Note: “Development” or “production” “technology” specified by 9E001. to 9E003. for gas turbine engines remains controlled when used for repair or overhaul. Excluded from control are: technical data, drawings or documentation for maintenance activities directly associated with calibration, removal or replacement of damaged or unserviceable line replaceable units, including replacement of whole engines or engine modules.
9E001 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment or “software”, specified by 9A001.b., 9A004. to 9A012., 9A350., 9B or 9D.
9E002 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment specified by 9A001.b., 9A004. to 9A011., 9A350. or 9B.
N.B.: For “technology” for the repair of controlled structures, laminates or materials, see 1E002.f.
9E003 Other “technology” as follows:
a. “Technology” “required” for the “development” or “production” of any of the following gas turbine engine components or systems:
1. Gas turbine blades, vanes or “tip shrouds”, made from directionally solidified (DS) or single crystal (SC) alloys and having (in the 001 Miller Index Direction) a stress‑rupture life exceeding 400 hours at 1,273 K (1,000°C) at a stress of 200 MPa, based on the average property values;
For the purposes of 9E003.a.1., stress‑rupture life testing is typically conducted on a test specimen.
2. Combustors having any of the following:
‘Thermally decoupled liners’ designed to operate at ‘combustor exit temperature’ exceeding 1,883 K (1,610°C);
Non‑metallic liners;
Non‑metallic shells; or
Liners designed to operate at ‘combustor exit temperature’ exceeding 1,883 K (1,610°C) and having holes that meet the parameters specified by 9E003.c.;
Note: The “required” “technology” for holes in 9E003.a.2. is limited to the derivation of the geometry and location of the holes.
'Thermally decoupled liners' are liners that feature at least a support structure designed to carry mechanical loads and a combustion facing structure designed to protect the support structure from the heat of combustion. The combustion facing structure and support structure have independent thermal displacement (mechanical displacement due to thermal load) with respect to one another, i.e. they are thermally decoupled.
‘Combustor exit temperature’ is the bulk average gas path total (stagnation) temperature between the combustor exit plane and the leading edge of the turbine inlet guide vane (i.e., measured at engine station T40 as defined in SAE ARP 755A) when the engine is running in a “steady state mode” of operation at the certificated maximum continuous operating temperature.
N.B.: See 9E003.c. for “technology” “required” for manufacturing cooling holes.
3. Components that are any of the following:
a. Manufactured from organic "composite" materials designed to operate above 588 K (315°C);
b. Manufactured from any of the following:
1. Metal "matrix" "composites" reinforced by any of the following:
c. Aluminides specified by 1C002.a; or
2. Ceramic "matrix" "composites" specified by 1C007.; or
c. Stators, vanes, blades, tip seals (shrouds), rotating blings, rotating blisks, or 'splitter ducts', that are all of the following:
1. Not specified by 9E003.a.3.a.;
2. Designed for compressors or fans; and
3. Manufactured from material specified by 1C010.e. with resins specified by 1C008.;
A 'splitter duct' performs the initial separation of the air‑mass flow between the bypass and core sections of the engine.
4. Uncooled turbine blades, vanes or "tip‑shrouds", designed to operate at a 'gas path temperature' of 1,373 K (1,100°C) or more;
5. Cooled turbine blades, vanes, “tip‑shrouds” other than those described in 9E003.a.1., designed to operate at a ‘gas path temperature’ of 1,693 K (1,420°C) or more;
‘Gas path temperature’ is the bulk average gas path total (stagnation) temperature at the leading edge plane of the turbine component when the engine is running in a ‘steady state mode’ of operation at the certificated or specified maximum continuous operating temperature.
6. Airfoil‑to‑disk blade combinations using solid state joining;
7. Gas turbine engine components using “diffusion bonding” “technology” specified by 2E003.b.;
8. ‘Damage tolerant’ gas turbine engine rotor components using powder metallurgy materials specified by 1C002.b.; or
‘Damage tolerant’ components are designed using methodology and substantiation to predict and limit crack growth.
9. Not used;
10. Not used;
11. Hollow fan blades;
b. “Technology” “required” for the “development” or “production” of any of the following:
1. Wind tunnel aero‑models equipped with non‑intrusive sensors capable of transmitting data from the sensors to the data acquisition system; or
2. “Composite” propeller blades or propfans, capable of absorbing more than 2,000 kW at flight speeds exceeding Mach 0.55;
c. “Technology” “required” for manufacturing cooling holes, in gas turbine engine components incorporating any of the “technologies” specified by 9E003.a.1., 9E003.a.2. or 9E003.a.5., and having any of the following:
a. Minimum ‘cross‑sectional area’ less than 0.45 mm2;
b. ‘Hole shape ratio’ greater than 4.52; and
c. ‘Incidence angle’ equal to or less than 25°; or
2. Having all of the following:
a. Minimum ‘cross‑sectional area’ less than 0.12 mm2;
b. ‘Hole shape ratio’ greater than 5.65; and
c. ‘Incidence angle’ more than 25°;
Note: 9E003.c. does not apply to “technology” for manufacturing constant radius cylindrical holes that are straight through and enter and exit on the external surfaces of the component.
