave items, as follows:

(a)  Travelling-wave ‘vacuum electronic devices’, pulsed or continuous wave;

1.  Devices operating at frequencies exceeding 31,8 GHz;

2.  Devices having a cathode heater with a turn-on time to rated RF power of less than 3 seconds;

3.  Coupled cavity devices, or derivatives thereof, with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of more than 7 % or a peak power exceeding 2,5 kW;

4.  Devices based on helix, folded waveguide, or serpentine waveguide circuits, or derivatives thereof, having any of the following:

a.  An ‘instantaneous bandwidth’ of more than one octave, and average power (expressed in kW) times frequency (expressed in GHz) of more than 0,5;

b.  An ‘instantaneous bandwidth’ of one octave or less, and average power (expressed in kW) times frequency (expressed in GHz) of more than 1;

c.  Being ‘space-qualified’; or

d.  Having a gridded electron gun;

5.  Devices with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than or equal to 10 %, with any of the following:

a.  An annular electron beam;

b.  A non-axisymmetric electron beam; or

c.  Multiple electron beams;

(b)  Crossed-field amplifier ‘vacuum electronic devices’ with a gain of more than 17 dB;

(c)  Thermionic cathodes designed for ‘vacuum electronic devices’ producing an emission current density at rated operating conditions exceeding 5 A/cm2 or a pulsed (non-continuous) current density at rated operating conditions exceeding 10 A/cm2;

(d)  ‘Vacuum electronic devices’ with the capability to operate in a ‘dual mode’;

Technical note: ‘Dual mode’ means that the ‘vacuum electronic device’ beam current can be intentionally changed between continuous-wave and pulsed mode operation by use of a grid and produces a peak pulse output power greater than the continuous-wave output power.

3A001.b.

IX.A3.010

‘Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit’ (‘MMIC’) amplifiers that are any of the following:

(a)  Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 2,7 GHz up to and including 6,8 GHz with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 15 %, and having any of the following:

1.  A peak saturated power output greater than 75 W (48,75 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2,7 GHz up to and including 2,9 GHz;

2.  A peak saturated power output greater than 55 W (47,4 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2,9 GHz up to and including 3,2 GHz;

3.  A peak saturated power output greater than 40 W (46 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3,2 GHz up to and including 3,7 GHz; or

4.  A peak saturated power output greater than 20 W (43 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3,7 GHz up to and including 6,8 GHz;

(b)  Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 6,8 GHz up to and including 16 GHz with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 10 %, and having any of the following:

1.  A peak saturated power output greater than 10W (40 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 6,8 GHz up to and including 8,5 GHz; or

2.  A peak saturated power output greater than 5W (37 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 8,5 GHz up to and including 16 GHz;

(c)  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 3 W (34,77 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 16 GHz up to and including 31,8 GHz, and with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 10 %;

(d)  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 0,1n W (– 70 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 31,8 GHz up to and including 37 GHz;

(e)  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 1 W (30 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 37 GHz up to and including 43,5 GHz, and with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 10 %;

(f)  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 31,62 mW (15 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 43,5 GHz up to and including 75 GHz, and with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 10 %;

(g)  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 10 mW (10 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 75 GHz up to and including 90 GHz, and with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 5 %; or

(h)  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 0,1 nW (– 70 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 90 GHz;

Notes:

1.  The status of the MMIC whose rated operating frequency includes frequencies listed in more than one frequency range is determined by the lowest peak saturated power output threshold.

2.  This category does not apply to MMICs if they are specially designed for other applications, e.g., telecommunications, radar, automobiles.

3A001.b.

IX.A3.011

Discrete microwave transistors that are any of the following:

a.  Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 2,7 GHz up to and including 6,8 GHz and having any of the following:

1.  A peak saturated power output greater than 400 W (56 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2,7 GHz up to and including 2,9 GHz;

2.  A peak saturated power output greater than 205 W (53,12 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2,9 GHz up to and including 3,2 GHz;

3.  A peak saturated power output greater than 115 W (50,61 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3,2 GHz up to and including 3,7 GHz; or

4.  A peak saturated power output greater than 60 W (47,78 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3,7 GHz up to and including 6,8 GHz;

b.  Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 6,8 GHz up to and including 31,8 GHz and having any of the following:

1.  A peak saturated power output greater than 50 W (47 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 6,8 GHz up to and including 8,5 GHz;

2.  A peak saturated power output greater than 15 W (41,76 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 8,5 GHz up to and including 12 GHz;

3.  A peak saturated power output greater than 40 W (46 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 12 GHz up to and including 16 GHz; or

4.  A peak saturated power output greater than 7 W (38,45 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 16 GHz up to and including 31,8 GHz;

c.  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 0,5 W (27 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 31,8 GHz up to and including 37 GHz;

d.  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 1 W (30 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 37 GHz up to and including 43,5 GHz; or

e.  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 0,1 nW (-70 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 43,5 GHz;

Notes:

1.  The status of a transistor whose rated operating frequency includes frequencies listed in more than one frequency range is determined by the lowest peak saturated power output threshold.

