Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 of 20 July 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

Article 1

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

• (a) ‘brokering services’ means:
• (i) the negotiation or arrangement of transactions for the purchase, sale or supply of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including from a third country to any other third country; or
• (ii) the selling or buying of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including where they are located in third countries for their transfer to another third country;

• (b) ‘claim’ means any claim, whether asserted in legal proceedings or not, made before or after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, under, or in connection with, a contract or transaction, in particular:
• (i) a claim for the performance of any obligation arising under, or in connection with, a contract or transaction;
• (ii) a claim for extension or payment of a bond, financial guarantee or indemnity of whatever form;
• (iii) a claim for compensation in respect of a contract or transaction;
• (iv) a counterclaim;
• (v) a claim for the recognition or enforcement, including by the procedure of exequatur, of a judgment, an arbitration award or an equivalent decision, wherever made or given;

• (c) ‘contract or transaction’ means any transaction in whatever form and whatever the applicable law, whether comprising one or more contracts or similar obligations made between the same or different parties; for this purpose ‘contract’ includes a bond, guarantee or indemnity, in particular a financial guarantee or financial indemnity, and credit, whether legally independent or not, as well as any related provision arising under, or in connection with, the transaction;

• (d) ‘competent authorities’ refers to the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex I;

• (e) ‘economic resources’ means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds but may be used to obtain funds, goods or service;

• (f) ‘financing or financial assistance’ means any action, irrespective of the particular means chosen, whereby the person, entity or body concerned, conditionally or unconditionally, disburses or commits to disburse its own funds or economic resources, including but not limited to grants, loans, guarantees, suretyships, bonds, letters of credit, supplier credits, buyer credits, import or export advances and all types of insurance and reinsurance, including export credit insurance; payment as well as terms and conditions of payment of the agreed price for a good or a service, made in line with normal business practice, do not constitute financing or financial assistance;

• (g) ‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them;

• (h) ‘funds’ means financial assets and benefit of every kind, including, but not limited to:
• (i) cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;
• (ii) deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;
• (iii) publicly and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;
• (iv) interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;
• (v) credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;
• (vi) letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;
• (vii) documents showing evidence of an interest in funds or financial resources;

• (i) ‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any movement, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management;

• (j) ‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, the transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services, including verbal forms of assistance;

• (k) ‘territory of the Union’ means the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty, including their airspace.

Article 2

The transit via the territory of Iran of the goods and technology, as referred to in the first subparagraph, exported from the Union, shall be prohibited.

• (a) to provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Iran, or for use in Iran;

• (b) to provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Iran, or for use in Iran;

• (c) to sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or which constitute trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Iran or for use in Iran.

• (a) medical or pharmaceutical purposes; or

• (b) humanitarian purposes, health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or on the environment, or as a response to natural disasters; or

• (c) official purposes of diplomatic representations of the Union and Member States, including delegations, embassies and missions, in Iran.

Article 2a

• (a) owned, operated or controlled by any natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex III;

• (b) owned, operated, or controlled by a legal person, entity or body whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for 50 % or more by an entity listed in Annex III;

• (c) owned, operated or controlled by a natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (a) or (b) of this paragraph; or

• (d) used for the transfer of Iranian UAVs or missiles or related technologies or components thereof to Russia in support of its war of aggression against Ukraine.

Article 3

• (a) responsible for, supporting or involved in Iran’s UAV or missile programme;

• (b) supplying, selling or otherwise involved in transferring Iran’s UAVs or missiles or related technologies or components thereof:
• (i) to Russia in support of its war of aggression against Ukraine;
• (ii) to armed groups and entities undermining peace and security in the Middle East and the Red Sea region;
• (iii) to natural or legal persons, entities or bodies acting in breach of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216 (2015);

• (ba) responsible for, supporting, implementing or benefiting from Iran’s actions or policies undermining the freedom of navigation in the Middle East; or,

• (c) associated with natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in point (a), (b) or (ba).

as listed in Annex III, shall be frozen.

Article 3a

By way of derogation from Article 3, competent authorities may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are:

• (a) necessary to satisfy the basic needs of the natural persons listed in Annex III and dependent family members of such natural persons, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;

• (b) intended exclusively for the payment of reasonable professional fees and the reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;

• (c) intended exclusively for the payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;

• (d) necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the competent authority has notified the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted, at least two weeks prior to the authorisation; or

• (e) to be paid into or from an account belonging to a diplomatic mission, or consular post or an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, insofar as such payments are intended to be used for official purposes of the diplomatic mission, or consular post or international organisation.