1. For the purposes of 9E003.c., the ‘cross‑sectional area’ is the area of the hole in the plane perpendicular to the hole axis.
2. For the purposes of 9E003.c., ‘hole shape ratio’ is the nominal length of the axis of the hole divided by the square root of its minimum ‘cross‑sectional area’.
3. For the purposes of 9E003.c., ‘incidence angle’ is the acute angle measured between the plane tangential to the aerofoil surface and the hole axis at the point where the hole axis enters the aerofoil surface.
4. Methods for manufacturing holes in 9E003.c. include “laser” beam machining, water jet machining, Electro‑Chemical Machining (ECM) or Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM).
d. “Technology” “required” for the “development” or “production” of helicopter power transfer systems or tilt rotor or tilt wing “aircraft” power transfer systems;
e. “Technology” for the “development” or “production” of reciprocating diesel engine ground vehicle propulsion systems having all of the following:
1. ‘Box volume’ of 1.2 m3 or less;
2. An overall power output of more than 750 kW based on 80/1269/EEC, ISO 2534 or national equivalents; and
3. Power density of more than 700 kW/m3 of ‘box volume’;
‘Box volume’ in 9E003.e. is the product of three perpendicular dimensions measured in the following way:
Length: The length of the crankshaft from front flange to flywheel face;
Width: The widest of any of the following:
a. The outside dimension from valve cover to valve cover;
b. The dimensions of the outside edges of the cylinder heads; or
c. The diameter of the flywheel housing;
Height: The largest of any of the following:
a. The dimension of the crankshaft centre‑line to the top plane of the valve cover (or cylinder head) plus twice the stroke; or
b. The diameter of the flywheel housing.
f. “Technology” “required” for the “production” of specially designed components for high output diesel engines, as follows:
1. “Technology” “required” for the “production” of engine systems having all of the following components employing ceramics materials specified by 1C007:
a. Cylinder liners;
b. Pistons;
c. Cylinder heads; and
d. One or more other components (including exhaust ports, turbochargers, valve guides, valve assemblies or insulated fuel injectors);
2. “Technology” “required” for the “production” of turbocharger systems with single‑stage compressors and having all of the following:
a. Operating at pressure ratios of 4:1 or higher;
b. Mass flow in the range from 30 to 130 kg per minute; and
c. Variable flow area capability within the compressor or turbine sections;
3. “Technology” “required” for the “production” of fuel injection systems with a specially designed multifuel (e.g., diesel or jet fuel) capability covering a viscosity range from diesel fuel (2.5 cSt at 310.8 K (37.8°C)) down to gasoline fuel (0.5 cSt at 310.8 K (37.8°C)) and having all of the following:
a. Injection amount in excess of 230 mm3 per injection per cylinder; and
b. Electronic control features specially designed for switching governor characteristics automatically depending on fuel property to provide the same torque characteristics by using the appropriate sensors;
g. “Technology” “required” for the “development” or “production” of ‘high output diesel engines’ for solid, gas phase or liquid film (or combinations thereof) cylinder wall lubrication and permitting operation to temperatures exceeding 723 K (450°C), measured on the cylinder wall at the top limit of travel of the top ring of the piston.
‘High output diesel engines’ are diesel engines with a specified brake mean effective pressure of 1.8 MPa or more at a speed of 2,300 r.p.m., provided the rated speed is 2,300 r.p.m. or more.
h. “Technology” for gas turbine engine “FADEC systems” as follows:
1. “Development” “technology” for deriving the functional requirements for the components necessary for the “FADEC system” to regulate engine thrust or shaft power (e.g. feedback sensor time constants and accuracies, fuel valve slew rate);
2. “Development” or “production” “technology” for control and diagnostic components unique to the “FADEC system” and used to regulate engine thrust or shaft power;
3. “Development” “technology” for the control law algorithms, including “source code”, unique to the “FADEC system” and used to regulate engine thrust or shaft power.
Note: 9E003.h. does not apply to technical data related to engine‑“aircraft” integration required by civil aviation authorities of one or more Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States to be published for general airline use (e.g., installation manuals, operating instructions, instructions for continued airworthiness) or interface functions (e.g., input/output processing, airframe thrust or shaft power demand).
i. “Technology” for adjustable flow path systems designed to maintain engine stability for gas generator turbines, fan or power turbines, or propelling nozzles, as follows:
1. “Development” “technology” for deriving the functional requirements for the components that maintain engine stability;
2. “Development” or “production” “technology” for components unique to the adjustable flow path system and that maintain engine stability;
3. “Development” “technology” for the control law algorithms, including “source code”, unique to the adjustable flow path system and that maintain engine stability.
