Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items (recast)

"Time-to-steady-state registration" (6) (also referred to as the gravimeter’s response time) is the time over which the disturbing effects of platform induced accelerations (high frequency noise) are reduced.

"Tip shroud" (9) means a stationary ring component (solid or segmented) attached to the inner surface of the engine turbine casing or a feature at the outer tip of the turbine blade, which primarily provides a gas seal between the stationary and rotating components.

"Total control of flight" (7) means an automated control of "aircraft" state variables and flight path to meet mission objectives responding to real time changes in data regarding objectives, hazards or other "aircraft".

"Total digital transfer rate" (5) means the number of bits, including line coding, overhead and so forth per unit time passing between corresponding equipment in a digital transmission system.

N.B.

See also "digital transfer rate".

"Tow" (1) is a bundle of "monofilaments", usually approximately parallel.

"Toxins" (1 2) means toxins in the form of deliberately isolated preparations or mixtures, no matter how produced, other than toxins present as contaminants of other materials such as pathological specimens, crops, foodstuffs or seed stocks of "microorganisms".

"Tunable" (6) means the ability of a "laser" to produce a continuous output at all wavelengths over a range of several "laser" transitions. A line selectable "laser" produces discrete wavelengths within one "laser" transition and is not considered "tunable".

"Unidirectional positioning repeatability" (2) means the smaller of values R↑ and R↓ (forward and backward), as defined by 3.21 of ISO 230-2:2014 or national equivalents, of an individual machine tool axis.

"Unmanned Aerial Vehicle" ("UAV") (9) means any aircraft capable of initiating flight and sustaining controlled flight and navigation without any human presence on board.

"Uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233" (0) means uranium containing the isotopes 235 or 233, or both, in an amount such that the abundance ratio of the sum of these isotopes to the isotope 238 is more than the ratio of the isotope 235 to the isotope 238 occurring in nature (isotopic ratio 0,71 per cent).

"Use" (GTN NTN All) means operation, installation (including on-site installation), maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul and refurbishing.

"User-accessible programmability" (6) means the facility allowing a user to insert, modify or replace "programs" by means other than:

a. A physical change in wiring or interconnections; or

b. The setting of function controls including entry of parameters.

"Vaccine" (1) is a medicinal product in a pharmaceutical formulation licensed by, or having marketing or clinical trial authorisation from, the regulatory authorities of either the country of manufacture or of use, which is intended to stimulate a protective immunological response in humans or animals in order to prevent disease in those to whom or to which it is administered.

"Vacuum electronic devices" (3) means electronic devices based on the interaction of an electron beam with an electromagnetic wave propagating in a vacuum circuit or interacting with radio-frequency vacuum cavity resonators. "Vacuum electronic devices" include klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, and their derivatives.

"Vulnerability disclosure" (4) means the process of identifying, reporting or communicating a vulnerability to, or analysing a vulnerability with, individuals or organisations responsible for conducting or coordinating remediation for the purposes of resolving the vulnerability.

"Wall-plug efficiency" (6) means the ratio of "laser" output power (or "average output power") to total electrical input power required to operate the "laser", including the power supply/conditioning and thermal conditioning/heat exchanger.

"Yarn" (1) is a bundle of twisted 'strands'.

N.B.

'Strand' is a bundle of "monofilaments" (typically over 200) arranged approximately parallel.

PART II

Category 0

CATEGORY 0 - NUCLEAR MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

0A001"Nuclear reactors" and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, as follows:

a. "Nuclear reactors";

b. Metal vessels, or major shop-fabricated parts therefor, including the reactor vessel head for a reactor pressure vessel, specially designed or prepared to contain the core of a "nuclear reactor";

c. Manipulative equipment specially designed or prepared for inserting or removing fuel in a "nuclear reactor";

d. Control rods specially designed or prepared for the control of the fission process in a "nuclear reactor", support or suspension structures therefor, rod drive mechanisms and rod guide tubes;

e. Pressure tubes specially designed or prepared to contain both fuel elements and the primary coolant in a "nuclear reactor";

f. Zirconium metal tubes or zirconium alloy tubes (or assembles of tubes) specially designed or prepared for use as fuel cladding in a "nuclear reactor", and in quantities exceeding 10 kg; N.B.

For zirconium pressure tubes see 0A001.e. and for calandria tubes see 0A001.h.

g. Coolant pumps or circulators specially designed or prepared for circulating the primary coolant of "nuclear reactors";

h. 'Nuclear reactor internals' specially designed or prepared for use in a "nuclear reactor", including support columns for the core, fuel channels, calandria tubes, thermal shields, baffles, core grid plates, and diffuser plates; Technical Note: In 0A001.h. 'nuclear reactor internals' means any major structure within a reactor vessel which has one or more functions such as supporting the core, maintaining fuel alignment, directing primary coolant flow, providing radiation shields for the reactor vessel, and guiding in-core instrumentation.

i. Heat exchangers as follows:

Note:

0A001.i. does not control heat exchangers for the supporting systems of the reactor, e.g., the emergency cooling system or the decay heat cooling system.

j. Neutron detectors specially designed or prepared for determining neutron flux levels within the core of a "nuclear reactor";

k. 'External thermal shields' specially designed or prepared for use in a "nuclear reactor" for the reduction of heat loss and also for the containment vessel protection. Technical Note: In 0A001.k. 'external thermal shields' means major structures placed over the reactor vessel which reduce heat loss from the reactor and reduce temperature within the containment vessel.