Article 3b

By way of derogation from Article 3, competent authorities may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, provided that the following conditions are met:

• (a) the funds or economic resources are the subject of an arbitral decision rendered prior to the date on which the natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in Article 3(1) was listed in Annex III, or of a judicial or administrative decision rendered in the Union, or a judicial decision enforceable in the Member State concerned, prior to or after that date;

• (b) the funds or economic resources will be used exclusively to satisfy claims secured by such a decision or recognised as valid in such a decision, within the limits set by applicable laws and regulations governing the rights of persons having such claims;

• (c) the decision is not for the benefit of a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex III; and

• (d) recognition of the decision is not contrary to public policy in the Member State concerned.

Article 3c

By way of derogation from Article 3 and provided that a payment by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex III is due under a contract or agreement that was concluded by, or under an obligation that arose for the natural or legal person, entity or body concerned, before the date on which that natural or legal person, entity or body was included in Annex III, competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, provided that the competent authority concerned has determined that:

• (a) the funds or economic resources shall be used for a payment by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex III; and

• (b) the payment is not in breach of Article 3(2).

Article 3ca

Article 3d

Article 3e

Article 3f

• (a) humanitarian purposes, the evacuation or repatriation of persons, or initiatives providing support to victims of natural, nuclear or chemical disasters;

• (b) the operation of flights required for attending meetings with the objective of seeking a solution to the Iranian military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region, or of promoting the policy objectives of the restrictive measures;

• (c) an emergency landing, take-off or overflight, or

• (d) travel for official purposes of members of the diplomatic or consular missions of Member States in Iran or of international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.

Article 5

• (a) supply immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as information on accounts and the amounts frozen in accordance with Article 3(1), to the competent authority of the Member State where they are established or located, and transmit such information, directly or through the Member State, to the Commission; and

• (b) cooperate with the competent authority in any verification of the information referred to in point (a).

Article 6

• (a) funds frozen under Article 3 and authorisations granted under Articles 2, 3a, 3b and 3c; and

• (b) infringements of the provisions of this Regulation, enforcement problems and judgments handed down by national courts.

Article 7

Article 8

Article 9

Article 10

Article 11

• (a) designated natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex III;

• (b) any other Iranian person, entity or body;

• (c) any natural or legal person, entity or body acting through or on behalf of one of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in points (a) and (b).

Article 12

• (a) report within six weeks from the date of listing in Annex III funds or economic resources within the jurisdiction of a Member State belonging to, owned, held or controlled by them, to the competent authorities of the Member State in which those funds or economic resources are located; and

• (b) cooperate with the competent authorities concerned in the verification of such information.

Article 13

• (a) as regards the Council, preparing and making amendments to Annex III;

• (b) as regards the High Representative, preparing amendments to Annex III;

• (c) as regards the Commission:
• (i) adding the contents of Annex III to the electronic, consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to Union financial sanctions and to the interactive sanctions map, both of which are publicly available;
• (ii) processing information on the impact of the measures provided for in this Regulation, such as the value of frozen funds and information on authorisations granted by the competent authorities.

Article 14

Article 15

Any information provided to or received by the Commission in accordance with this Regulation shall be used by the Commission only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

Article 16

This Regulation shall apply:

• (a) within the territory of the Union, including its airspace;

• (b) on board any aircraft or vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;

• (c) to any natural person inside or outside the territory of the Union who is a national of a Member State;

• (d) to any legal person, entity or body, inside or outside the territory of the Union, which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State;

• (e) to any legal person, entity or body in respect of any business done in whole or in part within the Union.

Article 17

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX I

Websites for information on competent authorities and the address for notifications to the Commission

BELGIUM

https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/policy/policy_areas/peace_and_security/sanctions

BULGARIA

https://www.mfa.bg/en/EU-sanctions

CZECHIA

www.financnianalytickyurad.cz/mezinarodni-sankce.html

DENMARK

https://um.dk/udenrigspolitik/sanktioner/ansvarlige-myndigheder

GERMANY

https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Artikel/Aussenwirtschaft/embargos-aussenwirtschaftsrecht.html

ESTONIA

https://vm.ee/sanktsioonid-ekspordi-ja-relvastuskontroll/rahvusvahelised-sanktsioonid

IRELAND

https://www.dfa.ie/our-role-policies/ireland-in-the-eu/eu-restrictive-measures/

GREECE

http://www.mfa.gr/en/foreign-policy/global-issues/international-sanctions.html

SPAIN

https://www.exteriores.gob.es/es/PoliticaExterior/Paginas/SancionesInternacionales.aspx

FRANCE

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/autorites-sanctions/

CROATIA

https://mvep.gov.hr/vanjska-politika/medjunarodne-mjere-ogranicavanja/22955

ITALY

https://www.esteri.it/it/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/politica_europea/misure_deroghe/

CYPRUS

https://mfa.gov.cy/themes/

LATVIA

https://www.fid.gov.lv/en

LITHUANIA

https://www.urm.lt/en/lithuania-in-the-region-and-the-world/lithuanias-security-policy/international-sanctions/997

LUXEMBOURG

https://maee.gouvernement.lu/fr/directions-du-ministere/affaires-europeennes/organisations-economiques-int/mesures-restrictives.html