Note: 9E003.i. does not apply to "technology" for any of the following:
a. Inlet guide vanes;
b. Variable pitch fans or prop‑fans;
c. Variable compressor vanes;
d. Compressor bleed valves; or
e. Adjustable flow path geometry for reverse thrust.
j. "Technology" "required" for the "development" of wing‑folding systems designed for fixed‑wing “aircraft” powered by gas turbine engines.
N.B.: For "technology" "required" for the "development" of wing‑folding systems designed for fixed‑wing “aircraft” specified by ML10., see ML22.
9E101 a. “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of goods specified by 9A101, 9A102, 9A104 to 9A111 or 9A115 to 9A121.
b. “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of ‘UAV’s specified by 9A012 or goods specified by 9A101, 9A102, 9A104 to 9A111 or 9A115 to 9A121.
In 9E101.b. ‘UAV’ means unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.
9E102 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of space launch vehicles specified by 9A004, goods specified by 9A005 to 9A011, ‘UAV’s specified by 9A012 or goods specified by 9A101, 9A102, 9A104 to 9A111, 9A115 to 9A121, 9B105, 9B106, 9B115 to 9B117, 9D101 or 9D103.
In 9E102, ‘UAV’ means unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.
Sensitive list of dual‑use goods and technologies
Note: This list contains a sub‑set of the items listed in Categories 1 to 9 of the Part 2 Dual‑Use List. The items in this List are considered to be sensitive, requiring additional care in their transfer. General Export Licences are generally not available for the export or supply of the following sensitive goods or technologies.
N.B.: Where abbreviated entries are used, see the Dual‑Use List for full details. Text that differs from that in the Dual‑Use List is shaded.
| Category 1 | SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 1A002.a.1 | “Composite” structures or laminates made from an organic “matrix” and “fibrous or filamentary materials” specified by 1C010.c. or 1C010.d. |
| 1C001 | Materials specially designed for absorbing electromagnetic radiation... |
| 1C007.c. | Ceramic‑“matrix” “composite” materials... |
| <br>1C007.d. | <br>Not used |
| 1C010.c. & 1C010.d. | “Fibrous or filamentary materials”... |
| 1C012 | Materials as follows... |
| 1C101 | Materials or devices for reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures; other than those specified by 1C001, usable in ‘missiles’, ‘missile’ subsystems or unmanned aerial vehicles specified by 9A012.<br>Note: 1C101 does not apply to materials if such goods are formulated solely for civil applications.<br>Technical Note:<br>In 1C101 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km. |
| 1C239 | High explosives, other than those specified in the Munitions List, or substances or mixtures containing more than 2% by weight thereof, with a crystal density greater than 1.8 g/cm3 and having a detonation velocity greater than 8,000 m/s. |
| 1D002 | “Software” for the “development” of organic “matrix”, metal “matrix” or carbon “matrix” laminates or “composites” specified by this List. |
| 1D103 | “Software” specially designed for analysis of reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures. |
| 1E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment and materials specified by 1A002 or 1C of this List. |
| <br>1E002.e. & 1E002.f. | <br>Other “technology”... |
| 1E101 | “Technology” according to the GTN for the “use” of goods specified by 1C101 or 1D103. |
| 1E102 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of “software” specified by 1D101 or 1D103. |
| 1E201 | “Technology” according to the GTN for the “development” of “software” specified by 1D103. |
| Category 2 | SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 2B001.a | Not used since 2002 |
| 2B001.b | Not used since 2002 |
| 2B001.d | Not used since 2002 |
| 2B001.f | Not used since 2002 |
| 2B003 | Not used since 2002 |
| 2D001 | “Software”, other than that specified by 2D002, specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment as follows:<br>a. Specified by 2B001.a., 2B001.b.1., or 2B001.b.2., and having a “unidirectional positioning repeatability” equal to or less (better) than 0.9 µm along one or more linear axis;<br>b. Specified by 2B001.b.3., 2B001.d., 2B001.f. or 2B003. |
| 2E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment or “software” as follows:<br>a. Equipment specified by 2B001.a., 2B001.b.1. or 2B001.b.2., and having a “unidirectional positioning repeatability” equal to or less (better) than 0.9 µm along one or more linear axis;<br>b. Equipment specified by 2B001.b.3., 2B001.d., 2B001.f. or 2B003.;<br>c. “Software” specified by 2D. of this List; |
| 2E002 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment as follows:<br>a. Specified by 2B001.a., 2B001.b.1. or 2B001.b.2., and having a “unidirectional positioning repeatability” equal to or less (better) than 0.9 µm along one or more linear axis;<br>b. Specified by 2B001.b.3., 2B001.d., 2B001.f. or 2B003. |
