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Regulation 13 Schedules 1A to 1I

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

After Schedule 1, insert—

“Schedule 1a

Energy-related goods and energy-related technology

Regulation 34(1)

Part 1

Introduction

1

In this Schedule, “development”, “production”, “required”, “software”, “technology” and “use” have the meanings given to them in the Dual-Use Regulation.

2

For the purposes of Sections 1E, 2E and 3D in Part 3 of this Schedule, technology is not restricted as energy-related technology if it is—

(a)

the minimum necessary for—

(i)

the installation, operation, maintenance or repair of any goods which are restricted goods as defined by regulation 20, or

(ii)

patent applications, including information for patent application,

(b)

in the public domain, or

(c)

basic scientific research.

Part 2

Petrochemicals

3

Any item falling within a commodity code mentioned in the first column of the following table.

Commodity codeDescription
2812 11Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene)
2814Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
3102 30Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution
2901 21Ethylene
2901 22Propene (propylene)
2902 20Benzene
2902 30Toluene
2902 41o-Xylene
2902 42m-Xylene
2902 43p-Xylene
2902 44Mixed xylene isomers
2902 50Styrene
2902 60Ethyl benzene
2902 70Cumene
2903 11Chloromethane (methyl chloride) and chloroethane (ethyl chloride)
2903 29Other than unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons
2903 811.2, 3.4, 5.6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN)
2903 82Aldrin (ISO), chlordane (ISO) and heptachlor (ISO)
2903 99Other halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons
2903 91Chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene and p-dichlorobenzene
2903 92Hexachlorobenzene (ISO) and DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1.1,1-trichloro-2.2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane)
2903 99 80Other halogenated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons
2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
2905 11Methanol (methyl alcohol)
2905 12Propan-1-ol (propyl alcohol) and propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol
2905 13Butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol)
2905 31Ethylene glycol (ethanediol)

2907 11

2907 19

Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts, Cresols and their salts, Naphthols and their salts, other
2910 10Oxirane (ethylene oxide)
2910 20Methyloxirane (propylene oxide)
2914 11Acetone
2917 14Maleic anhydride
2917 35Phthalic anhydride
2917 36Terephthalic acid and its salts
2917 37Dimethyl terephthalate
2926 10Acrylonitrile
2929 10Isocyanates
3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms
2707 10Benzol (benzene)
2707 20Toluol (toluene)
2707 30Xylol (xylenes)
2707 40Naphthalene
2707 99 80Phenols
2711 14Ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene

Part 3

Energy-related equipment and technology

Chapter 1

Exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas

Section 1A: Equipment

4

Geophysical survey equipment, vehicles, vessels and aircraft specially designed or adapted to acquire data for oil and gas exploration and specially designed components therefor.

5

Sensors specially designed for downhole well operations in oil and gas wells, including sensors used for measurement whilst drilling and the associated equipment specially designed to acquire and store data from such sensors.

6

Drilling equipment designed to drill rock formations, specifically for the purpose of exploring for, or producing, oil, gas and other naturally occurring hydrocarbon materials.

7

Drill bits, drill pipes, drill collars, centralisers and other equipment, specially designed for use in and with oil and gas well drilling equipment.

8

Drilling wellheads, blowout preventers and Christmas or production trees and the specially designed components thereof, meeting the API and ISO specifications for use with oil and gas wells, and for the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)

a “blowout preventer” is a device typically used at ground level (or, if drilling underwater, at the seabed) during drilling to prevent the uncontrolled escape of oil and/or gas from the well;

(b)

a “Christmas tree or production tree” is a device typically used to control flow of fluids from the well when it is complete and oil and/or gas production has started;

(c)

“API and ISO specifications” refers to the American Petroleum Institute specifications 6A, 16A, 17D and 11IW and the International Standards Organisation specifications 10423 and 13533 for blowout preventers, wellhead and Christmas trees for use on oil and/or gas wells.

9

Drilling and production platforms for crude oil and natural gas.

10

Vessels and barges incorporating drilling and/or petroleum processing equipment used for producing oil, gas and other naturally occurring flammable materials.

11

Liquid/gas separators meeting API specification 12J, specially designed to process the production from an oil or gas well, to separate the petroleum liquids from any water and any gas from the liquids, and for these purposes “API specification 12J” refers to the American Petroleum Institute specification for process design of oil and gas separators and scrubbers.

12

Gas compressor with a design pressure of 40 bar (PN 40 and/or ANSI 300) or more and having a suction volume capacity of 300,000 Nm3/h or more, for the initial processing and transmission of natural gas, excluded gas compressors for CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) filling stations, and specially designed components therefor.

13
(1)

Sub-sea production control equipment and the components thereof meeting API and ISO specifications for use with oil and gas wells.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1), “API and ISO specifications” refers to the American Petroleum Institute specification 17 F and/or the International Standards Organisation specification 13268 for sub-sea production control systems.

14

Pumps, typically high capacity and/or high pressure (in excess of 0.3 m3 per minute and/or 40 bar), specially designed to pump drilling muds and/or cement into oil and gas wells.

Section 1B: Test and inspection equipment

15

Equipment specially designed for sampling, testing and analysing the properties of drilling mud, oil well cements and other materials specially designed and/or formulated for use in oil and gas wells.

16

Equipment specially designed for sampling, testing and analysing the properties of rock samples, liquid and gaseous samples and other materials taken from an oil and/or gas well either during or after drilling, or from the initial processing facilities attached thereto.

17

Equipment specially designed for collecting and interpreting information about the physical and mechanical condition of an oil and/or gas well, and for determining the in situ properties of the rock and reservoir formation.

Section 1C: Materials

18

Drilling mud, drilling mud additives and the components thereof, specially formulated to stabilise oil and gas wells during drilling, to recover drill cuttings to the surface and to lubricate and cool the drilling equipment in the well.

19
(1)

Cements and other materials meeting the API and ISO specifications for use in oil and gas wells.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1), “API and ISO specification” refers to the American Petroleum Institute specification 10A or the International Standards Organisation specification 10426 for oil well cements and other materials specially formulated for use in the cementing of oil and gas wells.

20

Corrosion inhibiting, emulsion treatment, defoaming agents and other chemicals specially formulated to be used in the drilling for, and the initial processing of, petroleum produced from an oil and/or gas well.

Section 1D: Software

21

Software specially designed to collect and interpret data acquired from seismic, electromagnetic, magnetic or gravity surveys for the purpose of establishing oil or gas prospectivity.

22

Software specially designed for storing, analysing and interpreting information acquired during drilling and production to assess the physical characteristics and behaviour of oil or gas reservoirs.

23

Software specially designed for the use of petroleum production and processing facilities or specific sub-units of such facilities.

Section 1E: Technology

24

Technology required for the development, production or use of equipment specified in paragraphs 4 to 14.

Chapter 2

Refining of crude oil and liquefaction of natural gas

Section 2A: Equipment

25

Heat exchangers as follows and specially designed components therefor—

(a)

plate-fin heat exchangers with a surface/volume ratio greater than 500 m2/m3, specially designed for pre-cooling of natural gas;

(b)

coil-wound heat exchangers specially designed for liquefaction or sub-cooling of natural gas.

26

Cryogenic pumps for the transport of media at a temperature below minus 120 °C having a transport capacity of more than 500 m3/h and specially designed components therefor.