HUNGARY

https://kormany.hu/kulgazdasagi-es-kulugyminiszterium/ensz-eu-szankcios-tajekoztato

MALTA

https://smb.gov.mt/

NETHERLANDS

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/internationale-sancties

AUSTRIA

https://www.bmeia.gv.at/themen/aussenpolitik/europa/eu-sanktionen-nationale-behoerden/

POLAND

https://www.gov.pl/web/dyplomacja/sankcje-miedzynarodowe

https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/international-sanctions

PORTUGAL

https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/politica-externa/medidas-restritivas

ROMANIA

http://www.mae.ro/node/1548

SLOVENIA

http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/omejevalni_ukrepi

SLOVAKIA

https://www.mzv.sk/europske_zalezitosti/europske_politiky-sankcie_eu

FINLAND

https://um.fi/pakotteet

SWEDEN

https://www.regeringen.se/sanktioner

Address for notifications to the European Commission:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA)

Rue de Spa 2/Spastraat 2

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel,

E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu

ANNEX II

LIST OF ITEMS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

INTRODUCTORY NOTES

• 1.Where “ex” precedes the HS/CN code, the goods covered by Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 constitute only a part of the scope of the HS/CN code and are determined by both the description given in this Annex and the scope of the HS/CN code.

• 2.Definitions of terms between ‘single quotation marks’ are given in a technical note to the relevant item.

• 3.Definitions of terms between “double quotation marks” can be found in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821.

Category 1 – Special materials and related equipment

Description	HS/CN code
Energetic materials as follows and mixtures thereof:	Energetic materials as follows and mixtures thereof:
Ammonium picrate (CAS 131-74-8);	ex 2908 99 00
Black powder;	ex 3601 00 00
Hexanitrodiphenylamine (CAS 131-73-7);	ex 2921 44 00
Difluoroamine (CAS 10405-27-3);	ex 2812 90 00
Nitrostarch (CAS 9056-38-6);	ex 3505 10 50
Tetranitronaphthalene;	ex 2902 90 00
Trinitroanisol;	ex 2909 30 90
Trinitronaphthalene;	ex 2902 90 00
Trinitroxylene;	ex 2902 41 00 ex 2902 42 00 ex 2902 43 00 ex 2902 44 00
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone; 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (CAS 872-50-4);	ex 2939 79 90
Dioctylmaleate (CAS 142-16-5);	ex 2917 19 80
Ethylhexylacrylate (CAS 103-11-7);	ex 2916 12 00
Triethylaluminium (TEA) (CAS 97-93-8), trimethylaluminium (TMA) (CAS 75-24-1), and other pyrophoric metal alkyls and aryls of lithium, sodium, magnesium, zinc or boron;	ex 2931 90 00
Nitrocellulose (CAS 9004-70-0);	3912 20
Nitroglycerin (or glyceroltrinitrate, trinitroglycerine) (NG) (CAS 55-63-0);	ex 2920 90 70
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) (CAS 118-96-7);	ex 2904 20 00
Ethylenediaminedinitrate (EDDN) (CAS 20829-66-7);	ex 2920 90 70
Pentaerythritoltetranitrate (PETN) (CAS 78-11-5);	ex 2920 90 70
Lead azide (CAS 13424-46-9), normal lead styphnate (CAS 15245-44-0) and basic lead styphnate (CAS 12403-82-6), and primary explosives or priming compositions containing azides or azide complexes;	ex 2850 00 60 ex 2908 99 00
Diethyldiphenylurea (CAS 85-98-3); dimethyldiphenylurea (CAS 611-92-7); methylethyldiphenyl urea	ex 2924 21 00
N,N-diphenylurea (unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 603-54-3);	ex 2924 21 00
Methyl-N,N-diphenylurea (methyl unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 13114-72-2);	ex 2924 21 00
Ethyl-N,N-diphenylurea (ethyl unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 64544-71-4);	ex 2924 21 00
4-Nitrodiphenylamine (4-NDPA)(CAS 836-30-6);	ex 2921 44 00
2,2-dinitropropanol (CAS 918-52-5);	ex 2905 59 98
Fibrous and filamentary materials, not controlled by 1C010 [^E0002] or 1C210 [^E0003], for use in “composite” structures and with a specific modulus of 3,18 x 106 m or greater and a specific tensile strength of 7,62 x 104 m or greater	ex 5402 11 ex 5501 11 ex 5503 11 ex 6815 11 ex 6815 12 ex 6815 19 ex 7019 19 10
Nanomaterials as follows: a. Semiconductor nanomaterials; b. Composite-based nanomaterials; or c. Any of the following carbon-based nanomaterials: 1. Carbon nanotubes; 2. Carbon nanofibres; 3. Fullerenes; 4. Graphenes; or 5. Carbon onions. Notes:  For the purpose of this control, nanomaterial means a material that meets at least one of the following criteria: 1.  Consists of particles, with one or more external dimensions in the size range 1 - 100 nm for more than 1 % of their number size distribution; 2.  Has internal or surface structures in one or more dimensions in the size range 1 - 100 nm; or 3.  Has a specific surface area by volume greater than 60 m2/cm3, excluding materials consisting of particles with a size lower than 1 nm	ex 2805 30 ex 2846 10 ex 2846 90 ex 5402 11 ex 5501 11 ex 5503 11 ex 6815 11 ex 6815 12 ex 6815 13 ex 6815 19 ex 7019 12 ex 7019 19
Tungsten, tungsten carbide and alloys, not controlled by 1C117 [^E0004], 1C226 [^E0005], II.A1.013 [^E0006] or II.A1.017 [^E0007], containing more than 90 % tungsten by weight. Note 1:  For the purpose of this control, wire is excluded Note 2:  For the purpose of this control, surgical or medical instruments are excluded	2849 90 30 ex 8101 10 ex 8101 94 ex 8101 97 ex 8101 99
Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE), not controlled by 1C010 [^E0008] or 1C210 [^E0009], presented in any of the following forms: a. Primary forms; b. Filament yarn or monofilaments; c. Filament tows; d. Rovings; e. Staple or chopped fibres; f. Fabrics; g. Pulp or flocks.	ex 3901 20 10 ex 3901 20 90 ex 5402 39 ex 5402 49 ex 5402 59 ex 5402 69 ex 5404 90 90 ex 5407 20 11 ex 5407 20 19 ex 5501 90 ex 5503 90 ex 5506 90 ex 5601 30