2.  This category includes bare dice, dice mounted on carriers or dice mounted in packages. Some discrete transistors may also be referred to as power amplifiers.

3A001.b.

IX.A3.012

Microwave solid-state amplifiers and microwave assemblies/modules containing microwave solid-state amplifiers that are any of the following:

(a)  Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 2,7 GHz up to and including 6,8 GHz with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 15 % and having any of the following:

1.  A peak saturated power output greater than 500 W (57 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2,7 GHz up to and including 2,9 GHz;

2.  A peak saturated power output greater than 270 W (54,3 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2,9 GHz up to and including 3,2 GHz;

3.  A peak saturated power output greater than 200 W (53 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3,2 GHz up to and including 3,7 GHz; or

4.  A peak saturated power output greater than 90 W (49,54 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3,7 GHz up to and including 6,8 GHz;

(b)  Rated for operation at frequencies greater than 6,8 GHz up to and including 31,8 GHz with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 10 % and having any of the following:

1.  A peak saturated power output greater than 70 W (48,54 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 6,8 GHz up to and including 8,5 GHz;

2.  A peak saturated power output greater than 50 W (47 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 8,5 GHz up to and including 12 GHz;

3.  A peak saturated power output greater than 30 W (44,77 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 12 GHz up to and including 16 GHz; or

4.  A peak saturated power output greater than 20 W (43 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 16 GHz up to and including 31,8 GHz;

(c)  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 0,5 W (27 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 31,8 GHz up to and including 37 GHz;

(d)  Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 2 W (33 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 37 GHz up to and including 43,5 GHz, and with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 10 %;

(e)  Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 43,5 GHz and having any of the following:

1.  A peak saturated power output greater than 0,2 W (23 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 43,5 GHz up to and including 75 GHz, and with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 10 %;

2.  A peak saturated power output greater than 20 mW (13 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 75 GHz up to and including 90 GHz, and with a ‘fractional bandwidth’ of greater than 5 %; or

3.  A peak saturated power output greater than 0,1 nW (- 70 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 90 GHz;

Note: The status of an item whose rated operating frequency includes frequencies listed in more than one frequency range is determined by the lowest peak saturated power output threshold.

3A001.b.

IX.A3.013

Electronically or magnetically tunable band-pass or band-stop filters, having more than 5 tunable resonators capable of tuning across a 1,5:1 frequency band (fmax/fmin) in less than 10 μs and having any of the following:

(a)  A band-pass bandwidth of more than 0,5 % of centre frequency; or

(b)  A band-stop bandwidth of less than 0,5 % of centre frequency;

3A001.b.

IX.A3.014

Converters and harmonic mixers that are any of the following:

(a)  Designed to extend the frequency range of ‘signal analysers’ beyond 90 GHz;

(b)  Designed to extend the operating range of signal generators as follows:

1.  Beyond 90 GHz;

2.  To an output power greater than 100 mW (20 dBm) anywhere within the frequency range exceeding 43,5 GHz but not exceeding 90 GHz;

(c)  Designed to extend the operating range of network analysers as follows:

1.  Beyond 110 GHz;

2.  To an output power greater than 31,62 mW (15 dBm) anywhere within the frequency range exceeding 43,5 GHz but not exceeding 90 GHz;

3.  To an output power greater than 1 mW (0 dBm) anywhere within the frequency range exceeding 90 GHz but not exceeding 110 GHz; or

(d)  Designed to extend the frequency range of microwave test receivers beyond 110 GHz;

3A001.b.

IX.A3.015

Microwave power amplifiers containing ‘vacuum electronic devices’ specified above and having all of the following:

(a)  Operating frequencies above 3 GHz;

(b)  An average output power to mass ratio exceeding 80 W/kg; and

(c)  A volume of less than 400 cm3;

Note: This category does not apply to equipment designed or rated for operation in any frequency band which is ‘allocated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’ for radio communications services, but not for radio determination.

3A001.b.

IX.A3.016

Microwave Power Modules (MPMs) consisting of, at least, a travelling-wave ‘vacuum electronic device’, a ‘Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit’ (‘MMIC’) and an integrated electronic power conditioner and having all of the following:

(a)  A ‘turn-on time’ from off to fully operational in less than 10 seconds;

(b)  A volume less than the maximum rated power in watts multiplied by 10 cm3/W; and

(c)  An ‘instantaneous bandwidth’ of greater than 1 octave (fmax > 2fmin) and having any of the following:

1.  For frequencies equal to or less than 18 GHz, an RF output power greater than 100 W; or

2.  A frequency greater than 18 GHz;

Technical notes:

1.  To calculate the volume in item b. above, the following example is provided: for a maximum rated power of 20 W, the volume would be: 20 W × 10 cm3/W = 200 cm3.