0B001Plant for the separation of isotopes of "natural uranium", "depleted uranium" or "special fissile materials", and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, as follows:

a. Plant specially designed for separating isotopes of "natural uranium", "depleted uranium", or "special fissile materials", as follows:

b. Gas centrifuges and assemblies and components, specially designed or prepared for gas centrifuge separation process, as follows: Technical Note: In 0B001.b. 'high strength-to-density ratio material' means any of the following: 1. Maraging steel capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 1,95 GPa or more; 2. Aluminium alloys capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 0,46 GPa or more; or 3. "Fibrous or filamentary materials" with a "specific modulus" of more than 3,18 × 10⁶m and a "specific tensile strength" greater than 7,62 × 10⁴ m;

a. Bearing assemblies consisting of an annular magnet suspended within a housing made of or protected by "materials resistant to corrosion by UF6" containing a damping medium and having the magnet coupling with a pole piece or second magnet fitted to the top cap of the rotor; b. Active magnetic bearings specially designed or prepared for use with gas centrifuges;

a. A multiphase frequency output of 600 Hz or greater; and b. High stability (with frequency control better than 0,2 %);

a. Shut-off valves specially designed or prepared to act on the feed, product or tails UF6 gaseous streams of an individual gas centrifuge; b. Bellows-sealed valves, shut-off or control, made of or protected by "materials resistant to corrosion by UF6", with an inside diameter of 10 mm to 160 mm, specially designed or prepared for use in main or auxiliary systems of gas centrifuge enrichment plants;

c. Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for gaseous diffusion separation process, as follows:

d. Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for aerodynamic separation process, as follows:

a. Cryogenic heat exchangers and cryoseparators capable of temperatures of 153K (-120 °C) or less; b. Cryogenic refrigeration units capable of temperatures of 153 K (-120 °C) or less; c. Separation nozzle or vortex tube units for the separation of UF6 from carrier gas; d. UF6 cold traps capable of freezing out UF6;

e. Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for chemical exchange separation process, as follows:

f. Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for ion-exchange separation process, as follows:

g. Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for laser-based separation processes using atomic vapour laser isotope separation, as follows:

N.B.

SEE ALSO 2A225.

N.B.

SEE ALSO 6A005 AND 6A205.

h. Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for laser-based separation processes using molecular laser isotope separation, as follows:

a. Cryogenic heat exchangers and cryoseparators capable of temperatures of 153 K (-120 °C) or less; b. Cryogenic refrigeration units capable of temperatures of 153 K (-120 °C) or less; c. UF6 cold traps capable of freezing out UF6;

N.B.

SEE ALSO 6A005 AND 6A205.

i. Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for plasma separation process, as follows:

j. Equipment and components, specially designed or prepared for electromagnetic separation process, as follows:

a. Capable of continuous operation; b. Output voltage of 20 000  V or greater; c. Output current of 1 A or greater; and d. Voltage regulation of better than 0,01 % over a period of 8 hours; N.B.

SEE ALSO 3A227.

a. Capable of continuous operation with a current output of 500 A or greater at a voltage of 100 V or greater; and b. Current or voltage regulation better than 0,01 % over a period of 8 hours. N.B.

SEE ALSO 3A226.

0B002Specially designed or prepared auxiliary systems, equipment and components as follows, for isotope separation plant specified in 0B001, made of or protected by "materials resistant to corrosion by UF6":

a. Feed autoclaves, ovens or systems used for passing UF6 to the enrichment process;

b. Desublimers or cold traps, used to remove UF6 from the enrichment process for subsequent transfer upon heating;

c. Product and tails stations for transferring UF6 into containers;

d. Liquefaction or solidification stations used to remove UF6 from the enrichment process by compressing, cooling and converting UF6 to a liquid or solid form;

e. Piping systems and header systems specially designed or prepared for handling UF6 within gaseous diffusion, centrifuge or aerodynamic cascades;

f. Vacuum systems and pumps as follows:

g. UF6 mass spectrometers/ion sources capable of taking on-line samples from UF6 gas streams and having all of the following characteristics:

0B003Plant for the conversion of uranium and equipment specially designed or prepared therefor, as follows:

a. Systems for the conversion of uranium ore concentrates to UO3;

b. Systems for the conversion of UO3 to UF6;

c. Systems for the conversion of UO3 to UO2;

d. Systems for the conversion of UO2 to UF4;

e. Systems for the conversion of UF4 to UF6;

f. Systems for the conversion of UF4 to uranium metal;

g. Systems for the conversion of UF6 to UO2;

h. Systems for the conversion of UF6 to UF4;

i. Systems for the conversion of UO2 to UCl4.

0B004Plant for the production or concentration of heavy water, deuterium and deuterium compounds and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor, as follows:

a. Plant for the production of heavy water, deuterium or deuterium compounds, as follows:

b. Equipment and components, as follows:

0B005Plant specially designed for the fabrication of "nuclear reactor" fuel elements and specially designed or prepared equipment therefor.

Specially designed or prepared equipment for the fabrication of "nuclear reactor" fuel elements includes equipment which:

1. Normally comes into direct contact with or directly processes or controls the production flow of nuclear materials;

2. Seals the nuclear materials within the cladding;

3. Checks the integrity of the cladding or the seal;

4. Checks the finish treatment of the sealed fuel; or

5. Is used for assembling reactor elements.

0B006Plant for the reprocessing of irradiated "nuclear reactor" fuel elements, and specially designed or prepared equipment and components therefor.