Ref. Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Ref. Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Ref. Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Ref. Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Ref. Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012

Ref. Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012

Ref. Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Ref. Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Category 2 – Materials processing

Description	HS/CN code
Bearings and bearing systems not controlled by 2A001 and 2A101: a. Ball bearings or Solid ball bearings, having tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with ABEC 7, ABEC 7P, or ABEC 7T or ISO Standard Class 4 or better (or equivalents) and having any of the following characteristics; 1. Manufactured for use at operating temperatures above 573 K (300 °C) either by using special materials or by special heat treatment; or 2. With lubricating elements or component modifications that, according to the manufacturer’s specifications, are specially designed to enable the bearings to operate at speeds exceeding 2,3  million ‘DN’; b. Solid tapered roller bearings, having tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with ANSI/ABMA Class 00 (inch) or Class A (metric) or better (or equivalents) and having either of the following characteristics: 1. With lubricating elements or component modifications that, according to the manufacturer’s specifications, are specially designed to enable the bearings to operate at speeds exceeding 2,3  million ‘DN’; or 2. Manufactured for use at operating temperatures below 219 K (– 54 °C) or above 423 K (150 °C); c. Gas-lubricated foil bearing manufactured for use at operating temperatures of 561 K (288 °C) or higher and a unit load capacity exceeding 1 MPa; d. Active magnetic bearing systems; e. Fabric-lined self-aligning or fabric-lined journal sliding bearings manufactured for use at operating temperatures below 219 K (– 54 °C) or above 423 K (150 °C).	ex 8482 10 ex 8482 20 ex 8482 30 ex 8482 40 ex 8482 50 ex 8482 80 ex 8482 91
Technical Notes: 1.  ‘DN’ is the product of the bearing bore diameter in mm and the bearing rotational velocity in rpm. 2.  Operating temperatures include those temperatures obtained when a gas turbine engine has stopped after operation.
Concealed object detection equipment operating in the frequency range from 30 GHz to 3 000  GHz and having a spatial resolution of 0,1 mrad (milliradian) up to and including 1 mrad (milliradian) at a standoff distance of 100 m; and components, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821. Note: Concealed object detection equipment includes but is not limited to equipment for screening people, documents, baggage, other personal effects, cargo and/or mail. Technical Note: The range of frequencies span what is generally considered as the millimetre-wave, submillimetre-wave and terahertz frequency regions.	ex 8526 10 ex 8526 92 ex 8482 10 90
“Numerical control” units for machine tools and “numerically controlled” machine tools, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821 (see List of Items Controlled): a. “Numerical control” units for machine tools: 1. Having four interpolating axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control; or 2. Having two or more axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control and a minimum programmable increment better (less) than 0,001  mm; 3. “Numerical control” units for machine tools having two, three or four interpolating axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control, and capable of receiving directly (on-line) and processing computer-aided-design (CAD) data for internal preparation of machine instructions; or b. Motion control boards specially designed for machine tools and having any of the following characteristics: 1. Interpolation in more than four axes; 2. Capable of real-time processing of data to modify tool path, feed rate and spindle data, during