27
(1)

Coldbox and coldbox equipment not specified by paragraph 32.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

“Coldbox equipment” refers to a specially designed construction, which is specific for LNG plants and incorporates the process stage of liquefaction;

(b)

the “coldbox”—

(i)

comprises heat exchangers, piping, other instrumentation and thermal insulators;

(ii)

has an inside temperature of below minus 120 °C (conditions for condensation of natural gas);

(iii)

has the function of the thermal insulation of the equipment described above.

28

Equipment for shipping terminals of liquefied gases having a temperature below minus 120 °C and specially designed components therefor.

29

Flexible and non-flexible transfer line having a diameter greater than 50 mm for the transport of media below minus 120 °C.

30

Maritime vessels specially designed for the transport of LNG.

31

Electrostatic desalters specially designed to remove contaminants such as salts, solids and water from crude oil and specially designed components therefor.

32

All crackers, including hydrocrackers, and cokers, specially designed for conversion of vacuum gas oils or vacuum residuum, and specially designed components therefor.

33

Hydrotreaters specially designed for desulphurisation of gasoline, diesel cuts and kerosene and specially designed components therefor.

34

Catalytic reformers specially designed for conversion of desulphurised gasoline into high-octane gasoline, and specially designed components therefor.

35

Refinery units for C5-C6 cuts isomerisation, and refinery units for alkylation of light olefins, to improve the octane index of the hydrocarbon cuts.

36

Pumps specially designed for the transport of crude oil and fuels, having a capacity of 50 m3/h or more and specially designed components therefor.

37
(1)

Tubes with an outer diameter of 0.2 m or more and made from any of the following materials—

(a)

stainless steels with 23% chromium or more by weight;

(b)

stainless steels and nickel bases alloys with a pitting resistance equivalent number higher than 33.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

the “pitting resistance equivalent” (“PRE”) number characterises the corrosion resistance of stainless steels and nickel alloys to pitting or crevice corrosion;

(b)

the pitting resistance of stainless steels and nickel alloys is primarily determined by their compositions, primarily: chromium, molybdenum, and nitrogen;

(3)

The formula to calculate the PRE number is—

P R E   = %   C r   +   3 . 3 * %   M o   +   30 * %   N
38

Pipeline Inspection Gauge (“PIG”) and specially designed components therefor.

39
(1)

PIG launchers and PIG catchers for the integration or removing of PIGs.

(2)

The “PIG” is a device typically used for cleaning or inspection of a pipeline from inside (corrosion state or crack formation) and is propelled by the pressure of the product in the pipeline.

40

Tanks for the storage of crude oil and fuels with a volume greater than 1,000 m3 (1,000,000 litres) as follows, and specially designed components therefor—

(a)

fixed roof tanks;

(b)

floating roof tanks.

41

Sub-sea flexible pipes specially designed for the transportation of hydrocarbons and injection fluids, water or gas, having a diameter greater than 50 mm.

42

Flexible pipes used for high pressure for topside and sub-sea application.

43

Isomeration equipment specially designed for production of high-octane gasoline based on light hydrocarbons as feed, and specially designed components therefor.

Section 2B: Test and inspection equipment

44

Equipment specially designed for testing and analysing of quality (properties) of crude oil and fuels.

45

Interface control systems specially designed for controlling and optimising of the desalting process.

Section 2C: Materials

46

Diethyleneglycol (CAS 111-46-6), Triethylene glycol (CAS 112-27-6).

47

N-Methylpyrrolidon (CAS 872-50-4), Sulfolane (CAS 126-33-0).

48

Zeolites, of natural or synthetic origin, specially designed for fluid catalytic cracking or for the purification and/or dehydration of gases, including natural gases.

49

Catalysts for the cracking and conversion of hydrocarbons as follows—

(a)

single metal (platinum group) on alumina type or on zeolite, specially designed for catalytic reforming process;

(b)

mixed metal species (platinum in combination with other noble metals) on alumina type or on zeolite, specially designed for catalytic reforming process;

(c)

cobalt and nickel catalysts doped with molybdenum on alumina type or on zeolite, specially designed for catalytic desulphurisation process;

(d)

palladium, nickel, chromium and tungsten catalysts on alumina type or on zeolite, specially designed for catalytic hydrocracking process.

50
(1)

Gasoline additives specially formulated for increasing the octane number of gasoline.

(2)

This entry includes Ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE) (CAS 637-92-3) and Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) (CAS 1634-04-4).

Section 2D: Software

51

Software specially designed for the use of LNG plants or specific sub-units of such plants.

52

Software specially designed for the development, production or use of plants (including their sub-units) for oil refining.

Section 2E: Technology

53

Technology required for the development, production or use of equipment for the conditioning and purification of raw natural gas (dehydration, sweetening, removal of impurities).

54

Technology for the liquefaction of natural gas, including technology required for the development, production or use of LNG plants.

55

Technology required for the development, production or use of equipment for the shipment of liquefied natural gas.

56

Technology required for the development, production or use of maritime vessels specially designed for the transport of liquefied natural gas.

57

Technology required for the development, production or use of tanks for the storage of crude oil and fuels.

58

Technology required for the development, production or use of a refinery plant, such as—

(a)

technology for conversion of light olefin to gasoline;

(b)

catalytic reforming and isomerisation technology;

(c)

catalytic and thermal cracking technology.

Chapter 3

Petrochemical Industry

Section 3A: Equipment

59

Reactors—

(a)

specially designed for production of phosgene (CAS 506-77-4) and specially designed components therefor;

(b)

for phosgenation specially designed for the production of HDI, TDI, MDI and specially designed components therefor, with the exception of secondary reactors;

(c)

specially designed for low pressure (up to max 40 bar) polymerisation of ethylene and propylene and specially designed components therefor;

(d)

specially designed for the thermal cracking of EDC (ethylene dichloride) and specially designed components therefor, with the exception of secondary reactors;

(e)

specially designed for chlorination and oxychlorination in the production of vinyl chloride and specially designed components therefor, with the exception of secondary reactors.

60

Thin film evaporators and falling film evaporators consisting of materials resistant to hot concentrated acetic acid and specially designed components therefor, and the relevant software developed therefor.

61

Plants for the separation of hydrochloric acid by electrolysis and specially designed components therefor, and the relevant software developed therefor.

62

Columns having a diameter larger than 5,000 mm and specially designed components therefor.

63

Ball valves and plug valves with ceramic balls or plugs, having a nominal diameter of 10 mm or more, and specially designed components therefor.

64

Centrifugal and/or reciprocating compressor having an installed power above 2 MW and meeting specification API 617 or API 618, where—

  • “API 617” is American Petroleum Institution specification for axial and centrifugal compressors and expander-compressors for petroleum, chemical and gas industry services, and

  • “API 618” is American Petroleum Institution specification for reciprocating compressors for petroleum, chemical and gas industry services.

Section 3B: Materials

65

Catalysts applicable to processes of production of trinitrotoluene, ammonium nitrate and other chemical and petrochemical processes used for explosive manufacturing, and the relevant software developed therefor.

66

Catalysts used for the production of monomers such as ethylene and propylene (steam cracking units and/or gas to petrochemicals units), and the relevant software developed therefor.

Section 3C: Software

67

Software specially designed for the development, production or use of equipment specified in paragraphs 59 to 64.

68

Software specially designed for use in methanol plants.

Section 3D: Technology

69

Technology for the development, production or use of Gas-To-Liquid (GTL) or Gas-To-Petrochemicals (GTP) processes or for GTL- or GTP- plants.

70

Technology required for the development, production or use of equipment designed for the manufacture of ammonia and methanol plants.