Note:

0B006 includes:

a. Plant for the reprocessing of irradiated "nuclear reactor" fuel elements including equipment and components which normally come into direct contact with and directly control the irradiated fuel and the major nuclear material and fission product processing streams;

b. Fuel element decladding equipment and chopping or shredding machines, i.e., remotely operated equipment to cut, chop or shear irradiated "nuclear reactor" fuel assemblies, bundles or rods;

c. Dissolver vessels or dissolvers employing mechanical devices specially designed or prepared for the dissolution of irradiated "nuclear reactor" fuel, which are capable of withstanding hot, highly corrosive liquids, and which can be remotely loaded, operated and maintained;

d. Solvent extractors, such as packed or pulsed columns, mixer settlers or centrifugal contractors, resistant to the corrosive effects of nitric acid and specially designed or prepared for use in a plant for the reprocessing of irradiated "natural uranium", "depleted uranium" or "special fissile materials";

e. Holding or storage vessels specially designed to be critically safe and resistant to the corrosive effects of nitric acid; Technical Note: Holding or storage vessels may have the following features: 1. Walls or internal structures with a boron equivalent (calculated for all constituent elements as defined in the note to 0C004) of at least two per cent; 2. A maximum diameter of 175 mm for cylindrical vessels; or 3. A maximum width of 75 mm for either a slab or annular vessel.

f. Neutron measurement systems specially designed or prepared for integration and use with automated process control systems in a plant for the reprocessing of irradiated "natural uranium", "depleted uranium" or "special fissile materials".

0B007Plant for the conversion of plutonium and equipment specially designed or prepared therefor, as follows:

a. Systems for the conversion of plutonium nitrate to oxide;

b. Systems for plutonium metal production.

0C001"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;

Note:

0C001 does not control the following:

a. Four grammes or less of "natural uranium" or "depleted uranium" when contained in a sensing component in instruments;

b. "Depleted uranium" specially fabricated for the following civil non-nuclear applications: 1. Shielding; 2. Packaging; 3. Ballasts having a mass not greater than 100 kg; 4. Counter-weights having a mass not greater than 100 kg;

c. Alloys containing less than 5 % thorium;

d. Ceramic products containing thorium, which have been manufactured for non-nuclear use.

0C002"Special fissile materials"

Note:

0C002 does not control four "effective grammes" or less when contained in a sensing component in instruments.

0C003Deuterium, heavy water (deuterium oxide) and other compounds of deuterium, and mixtures and solutions containing deuterium, in which the isotopic ratio of deuterium to hydrogen exceeds 1:5 000 .

0C004Graphite having a purity level better than 5 parts per million 'boron equivalent' and with a density greater than 1,50 g/cm³ for use in a "nuclear reactor", in quantities exceeding 1 kg.

N.B.

SEE ALSO 1C107.

Note 1:

For the purpose of export control, the competent authorities of the EU Member State in which the exporter is established will determine whether or not the exports of graphite meeting the above specifications are for "nuclear reactor" use. 0C004 does not control graphite having a purity level better than 5 ppm (parts per million) boron equivalent and with a density greater than 1,50 g/cm³ not for use in a "nuclear reactor".

Note 2:

In 0C004, 'boron equivalent' (BE) is defined as the sum of BEz for impurities (excluding BEcarbon since carbon is not considered an impurity) including boron, where:

BEZ (ppm) = CF × concentration of element Z in ppm;

and σB and σZ are the thermal neutron capture cross sections (in barns) for naturally occurring boron and element Z respectively; and AB and AZ are the atomic masses of naturally occurring boron and element Z respectively.

0C005Specially prepared compounds or powders for the manufacture of gaseous diffusion barriers, resistant to corrosion by UF6 (e.g. nickel or alloys containing 60 % by weight or more nickel, aluminium oxide and fully fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers), having a purity of 99,9 % by weight or more and a particle size less than 10 μm measured by ASTM B330 standard and a high degree of particle size uniformity.

0D001"Software" specially designed or modified for the "development", "production" or "use" of goods specified in this Category.

0E001"Technology" according to the Nuclear Technology Note for the "development", "production" or "use" of goods specified in this Category.

PART III

Category 1

CATEGORY 1 – SPECIAL MATERIALS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT

1A001Components made from fluorinated compounds, as follows:

a. Seals, gaskets, sealants or fuel bladders, specially designed for "aircraft" or aerospace use, made from more than 50 % by weight of any of the materials specified in 1C009.b. or 1C009.c.;

b. Not used;

c. Not used.

1A002"Composite" structures or laminates, as follows:

N.B.

SEE ALSO 1A202, 9A010 and 9A110.

a. Made from any of the following:

b. Made from a metal or carbon "matrix", and any of the following:

a. A "specific modulus" exceeding 10,15 × 10⁶ m; and b. A "specific tensile strength" exceeding 17,7 × 10⁴ m; or

Note 1:

1A002 does not control "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:

a. An area not exceeding 1 m²;

b. A length not exceeding 2,5 m; and

c. A width exceeding 15 mm.

Note 2:

1A002 does not control semi-finished items specially designed for purely civilian applications as follows:

a. Sporting goods;

b. Automotive industry;

c. Machine tool industry;

d. Medical applications.