the machining operation, by any of the following: a. Automatic calculation and modification of part program data for machining in two or more axes by means of measuring cycles and access to source data; or b. Adaptive control with more than one physical variable measured and processed by means of a computing model (strategy) to change one or more machining instructions to optimize the process; or 3. Capable of receiving and processing CAD data for internal preparation of machine instructions; c. “Numerically controlled” machine tools that, according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with electronic devices for simultaneous contouring control in two or more axes and that have both of the following characteristics: 1. Two or more axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control; and 2. Positioning accuracies according to ISO 230/2 (2006), with all compensations available: a. Better than 15 μm along any linear axis (overall positioning) for grinding machines; b. Better than 15 μm along any linear axis (overall positioning) for milling machines; or c. Better than 15 μm along any linear axis (overall positioning) for turning machines; or d. Machine tools, as follows, for removing or cutting metals, ceramics or “composites”, that, according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with electronic devices for simultaneous contouring control in two or more axes: 1. Machine tools for turning, grinding, milling or any combination thereof, having two or more axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control and having any of the following characteristics: a. One or more contouring “tilting spindles”; Note:  this applies to machine tools for grinding or milling only. b. “Camming” (axial displacement) in one revolution of the spindle less (better) than 0,0006  mm total indicator reading (TIR); Note:  this applies to machine tools for turning only. c. “Run-out” (out-of-true running) in one revolution of the spindle less (better) than 0,0006  mm total indicator reading (TIR); or d. The positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are less (better) than: 0,001° on any rotary axis; 2. Electrical discharge machines (EDM) of the wire feed type that have five or more axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control.	ex 8537 10 10 ex 8537 10 98 ex 8456 30 ex 8457 10 ex 8457 20 ex 8457 30 ex 8458 11 ex 8458 91 ex 8459 10 ex 8459 31 ex 8459 51 ex 8459 61 ex 8460 12 ex 8460 22 ex 8460 23 ex 8460 24
Assemblies, circuit boards or inserts specially designed for machine tools controlled in this annex: a. Spindle assemblies, consisting of spindles and bearings as a minimal assembly, with radial (“run-out”) or axial (“camming”) axis motion in one revolution of the spindle less (better) than 0,0006  mm total indicator reading (TIR); b. Single point diamond cutting tool inserts, having all of the following characteristics: 1. Flawless and chip-free cutting edge when magnified 400 times in any direction; 2. Cutting radius from 0,1 to 5 mm inclusive; and 3. Cutting radius out-of-roundness less (better) than 0,002  mm TIR. c. Specially designed printed circuit boards with mounted components capable of upgrading, according to the manufacturer’s specifications, “numerical control” units, machine tools or feed-back devices to or above the levels specified in this Annex. Technical Note: This entry does not control measuring interferometer systems, without closed or open loop feedback, containing a laser to measure slide movement errors of machine-tools, dimensional inspection machines or similar equipment.	ex 8207 19 ex 8207 20 ex 8207 50 ex 8207 60 ex 8207 90 ex 8466 10 ex 8466 20 20 ex 8466 20 91 ex 8466 20 98 ex 8466 30 ex 8466 93 ex 8466 93
“Software” specially designed for the “development”, “production”, or “use” of the machine tools controlled in this Annex
“Numerical controlled” machine tools, having one or more linear axis with a travel length greater than 8 000  mm.	ex 8456 ex 8457 ex 8458 ex 8459 ex 8460