71

Technology for the production of MEG (Mono ethylene glycol), EO (Ethylene oxide)/EG (Ethylene glycol).

72

In paragraphs 69 to 71, “technology” means specific information necessary for the development, production or use of goods, which takes the form of “technical data” or “technical assistance” as defined in Annex 1 to the Dual-Use Regulation.

Part 4

Energy-related goods

73

Any items falling within a commodity code listed in this Part.

Commodity codeDescription
Casing, tubing and drill pipe, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas—
7304 22Drill pipe of stainless steel
7304 23Other drill pipes
7304 24Other, of stainless steel
7304 29Other
7305Other tubes and pipes (for example, welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular cross-sections, the external diameter of which exceeds 406.4 mm, of iron or steel
Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines—
7306 11Welded, of stainless steel
7306 19Other
Casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas—
7306 21Welded, of stainless steel
7306 29Other
Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel other than seamless containers—
7311 00 99Other, of a capacity of 1,000 litres or more
7613Aluminium containers for compressed or liquefied gas

Schedule 1B

Gold, precious metals or diamonds

Regulation 34(1)

1

Any thing falling within a commodity code listed in this Schedule.

Commodity codeDescription
7102Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
7106Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
7108Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
7109Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semi-manufactured
7110Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
7111Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured
7112Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste and scrap containing precious metal or precious-metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal other than goods of heading 8549

Schedule 1C

Graphite and relevant metals

Regulation 34(1)

1

The metals falling within a commodity code listed in paragraphs 2 to 10 of this Schedule.

2

Raw or semi-fabricated graphite

Commodity codeDescription
2504Natural graphite
3801Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures
6815 11Non-electrical articles of graphite or other carbon, incl. carbon fibres
6903 10Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths, rods and slide gates), other than those of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths containing, by weight, more than 50% of free carbon
8545Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes
3

Iron and steel

CodeDescription
7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms
7202Ferro-alloys
7203Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms; iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms
7204Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel
7205Granules and powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel
7206Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading 7203)
7207Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel
7218Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of stainless steel
7224Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of other alloy steel
4

Copper and articles thereof

Commodity codeDescription
7401Copper mattes; cement copper (precipitated copper)
7402Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining
7403Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought
7404Copper waste and scrap
7405Master alloys of copper
7406Copper powders and flakes
7407Copper bars, rods and profiles
7410Copper foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.15 mm
7413Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of copper, not electrically insulated
5

Nickel and articles thereof

Commodity codeDescription
7501Nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy
7502Unwrought nickel
7503Nickel waste and scrap
7504Nickel powders and flakes
7505Nickel bars, rods, profiles and wire
7506Nickel plates, sheets, strip and foil
7507Nickel tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)
6

Aluminium

Commodity codeDescription
7601Unwrought aluminium
7602Aluminium waste and scrap
7603Aluminium powders and flakes
7605Aluminium wire
7606Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.2 mm
7609Aluminium tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)
7614Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium, not electrically insulated
7

Lead

Commodity codeDescription
7801Unwrought lead
7802Lead waste and scrap
7804Lead plates, sheets, strip and foil; lead powders and flakes
8

Zinc

Commodity codeDescription
7901Unwrought zinc
7902Zinc waste and scrap
7903Zinc dust, powders and flakes
7904Zinc bars, rods, profiles and wire
7905Zinc plates, sheets, strip and foil
9

Tin

Commodity codeDescription
8001Unwrought tin
8002Tin waste and scrap
8003Tin bars, rods, profiles and wire
10

Other base metals, cermets, articles thereof

Commodity codeDescription
8101Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8102Molybdenum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8103Tantalum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8104Magnesium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8105Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8106Bismuth and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8108Titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8109Zirconium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8110Antimony and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8111Manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8112Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium (columbium), and articles of these metals, including waste and scrap
8113Cermets and articles thereof, including waste and scrap

Schedule 1D

Maritime Goods and Maritime Technology

Regulation 34(1)

1

The items falling within a commodity code listed in the following table

Commodity CodeDescription
8406 10Turbines for marine propulsion
8406 90Parts, stator blades, rotors and their blades
8407 21Marine propulsion engines, outboard motors
8407 29Other
8408 10Marine propulsion engines
8409 91Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408: other
8409 99Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408: other
8411 81Other gas turbines
8411 82Other gas turbines of a power exceeding 5,000 kW
8468Machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding, whether or not capable of cutting, other than those of heading 8515; gas-operated surface tempering machines and appliances
8483Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints)
8487 10Ships' or boats' propellers and blades therefor
8515Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets
9014 10Direction finding compasses
9014 80Other instruments and appliances
9014 90Parts and accessories
9015Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
2

“Maritime technology” means any technology required for the development, production or use of any maritime good specified in the table following paragraph 1, and for these purposes, the terms “required”, “development”, “production” and “use” have the meanings given to them in Annex 1 to the Dual-Use Regulation.

Schedule 1E

Natural gas

Regulation 34(1)

1

The items falling within a commodity code listed in the following table.

Commodity codeDescription
2711 11Natural Gas – in liquefied state
2711 21Natural Gas – in gaseous state
2711 12Propane
2711 13Butanes
2711 19Other liquified gases than natural gas, propane, butanes, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene

Schedule 1F

Oil and petroleum products

Regulation 34(1)

1

The products falling within a commodity code listed in the following table.

Commodity codeDescription
2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
2710Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
2712Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured
2713Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
2714Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil-shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks
2715Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs)

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Schedule 1G

Other restricted goods and other restricted technology

Regulation 34(1)

Part 1

Introduction

1

In this Schedule—

(a)

“development”, “production”, “software”, “technology” and “use” have the meanings given to them in Annex 1 to the Dual-Use Regulation;

(b)

terms between double quotation marks in the Description column of the table following paragraph 3 which do not introduce a definition are defined in Annex 1 to the Dual-Use Regulation;

(c)

a reference number in the Description column of the table following paragraph 3 is a reference to the description of dual-use items set out in Annex 1 to the Dual-Use Regulation.

2

A good listed in Part 2 of this Schedule which is included as a component (a “restricted component”) in any goods, including plant, which are not goods listed in Part 2 of this Schedule, does not cease to be an other restricted good within the meaning of regulation 34 if the restricted component is the principal element of those goods, and can feasibly be removed or used for other purposes.

Part 2

Other restricted goods

3

The goods with a reference number listed in the following Table.

Reference numberDescription
II.A0.001

Hollow cathode lamps as follows—

  1. (a)

    Iodine hollow cathode lamps with windows in pure silicon or quartz

  2. (b)

    Uranium hollow cathode lamps

II.A0.002Faraday isolators in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm
II.A0.003Optical gratings in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm
II.A0.004Optical fibres in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm coated with anti-reflecting layers in the wavelength range 500 nm – 650 nm and having a core diameter greater than 0.4 mm but not exceeding 2 mm
II.A0.005

Nuclear reactor vessel components and testing equipment, other than those specified in 0A001, as follows—

  1. 1

    Seals

  2. 2

    Internal components

  3. 3

    Sealing, testing and measurement equipment

II.A0.006Nuclear detection systems for detection, identification or quantification of radioactive materials and radiation of nuclear origin and specially designed components thereof other than those specified in 0A001.j. or 1A004.c.
II.A0.007Bellows-sealed valves made of aluminium alloy or stainless steel type 304, 304L or 316L, but not including bellow values defined in 0B001.c.6 and 2A226
II.A0.008Laser mirrors, other than those specified in 6A005.e, consisting of substrates having a thermal expansion coefficient of 10 –6 K –1 or less at 20 °C (such as fused silica or sapphire), but not including optical systems specially designed for astronomical applications, unless the mirrors contain fused silica
II.A0.009Laser lenses, other than those specified in 6A005.e.2, consisting of substrates having a thermal expansion coefficient of 10 –6 K –1 or less at 20 °C (such as fused silica)
II.A0.010Pipes, piping, flanges, fittings made of, or lined with, nickel or nickel alloy containing more than 40% nickel by weight, other than those specified in 2B350.h.1
II.A0.011

Vacuum pumps other than those specified in 0B002.f.2 or 2B231, as follows—

  • Turbomolecular pumps having a flowrate equal to or greater than 400 l/s

  • Roots type vacuum roughing pumps having a volumetric aspiration flowrate greater than 200 m3/h.