2.  The ‘turn-on time’ in item a. above refers to the time from fully off to fully operational, i.e., it includes the warm-up time of the MPM.

3A001.b.

IX.A3.017

Oscillators or oscillator assemblies, specified to operate with a single sideband (SSB) phase noise, in dBc/Hz, less (better) than -(126 + 20log10F -20log10f) anywhere within the range of 10 Hz ≤ F ≤ 10 kHz;

Technical note:

In the category above, F is the offset from the operating frequency in Hz and f is the operating frequency in MHz.

3A001.b.

IX.A3.018

‘Frequency synthesizer’‘electronic assemblies’ having a ‘frequency switching time’ as specified by any of the following:

(a)  Less than 143 ps;

(b)  Less than 100 μs for any frequency change exceeding 2,2 GHz within the synthesized frequency range exceeding 4,8 GHz but not exceeding 31,8 GHz;

(c)  Less than 500 μs for any frequency change exceeding 550 MHz within the synthesized frequency range exceeding 31,8 GHz but not exceeding 37 GHz;

(d)  Less than 100 μs for any frequency change exceeding 2,2 GHz within the synthesized frequency range exceeding 37 GHz but not exceeding 90 GHz; or

(e)  Less than 1 ms within the synthesized frequency range exceeding 90 GHz;

3A001.b.

IX.A3.019

‘Transmit/receive modules’, ‘transmit/receive MMICs’, ‘transmit modules’ and ‘transmit MMICs’, rated for operation at frequencies above 2,7 GHz and having all of the following:

(a)  A peak saturated power output (in watts), Psat, greater than 505,62 divided by the maximum operating frequency (in GHz) squared [Psat > 505,62 W * GHz2/fGHz 2] for any channel;

(b)  A ‘fractional bandwidth’ of 5 % or greater for any channel;

(c)  Any planar side with length d (in cm) equal to or less than 15 divided by the lowest operating frequency in GHz [d ≤ 15 cm * GHz * N/fGHz] where N is the number of transmit or transmit/receive channels; and

(d)  An electronically variable phase shifter per channel;

Technical notes:

1.  A ‘transmit/receive module’ is a multifunction ‘electronic assembly’ that provides bidirectional amplitude and phase control for transmission and reception of signals.

2.  A ‘transmit module’ is an ‘electronic assembly’ that provides amplitude and phase control for transmission of signals.

3.  A ‘transmit/receive MMIC’ is a multifunction ‘MMIC’ that provides bidirectional amplitude and phase control for transmission and reception of signals.

4.  A ‘transmit MMIC’ is a ‘MMIC’ that provides amplitude and phase control for transmission of signals.

5.  2,7 GHz should be used as the lowest operating frequency (fGHz) in the formula in item (c) for transmit/receive or transmit modules that have a rated operation range extending downward to 2,7 GHz and below [d ≤15 cm * GHz * N/2,7 GHz].

6.  Item IX.A3.019 applies to ‘transmit/receive modules’ or ‘transmit modules’ with or without a heat sink. The value of d in item 11.c. does not include any portion of the ‘transmit/receive module’ or ‘transmit module’ that functions as a heat sink.

7.  ‘Transmit/receive modules’, ‘transmit modules’, ‘transmit/receive MMICs’ or ‘transmit MMICs’ may or may not have N integrated radiating antenna elements where N is the number of transmit or transmit/receive channels.

3A001.b.

IX.A3.020

Surface acoustic wave and surface skimming (shallow bulk) acoustic devices with any of the following:

(a)  A carrier frequency exceeding 6 GHz;

(b)  A carrier frequency exceeding 1 GHz, but not exceeding 6 GHz and having any of the following:

1.  A ‘frequency side-lobe rejection’ exceeding 65 dB;

2.  A product of the maximum delay time and the bandwidth (time in μs and bandwidth in MHz) of more than 100;

3.  A bandwidth of greater than 250 MHz; or

4.  A dispersive delay of more than 10 μs; or

(c)  A carrier frequency of 1 GHz or less and having any of the following:

1.  A product of the maximum delay time and the bandwidth (time in μs and bandwidth in MHz) of more than 100;

2.  A dispersive delay of more than 10 μs; or

3.  A ‘frequency side-lobe rejection’ exceeding 65 dB and a bandwidth greater than 100 MHz;

3A001.c.

