An amendment to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2000 (the Principal Regulation), on the control of exports of dual-use items and technology, was adopted on 27 February 2006. The relevant amendment is:
The amending Regulation, which is directly applicable in all Member States, will come into force on 12 April 2006, the 30th day following its publication in the Official Journal.
It makes a number of changes to Annex I and IV which takes into account changes resulting from the review of the following:
The principal changes occur in the following control entries. Please note that this list in not inclusive of all changes.
Changes to Category 1 |
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1C008.c.1. | Entry for PEEK deleted |
1C008.f. | Entry amended for polybiphenylenethersulphone to include glass transition temperature parameter. |
1C107 | Entry amended for graphite and ceramic materials. |
1C111.a.4 | New entry for hydrazine derivatives. |
1C350. | 9 chemicals added to entry. |
1C353 | Technical Note for genetic elements and genetically modified organisms revised. |
1C450.b.7 | Chemical moved to entry 1C350. |
Changes to Category 2 |
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2B Technical Notes | Technical Notes for machine tools amended. |
2B002 | Entry amended for Magnetorheological machines. |
2B006.d. | New control entry for “electronic assemblies” in dimensional inspection systems. |
2B116 | Entry for vibration test systems revised. |
2B201 | Entry amended to clarify scope for machine tools and New Notes added. |
2B350.i. | Entry for pumps amended |
Changes to Category 3 |
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3A001.a.3. | Entry amended for general purpose integrated circuits. |
3A001.a.5.a. | Entry amended for A/D converters. |
3A001.b.4.f. | Operating frequency parameter changed from 3 to 3.2 GHz for microwave amplifiers. |
3A002.c. | Entry for radio frequency analysers amended. |
3B001.a.1. | Entry for epitaxial growth equipment amended |
3B001.c.1.a. | Critical dimension in entry reduced to 180 nm. |
3B001.c.2.a. | Critical dimension in entry reduced to 180 nm. |
3B001.f.1.a. | Light source wavelength in sub-paragraph changed to 245 nm |
3B001.f.1.b. | Minimum resolvable feature size in entry reduced to 180 nm. |
3B002. | Test equipment for unfinished semiconductor devices amended. |
Changes to Category 4 |
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4A003.b. & c. | “Composite theoretical performance” replaced with “adjusted peak performance” (“APP”) in entries for digital computers. |
4D001.b. | Entry for software amended to use “APP”. |
4E001.b. | Entry for technology amended to use “APP”. |
Cat 4 Tech Note | New Technical Note for “Adjusted Peak Performance” (“APP”) |
Changes to Category 5, Part 1 |
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5A001.b.4 | Entry amended for radio equipment employing ultra wideband modulation techniques |
5A001.b.6. | Technical Note amended for telecommunications equipment providing voice coding. |
5A001.d. | Parameter modified to 31.8 GHz for array antennae. |
5A001.e. | Entry for radio direction finding equipment moved from 7A007 and amended. |
5A001.f. | New control entry for jamming equipment. |
5D001.c. | Entry for software amended |
Changes to Category 5, Part 2 |
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5A002.a.6. | Entry amended for cryptographic equipment. |
5A002.a.9 | New control entry for “quantum cryptography”. |
5A002 Note c.4. | New decontrol for encryption/decryption in relation to semiconductor and IC design information. |
Changes to Category 6 |
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6A001.a.2.a. | Entry amended for Passive marine acoustic equipment |
6A002.a.3. | Entry amended to include silicon and other microbolometer Focal Plane Arrays (FPA). |
6A003.b.4. | Entry amended for cameras incorporating FPAs in 6A002.a.3. |
6A006 | Entry for magnetometers amended. |
6D003.b. | Entry amended to include software for electric field sensors systems. |
6E003.c. | Entry for magnetometer technology deleted. |
Changes to Category 7 |
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7A002 | Entry amended for gyros. |
7A007 | Entry moved to 5A001.e. |
7A101 | Entry amended for accelerometers. |
7A116.c. | Entry text revised. |
Changes To Category 8 |
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8A002.f. | New decontrol Note for consumer underwater digital cameras. |
Changes to Category 9 |
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9A001 | Entry amended for civil aero gas turbine engines. |
9A012 | New control entries added for associated systems, equipment and components of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) |
9A108.a. | Insulation and interior lining raw materials for solid rocket propulsion systems moved to 9C108. |
9A120 | New control entry for propellant storage tanks. |
9A350 | New control entries for aerial spraying/fogging equipment. |
9B010 | New control entry for UAV production equipment. |
9B106 | Entry amended for environmental chambers. |
9C108 | New control entry for insulation and interior lining materials. |
9D004.e. | New control entry for software for the use of “UAVs”. |
9E001 | Entry amended to include technology for development of aerial spraying/fogging equipment. |
9E002 | Entry amended to include technology for production of aerial spraying/fogging equipment. |
9E003.a.11. | Entry amended for hollow fan blades. |
For further details of strategic export controls please contact:
Department of Trade and Industry
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
fax 020 7215 0531
email eco.help@dti.gsi.gov.uk
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This notice is for information purposes only and has no force in law. Please note that where legal advice is required exporters should make their own arrangements.
Export Control Organisation
Department of Trade and Industry
24 March 2006
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