| Category 3 | SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 3A002.g.1 | Atomic frequency standards… “Space‑qualified” |
| 3A229 | High‑current pulse generators, as follows…<br>N.B.: See also ML4, ML909 |
| 3A232 | Multipoint initiation systems, other than those specified by 1A007, as follows…<br>N.B.: See also ML4 |
| 3B001.a.2 | Not used |
| 3D001. | “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by 3A002.g. of this List. |
| 3E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by 3A of this List. |
| 3E201 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of equipment specified by 3A229 or 3A232. |
| Category 4 | SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 4A001.a.2. | Electronic computers...radiation hardened… |
| 4A003.b. | Not used since 2002 |
| 4A003.c. | Not used since 2001 |
| 4D001 | “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by 4A of this List or for the “development” or “production” of “digital computers” having an ‘Adjusted Peak Performance’ (‘APP’) exceeding 16 Weighted TeraFLOPS (WT). |
| 4E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of any of the following equipment or “software”:<br>a. Equipment specified by 4.A. of this List;<br>b. “Digital computers” having an ‘Adjusted Peak Performance’ (‘APP’) exceeding 16 Weighted TeraFLOPS (WT); or<br>c. “Software” specified by 4.D. of this List. |
Category 5 SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Part 1
5A001.b.3. Being radio equipment…
5A001.b.5. Being digitally controlled radio receivers…
5A001.h. Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) equipment and related equipment...
5B001.a. Equipment and specially designed components or accessories therefor, specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment, functions or features in 5A001 of this List.
5D001.a. “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment, functions or features, specified by 5A001 of this List.
5D001.b. Not used.
5E001.a. “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment, functions or features specified by 5A001 or “software” specified by 5D001.a. of this List.
Part 2 None
Category 6 SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES
6A001.a.1.b. Systems or transmitting and receiving arrays, designed for object detection or location, having any of the following:1. A transmitting frequency below 5 kHz or a sound pressure level exceeding 224 dB (reference 1 µPa at 1 m) for equipment with an operating frequency in the band from 5 kHz to 10 kHz inclusive;2. Sound pressure level exceeding 224 dB…3. Sound pressure level exceeding 235 dB…4. Forming beams of…5. Designed to operate…6. Designed to withstand...
6A001.a.2.c. Processing equipment, specially designed for real time application with towed acoustic hydrophone arrays, having “user‑accessible programmability” and time or frequency domain processing and correlation, including spectral analysis, digital filtering and beamforming using Fast Fourier or other transforms or processes;
6A001.a.2.d. Heading sensors…
6A001.a.2.e. Bottom or bay cable hydrophone arrays having any of the following:1. Incorporating hydrophones… or2. Incorporating multiplexed hydrophone group signal modules…
6A001.a.2.f. Processing equipment, specially designed for real time application with bottom or bay cable systems, having “user‑accessible programmability” and time or frequency domain processing and correlation, including spectral analysis, digital filtering and beamforming using Fast Fourier or other transforms or processes.
6A002.a.1.a., b. and c. “Space‑qualified” solid‑state detectors…
6A002.a.2.a. Image intensifier tubes …1. A peak response…2. Electron image amplification…3. Photocathodes, as follows:a. Multialkali photocathodes (e.g., S‑20 and S‑25) having a luminous sensitivity exceeding 700 µA/lm;b. GaAs or GaInAs photocathodes;c. Other “III/V compound” semiconductor photocathodes.
Note 36A002.a.3. does not apply to the following “focal plane arrays” in this List:
a. Platinum Silicide (PtSi) “focal plane arrays” having less than 10,000 elements;
b. Iridium Silicide (IrSi) “focal plane arrays”.
Note 46A002.a.3. does not apply to the following “focal plane arrays” in this List:
a. Indium Antimonide (InSb) or Lead Selenide (PbSe) “focal plane arrays” having less than 256 elements;
b. Indium Arsenide (InAs) “focal plane arrays”;
c. Lead Sulphide (PbS) “focal plane arrays”;
d. Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) “focal plane arrays”.
Note 56A002.a.3. does not apply to Mercury Cadmium Telluride (HgCdTe) “focal plane arrays” as follows in this List:
a. ‘Scanning Arrays’ having any of the following:
30 elements or less; or
Incorporating time delay‑and‑integration within the element and having 2 elements or less;
b. ‘Staring Arrays’ having less than 256 elements.
