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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-amendment-no-4-order-1990/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1588",
  "legislation_title": "The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 4) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-goods-control-amendment-no-4-order-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order further amends the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989 (“the Order”).\nExport control is:\n(a) lifted on: certain silver coin; spin forming and flow forming machines; vacuum pump systems; cryopump systems; consumable electrode vacuum arc furnaces; skull type vacuum arc furnaces; vacuum induction furnaces; induction furnaces; electric arc devices, plasma torches and equipment; metal rolling mills including isothermal rolling mills; equipment for the manufacture and testing of printed circuit boards; equipment for the continuous coating of polyester-base magnetic tape; tooling and fixtures for the manufacture of fibre-optic connectors and couplers; equipment for automatic X-ray orientation and angle correction of quartz crystals; equipment for in-service monitoring of acoustic emissions in airborne vehicles or underwater vehicles; technology for industrial gas turbine engines; floating docks; pulse modulators; panoramic radio receivers; solid state amplifiers; digitally controlled radio receivers incorporating frequency synthesisers; cathode ray tubes; cold cathode tubes and switches; semiconductor diodes; transistors; thyristors; hydrogen and hydrogen isotope thyratrons of ceramic-metal construction; thermoelectric materials and devices; oscilloscopes, waveform recorders, waveform digitisers, transient recorders and associated plug-in modules; quartz crystals and assemblies thereof; materials composed of crystals having special structures; thin film devices; steel alloys; low density rigid, carbon-bonded, fibrous or non-fibrous carbon thermal insulating materials; polycarbonate sheet; tantalates and niobates;\n(b) lifted in respect of the export of goods indicated by “Z” to Namibia. Moreover the blanket control of exports to Namibia of all specialized components for goods specified in Group 1 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Order is lifted, though the export of many such components to Namibia remains controlled by virtue of other provisions of the Order;\n(c) reduced in scope on: computer numerically controlled units for machine tools and dimensional inspection machines; computer numerically controlled milling machines, turning machines, grinding machines and other machine tools; components and parts for machine tools; dimensional inspection machines; optical fibre testing equipment; robots, robot controllers and end effectors; digitally controlled radio receivers; telecommunication transmission equipment employing digital techniques; microwave radio links; ground communication radio equipment; civil sound or television broadcast receiving stations; equipment for the transmission of television signals; equipment for satellite earth stations; tropospheric scatter communication equipment; radio transmitters using frequency synthesis; microwave equipment; personal computer systems, minicomputers and related equipment including disk drives, tape drives, monitors and local area networks; computers used as an essential part of other systems; computers used in medical systems; computer technology; operating systems; commercially available software; software for the networking of computers; private automatic branch exchanges; telex and international civil aviation data (message) switch systems;\n(d) redefined or clarified in relation to ODMA software, and on: technology for computer numerically controlled units and machine tools; software for flexible manufacturing systems; precision linear and angular measuring machines; machine tools for generating optical quality surfaces; technology for the development or production of telecommunications transmission equipment employing digital transmission techniques; software for computer aided design of integrated circuits; software for flexible manufacturing systems;\n(e) extended in scope on: telecommunication transmission equipment; chemical weapon precursors.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1588/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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