Category 3 – Electronics

Description	HS/CN code
Integrated circuits as follows: Field Programable Gate Array (FPGA), microcontrollers, microprocessors, signal processors, signal analysers, Analogue-to-Digital Converters (ADC), voltage regulators, video encoders and DC-DC converters	ex 8542 31 ex 8542 39
“Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits” (“MMIC”) amplifiers and devices	ex 8542 33 8543 70 02
RF filters or Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) filters	ex 8548 00
Tantalum capacitors	8532 21
Aluminium electrolytic capacitors	8532 22
Ceramic dielectric multilayer capacitors	8532 24
Storage integrated circuits, as follows: a. Electrically erasable programmable read-only memories (EEPROMs) with a storage capacity; 1. Exceeding 16 Mbits per package for flash memory types; or 2. Exceeding either of the following limits for all other EEPROM types: a. Exceeding 1 Mbit per package; or b. Exceeding 256 kbit per package and a maximum access time of less than 80 ns; b. Static random access memories (SRAMs) with a storage capacity: 1. Exceeding 1 Mbit per package; or 2. Exceeding 256 kbit per package and a maximum access time of less than 25 ns	ex 8542 32
Mounted piezo-electric crystals	8541 60
‘Semiconductor devices’ fulfilling the military standard MIL-STD-750D or other equivalent standard. Technical note: For the purpose of this control ‘semiconductor devices’ are electronic components that rely on the electronic properties of a semiconductor material, such as diodes, transducers, photosensitive devices, thyristors, diacs, triacs or transistors, including metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), FETs, FINFETs, IGBT, etc.	ex 8541 10 ex 8541 21 ex 8541 29 ex 8541 30 ex 8541 49 ex 8541 51 ex 8541 59
Electrical plugs, connectors, jacks, jumpers, terminals, sockets or adapters, having any of the following: a. Rated for operation at an ambient temperature above 398K (125 °C); b. Rated for operation at an ambient temperature below 218K (– 55 °C); or c. Rated for operation over the entire ambient temperature range from 218K (– 55 °C) to 398K (125 °C).	ex 8536 69 ex 8536 90
Static converters	8504 40
Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of boules or wafers	8486 10
Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits	8486 20
Equipment for the manufacture of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) and specially designed components and accessories therefor, as follows: a. Film processing equipment; b. Solder mask coating equipment; c. Photo plotter equipment; d. Plating or electroplating deposition equipment; e. Vacuum chambers and presses; f. Roll laminators; g. Alignment equipment; or h. Etching equipment.	ex 8424 89 40 ex 8479 89 70 ex 8543 30 40 ex 8486 40 ex 8420 10 81 ex 8479 90 15
Automated optical inspection equipment for testing Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), based on optical or electrical sensors, and capable to detect any of the following quality defects: a. Spacing, area, volume or height; b. Bill boarding; c. Components (presence, absence, flipped, offset, polarity, or skew); d. Solder (bridging, insufficient solder joints); e. Leads (insufficient paste, lifting); f. Tombstoning; or g. Electrical (shorts, opens, resistance, capacitance, power, grid performance).	ex 9030 31 ex 9030 32 ex 9030 33 20 ex 9030 33 70 ex 9030 39 00 ex 9030 84 ex 9030 89 ex 9031 49 10 ex 9031 49 90 ex 9031 80 20 ex 9031 80 80
Oscilloscopes and oscillographs	9030 20
Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices	9030 82
Signal generators	8543 20
Chemicals and materials of the type used in the production of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), as follows: a. PCB “composite” substrates made of glass fibre or cotton (e.g. FR-4, FR-2, FR 6, CEM-1, G-10, etc.); b. Multilayer PCB substrates, containing at least one layer of any of the following materials: 1. Aluminium; 2. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); or 3. Ceramic materials (e.g. alumina, titanium oxide, etc.); c. Etchant chemicals; 1. Ferric chloride (7705-08-0); 2. Cupric chloride (7447-39-4); 3. Ammonium persulphate (7727-54-0); 4. Sodium persulphate (7775-27-1); or 5. Chemical preparations specially designed for etching and containing any of the chemicals included in points 1 to 4. Note:  This control does not control ‘chemical mixtures’ containing one or more of the chemicals specified in this entry in which no individually specified chemical constitutes more than 10 % by the weight of the mixture. d. Copper foil with a minimum purity 95 % and of a thickness less than 100 μm; e. Polymeric substances and films thereof of less than 0,5  mm of thickness, as follows: 1. Aromatic polyimides; 2. Parylenes; 3. Benzocyclobutenes (BCBs); or 4. Polybenzoxazoles.	ex 3921 90 55 ex 8534 00 ex 2827 39 20 ex 2827 39 85 ex 2833 40 ex 3824 99 96 ex 7410 11 ex 7410 21 ex 3919 10 80 ex 3919 90 80
“Software” specially designed for the test, “development” or “production” of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs).	N/A
Radio frequency systems and equipment not included in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, components and accessories, specially designed or modified to develop any of the following functions: a. Take control and command of UAVs. b. Deliberately and selectively interfere with, deny, inhibit, degrade or deceive radio frequency signals for the control and command of unmanned aircraft. c. Use the specific features of the radio frequency protocol used by drones to interfere with their operation.	ex 8517 62 ex 8517 71 ex 8517 79 ex 8525 50 ex 8526 92 ex 8529 10 ex 8543 70 90

Category 4 – Computers

Description	HS/CN code
Electronic computers and related equipment, and “electronic assemblies” and specially designed components therefor, rated for operation at an ambient temperature above 343 K (70 °C)	ex 8471
“Digital computers”, including equipment of “signal processing” or “image enhancement”, having an “Adjusted Peak Performance” (“APP”) equal to or greater than 0,0128 Weighted TeraFLOPS (WT)	ex 8471
Hybrid computers and “electronic assemblies” and specially designed components therefor containing analogue-to-digital converters having all of the following characteristics: a. 32 channels or more; and b. A resolution of 14 bit (plus sign bit) or more with a conversion rate of 200 000  Hz or more	ex 8471

Category 5 – Telecommunications and information security

Description	HS/CN code
Telecommunications apparatus, devices or machines, for “aircraft”	ex 8517 62 ex 8517 69