Note 3:

1A002.b.1. does not control semi-finished items containing a maximum of two dimensions of interwoven filaments and specially designed for applications as follows:

a. Metal heat-treatment furnaces for tempering metals;

b. Silicon boule production equipment.

Note 4:

1A002 does not control finished items specially designed for a specific application.

Note 5:

1A002.b.1. does not control mechanically chopped, milled, or cut carbon "fibrous or filamentary materials" 25,0 mm or less in length.

1A003Manufactures of non-"fusible" aromatic polyimides in film, sheet, tape or ribbon form having any of the following:

a. A thickness exceeding 0,254 mm; or

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

Note:

1A003 does not control manufactures when coated or laminated with copper and designed for the "production" of electronic printed circuit boards.

N.B.

For "fusible" aromatic polyimides in any form, see 1C008.a.3.

1A004Protective and detection equipment and components not specially designed for military use, as follows:

N.B.

SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS, 2B351 AND 2B352.

a. Full face masks, filter canisters and decontamination equipment therefor, designed or modified for defence against any of the following, and specially designed components therefor: Note:

1A004.a. includes Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) that are designed or modified for defence against agents or materials, listed in 1A004.a. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1A004.a.: 1. Full face masks are also known as gas masks. 2. Filter canisters include filter cartridges.

a. α-Bromobenzeneacetonitrile, (Bromobenzyl cyanide) (CA) (CAS 5798-79-8); b. [(2-Chlorophenyl) methylene] propanedinitrile, (o-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile) (CS) (CAS 2698-41-1); c. 2-Chloro-1-phenylethanone, Phenylacyl chloride (ω-chloroacetophenone) (CN) (CAS 532-27-4); d. Dibenz-(b,f)-1,4-oxazephine (CR) (CAS 257-07-8); e. 10-Chloro-5,10-dihydrophenarsazine, (Phenarsazine chloride), (Adamsite), (DM) (CAS 578-94-9); f. N-Nonanoylmorpholine, (MPA) (CAS 5299-64-9);

b. Protective suits, gloves and shoes, specially designed or modified for defence against any of the following:

c. Detection systems, specially designed or modified for detection or identification of any of the following, and specially designed components therefor:

d. Electronic equipment designed for automatically detecting or identifying the presence of "explosives" residues and utilising 'trace detection' techniques (e.g., surface acoustic wave, ion mobility spectrometry, differential mobility spectrometry, mass spectrometry). Technical Note: For the purposes of 1A004.d., 'trace detection' is defined as the capability to detect less than 1 ppm vapour, or 1 mg solid or liquid. Note 1:

1A004.d. does not control equipment specially designed for laboratory use. Note 2:

1A004.d. does not control non-contact walk-through security portals. Note:

1A004 does not control: a. Personal radiation monitoring dosimeters; b. Occupational health or safety equipment limited by design or function to protect against hazards specific to residential safety or civil industries, including: 1. mining; 2. quarrying; 3. agriculture; 4. pharmaceutical; 5. medical; 6. veterinary; 7. environmental; 8. waste management; 9. food industry.

1.

1A004 includes equipment and components that have been identified, successfully tested to national standards or otherwise proven effective, for the detection of or defence against 'radioactive materials', "biological agents", chemical warfare agents, 'simulants' or "riot control agents", even if such equipment or components are used in civil industries such as mining, quarrying, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, medical, veterinary, environmental, waste management, or the food industry.

2.

'Simulant' is a substance or material that is used in place of toxic agent (chemical or biological) in training, research, testing or evaluation.

3.

For the purposes of 1A004, 'radioactive materials' are those selected or modified to increase their effectiveness in producing casualties in humans or animals, degrading equipment or damaging crops or the environment.

1A005Body armour and components therefor, as follows:

N.B.

SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.

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 "equivalent standards".

N.B.

For "fibrous or filamentary materials" used in the manufacture of body armour, see 1C010.

Note 1:

1A005 does not control body armour when accompanying its user for the user's own personal protection.

Note 2:

1A005 does not control body armour designed to provide frontal protection only from both fragment and blast from non-military explosive devices.

Note 3:

1A005 does not control body armour designed to provide protection only from knife, spike, needle or blunt trauma.

1A006Equipment, specially designed or modified for the disposal of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

N.B.

SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.

a. Remotely operated vehicles;

b. 'Disruptors'. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1A006.b. 'disruptors' are devices specially designed for the purpose of preventing the operation of an explosive device by projecting a liquid, solid or frangible projectile.

Note:

1A006 does not control equipment when accompanying its operator.

1A007Equipment and devices, specially designed to initiate charges and devices containing "energetic materials", by electrical means, as follows:

N.B.

SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS, 3A229 AND 3A232.

For the purposes of 1A007, the word initiator or igniter is sometimes used in place of the word detonator.

a. Explosive detonator firing sets designed to drive explosive detonators specified in 1A007.b.;

b. Electrically driven explosive detonators as follows:

Technical Note: For the purposes of 1A007.b., the detonators of concern all utilise a small electrical conductor (bridge, bridge wire or foil) that explosively vaporises when a fast, high-current electrical pulse is passed through it. In non-slapper types, the exploding conductor starts a chemical detonation in a contacting high explosive material such as PETN (pentaerythritoltetranitrate). In slapper detonators, the explosive vaporization of the electrical conductor drives a flyer or slapper across a gap, and the impact of the slapper on an explosive starts a chemical detonation. The slapper in some designs is driven by magnetic force. The term exploding foil detonator may refer to either an EB or a slapper-type detonator.