Technical Notes:1. ‘Scanning Arrays’ are defined as “focal plane arrays” designed for use with a scanning optical system that images a scene in a sequential manner to produce an image;2. ‘Staring Arrays’ are defined as “focal plane arrays” designed for use with a non‑scanning optical system that images a scene.
Note 66A002.a.3. does not apply to the following “focal plane arrays” in this List:
a. Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) or Gallium Aluminium Arsenide (GaAlAs) quantum well “focal plane arrays” having less than 256 elements;
b. Microbolometer “focal plane arrays” having less than 8,000 elements.
Note 76A002.a.3.g. does not apply to the linear (1‑dimensional) “focal plane arrays” specially designed or modified to achieve ‘charge multiplication’ having 4,096 elements or less.
Note 86A002.a.3.g. does not apply to the non‑linear (2‑dimensional) “focal plane arrays” specially designed or modified to achieve ‘charge multiplication’ having a maximum linear dimension of 4,096 elements and a total of 250,000 elements or less.
6A002.b. “Monospectral imaging sensors” and “multispectral imaging sensors”…
6A002.c. ‘Direct view’ imaging equipment incorporating any of the following:1. Image intensifier tubes having the characteristics listed in 6A002.a.2.a. or 6A002.a.2.b. of this List;2. “Focal plane arrays” having the characteristics listed in 6A002.a.3. of this List; or3. Solid‑state detectors having the characteristics listed in 6A002.a.1.;
6A002.e. Not used N.B.: Entry moved to 6A002.a.1.d. in 2008.
6A003.b.3. Imaging cameras incorporating image intensifier tubes having the characteristics listed in 6A002.a.2.a. or 6A002.a.2.b. of this List;
Note: 6A003.b.3. does not apply to imaging cameras specially designed or modified for underwater use.
6A003.b.4. Imaging cameras incorporating “focal plane arrays” having any of the following:
a. Incorporating “focal plane arrays” specified by 6A002.a.3.a. to 6A002.a.3.e. of this List;
b. Incorporating “focal plane arrays” specified by 6A002.a.3.f. of this List; or
c. Incorporating “focal plane arrays” listed in 6A002.a.3.g. of this List.
6A003.b.4. Note 1 ...
Note 2 ...
Note 3 ...
Note 4 ...
Note 5: 6A003.b.4.c. does not apply to imaging cameras specially designed or modified for underwater use.
6A003.b.5. Imaging cameras incorporating solid‑state detectors specified by 6A002.a.1.;
6A004.c. “Space‑qualified” components for optical systems…
6A004.d. Optical control equipment…
6A006.a. Not used
6A006.a.1. “Magnetometers”… Using “superconductive” (SQUID) “technology”…
6A006.a.2. “Magnetometers” … Using optically pumped or nuclear precession (proton/Overhauser) “technology” having a ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 2pT rms per square root Hz;
6A006.c.1. “Magnetic gradiometers” using multiple “magnetometers” specified by 6A006.a.1. or 6A006.a.2. of this List;
6A006.d. “Compensation systems” for the following:
Magnetic sensors specified by 6A006.a.2 and using optically pumped or nuclear precession (proton/Overhauser) “technology” that will permit these sensors to realise a ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 2 pT rms per square root Hz.
Underwater electric field sensors specified by 6A006.b.
“Magnetic gradiometers” specified by 6A006.c. that will permit these sensors to realise a ‘sensitivity’ lower (better) than 3 pT/m rms per square root Hz.
6A006.e. Underwater electromagnetic receivers incorporating “magnetometers” specified by 6A006.a.1. or 6A006.a.2. of this List.
6B108 Systems specially designed for radar cross section measurement usable for “missiles” and their subsystems.
6D001 “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by 6A004, 6A008 or 6B008 of this List.
6D003.a. “Software”, as follows:…
6E001 “Technology” according to…
6E002 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment specified by 6A or 6B of this List.
| Category 7 | SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 7A117 | “Guidance sets”, usable in “missiles” capable of achieving system accuracy of 3.33 % or less of the range (e.g., a “CEP” of 10 km or less at a range of 300 km), except “guidance sets” designed for missiles with a range under 300 km or manned aircraft. |
| 7B103 | Test, calibration or alignment equipment specially designed for equipment specified by 7A117 above.<br>Note: 7B001 does not apply to test, calibration or alignment equipment for Maintenance Level I or Maintenance Level II. |
| 7D002 | “Source code” for the operation or maintenance… |
| 7D003.a. | “Software” specially designed or modified to… |
| 7D003.b. | “Source code” for… |
| 7D003.c. | Not used |
| 7D003.d.1. to 4. & 7. | Not used |
| 7D004.a. to d. & g. | “Source code” incorporating “development” “technology” specified by… |
| 7D101 | “Software” specially designed for the “use” of equipment specified by 7B003 or 7B103 above. |
| 7E001 & 7E002 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note... |
| 7E101 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of equipment specified by 7A117, 7B003, 7B103 and 7D101 above. |
| Category 8 | SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 8A001.b. | Manned, untethered submersible vehicles… |
| 8A001.c. | Unmanned, tethered submersible vehicles... |
| 8A001.d. | Unmanned, untethered submersible vehicles... |
| 8A002.b. | Systems specially designed or modified for the automated control of the motion of submersible vehicles specified by 8A001 of this List using navigation data having closed loop servo‑controls and having any of the following:<br>1. Enabling…<br>2. Maintaining…<br>3. Maintaining… |
| 8A002.h. | “Robots” specially designed for underwater use... |
| 8A002.j. | Air independent power systems... |
| 8A002.o.3. | Noise reduction systems for use on vessels... |
| 8A002.p. | Pumpjet propulsion systems... |
| 8D001 | “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment in 8A of this List. |
| 8D002 | Specific “software”… |
| 8E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by 8A of this List. |
| 8E002.a. | Other “technology”... |
Category 9 SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES
9A011 Ramjet, scramjet or combined cycle engines...
9A104 Sounding rockets, capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km.N.B.: See also 9A004.
9A105.a. Liquid propellant rocket engines integrated, or designed or modified to be integrated, into a liquid propellant propulsion system, as follows:N.B.: See also 9A119.a. Liquid propellant rocket engines usable in “missiles”, other than those specified by 9A005, having a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 1.1 MNs; except liquid propellant apogee engines integrated, or designed or modified to be integrated, into a liquid propellant propulsion system, designed or modified for satellite applications and having all of the following:1. Nozzle throat diameter of 20 mm or less; and2. Combustion chamber pressure of 15 bar or less.
9A106 Systems or components, other than those specified by 9A006, usable in “missiles”, as follows, specially designed for liquid rocket propulsion systems:c. Thrust vector control sub‑systems, except those designed for rocket systems that are not capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km.Technical Note:Examples of methods of achieving thrust vector control specified by 9A106.c. are:1. Flexible nozzle;2. Fluid or secondary gas injection;3. Movable engine or nozzle;4. Deflection of exhaust gas stream (jet vanes or probes); or5. Thrust tabs.
9A108.c. Components, other than those specified by 9A008, usable in “missiles” as follows, specially designed for solid rocket propulsion systems:c. Thrust vector control sub‑systems, except those designed for rocket systems that are not capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km.
Technical Note:Examples of methods of achieving thrust vector control specified by 9A108.c. are:1. Flexible nozzle;2. Fluid or secondary gas injection;3. Movable engine or nozzle;4. Deflection of exhaust gas stream (jet vanes or probes); or5. Thrust tabs.
9A116 Reentry vehicles, usable in “missiles”, and equipment designed or modified therefor, as follows, except for reentry vehicles designed for non‑weapon payloads:a. Reentry vehicles;b. Heat shields and components therefor fabricated of ceramic or ablative materials;c. Heat sinks and components therefor fabricated of light‑weight, high heat capacity materials;d. Electronic equipment specially designed for reentry vehicles.
9A119 Individual rocket stages, usable in complete rocket systems or “unmanned aerial vehicles”, capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of 300 km, other than those specified by 9A005 or 9A007.a. above
9B001 Equipment, tooling or fixtures, specially designed for manufacturing gas turbine engine blades, vanes or “tip shrouds”, as follows:a. Directional‑solidification or single‑crystal casting equipment;b. Casting tooling, manufactured from refractory metals or ceramics, as follows: 1. Cores; 2. Shells (moulds); 3. Combined core and shell (mould) units;c. Directional‑solidification…
9B115 Specially designed “production equipment” for the systems, sub‑systems and components specified by 9A005, 9A007.a., 9A008.d., 9A105.a., 9A106.c., 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119 above.
9B116 Specially designed “production facilities” for the space launch vehicles specified by 9A004, or systems, sub‑systems, and components specified by 9A005, 9A007.a., 9A008.d., 9A104, 9A105.a., 9A106.c., 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119 above.
9D001 “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development” of equipment or “technology”, specified by 9A, 9B or 9E003 of this List.
9D002 “Software” specially designed or modified for the “production” of equipment specified by 9A or 9B of this List.
9D004.a. Other “software”… 2D or 3D…
9D004.c. Other “software”…”Software” specially…
9D101 “Software” specially designed for the “use” of goods specified by 9B116 above.
9E001 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note…
9E002 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note…
9E003.a.1. to 5. and 9E003.a.8. “Technology” “required” for…
9E003.h. "Technology" "required" for gas turbine "FADEC systems"…
9E101 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of goods specified by 9A104, 9A105.a., 9A106.c., 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119 above.
9E102 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of space launch vehicles specified by 9A004, 9A005, 9A007.a., 9A008.d., 9A104, 9A105.a., 9A106.c., 9A108.c., 9A116, 9A119, 9B115, 9B116 or 9D101 above.
Very sensitive list of dual‑use goods and technologies
Note: This List contains Category 0 of the Dual‑Use List and a subset of the items contained in the Sensitive List. The items in this List are considered to be very sensitive, requiring extreme care in their transfer. General Export Licences are not available for the export of the following very sensitive goods.
N.B.: Where abbreviated entries are used, see Dual‑Use List for full details. Text that differs from that in the Dual‑Use List is shaded.
| Category 0 | VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| | All of Category 0 of Dual‑Use List is included in the Very Sensitive List |
| | N.B. For 0C003 and 0C004, only if for use in a “nuclear reactor” (within 0A001.a.). |
| Category 1 | VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 1A002.a.1 | “Composite” structures or laminates made from an organic “matrix” and “fibrous or filamentary materials” specified by 1C010.c. or 1C010.d. |
| 1A228 | Target assemblies and components for the production of tritium as follows:<br>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;<br>b. Components specially designed for the target assemblies specified by Item 1A228.a.<br>Technical Note:<br>Components specially designed for target assemblies for the production of tritium may include lithium pellets, tritium getters, and specially‑coated cladding. |
| 1B226 | Electromagnetic 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.<br>Note: 1B226 includes separators:<br>a. Capable of enriching stable isotopes;<br>b. With the ion sources and collectors both in the magnetic field and those configurations in which they are external to the field. |
| 1B231 | Tritium facilities or plants, and equipment therefor, as follows:<br>a. Facilities or plants for the production, recovery, extraction, concentration, or handling of tritium;<br>b. Equipment for tritium facilities or plants, as follows:<br>1. Hydrogen or helium refrigeration units capable of cooling to 23 K (‑250°C) or less, with heat removal capacity greater than 150 W;<br>2. Hydrogen isotope storage or purification systems using metal hydrides as the storage or purification medium. |
| 1B233 | Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants, and equipment therefor, as follows:<br>a. Facilities or plants for the separation of lithium isotopes;<br>b. Equipment for the separation of lithium isotopes, as follows:<br>1. Packed liquid‑liquid exchange columns specially designed for lithium amalgams;<br>2. Mercury or lithium amalgam pumps;<br>3. Lithium amalgam electrolysis cells;<br>4. Evaporators for concentrated lithium hydroxide solution.<br>c. Ion exchange systems specially designed for lithium isotope separation, and specially designed component parts therefor;<br>d. Chemical exchange systems (employing crown ethers, cryptands, or lariat ethers) specially designed for lithium isotope separation, and specially designed component parts therefor. |
| 1C001 | Materials specially designed for absorbing electromagnetic radiation... |
| 1C012 | Materials as follows... |
| 1C233 | Lithium enriched in the lithium‑6 (6Li) isotope to greater than its natural isotopic abundance, and products or devices containing enriched lithium, as follows: elemental lithium, alloys, compounds, mixtures containing lithium, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.<br>Note: 1C233 does not apply to thermoluminescent dosimeters.<br>Technical Note:<br>The natural isotopic abundance of lithium‑6 is approximately 6.5 weight per cent (7.5 atom per cent). |
| 1C235 | Tritium, tritium compounds, mixtures containing tritium in which the ratio of tritium to hydrogen atoms exceeds 1 part in 1000, and products or devices containing any of the foregoing.<br>Note: 1C235 does not apply to a product or device containing less than 1.48 x 103 GBq (40 Ci) of tritium. |
| 1C351.d.4. | Ricin |
| 1C351.d.5. | Saxitoxin |
| 1E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment and materials specified by 1A002 or 1C of this List. |
| 1E201 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of goods specified by 1B226, 1B231, 1B233, 1C233 or 1C235. |
| Category 2 | VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| | None |
| Category 3 | VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 3A228 | Switching devices, as follows:<br>a. Cold‑cathode tubes, whether gas filled or not, operating similarly to a spark gap, having all of the following characteristics:<br>1. Containing three or more electrodes;<br>2. Anode peak voltage rating of 2.5 kV or more;<br>3. Anode peak current rating of 100 A or more; and<br>4. Anode delay time of 10 µs or less;<br>Note: 3A228 includes gas krytron tubes and vacuum sprytron tubes. |
| | b. Triggered spark‑gaps having both of the following characteristics:<br>1. An anode delay time of 15 µs or less; and<br>2. Rated for a peak current of 500 A or more. |
| 3A231 | Neutron generator systems, including tubes, having both of the following<br>characteristics:<br>a. Designed for operation without an external vacuum system; and<br>b. Utilising electrostatic acceleration to induce a tritium‑deuterium nuclear reaction. |
| 3E201 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of equipment specified by 3A228.a., 3A228.b. or 3A231. |
| Category 4 | VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| | None |
Category 5 VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Part 1
5A001.b.5. Digitally controlled radio receivers...
5A001.h. Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) equipment and related equipment...
5D001.a. “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment, functions or features specified by Category 5, Part 1 of this List.
5E001.a. “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment, functions, features or “software” specified by Category 5, Part 1 of this List.
Part 2 None
| Category 6 | VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 6A001.a.1.b.1. | Systems or transmitting and receiving arrays, designed for object detection or location, having a sound pressure level exceeding 210 dB (reference 1 μPa at 1 m) and an operating frequency in the band from 30 Hz to 2 kHz. |
| 6A001.a.2.a.1. | Hydrophones...Incorporating… |
| 6A001.a.2.a.2. | Hydrophones...Incorporating flexible assemblies... |
| 6A001.a.2.a.3. | Hydrophones...Having any... |
| 6A001.a.2.a.5. | Hydrophones...Designed to operate … |
| 6A001.a.2.a.6. | Hydrophones...Designed for... |
| 6A001.a.2.b. | Towed acoustic hydrophone arrays... |
| 6A001.a.2.c. | Processing equipment, specially designed for real time application with towed acoustic hydrophone arrays, having “user‑accessible programmability” and time or frequency domain processing and correlation, including spectral analysis, digital filtering and beamforming using Fast Fourier or other transforms or processes; |
| 6A001.a.2.e. | Bottom or bay cable hydrophone arrays having any of the following:<br>1. Incorporating hydrophones... or<br>2. Incorporating multiplexed hydrophone group signal modules … |
| 6A001.a.2.f. | Processing equipment, specially designed for real time application with bottom or bay cable systems, having “user‑accessible programmability” and time or frequency domain processing and correlation, including spectral analysis, digital filtering and beamforming using Fast Fourier or other transforms or processes; |
| 6A002.a.1.c. | “Space‑qualified” solid‑state detectors... |
| 6A008.l.3. | Not used |
| 6A203 | High‑speed cameras and imaging devices and components therefor, other than those specified by 6A003, as follows…<br>a. Mechanical rotating mirror cameras, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:<br>1. Framing cameras with recording rates greater than 225,000 frames per second;<br>2. Streak cameras with writing speeds greater than 0.5 mm per microsecond;<br>Note: In 6A203.a. components of such cameras include their synchronizing electronics units and rotor assemblies consisting of turbines, mirrors and bearings. |
| 6A225 | Velocity interferometers for measuring velocities exceeding 1 km/s during time intervals of less than 10 microseconds.<br>Note: 6A225 includes velocity interferometers such as VISARs (Velocity interferometer systems for any reflector) and DLIs (Doppler laser interferometers). |
| 6A226 | Pressure sensors, as follows:<br>a. Manganin gauges for pressures greater than 10 GPa;<br>b. Quartz pressure transducers for pressures greater than 10 GPa. |
| 6B008 | Pulse radar cross‑section… |
| 6D001 | “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by 6B008 of this List. |
| 6D003.a. | “Software”, as follows: … |
| 6E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment or “software” specified by 6A, 6B, or 6D of this List. |
| 6E002 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment specified by 6A or 6B of this List. |
| Category 7 | VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 7D003.a. | “Software” specially designed or modified to… |
| 7D003.b. | “Source code” for… |
| Category 8 | VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 8A001.b. | Manned, untethered submersible vehicles... |
| 8A001.d. | Unmanned, untethered submersible vehicles... |
| 8A002.o.3.b. | Active noise reduction or cancellation systems... |
| 8D001 | “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by 8A of this List. |
| 8E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by 8A of this List. |
| Category 9 | VERY SENSITIVE LIST OF DUAL‑USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES |
| 9A011 | Ramjet, scramjet or combined cycle engines... |
| 9D001 | “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development” of equipment or “technology” specified by 9A or 9E003 of this List. |
| 9D002 | “Software” specially designed or modified for the “production” of equipment specified by 9A of this List. |
| 9E001 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment or “software” specified by 9A011 or 9D of this List. |
| 9E002 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment specified by 9A011 of this List. |
| 9E003.a.1. | "Technology" "required" for…<br>Gas turbine blades… |
| 9E003.a.3.a. | "Technology" "required" for…<br>Components...<br>Manufactured from organic "composite" materials designed to operate above 588 K (315°C). |