Category 6 – Sensors and lasers

Description	HS/CN code
Cameras for aerial survey	ex 9006 30
Optical Sensors as follows: a. Image intensifier tubes and specially designed components therefor, as follows: 1. Image intensifier tubes having all the following: a. A peak response in wavelength range exceeding 400 nm, but not exceeding 1 050  nm; b. A microchannel plate for electron image amplification with a hole pitch (centre-to-centre spacing) of less than 25 μm; and c. Having any of the following: 1. An S-20, S-25 or multialkali photocathode; or 2. A GaAs or GaInAs photocathode; 2. Specially designed microchannel plates having both of the following characteristics: a. 15 000 or more hollow tubes per plate; and b. Hole pitch (centre-to-centre spacing) of less than 25 μm b. Direct view imaging equipment operating in the visible or infrared spectrum, incorporating image intensifier tubes having the characteristics of the image intensifier tube included in this control.	ex 8529 90 ex 8542 39 ex 9006 91 ex 9013 80 ex 9025 80 ex 9025 90 ex 9026 80 ex 9026 90 ex 9027 50 ex 9032 10
Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or Section XVI	9013 10
Night vision cameras	8525 83
Cameras that meet the criteria of Note 3 to 6A003.b.4 [^E0010]	ex 8525 89 ex 9006 30
Airborne laser rangefinders	ex 9013 20 00 ex 9013 80 00 ex 9013 90 80 ex 9015 10 ex 9015 80 ex 9015 90 ex 9031 80 20 ex 9031 80 80 ex 9031 90 00 ex 9033 00 90
‘Primary cells’ or batteries and components having an energy density of 150 Wh/kg or more at 293 K (20 °C) Technical Notes: 1.  For the purposes of this control, ‘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 this control, a ‘cell’ is defined as an electrochemical device, which has positive and negative electrodes, an electrolyte, and is a source of electrical energy. It is the basic building block of a battery. 3.  For the purposes of this control, a ‘primary cell’ is a ‘cell’ that is not designed to be charged by any other source.	ex 8506
Radar systems, equipment and major components, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, and specially designed components therefor, as follows: a. Airborne radar equipment, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, and specially designed components therefor; b. “Space-qualified” “laser” radar or Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) equipment specially designed for surveying or for meteorological observation; c. Millimeter wave enhanced vision radar imaging systems specially designed for rotary wing aircraft and having all of the following: 1. Operates at a frequency of 94 GHz; 2. An average output power of less than 20 mW; 3. Radar beam width of 1 degree; and 4. Operating range equal to or greater than 1 500  m	ex 8526 10 ex 8529 90 ex 9015 10 ex 90
“Magnetometers”, “Superconductive” electromagnetic sensors, and specially designed components therefor, as follows: a. “Magnetometers”, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, having a ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 1,0  nT (rms) per square root Hz Technical Note: For the purposes of this control, ‘sensitivity’ (noise level) is the root mean square of the device-limited noise floor which is the lowest signal that can be measured. b. “Superconductive” electromagnetic sensors, components manufactured from “superconductive” materials: 1. Designed for operation at temperatures below the “critical temperature” of at least one of their “superconductive” constituents (including Josephson effect devices or “superconductive” quantum interference devices (SQUIDS)); 2. Designed for sensing electromagnetic field variations at frequencies of 1 kHz or less; and 3. Having any of the following characteristics: a. Incorporating thin-film SQUIDS with a minimum feature size of less than 2 μm and with associated input and output coupling circuits; b. Designed to operate with a magnetic field slew rate exceeding 1 x 106 magnetic flux quanta per second; c. Designed to function without magnetic shielding in the earth’s ambient magnetic field; or d. Having a temperature coefficient less (smaller) than 0,1  magnetic flux quantum/K	ex 9015 80 ex 9031 80
Gravity meters (gravimeters) for ground use, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, as follows: a. Having a static accuracy of less (better) than 100 μGal; or b. Being of the quartz element (Worden) type	ex 9015 80
“Software”, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, specially designed for the “development”, “production”, or “use” of goods controlled by 6A002 [^E0011], 6A003 [^E0012], and radars, magnetometers and gravity meters included in Category 6 of this Regulation.	N/A

Ref. Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Ref. Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Ref. Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821

Category 7 – Navigation and avionics

Description	HS/CN code
Inertial Navigation systems, Inertial Measuring Units (IMU), accelerometers or gyros, and parts and accessories thereof	ex 9014 20 ex 9014 80 ex 9014 90
Aerials and aerial reflectors for “aircraft” or guidance systems, parts suitable for use therewith	ex 8517 71 ex 8529 10
“Satellite navigation system” equipment, including aerials and antennas suitable for the reception of GNSS signals, and parts thereof	ex 8526 91 ex 8529 90 ex 8526 10 ex 8526 92 ex 8517 71 ex 8529 10
Digital flight data recorders	8543 70 04
Radio navigational aid apparatus for “aircraft” and specially designed components thereof	ex 8526 91 ex 8529 90
Flight control units for “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” (“UAVs”), and parts thereof	ex 8537 10 ex 8807 30
Remote control units for “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” (“UAVs”), and parts thereof	ex 8517 61 ex 8526 92 ex 8537 10 ex 8543 70 90 ex 8807 30