Bellows-sealed, scroll, dry compressor, and bellows-sealed, scroll, dry vacuum pumps

II.A0.012Shielded enclosures for the manipulation, storage and handling of radioactive substances (Hot cells)
II.A0.013Natural uranium or depleted uranium or thorium in the form of metal, alloy, chemical compound or concentrate and any other material containing one or more of the foregoing, other than those specified in 0C001
II.A0.014Detonation chambers having a capacity of explosion absorption of more than 2.5 kg TNT equivalent
II.A0.015

Glove Boxes, specially designed for radioactive isotopes, radioactive sources or radionuclides, and for these purposes “Glove Boxes” means equipment providing protection to the user, from—

  1. (a)

    hazardous vapour, particles or radiation, or

  2. (b)

    materials inside the equipment being handled or processed by a person outside the equipment,

by means of manipulators or gloves integrated into the equipment

II.A0.016Toxic gas monitoring systems designed for continuous operation and detection of Hydrogen Sulphide, and specially designed detectors therefor
II.A0.017Helium Leak Detectors
II.A1.001Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (HDEHP or D2HPA) CAS 298-07-7 solvent in any quantity, with a purity greater than 90%
II.A1.002Fluorine gas (Chemical Abstract Number (CAS): 7782-41-4), with a purity of at least 95%
II.A1.003

Ring-shaped seals and gaskets, having an inner diameter of 400 mm or less, made of any of the following materials—

  1. (a)

    Copolymers of vinylidene fluoride having 75% or more beta crystalline structure without stretching;

  2. (b)

    Fluorinated polyimides containing 10% by weight or more of combined fluorine;

  3. (c)

    Fluorinated phosphazene elastomers containing 30% by weight or more of combined fluorine;

  4. (d)

    Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE, e.g. Kel-F ®);

  5. (e)

    Fluoro-elastomers (e.g., Viton ®, Tecnoflon ®);

  6. (f)

    Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)

II.A1.004Personal equipment for detecting radiation of nuclear origin, including personal dosimeters, but not including nuclear detection systems defined in item 1A004.c
II.A1.005Electrolytic cells for fluorine production with an output capacity greater than 100 g of fluorine per hour, but not including electrolytic cells defined in item 1B225
II.A1.006Catalysts, other than those prohibited by 1A225, containing platinum, palladium or rhodium, usable for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from heavy water or for the production of heavy water
II.A1.007

Aluminium and its alloys, other than those specified in 1C002.b.4 or 1C202.a, in crude or semi-fabricated form having either of the following characteristics—

  1. (a)

    Capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MPa or more at 293 K (20°C), or

  2. (b)

    Having a tensile strength of 415 MPa or more at 298 K (25°C)

II.A1.008Magnetic metals, of all types and of whatever form, having an initial relative permeability of 120,000 or more and a thickness between 0.05 and 0.1 mm
II.A1.009

“Fibrous or filamentary materials” or prepregs, as follows—

  1. (a)

    Carbon or aramid “fibrous or filamentary materials” having either of the following characteristics—

    1. (i)

      A “specific modulus” exceeding 10 × 106 m; or

    2. (ii)

      A “specific tensile strength” exceeding 17 × 104 m;

  2. (b)

    Glass “fibrous or filamentary materials” having either of the following characteristics—

    1. (i)

      A “specific modulus” exceeding 3.18 × 106 m; or

    2. (ii)

      A “specific tensile strength” exceeding 76.2 × 103 m;

  3. (c)

    Thermoset resin-impregnated continuous “yarns”, “rovings”, “tows” or “tapes” with a width of 15 mm or less (once prepregs), made from carbon or glass “fibrous or filamentary materials” other than those specified in II.A1.010.a. or b,

but not including fibrous or filamentary materials defined in items 1C010.a, 1C010.b, 1C210.a and 1C210.b

II.A1.010

Resin-impregnated or pitch-impregnated fibres (prepregs), metal or carbon-coated fibres (preforms) or carbon fibre preforms, as follows—

  1. (a)

    Made from “fibrous or filamentary materials” specified in II.A1.009 above;

  2. (b)

    Epoxy resin “matrix” impregnated carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials” (prepregs), specified in 1C010.a, 1C010.b or 1C010.c, for the repair of aircraft structures or laminates, of which the size of individual sheets does not exceed 50 cm × 90 cm;

  3. (c)

    Prepregs specified in 1C010.a, 1C010.b or 1C010.c, when impregnated with phenolic or epoxy resins having a glass transition temperature (Tg) less than 433 K (160°C) and a cure temperature lower than the glass transition temperature,

but not including “fibrous or filamentary materials” defined in item 1C010.e.

Technical note: for the purposes of this item, “carbon fibre preforms” are ordered arrangements of uncoated or coated fibres intended to constitute a framework of a part before the “matrix” is introduced to form a “composite”

II.A1.011Reinforced silicon carbide ceramic composites usable for nose tips, re-entry vehicles, nozzle flaps, usable in “missiles”, other than those specified in 1C107
II.A1.012Maraging steels, other than those specified in 1C116 or 1C216, capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 2 050 MPa or more, at 293 K (20°C), and for these purposes “maraging steel capable of” encompasses maraging steel before or after heat treatment
II.A1.013

Tungsten, tantalum, tungsten carbide, tantalum carbide and alloys, having both of the following characteristics—

  1. (a)

    In forms having a hollow cylindrical or spherical symmetry (including cylinder segments) with an inside diameter between 50 mm and 300 mm; and

  2. (b)

    A mass greater than 5 kg,

but not including tungsten, tungsten carbide and alloys defined in item 1C226

II.A1.014Elemental powders of cobalt, neodymium or samarium or alloys or mixtures thereof containing at least 20% by weight of cobalt, neodymium or samarium, with a particle size less than 200 μm
II.A1.015Pure tributyl phosphate (TBP) CAS No 126-73-8 or any mixture having a TBP content of more than 5% by weight
II.A1.016Maraging steel, other than those prohibited by 1C116, 1C216 or II.A1.012, and for these purposes, “maraging steels” are iron alloys generally characterised by high nickel, very low carbon content and the use of substitutional elements or precipitates to produce strengthening and age-hardening of the alloy
II.A1.017

Metals, metal powders and material as follows—

  1. (a)

    Tungsten and tungsten alloys, other than those prohibited by 1C117, in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of 500 μm diameter or less with a tungsten content of 97% by weight or more;

  2. (b)

    Molybdenum and molybdenum alloys, other than those prohibited by 1C117, in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of 500 μm diameter or less with a molybdenum content of 97% by weight or more;

  3. (c)

    Tungsten materials in the solid form, other than those prohibited by 1C226, or II.A1.013 having material compositions as follows—

    1. (i)

      Tungsten and alloys containing 97% by weight or more of tungsten;

    2. (ii)

      Copper infiltrated tungsten containing 80% by weight or more of tungsten; or

    3. (iii)

      Silver infiltrated tungsten containing 80% by weight or more of tungsten

II.A1.018

Soft magnetic alloys having a chemical composition as follows—

  1. (a)

    Iron content between 30% and 60%, and

  2. (b)

    Cobalt content between 40% and 60%

II.A1.019

“Fibrous or filamentary materials” or prepregs, not prohibited by this Schedule (under II.A1.009, II.A1.010), or not specified by Annex I of the Dual-Use Regulation, as follows—

  1. (a)

    Carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials”, but not including; fabrics;

  2. (b)

    Thermoset resin-impregnated continuous “yarns”, “rovings”, “tows”, or “tapes”, made from carbon “fibrous or filamentary materials”;

  3. (c)

    Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) continuous “yarns”, “rovings”, “tows” or “tapes”

II.A1.020

Steel alloys in sheet or plate form, having any of the following characteristics—

  1. (a)

    Steel alloys capable of ultimate tensile strength of 1 200 MPa or more, at 293 K (20 °C); or

  2. (b)

    Nitrogen-stabilised duplex stainless steel.

Note: The phrase alloys “capable of” encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment.

Technical Note: “Nitrogen-stabilised duplex stainless steel” has a two-phase microstructure consisting of grains of ferritic and austenitic steel with the addition of nitrogen to stabilise the microstructure

II.A1.021Carbon-Carbon Composite material
II.A1.022Nickel alloys in crude or semi-fabricated form, containing 60% by weight or more nickel
II.A1.023

Titanium alloys in sheet or plate form capable of an ultimate tensile strength of 900 MPa or more at 293 K (20°C).

Note: The phrase ‘alloys capable of’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment

II.A1.024

Propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants as follows—

  1. (a)

    Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI)

  2. (b)

    Methyl Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI)

  3. (c)

    Isophorone Diiscocyanate (IPDI)

  4. (d)

    Sodium Perchlorate

  5. (e)

    Xylidine

  6. (f)

    Hydroxy Terminated Polyether (HTPE)

  7. (g)

    Hydroxy Terminated Caprolactone Ether (HTCE)

Technical Note: This item refers to pure substance and any mixture containing at least 50% of one of the chemicals mentioned above

II.A1.025

Lubricating materials containing, as their principal ingredients, any of the following—

  1. (a)

    Perfluoroalkylether, (CAS 60164-51-4);

  2. (b)

    Perfluoropolyalkylether, PFPE, (CAS 6991-67-9).

For these purposes, “Lubricating materials” means oils and fluids

A2 Materials Processing

NumberDescription
II.A2.001

Vibration test systems, equipment and components thereof, other than those specified in 2B116—

  1. (a)

    Vibration test systems employing feedback or closed loop techniques and incorporating a digital controller, capable of vibrating a system at an acceleration equal to or greater than 0.1 g rms between 0.1 Hz and 2 kHz and imparting forces equal to or greater than 50 kN, measured bare table;

  2. (b)

    Digital controllers, combined with specially designed vibration test software, with a real-time bandwidth greater than 5 kHz designed for use with vibration test systems specified in item (a);

  3. (c)

    Vibration thrusters (shaker units), with or without associated amplifiers, capable of imparting a force equal to or greater than 50 kN, measured bare table, and usable in vibration test systems specified in item (a);

  4. (d)

    Test piece support structures and electronic units designed to combine multiple shaker units in a system capable of providing an effective combined force equal to or greater than 50 kN, measured bare table, and usable in vibration systems specified in item (a).

Technical Note: “Bare table” means a flat table, or surface, with no fixture or fittings

II.A2.002

Machine tools and components and numerical controls for machine tools, as follows—

  1. (a)

    Machine tools for grinding having positioning accuracies with “all compensations available” equal to or less (better) than 15 μm according to ISO 230/2 (1988) (1) or national equivalents along any linear axis, but not including machine tools for grinding defined in items 2B201.b and 2B001.c.;

  2. (b)

    Components and numerical controls, specially designed for machine tools specified in 2B001, 2B201, or under item (a)

II.A2.003

Balancing machines and related equipment as follows—

  1. (a)

    Balancing machines, designed or modified for dental or other medical equipment, having all the following characteristics—

    1. (i)

      Not capable of balancing rotors/assemblies having a mass greater than 3 kg;

    2. (ii)

      Capable of balancing rotors/assemblies at speeds greater than 12,500 rpm;

    3. (iii)

      Capable of correcting imbalance in two planes or more; and

    4. (iv)

      Capable of balancing to a residual specific imbalance of 0.2 g × mm per kg of rotor mass;

  2. (b)

    Indicator heads designed or modified for use with machines specified in item (a) above.

Technical Note: Indicator heads are sometimes known as balancing instrumentation

II.A2.004

Remote manipulators that can be used to provide remote actions in radiochemical separation operations or hot cells, other than those specified in 2B225, having either of the following characteristics—

  1. (a)

    A capability of penetrating a hot cell wall of 0.3 m or more (through the wall operation); or

  2. (b)

    A capability of bridging over the top of a hot cell wall with a thickness of 0.3 m or more (over the wall operation)

II.A2.006

Furnaces capable of operation at temperatures above 400°C as follows—

  1. (a)

    Oxidation furnaces;

  2. (b)

    Controlled atmosphere heat treatment furnaces

Note: This item does not cover tunnel kilns with roller or car conveyance, tunnel kilns with conveyor belt, pusher type kilns or shuttle kilns, specially designed for the production of glass, tableware ceramics or structural ceramics

II.A2.007

“Pressure transducers”, other than those defined in 2B230, capable of measuring absolute pressures at any point in the range 0 to 200 kPa and having both of the following characteristics—

  1. (a)

    Pressure sensing elements made of or protected by “Materials resistant to corrosion by uranium hexafluoride (UF6 )”, and

  2. (b)

    Having either of the following characteristics—

    1. (i)

      a full scale of less than 200 kPa and an “accuracy” of better than ± 1% of full scale; or

    2. (ii)

      a full scale of 200 kPa or greater and an “accuracy” of better than 2 kPa

II.A2.008

Liquid-liquid contacting equipment (mixer-settlers, pulsed columns, centrifugal contactors); and liquid distributors, vapour distributors or liquid collectors designed for such equipment, where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from stainless steel (see also entry II.A2.014 1).

Note: for stainless steel with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight see entry II.A2.014.a

II.A2.009

Industrial equipment and components, other than those specified in 2B350.d, as follows (see also entry II.A2.015): Heat exchangers or condensers with a heat transfer surface area greater than 0.05 m2, and less than 30 m2; and tubes, plates, coils or blocks (cores) designed for such heat exchangers or condensers, where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the fluid(s) are made from the following materials: 1. Stainless steel

Note 1: for stainless steel with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight see entry II.A2.015a.

Note 2: This item does not cover vehicle radiators.

Technical Note: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementation of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the heat exchanger.

II.A2.010

Multiple-seal, and seal-less pumps, other than those specified in 2B350.i, suitable for corrosive fluids, with manufacturer's specified maximum flow-rate greater than 0.6 m3 /hour, or vacuum pumps with manufacturer's specified maximum flow-rate greater than 5 m3 /hour, measured under standard temperature (273 K or 0°C) and pressure (101.3 kPa) conditions; and casings (pump bodies), preformed casing liners, impellers, rotors or jet pump nozzles designed for such pumps, in which all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from the following materials (See also entry II.A2.016)—

  1. 1.