1A008Charges, devices and components, as follows:

a. 'Shaped charges' having all of the following:

Technical Note: For the purposes of 1A008.a., 'shaped charges' are explosive charges shaped to focus the effects of the explosive blast.

b. Linear shaped cutting charges having all of the following, and specially designed components therefor:

c. Detonating cord with explosive core load greater than 64 g/m;

d. Cutters, other than those specified in 1A008.b., and severing tools, having a Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ) greater than 3,5 kg.

1A102Resaturated pyrolised carbon-carbon components designed for space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 or sounding rockets specified in 9A104.

1A202Composite structures, other than those specified in 1A002, in the form of thin-walled tubes and having all of the following characteristics:

N.B.

SEE ALSO 9A010 AND 9A110.

a. An inside diameter of between 75 mm and 650 mm;

b. A thickness of 12 mm or less; and

c. Made with any of the "fibrous or filamentary materials" specified in 1C010.a. or b. or 1C210.a. or with carbon prepreg materials specified in 1C210.c.

1A225Wet-proofed platinised catalysts specially designed or prepared for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from water or for the production or upgrading of heavy water.

In heavy water moderated reactors, upgraders maintain the heavy water concentration in the reactor core. Wet-proofed platinised catalysts can also be used to upgrade heavy water.

1A226Specialised packings which may be used in separating heavy water from ordinary water, having both of the following characteristics:

a. Made of phosphor bronze mesh chemically treated to improve wettability; and

b. Designed to be used in vacuum distillation towers.

1A227High-density (lead glass or other) radiation shielding windows, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed frames therefor:

a. A 'cold area' greater than 0,09 m²;

b. A density greater than 3 g/cm³; and

c. A thickness of 100 mm or greater.

In 1A227 the term 'cold area' means the viewing area of the window exposed to the lowest level of radiation in the design application.

1B001Equipment designed for the "production" of "composite" structures or laminates or "fibrous or filamentary materials", as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

N.B.

SEE ALSO 1B101 AND 1B201.

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; Note:

In 1B001.b., 'missile' means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1B001.b., 'tape-laying machines' have the ability to lay one or more 'filament bands' limited to widths greater than 25,4 mm and less than or equal to 304,8 mm, and to cut and restart individual 'filament band' courses during the laying process.

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; Technical Note: For the purposes of 1B001.c., the technique of interlacing includes knitting.

d. Equipment specially designed or modified for the "production" of "fibrous or filamentary materials" specified by 1C010, as follows:

e. Equipment specially designed or modified for the production of prepregs by the 'hot melt method'; Technical Note For the purposes of 1B001.e., the 'hot melt method' is the process of applying pressure and heat to impregnate "fibrous or filamentary materials" with resin that has been pre-laminated onto a carrier substrate, such as film or paper.

f. Non-destructive inspection equipment specially designed for "composite" materials, as follows:

g. '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. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1B001.g., 'tow-placement machines' have the ability to place one or more 'filament bands' having widths less than or equal to 25,4 mm, and to cut and restart individual 'filament band' courses during the placement process.

For the purpose of 1B001:

1. 'Primary servo positioning' axes control, under computer "program" direction, is the positioning of the end effector (i.e., head) in space relative to the work piece at the correct orientation and direction to achieve the desired process.

2. A 'filament band' is a single continuous width of fully or partially resin-impregnated tape, tow or fibre. Fully or partially resin-impregnated 'filament bands' include those coated with dry powder that tacks upon heating.

1B002Equipment designed to produce metal alloy powder or particulate materials, and having all of the following:

a. Specially designed to avoid contamination; and

b. Specially designed for use in one of the processes specified in 1C002.c.2.

N.B.

SEE ALSO 1B102.

1B003Tools, dies, moulds or fixtures, for "superplastic forming" or "diffusion bonding" titanium, aluminium or their alloys, specially designed for the manufacture of any of the following:

a. Airframe or aerospace structures;

b. "Aircraft" or aerospace engines; or

c. Specially designed components for structures specified in 1B003.a. or for engines specified in 1B003.b.

1B101Equipment, other than that specified in 1B001, for the "production" of structural composites as follows; and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

N.B.

SEE ALSO 1B201.

Note:

Components and accessories specified in 1B101 include moulds, mandrels, dies, fixtures and tooling for the preform pressing, curing, casting, sintering or bonding of composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof.

a. Filament winding machines or fibre placement machines, of which the motions for positioning, wrapping and winding fibres can be coordinated and programmed in three or more axes, designed to fabricate composite structures or laminates from "fibrous or filamentary materials", and coordinating and programming controls;

b. Tape-laying machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape and sheets can be coordinated and programmed in two or more axes, designed for the manufacture of composite airframe and "missile" structures;

c. Equipment designed or modified for the "production" of "fibrous or filamentary materials" as follows:

d. Equipment designed or modified for special fibre surface treatment or for producing prepregs and preforms specified in entry 9C110. Note:

1B101.d. includes rollers, tension stretchers, coating equipment, cutting equipment and clicker dies.

1B102Metal powder "production equipment", other than that specified in 1B002, and components as follows:

N.B.

SEE ALSO 1B115.b.

a. Metal powder "production equipment" usable for the "production", in a controlled environment, of spherical, spheroidal or atomised materials specified in 1C011.a., 1C011.b., 1C111.a.1., 1C111.a.2. or in the Military Goods Controls.

b. Specially designed components for "production equipment" specified in 1B002 or 1B102.a.