IX.A3.021

Bulk (volume) acoustic wave which permit the direct processing of signals at frequencies exceeding 6 GHz;

3A001.c.

IX.A3.022

Acoustic-optic ‘signal processing’ devices employing interaction between acoustic waves (bulk wave or surface wave) and light waves which permit the direct processing of signals or images, including spectral analysis, correlation or convolution;

3A001.c.

IX.A3.023

Electronic devices and circuits containing components, manufactured from ‘superconductive’ materials, specially designed for operation at temperatures below the ‘critical temperature’ of at least one of the ‘superconductive’ constituents and having any of the following:

(a)  Current switching for digital circuits using ‘superconductive’ gates with a product of delay time per gate (in seconds) and power dissipation per gate (in watts) of less than 10– 14 J; or

(b)  Frequency selection at all frequencies using resonant circuits with Q-values exceeding 10 000 ;

3A001.d.

IX.A3.024

High-energy cells, as follows:

(a)  ‘Primary cells’ having an ‘energy density’ exceeding 550 Wh/kg at 20 °C;

(b)  ‘Secondary cells’ having an ‘energy density’ exceeding 350 Wh/kg at 20 °C;

Technical notes:

1.  For the purposes of high-energy devices, ‘energy density’ (Wh/kg) is calculated from the nominal voltage multiplied by the nominal capacity in ampere-hours (Ah) divided by the mass in kilograms. If the nominal capacity is not stated, energy density is calculated from the nominal voltage squared, then multiplied by the discharge duration in hours divided by the discharge load in Ohms and the mass in kilograms.

2.  For the purposes of high-energy devices, a ‘cell’ is defined as an electrochemical device, which has positive and negative electrodes and an electrolyte, and is a source of electrical energy. It is the basic building block of a battery.

3.  For the purposes of high-energy devices, a ‘primary cell’ is a ‘cell’ that is not designed to be charged by any other source.

4.  For the purposes of high-energy devices, a ‘secondary cell’ is a ‘cell’ that is designed to be charged by an external electrical source.

Note: High-energy devices do not apply to batteries, including single-cell batteries.

3A001.e.

IX.A3.025

High-energy storage capacitors, as follows:

(a)  Capacitors with a repetition rate of less than 10 Hz (single shot capacitors) and having all of the following:

1.  A voltage rating equal to or more than 5 kV;

2.  An energy density equal to or more than 250 J/kg; and

3.  A total energy equal to or more than 25 kJ;

(b)  Capacitors with a repetition rate of 10 Hz or more (repetition rated capacitors) and having all of the following:

1.  A voltage rating equal to or more than 5 kV;

2.  An energy density equal to or more than 50 J/kg;

3.  A total energy equal to or more than 100 J; and

4.  A charge/discharge cycle life equal to or more than 10 000 ;

3A001.e.

IX.A3.026

‘Superconductive’ electromagnets and solenoids, specially designed to be fully charged or discharged in less than one second and having all of the following:

Note: The item above does not apply to ‘superconductive’ electromagnets or solenoids specially designed for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) medical equipment.

(a)  Energy delivered during the discharge exceeding 10 kJ in the first second;

(b)  Inner diameter of the current carrying windings of more than 250 mm; and

(c)  Rated for a magnetic induction of more than 8 T or ‘overall current density’ in the winding of more than 300 A/mm2;

3A001.e.

IX.A3.027

Solar cells, cell-interconnect-coverglass (CIC) assemblies, solar panels, and solar arrays, which are ‘space-qualified’, having a minimum average efficiency exceeding 20 % at an operating temperature of 301 K (28 °C) under simulated ‘AM0’ illumination with an irradiance of 1 367 watts per square metre (W/m2);

Technical note: ‘AM0’, or ‘Air Mass Zero’, refers to the spectral irradiance of sunlight in the Earth's outer atmosphere when the distance between the Earth and the sun is one astronomical unit (AU).

3A001.e.

IX.A3.028

Rotary input type absolute position encoders having an ‘accuracy’ equal to or less (better) than 1,0 second of arc and specially designed encoder rings, discs or scales therefor;

3A001.f.

IX.A3.029

Solid-state pulsed power switching thyristor devices and ‘thyristor modules’, using either electrically, optically or electron radiation controlled switch methods and having any of the following:

1.  A maximum turn-on current rate of rise (di/dt) greater than 30 000 A/μs and off-state voltage greater than 1 100 V; or

2.  A maximum turn-on current rate of rise (di/dt) greater than 2 000 A/μs and having all of the following:

a.  An off-state peak voltage equal to or greater than 3 000 V; and

b.  A peak (surge) current equal to or greater than 3 000 A;

Notes:

1.  Item (g) above includes: