# The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Regulation 16: Amendments to Category 8 - Marine


(1) The section headed Category 8 - Marine is amended as follows.
(2) In the section headed 8A Systems, Equipment and Components—
(a) in the Technical Notes to entry 8A001.b., at paragraph 2, for “8A0001.b.” substitute “8A001.b.3.b.”;
(b) for entry 8A001.c.1.c., substitute “Not used;”;
(c) for entry 8A002.a.2., substitute—
“Direct current electric propulsion thrusters and specially designed motors therefor;
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 8A002.a.2., brushless direct current motors may be referred to as Permanent Magnet Alternating Current (PMAC) motors.”;
(d) in entry 8A002.b.—
(i) for “automated control” substitute “‘automated control’”;
(ii) at the end, insert—
“Technical Note:
For the purposes of 8A002.b., ‘automated control’ systems apply to systems onboard submersible vehicles.”;
(e) in entry 8A002.d.2.b., for “laser” substitute ““laser””.
(3) In the section headed 8E Technology, in entry 8E002.b., after “8A002.p.” insert “;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/532/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/export-control-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-16
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