Note:

1B102 includes:

a. Plasma generators (high frequency arc-jet) usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment;

b. Electroburst equipment usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an argon-water environment;

c. Equipment usable for the "production" of spherical aluminium powders by powdering a melt in an inert medium (e.g. nitrogen).

1B115Equipment, other than that specified in 1B002 or 1B102, for the production of propellant and propellant constituents, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

a. "Production equipment" for the "production", handling or acceptance testing of liquid propellants or propellant constituents specified in 1C011.a., 1C011.b., 1C111 or in the Military Goods Controls;

b. "Production equipment" for the "production", handling, mixing, curing, casting, pressing, machining, extruding or acceptance testing of solid propellants or propellant constituents specified in 1C011.a., 1C011.b., 1C111 or in the Military Goods Controls. Note:

1B115.b. does not control batch mixers, continuous mixers or fluid energy mills. For the control of batch mixers, continuous mixers and fluid energy mills see 1B117, 1B118 and 1B119.

Note 1:

For equipment specially designed for the production of military goods, see the Military Goods Controls.

Note 2:

1B115 does not control equipment for the "production", handling and acceptance testing of boron carbide.

1B116Specially designed nozzles for producing pyrolitically derived materials formed on a mould, mandrel or other substrate from precursor gases which decompose in the 1 573  K (1 300 °C) to 3 173  K (2 900 °C) temperature range at pressures of 130 Pa to 20 kPa.

1B117Batch mixers having all of the following, and specially designed components therefor:

a. Designed or modified for mixing under vacuum in the range of zero to 13,326 kPa:

b. Capable of controlling the temperature of the mixing chamber;

c. A total volumetric capacity of 110 litres or more; and

d. At least one 'mixing/kneading shaft' mounted off centre.

Note:

In 1B117.d. the term 'mixing/kneading shaft' does not refer to deagglomerators or knife-spindles.

1B118Continuous mixers having all of the following, and specially designed components therefor:

a. Designed or modified for mixing under vacuum in the range of zero to 13,326 kPa;

b. Capable of controlling the temperature of the mixing chamber;

c. any of the following:

a. A single rotating and oscillating shaft with kneading teeth/pins; and b. Kneading teeth/pins inside the casing of the mixing chamber.

1B119Fluid energy mills usable for grinding or milling substances specified in 1C011.a., 1C011.b., 1C111 or in the Military Goods Controls, and specially designed components therefor.

1B201Filament winding machines, other than those specified in 1B001 or 1B101, and related equipment, as follows:

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

b. Coordinating and programming controls for the filament winding machines specified in 1B201.a.;

c. Precision mandrels for the filament winding machines specified in 1B201.a.

1B225Electrolytic cells for fluorine production with an output capacity greater than 250 g of fluorine per hour.

1B226Electromagnetic isotope separators designed for, or equipped with, single or multiple ion sources capable of providing a total ion beam current of 50 mA or greater.

Note:

1B226 includes separators:

a. Capable of enriching stable isotopes;

b. With the ion sources and collectors both in the magnetic field and those configurations in which they are external to the field.

1B228Hydrogen-cryogenic distillation columns having all of the following characteristics:

a. Designed for operation with internal temperatures in the range of 15 K (-258 °C) to 35 K (-238 °C);

b. Designed for operation at internal pressures in the range of 0,1 MPa to 1 MPa;

c. Constructed of either:

d. With internal diameters of 30 cm or greater and 'effective lengths' of 4 m or greater.

In 1B228 'effective length' means the active height of packing material in a packed-type column, or the active height of internal contactor plates in a plate-type column.

Equivalent materials could include, but are not limited to the following materials:

a. aluminium,

b. aluminium alloys,

c. copper alloys,

d. nickel alloys, and

e. titanium alloys.

1B230Pumps capable of circulating solutions of concentrated or dilute potassium amide catalyst in liquid ammonia (KNH2/NH3), having all of the following characteristics:

a. Airtight (i.e., hermetically sealed);

b. A capacity greater than 8,5 m³/h; and

c. Either of the following characteristics:

1B231Tritium facilities or plants, and equipment therefor, as follows:

a. Facilities or plants for the production, recovery, extraction, concentration, or handling of tritium;

b. Equipment for tritium facilities or plants, as follows:

1B232Turboexpanders or turboexpander-compressor sets having both of the following characteristics:

a. Designed for operation with an outlet temperature of 35 K (-238 °C) or less; and

b. Designed for a throughput of hydrogen gas of 1 000  kg/h or greater.

1B233Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants, and systems and equipment therefor, as follows:

a. Facilities or plants for the separation of lithium isotopes;

b. Equipment for the separation of lithium isotopes based on the lithium-mercury amalgam process, as follows:

c. Ion exchange systems specially designed for lithium isotope separation, and specially designed components therefor;

d. Chemical exchange systems (employing crown ethers, cryptands, or lariat ethers), specially designed for lithium isotope separation, and specially designed components therefor.

1B234High explosive containment vessels, chambers, containers and other similar containment devices designed for the testing of high explosives or explosive devices and having both of the following characteristics:

N.B.

SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.

a. Designed to fully contain an explosion equivalent to 2 kg of trinitrotoluene (TNT) or greater; and

b. Having design elements or features enabling real time or delayed transfer of diagnostic or measurement information.

1B235Target assemblies and components for the production of tritium as follows:

a. Target assemblies made of or containing lithium enriched in the lithium-6 isotope specially designed for the production of tritium through irradiation, including insertion in a nuclear reactor;

b. Components specially designed for the target assemblies specified in 1B235.a.

Components specially designed for target assemblies for the production of tritium may include lithium pellets, tritium getters, and specially-coated cladding.

Metals and alloys:

Unless provision to the contrary is made, the words 'metals' and 'alloys' in 1C001 to 1C012 cover crude and semi-fabricated forms, as follows:

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 (whether or not coated, plated, drilled or punched):

a. 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;

b. 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.

The object of the control should not be defeated by the export of non-listed forms alleged to be finished products but representing in reality crude forms or semi-fabricated forms.

1C001Materials specially designed for absorbing electromagnetic radiation, or intrinsically conductive polymers, as follows:

N.B.

SEE ALSO 1C101.

a. Materials for absorbing frequencies exceeding 2 × 10⁸ Hz but less than 3 × 10¹² Hz; Note 1:

1C001.a. does not control: a. Hair type absorbers, constructed of natural or synthetic fibres, with non-magnetic loading to provide absorption; b. Absorbers having no magnetic loss and whose incident surface is non-planar in shape, including pyramids, cones, wedges and convoluted surfaces; c. Planar absorbers, having all of the following: 1. Made from any of the following: a. Plastic foam materials (flexible or non-flexible) with carbon-loading, or organic materials, including binders, providing more than 5 % echo compared with metal over a bandwidth exceeding ±15 % of the centre frequency of the incident energy, and not capable of withstanding temperatures exceeding 450 K (177 °C); or b. Ceramic materials providing more than 20 % echo compared with metal over a bandwidth exceeding ±15 % of the centre frequency of the incident energy, and not capable of withstanding temperatures exceeding 800 K (527 °C); Technical Note: For the purposes of 1C001.a. Note: 1.c.1., absorption test samples should be a square at least 5 wavelengths of the centre frequency on a side and positioned in the far field of the radiating element. 2. Tensile strength less than 7 × 10⁶ N/m²; and 3. Compressive strength less than 14 × 10⁶ N/m²; d. Planar absorbers made of sintered ferrite, having all of the following: 1. A specific gravity exceeding 4,4; and 2. A maximum operating temperature of 548 K (275 °C) or less; e. Planar absorbers having no magnetic loss and fabricated from 'open-cell foam' plastic material with a density of 0,15 g/cm³ or less. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1C001.a. Note 1.e., 'open-cell foams' are flexible and porous materials, having an inner structure open to the atmosphere. 'Open-cell foams' are also known as reticulated foams. Note 2:

Nothing in Note 1 to 1C001.a. releases magnetic materials to provide absorption when contained in paint.

b. Materials not transparent to visible light and specially designed for absorbing near-infrared radiation having a wavelength exceeding 810 nm but less than 2 000  nm (frequencies exceeding 150 THz but less than 370 THz); Note:

1C001.b. does not control materials specially designed or formulated for any of the following applications: a. "Laser" marking of polymers; or b. "Laser" welding of polymers.

c. 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:

Note:

1C001.c. does not control materials in a liquid form. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1C001.c., 'bulk electrical conductivity' and 'sheet (surface) resistivity' should be determined using ASTM D-257 or national equivalents.

1C002Metal alloys, metal alloy powder and alloyed materials, as follows:

N.B.

SEE ALSO 1C202.

Note:

1C002 does not control metal alloys, metal alloy powder and alloyed materials, specially formulated for coating purposes.

For the purposes of 1C002, metal alloys are those containing a higher percentage by weight of the stated metal than of any other element.

a. Aluminides, as follows:

b. Metal alloys, as follows, made from the powder or particulate material specified in 1C002.c.:

a. A 'stress-rupture life' of 10 000 hours or longer at 923 K (650 °C) at a stress of 676 MPa; or b. A 'low cycle fatigue life' of 10 000 cycles or more at 823 K (550 °C) at a maximum stress of 1 095  MPa;

a. A 'stress-rupture life' of 10 000  hours or longer at 1 073  K (800 °C) at a stress of 400 MPa; or b. A 'low cycle fatigue life' of 10 000 cycles or more at 973 K (700 °C) at a maximum stress of 700 MPa;

a. A 'stress-rupture life' of 10 000 hours or longer at 723 K (450 °C) at a stress of 200 MPa; or b. A 'low cycle fatigue life' of 10 000 cycles or more at 723 K (450 °C) at a maximum stress of 400 MPa;

a. A tensile strength of 240 MPa or more at 473 K (200 °C); or b. A tensile strength of 415 MPa or more at 298 K (25 °C);

a. A tensile strength of 345 MPa or more; and b. 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; Technical Notes: For the purposes of 1C002.b.: 1.

'Stress-rupture life' should be measured in accordance with ASTM standard E-139 or national equivalents. 2.