    Stainless steel

Note: for stainless steel with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight see entry II.A2.016a.

Technical Note: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementation of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the pump.

II.A2.011

Centrifugal separators, capable of continuous separation without the propagation of aerosols and manufactured from—

  1. 1.

    Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight;

  2. 2.

    Fluoropolymers;

  3. 3.

    Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining);

  4. 4.

    Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight;

  5. 5.

    Tantalum or tantalum alloys;

  6. 6.

    Titanium or titanium alloys; or

  7. 7.

    Zirconium or zirconium alloys

Note: This item does not cover centrifugal separators defined in entry 2B352.

II.A2.012Sintered metal filters made of nickel or nickel alloy with more than 40% nickel by weight. Note: This item does not cover filters defined in item 2B352.d
II.A2.013

Spin-forming machines and flow-forming machines, other than those controlled by 2B009, 2B109 or 2B209, having a roller force of more than 60 kN and specially designed components therefor

Technical note: For the purpose of II.A2.013, machines combining the functions of spin-forming and flow-forming are regarded as flow-forming machines

II.A2.014

Liquid-liquid contacting equipment (mixer-settlers, pulsed columns, centrifugal contactors); and liquid distributors, vapour distributors or liquid collectors designed for such equipment where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are any of the following (see also II.A2.008)—

  1. (a)

    made from any of the following materials—

    1. 1.

      Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight;

    2. 2.

      Fluoropolymers;

    3. 3.

      Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining);

    4. 4.

      Graphite or carbon graphite;

    5. 5.

      Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight;

    6. 6.

      Tantalum or tantalum alloys;

    7. 7.

      Titanium or titanium alloys; or

    8. 8.

      Zirconium or zirconium alloys; or

  2. (b)

    made from both stainless steel and one or more of the materials specified in II.A2.014.a.

Technical Note: “Carbon graphite” is a composition consisting of amorphous carbon and graphite, in which the graphite content is 8% or more by weight

II.A2.015

Industrial equipment and components, other than those specified in 2B350.d, as follows (see also II.A2.009): Heat exchangers or condensers with a heat transfer surface area greater than 0.05 m2, and less than 30 m2; and tubes, plates, coils or blocks (cores) designed for such heat exchangers or condensers, where all surfaces that come in direct contact with the fluid(s) are any of the following—

  1. (a)

    Made from any of the following materials—

    1. 1.

      Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight;

    2. 2.

      Fluoropolymers;

    3. 3.

      Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coating or glass lining);

    4. 4.

      Graphite or carbon graphite;

    5. 5.

      Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight;

    6. 6.

      Tantalum or tantalum alloys;

    7. 7.

      Titanium or titanium alloys;

    8. 8.

      Zirconium or zirconium alloys;

    9. 9.

      Silicon carbide; or

    10. 10.

      Titanium carbide; or

  2. (b)

    Made from both stainless steel and one or more of the materials specified in II.A2.015.a.

Note: This item does not cover vehicle radiators. Technical Note: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementation of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the heat exchanger.

“Carbon graphite” has the same meaning as in item II.A2.014.

II.A2.016

Multiple-seal, and seal-less pumps, other than those specified in 2B350.i, suitable for corrosive fluids, with manufacturer's specified maximum flow-rate greater than 0.6 m3/hour, or vacuum pumps with manufacturer's specified maximum flow-rate greater than 5 m3/hour (measured under standard temperature (273 K or 0°C) and pressure (101.3 kPa) conditions); and casings (pump bodies), preformed casing liners, impellers, rotors or jet pump nozzles designed for such pumps, in which all surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are any of the following (see also II.A2.010)—

  1. (a)

    made from any of the following materials—

    1. 1.

      Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight;

    2. 2.

      Ceramics;

    3. 3.

      Ferrosilicon;

    4. 4.

      Fluoropolymers;

    5. 5.

      Glass (including vitrified or enamelled coatings or glass lining);

    6. 6.

      Graphite or carbon graphite;

    7. 7.

      Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight;

    8. 8.

      Tantalum or tantalum alloys;

    9. 9.

      Titanium or titanium alloys;

    10. 10.

      Zirconium or zirconium alloys;

    11. 11.

      Niobium (columbium) or niobium alloys; or

    12. 12.

      Aluminium alloys; or

  2. (b)

    made from both stainless steel and one or more of the materials specified in II.A2.016.a

Technical Note: The materials used for gaskets and seals and other implementation of sealing functions do not determine the status of control of the pump.

“Carbon graphite” has the same meaning as in item II.A2.014.

II.A2.017

Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) tools for removing or cutting metals, ceramics or “composites”, as follows, and specially designed ram, sinker or wire electrodes therefor—

  1. (a)

    ram or sinker electrode Electrical Discharge Machines;

  2. (b)

    wire electrode Electrical Discharge Machines

Note: Electrical Discharge Machines are also known as Spark Erosion Machines or Wire Erosion Machines.

II.A2.018Computer controlled or “numerically controlled” co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM), or dimensional inspection machines, having a three dimensional (volumetric) maximum permissible error of indication (MPP E) at any point in the operating range of the machine (i.e. within the length axes) equal to or less (better) than (3 + L/1,000) μm (L is the measured length in mm), tested according to ISO 10360-2 (2001), and measurement probes designed therefor
II.A2.019Computer controlled or “numerically controlled” Electron Beam Welding Machines, and specially designed components therefor
II.A2.020Computer controlled or “numerically controlled” Laser Welding and Laser Cutting Machines, and specially designed components therefor
II.A2.021Computer controlled or “numerically controlled” Plasma Cutting Machines, and specially designed components therefor
II.A3.022Vibration Monitoring Equipment specially designed for rotors or rotating equipment and machinery, capable of measuring any frequency in the range 600-2,000 Hz
II.A2.023Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps, and specially designed components therefor
II.A2.024

Rotary Vane Vacuum Pumps, and specially designed components therefor

Note 1: II.A2.024 does not control rotary vane vacuum pumps that are specially designed for specific other equipment.

Note 2: The control status of rotary vane vacuum pumps that are specially designed for specific other equipment is determined by the control status of the other equipment.

II.A2.025

Air filters, as follows, having one or more physical size dimension exceeding 1,000 mm—

  1. (a)

    High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters;

  2. (b)

    Ultra-Low Penetration Air (ULPA) filters

Note: II.A2.025 does not control air filters specially designed for medical equipment.

A3 Electronics

NumberDescription
II.A3.001

High voltage direct current power supplies having both of the following characteristics—

  1. (a)

    Capable of continuously producing, over a time period of eight hours, 10 kV or more, with output power of 5 kW or more with or without sweeping; and

  2. (b)

    Current or voltage stability better than 0.1% over a time period of four hours

Note: This item does not cover power supplies defined in items 0B001.j.5 and 3A227

II.A3.002

Mass spectrometers, other than those specified in 3A233 or 0B002.g, capable of measuring ions of 200 atomic mass units or more and having a resolution of better than 2 parts in 200, as follows, and ion sources thereof—

  1. (a)

    Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP/MS);

  2. (b)

    Glow discharge mass spectrometers (GDMS);

  3. (c)

    Thermal ionisation mass spectrometers (TIMS);

  4. (d)

    Electron bombardment mass spectrometers which have a source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with “materials resistant to corrosion by uranium hexafluoride UF6”;

  5. (e)

    Molecular beam mass spectrometers having either of the following characteristics—

    1. 1.