Category 9 – Aerospace and propulsion

Description	HS/CN code
“Unmanned aerial vehicles” (“UAVs”) other than those designed for carrying passengers, and parts thereof	8806 21 8806 22 8806 23 8806 24 8806 29 8806 91 8806 92 8806 93 8806 94 8806 99 ex 8807 30
Aero gas turbine engines (turboprop, turbojet and turbofan) for “aircraft”, and specially designed components thereof	ex 8411 11 ex 8411 12 ex 8411 21 ex 8411 22 ex 8411 91
Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines for “aircraft”	8407 10
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with internal combustion piston engine for “aircraft”	8409 10
Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines for “aircraft”	ex 8408 90
Servomotor for “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” (“UAVs”)	ex 8501 ex 8807 30
Launch systems for “UAVs”, and parts thereof	ex 8805 10 ex 8807 30
Ground support equipment for “UAVs”	ex 8805 10
Testing equipment for aerospace and propulsion, and specially designed components therefor, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821. Note: this control includes the following items, and the related “software”: — Load release test bench and other facilities to simulate safe separation from the “aircraft” or launch system. — Salt spray chambers for temperature and humidity ranges to perform oxidation tests. — Chambers to perform fungus tests. — Devices for acceleration, shock and transport shock tests. — Vibration chambers with altitude, temperature and humidity ranges. — Chambers for explosive decompression tests. — Chambers for temperature, humidity and solar radiation tests. — Devices to estimate the captured solar radiation for solar radiation tests. — Vibrators for sinusoidal, random and shock tests, combinable with altitude, temperature and humidity tests. — Vibration table for longitudinal and lateral tests combined with temperature chambers. — Overpressure chambers.	ex 9031 20 ex 9031 80
‘Flight termination’ systems and specifically designed components. Note: this control covers digital and analogic communications standards for Flight Termination Systems, including encrypted operational modes. Technical notes: 1.  For the purpose of this control ‘flight termination’ can involve a controlled descent, self-destruction of the missile, or detonation of the warhead to minimize the risk of collateral damage 2.  For the purpose of this control, components include ground and on board equipment, command exciters, encoders, amplifier controllers, command verification receivers, amplifiers, transmitters, decoders and receivers.	ex 8526 92 ex 8529 90

Category 10 – Technology

“Technology”, designed or specifically adapted for the test, development or production of equipment listed in this Annex

“Technology” for the “use” of machine tools controlled in this Annex.

ANNEX III

List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 3

• A. Natural persons Names (Transliteration into Latin script) Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing

هادى ظهوریان (Farsi spelling) Position(s): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari POB: Tehran, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Passport number: 0055312047 (National ID) Associated entities: Shakad Sanat Asmari Hadi Zahourian is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari. Shakad Sanat Asmari is an Iranian company that develops and manufactures components for the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As the CEO of Shakad Sanat Asmari, Hadi Zahourian is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. 11.12.2023 —————

3. Ehsan Rahat VARNOSFADRANI

احسان راحت وارنوسفدرانی (Farsi spelling) Position(s): Chief scientist of Shakad Sanat Asmari DOB: 1983 POB: Bahman, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Associated entities: Shakad Sanat Asmari Ehsan Rahat Varnosfadrani is the Chief scientist and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari. Shakad Sanat Asmari is an Iranian company that develops and manufactures components for the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As the Chief scientist and former CEO of Shakad Sanat Asmari, Ehsan Rahat Varnosfadrani is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. 11.12.2023

a.k.a. Rehmatollah HEIDARI رحمت الله حیدرى (Farsi spelling) Position(s): Managing Director and member of the board of directors of Iran-based Baharestan Kish Company DOB: 22.9.1985 Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Associated entities: Baharestan Kish Company; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Rahmatollah Heidari is the Managing Director and a member of the board of directors of Baharestan Kish Company. Baharestan Kish Company manufactures unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) components for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). As the Managing Director and a member of the board of directors of Baharestan Kish Company, Rahmatollah Heidari is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. 11.12.2023

نادر خون سیاوش (Farsi spelling) Position(s): Director of Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) DOB: 30.4.1963 Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Passport number: 0028892753 (National ID) Associated entities: Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO); Defence Industries Organization (DIO); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Nader Khoon Siavash is the Director of Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO). AIO is an organisation which reports to the Iranian Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), and is active in Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programme. As Director of AIO, Nader Khoon Siavash is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. 11.12.2023

a.k.a. Ehsan IMANIJAD احسان ایمانی نژاد (Farsi spelling) Position(s): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif DOB: 1982 POB: Shahrivar, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Associated entities: Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif Ehsan Imaninejad is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif. Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif (a.k.a. Daria Fanavar Borhan Sharif) is an Iranian company that offers aerospace engineering services and manufactures parts of the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As CEO of Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif, Ehsan Imaninejad is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. 11.12.2023