'Low cycle fatigue life' should be measured in accordance with ASTM Standard E-606 'Recommended Practice for Constant-Amplitude Low-Cycle Fatigue Testing' or national equivalents. Testing should be axial with an average stress ratio equal to 1 and a stress-concentration factor (Kt) equal to 1. The average stress ratio is defined as maximum stress minus minimum stress divided by maximum stress.

c. Metal alloy powder or particulate material, having all of the following:

Technical Note: For the purposes of 1C002.c.1., X equals one or more alloying elements. 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; Note:

1C002.c.1.a. includes nickel alloys qualified for aero, aero-derivative, industrial or marine gas turbine engines. 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);

a. 'Vacuum atomisation'; b. 'Gas atomisation'; c. 'Rotary atomisation'; d. 'Splat quenching'; e. 'Melt spinning' and 'comminution'; f. 'Melt extraction' and 'comminution'; g. 'Mechanical alloying'; h. 'Plasma atomisation'; or i. 'Ultrasonic atomisation'; and

d. Alloyed materials having all of the following:

a. 'Splat quenching'; b. 'Melt spinning'; or c. 'Melt extraction'.

For the purposes of 1C002:

1. 'Vacuum atomisation' is a process to reduce a molten stream of metal to droplets of a diameter of 500 μm or less by the rapid evolution of a dissolved gas upon exposure to a vacuum.

2. 'Gas atomisation' is a process to reduce a molten stream of metal alloy to droplets of 500 μm diameter or less by a high pressure gas stream.

3. 'Rotary atomisation' is a process to reduce a stream or pool of molten metal to droplets to a diameter of 500 μm or less by centrifugal force.

4. 'Splat quenching' is a process to 'solidify rapidly' a molten metal stream impinging upon a chilled block, forming a flake-like product.

5. 'Melt spinning' is a process to 'solidify rapidly' a molten metal stream impinging upon a rotating chilled block, forming a flake, ribbon or rod-like product.

6. 'Comminution' is a process to reduce a material to particles by crushing or grinding.

7. 'Melt extraction' is a process to 'solidify rapidly' and extract a ribbon-like alloy product by the insertion of a short segment of a rotating chilled block into a bath of a molten metal alloy.

8. 'Mechanical alloying' is an alloying process resulting from the bonding, fracturing and rebonding of elemental and master alloy powders by mechanical impact. Non-metallic particles may be incorporated in the alloy by addition of the appropriate powders.

9. 'Plasma atomisation' is a process to reduce a molten stream or solid metal to droplets of 500 μm diameter or less, using plasma torches in an inert gas environment.

10. 'Ultrasonic atomisation' is a process to reduce a molten stream of metal alloy to droplets of 500 μm diameter or less by ultrasonic vibration.

11. For the purposes of 1C002 Technical Notes, 'solidify rapidly' is a process involving the solidification of molten material at cooling rates exceeding 1 000 K/s.

1C003Magnetic 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 0,05 mm or less; Technical Note: For the purposes of 1C003.a., measurement of initial relative permeability must be performed on fully annealed materials.

b. Magnetostrictive alloys having any of the following:

c. Amorphous or 'nanocrystalline' alloy strips, having all 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. Technical Note: For the purposes of 1C003.c., 'nanocrystalline' materials are those materials having a crystal grain size of 50 nm or less, as determined by X-ray diffraction.

1C004Uranium 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 %.

1C005"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:

b. "Superconductive" "composite" conductors consisting of one or more "superconductive" 'filaments' other than niobium-titanium, having all of the following:

c. "Superconductive" "composite" conductors consisting of one or more "superconductive" 'filaments' which remain "superconductive" above 115 K (-158,15 °C).

For the purposes of 1C005 'filaments' may be in wire, cylinder, film, tape or ribbon form.

1C006Fluids and lubricating materials, as follows:

a. Not used;

b. Lubricating materials containing, as their principal ingredients, phenylene or alkylphenylene ethers or thio-ethers, or their mixtures, containing more than two ether or thio-ether functions or mixtures thereof;

c. Damping or flotation fluids having all 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;

d. Fluorocarbon fluids designed for electronic cooling and having all of the following:

a. Monomeric forms of perfluoropolyalkylether-triazines or perfluoroaliphatic-ethers; b. Perfluoroalkylamines; c. Perfluorocycloalkanes; or d. Perfluoroalkanes;

Note:

1C006.d. does not control materials specified and packaged as medical products.

1C007Ceramic powders, ceramic-"matrix" "composite" materials and 'precursor materials', as follows:

N.B.

SEE ALSO 1C107.

a. Ceramic powders of titanium diboride (TiB2) (CAS 12045-63-5) 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. Not used;

c. Ceramic-"matrix" "composite" materials as follows:

a. Continuous fibres made from any of the following materials:

Note:

1C007.c.1.a. does not control "composites" containing fibres with a tensile strength of less than 700 MPa at 1 273 K (1 000 °C) or tensile creep resistance of more than 1 % creep strain at 100 MPa load and 1 273 K (1 000 °C) for 100 hours. b. Fibres being all of the following:

a. Si-N; b. Si-C; c. Si-Al-O-N; or d. Si-O-N; and

d. Not used;

e. 'Precursor materials' specially designed for the "production" of materials specified in 1C007.c., as follows:

f. Not used.

For the purposes of 1C007, 'precursor materials' are special purpose polymeric or metallo-organic materials used for the "production" of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, or ceramics with silicon, carbon and nitrogen.

1C008Non-fluorinated polymeric substances as follows:

a. Imides, as follows:

Note:

1C008.a. controls substances in liquid or solid "fusible" form, including resin, powder, pellet, film, sheet, tape or ribbon. N.B.

For non-"fusible" aromatic polyimides in film, sheet, tape or ribbon form, see 1A003.

b. Not used;

c. Not used;

d. Polyarylene ketones;

e. Polyarylene sulphides, where the arylene group is biphenylene, triphenylene or combinations thereof;