      A source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with stainless steel or molybdenum and equipped with a cold trap capable of cooling to 193 K (– 80 °C) or less; or

    2. 2.

      A source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with “materials resistant to corrosion by uranium hexafluoride (UF6)”;

  6. (e)

    mass spectrometers equipped with a microfluorination ion source designed for actinides or actinide fluorides

II.A3.003Spectrometers and diffractometers, designed for the indicative test or quantitative analysis of the elemental composition of metals or alloys without chemical decomposition of the material
II.A3.004

Frequency changers or generators, and Variable Speed electrical drives, other than those prohibited by 0B001 or 3A225, having all of the following characteristics, and specially designed components and software therefor—

  1. (a)

    Multiphase output capable of providing a power of 10 W or greater;

  2. (b)

    Capable of operating at a frequency of 600 Hz or more; and

  3. (c)

    Frequency control better (less) than 0.2%

Technical Note: Frequency changers are also known as converters or inverters.

Notes:

  1. 1.

    Item II.A3.004 does not control frequency changers that include communication protocols or interfaces designed for specific industrial machinery (such as machine tools, spinning machines, printed circuit board machines) so that the frequency changers cannot be used for other purposes while meeting the performance characteristics above.

  2. 2.

    Item II.A3.004 does not control frequency changers specially designed for vehicles and which operate with a control sequence that is mutually communicated between the frequency changer and the vehicle control unit

A6. Sensors and Lasers

NumberDescription
II.A6.001Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) rods
II.A6.002Optical equipment and components, other than those specified in 6A002, 6A004.b as follows: Infrared optics in the wavelength range 9,000 nm – 17,000 nm and components thereof, including cadmium telluride (CdTe) components
II.A6.003

Wave front corrector systems for use with a laser beam having a diameter exceeding 4 mm, and specially designed components thereof, including control systems, phase front sensors and deformable mirrors including bimorph mirrors

Note: This item does not cover mirrors defined in 6A004.a, 6A005.e and 6A005.f.

Technical note: “deformable mirrors” are mirrors having any of the following—

  1. (a)

    a single continuous optical reflecting surface which is dynamically deformed by the application of individual torques or forces to compensate for distortions in the optical waveform incident upon the mirror; or

  2. (b)

    multiple optical reflecting elements that can be individually and dynamically repositioned by the application of torques or forces to compensate for distortions in the optical waveform incident upon the mirror.

Deformable mirrors are also known as adaptive optic mirrors.

II.A6.004

Argon ion “lasers” having an average output power equal to or greater than 5 W

Note: This item does not cover argon ion “lasers” defined in items 0B001.g.5, 6A005 and 6A205.a.

II.A6.005

Semiconductor “lasers” and components thereof, as follows—

  1. (a)

    Individual semiconductor “lasers” with an output power greater than 200 mW each, in quantities larger than 100;

  2. (b)

    Semiconductor “laser” arrays having an output power greater than 20 W

Notes:

(1) Semi-conductor “lasers” are commonly called “laser” diodes.

(2) This item does not cover “lasers” defined in items 0B001.g.5, 0B001.h.6 and 6A005.b.

(3) This item does not cover “laser” diodes with a wavelength in the range 1,200 nm – 2,000 nm.

II.A6.006

Tunable semiconductor “lasers” and tunable semiconductor “laser” arrays, of a wavelength between 9 μm and 17 μm, as well as array stacks of semiconductor “lasers” containing at least one tunable semiconductor “laser” array of such wavelength

Notes:

  1. 1.

    Semiconductor “lasers” are commonly called “laser” diodes.

  2. 2.

    This item does not cover semiconductor “lasers” defined in items 0B001.h.6 and 6A005.b

II.A6.007

Solid state “tunable” “lasers” and specially designed components thereof as follows—

  1. (a)

    Titanium-sapphire lasers;

  2. (b)

    Alexandrite lasers.

Note: This item does not cover titanium-sapphire and alexandrite lasers defined in items 0B001.g.5, 0B001.h.6 and 6A005.c.1

II.A6.008

Neodymium-doped (other than glass) “lasers”, having an output wavelength greater than 1,000 nm but not exceeding 1,100 nm and output energy exceeding 10 J per pulse.

Note: This item does not cover neodymium-doped (other than glass) “lasers” defined in item 6A005.c.2.b

II.A6.009

Components of acousto-optics, as follows—

  1. (a)

    Framing tubes and solid-state imaging devices having a recurrence frequency equal to or exceeding 1 kHz;

  2. (b)

    Recurrence frequency supplies;

  3. (c)

    Pockels cells

II.A6.010

Radiation-hardened cameras, or lenses thereof, other than those specified in 6A203.c., specially designed, or rated as radiation-hardened, to withstand a total radiation dose greater than 50 × 103 Gy (silicon) (5 × 106 rad (silicon)) without operational degradation.

Technical Note: The term “Gy (silicon)” refers to the energy in Joules per kilogram absorbed by an unshielded silicon sample when exposed to ionising radiation

II.A6.011

Tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators, having all of the following characteristics—

  1. 1.

    Operating at wavelengths between 300 nm and 800 nm;

  2. 2.

    An average output power greater than 10 W but not exceeding 30 W;

  3. 3.

    A repetition rate greater than 1 kHz; and

  4. 4.

    Pulse width less than 100 ns

Notes:

(1) This item does not cover single mode oscillators.

(2) This item does not cover tunable pulsed dye laser amplifiers and oscillators defined in item 6A205.c, 0B001.g.5 and 6A005

II.A6.012

Pulsed carbon dioxide “lasers” having all of the following characteristics—

  1. 1.

    Operating at wavelengths between 9,000 nm and 11,000 nm;

  2. 2.

    A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;

  3. 3.

    An average output power greater than 100 W but not exceeding 500 W; and

  4. 4.

    Pulse width less than 200 ns

Note: This item does not cover pulsed carbon dioxide laser amplifiers and oscillators defined in items 6A205.d., 0B001.h.6. and 6A005.d.

II.A6.013

Copper vapour “lasers” having both of the following characteristics—

  1. 1.

    Operating at wavelengths between 500 and 600 nm; and

  2. 2.

    An average output power equal to or greater than 15 W

II.A6.014

Pulsed carbon monoxide “lasers” having all of the following characteristics—

  1. 1.

    Operating at wavelengths between 5,000 and 6,000 nm;

  2. 2.

    A repetition rate greater than 250 Hz;

  3. 3.

    An average output power greater than 100 W; and

  4. 4.

    Pulse width of less than 200 ns.

Note: This item does not control the higher power (typically 1 to 5 kW) industrial carbon monoxide “lasers” used in applications such as cutting and welding, as these latter “lasers” are either continuous wave or are pulsed with a pulse width greater than 200 ns

II.A6.015

Vacuum pressure gauges, being electrically powered and having measurement accuracy of 5% or less (better).

‘Vacuum pressure gauges’ include Pirani Gauges, Penning Gauges and Capacitance Manometers

II.A6.016

Microscopes and related equipment and detectors, as follows—

  1. (a)

    Scanning Electron Microscopes;

  2. (b)

    Scanning Auger Microscopes;

  3. (c)

    Transmission Electron Microscopes;

  4. (d)

    Atomic Force Microscopes;

  5. (e)

    Scanning Force Microscopes;

  6. (f)

    Equipment and detectors, specially designed for use with the microscopes specified in items (a) to (e) above, employing any of the following materials analysis techniques—

    1. 1.

      X-ray Photo Spectroscopy (XPS);

    2. 2.

      Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX, EDS); or

    3. 3.

      Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA)

A7 Navigation and Avionics

NumberDescription
II.A7.001

Inertial navigation systems and specially designed components thereof, as follows—

  1. I.

    Inertial navigation systems which are certified for use on “civil aircraft” by civil authorities of a State participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement, and specially designed components thereof, as follows—

    1. (a)

      Inertial navigation systems (INS) (gimballed or strapdown) and inertial equipment designed for “aircraft”, land vehicle, vessels (surface or underwater) or “spacecraft” for attitude, guidance or control, having any of the following characteristics, and specially designed components thereof—

      1. 1.

        Navigation error (free inertial) subsequent to normal alignment of 0.8 nautical mile per hour (nm/hr) Circular Error Probable (‘CEP’) or less (better); or

      2. 2.

        Specified to function at linear acceleration levels exceeding 10 g;

    2. (b)

      Hybrid Inertial Navigation Systems embedded with Global Navigation Satellite Systems(s) (GNSS) or with “Data-Based Referenced Navigation” (“DBRN”) System(s) for attitude, guidance or control, subsequent to normal alignment, having an INS navigation position accuracy, after loss of GNSS or “DBRN” for a period of up to four minutes, of less (better) than 10 metres CEP;

    3. (c)

      Inertial Equipment for Azimuth, Heading, or North Pointing having any of the following characteristics, and specially designed components thereof—

      1. 1.

        Designed to have an Azimuth, Heading, or North Pointing accuracy equal to, or less (better) than 6 arc/ minutes RMS at 45 degrees latitude; or

      2. 2.

        Designed to have a non-operating shock level of at least 900 g at a duration of at least 1 msec.

Note: The parameters of I(a) and I(b) are applicable with any of the following environmental conditions—

  1. 1

    Input random vibration with an overall magnitude of 7.7 g rms in the first half hour and a total test duration of one and a half hours per axis in each of the three perpendicular axes, when the random vibration meets both the following conditions—

    1. (1)

      A constant power spectral density (PSD) value of 0.04 g2 /Hz over a frequency interval of 15 to 1,000 Hz; and

    2. (2)

      The PSD attenuates with a frequency from 0.04g2 /Hz to 0.01g2 /Hz over a frequency interval from 1,000 to 2,000 Hz;

  2. 2

    A roll and yaw rate equal to or greater than + 2.62 radian/s (150 deg/s); or

  3. 3

    According to national standards equivalent to 1 or 2 above.

Technical Notes

  1. 1.

    I.(b). refers to systems in which an INS and other independent navigation aids are built into a single unit (embedded) in order to achieve improved performance.

  2. 2.

    “Circular Error Probable” (“CEP”): In a circular normal distribution, the radius of the circle containing 50 percent of the individual measurements being made, or the radius of the circle within which there is a 50 percent probability of being located.

II. Theodolite systems incorporating inertial equipment specially designed for civil surveying purposes and designed to have an Azimuth, Heading, or North Pointing accuracy equal to, or less (better) than 6 arc minutes RMS at 45 degrees latitude, and specially designed components thereof.

III. Inertial or other equipment using accelerometers specified in 7A001 or 7A101, where such accelerometers are specially designed and developed as MWD (Measurement While Drilling) sensors for use in downhole well services operations

II.A7.002Accelerometers containing piezoelectric ceramic transducer element, having a sensitivity of 1,000 mV/g or better (higher)

A9 Aerospace and Propulsion

NumberDescription
II.A9.001Explosive bolts
II.A9.002

Load Cells capable of measuring rocket motor thrust having a capacity exceeding 30 kN.

Technical Note: ‘Load Cells’ means devices and transducers for the measurement of force in both tension and in compression.

Note: II.A9.002 does not include equipment, devices or transducers, specially designed for the measurement of the weight of vehicles, e.g. weigh bridges

II.A9.003

Electrical power generation gas turbines, components and related equipment as follows—

  1. (a)

    Gas Turbines specially designed for electrical power generation, having an output exceeding 200 MW;

  2. (b)

    Vanes, Stators, Combustion Chambers and Fuel Injection Nozzles, specially designed for electrical power generation gas turbines specified in item (a);

  3. (c)

    Equipment specially designed for the development and production of electrical power generation gas turbines specified in item (a)

Part 3

Other restricted technology

4

The following technology.

NumberDescription
II.B.001

Technology required for the development, production or use of the items in Part 2 of this Schedule.

The term technology includes software

5

Technology is not “other restricted technology” within the meaning of regulation 34 if it is—

(a)

the minimum necessary for—

(i)

the installation, operation, maintenance and repair of any goods which are restricted goods for the purposes of these Regulations, or

(ii)

patent applications, including information for patent applications,

(b)

in the public domain, or

(c)

basic scientific research.

“Schedule 1H

Petrochemicals

Regulation 34(1)

1

The items falling within a commodity code listed in the following table.

Commodity codeDescription
2812 11Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene)
2814Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
3102 30Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution
2901 21Ethylene
2901 22Propene (propylene)
2902 20Benzene
2902 30Toluene
2902 41o-Xylene
2902 42m-Xylene
2902 43p-Xylene
2902 44Mixed xylene isomers
2902 50Styrene
2902 60Ethyl benzene
2902 70Cumene
2903 11Chloromethane (methyl chloride) and chloroethane (ethyl chloride)
2903 29Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons, other than vinyl chloride (chloroethylene), Trichloroethylene or Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)
2903 811,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN)
2903 82Aldrin (ISO), chlordane (ISO) and heptachlor (ISO)
2903 91Chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene and p-dichlorobenzene
2903 92Hexachlorobenzene (ISO) and DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane)
2903 99Other halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons
2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
2905 11Methanol (methyl alcohol)
2905 12Propan-1-ol (propyl alcohol) and propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol)
2905 13Butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol)
2905 31Ethylene glycol (ethanediol)
2907 11 - 2907 19Phenols
2910 10Oxirane (ethylene oxide)
2910 20Methyloxirane (propylene oxide)
2914 11Acetone
2917 14Maleic anhydride
2917 35Phthalic anhydride
2917 36Terephthalic acid and its salts
2917 37Dimethyl terephthalate
2926 10Acrylonitrile
2929 10Isocyanates
3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms
2707 10Benzol (benzene)
2707 20Toluol (toluene)
2707 30Xylol (xylenes)
2707 40Naphthalene
2707 99 80Phenols
2711 14Ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene

Schedule 1I

Sectoral software and technology

Regulation 34(1)

1

Business enterprise software and technology meaning—

(a)

enterprise resource planning software;

(b)

customer relationship management software;

(c)

business intelligence software;

(d)

supply chain management software;

(e)

enterprise data warehouse software;

(f)

computerised maintenance management systems;

(g)

project management software;

(h)

product lifecycle management software;

(i)

data services software;

(j)

access control software;

(k)

any component of the software described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (j), including human resource, accounting or fleet management components;

(l)

any other information comprised in the software described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (j);

(m)

technology required for the development, production or use of the software described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (j).

2

Industrial design software and technology meaning—

(a)

building information modelling software;

(b)

computer aided design software;

(c)

computer aided manufacture software;

(d)

engineer to order software;

(e)

any component of the software described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d);

(f)

any other information comprised in the software described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d);

(g)

technology required for the development, production or use of the software described in paragraphs (a) to (d).”.