EU REGULATION 2021/821 Annex I and IV
Dual Use Codes
N.B. For zirconium pressure tubes see 0A001.e. and for calandria tubes see 0A001.h.
Technical Note:
In 0A001.h. ‘nuclear reactor internals’ means any major structure within a reactor vessel which has one or more functions such as supporting the core, maintaining fuel alignment, directing primary coolant flow, providing radiation shields for the reactor vessel, and guiding in-core instrumentation.
Note: 0A001.i. does not control heat exchangers for the supporting systems of the reactor, e.g., the emergency cooling system or the decay heat cooling system.
Technical Note:
In 0A001.k. ‘external thermal shields’ means major structures placed over the reactor vessel which reduce heat loss from the reactor and reduce temperature within the containment vessel.
Technical Note:
In 0B001.b. ‘high strength-to-density ratio material’ means any of the following:
N.B. SEE ALSO 2A225.
N.B. SEE ALSO 6A005 AND 6A205.
N.B. SEE ALSO 6A005 AND 6A205.
N.B. SEE ALSO 3A227.
N.B. SEE ALSO 3A226.
Technical Note:
Specially designed or prepared equipment for the fabrication of "nuclear reactor" fuel elements includes equipment which:
0B006 includes:
Technical Note:
Holding or storage vessels may have the following features:
Note: 0C001 does not control the following:
Note: 0C002 does not control four "effective grammes" or less when contained in a sensing component in instruments.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1C107.
Note 1: For the purpose of export control, the competent authorities of the EU Member State in which the exporter is established will determine whether or not the exports of graphite meeting the above specifications are for "nuclear reactor" use. 0C004 does not control graphite having a purity level better than 5 ppm (parts per million) boron equivalent and with a density greater than 1,50 g/cm3 not for use in a "nuclear reactor".
Note 2: In 0C004, ‘boron equivalent’ (BE) is defined as the sum of BEz for impurities (excluding BEcarbon since carbon is not considered an impurity) including boron, where:
BEZ (ppm) = CF × concentration of element Z in ppm;
and σΒ and σΖ are the thermal neutron capture cross sections (in barns) for naturally occurring boron and element Z respectively; and AB and AZ are the atomic masses of naturally occurring boron and element Z respectively.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1A202, 9A010 and 9A110.
Note 1: 1A002 does not control "composite" structures or laminates made from epoxy resin impregnated carbon "fibrous or filamentary materials" for the repair of "civil aircraft" structures or laminates, having all of the following:
Note 2: 1A002 does not control semi-finished items, specially designed for purely civilian applications as follows:
Note 3: 1A002.b.1. does not control semi-finished items containing a maximum of two dimensions of interwoven filaments and specially designed for applications as follows:
Note 4: 1A002 does not control finished items specially designed for a specific application.
Note 5: 1A002.b.1. does not control mechanically chopped, milled, or cut carbon "fibrous or filamentary materials" 25,0 mm or less in length.
Note: 1A003 does not control manufactures when coated or laminated with copper and designed for the production of electronic printed circuit boards.
N.B. For "fusible" aromatic polyimides in any form, see 1C008.a.3.
N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS, 2B351 AND 2B352.
Note: 1A004.a. includes Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) that are designed or modified for defence against agents or materials, listed in 1A004.a.
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 1A004.a.:
Technical Note:
‘Trace detection’ is defined as the capability to detect less than 1 ppm vapour, or 1 mg solid or liquid.
Note 1: 1A004.d. does not control equipment specially designed for laboratory use.
Note 2: 1A004.d. does not control non-contact walk-through security portals.
Note: 1A004 does not control:
Technical Notes:
1. 1A004 includes equipment and components that have been identified, successfully tested to national standards or otherwise proven effective, for the detection of or defence against ‘radioactive materials’, "biological agents", chemical warfare agents, ‘simulants’ or "riot control agents", even if such equipment or components are used in civil industries such as mining, quarrying, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, medical, veterinary, environmental, waste management, or the food industry.
2. ‘Simulant’ is a substance or material that is used in place of toxic agent (chemical or biological) in training, research, testing or evaluation.
3. For the purposes of 1A004, ‘radioactive materials’ are those selected or modified to increase their effectiveness in producing casualties in humans or animals, degrading equipment or damaging crops or the environment.
N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.
N.B. For "fibrous or filamentary materials" used in the manufacture of body armour, see 1C010.
Note 1: 1A005 does not control body armour when accompanying its user for the user's own personal protection.
Note 2: 1A005 does not control body armour designed to provide frontal protection only from both fragment and blast from non-military explosive devices.
Note 3: 1A005 does not control body armour designed to provide protection only from knife, spike, needle or blunt trauma.
N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 1A006.b. ‘disruptors’ are devices specially designed for the purpose of preventing the operation of an explosive device by projecting a liquid, solid or frangible projectile.
Note: 1A006 does not control equipment when accompanying its operator.
N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS, 3A229 AND 3A232.
Technical Notes:
1. The word initiator or igniter is sometimes used in place of the word detonator.
2. For the purpose of 1A007.b. the detonators of concern all utilise a small electrical conductor (bridge, bridge wire, or foil) that explosively vaporises when a fast, high-current electrical pulse is passed through it. In non-slapper types, the exploding conductor starts a chemical detonation in a contacting high explosive material such as PETN (pentaerythritoltetranitrate). In slapper detonators, the explosive vaporization of the electrical conductor drives a flyer or slapper across a gap, and the impact of the slapper on an explosive starts a chemical detonation. The slapper in some designs is driven by magnetic force. The term exploding foil detonator may refer to either an EB or a slapper-type detonator.
According to Article 11, listed in Annex IV part 1: this item requires an authorisation for intra-Union transfers.
Technical Note:
‘Shaped charges’ are explosive charges shaped to focus the effects of the explosive blast.
N.B. SEE ALSO 9A010 AND 9A110.
Technical Note:
In 1A227 the term ‘cold area’ means the viewing area of the window exposed to the lowest level of radiation in the design application.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1B101 AND 1B201.
Note: In 1B001.b., ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems.
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 1B001.b., ‘tape-laying machines’ have the ability to lay one or more ‘filament bands’ limited to widths greater than 25,4 mm and less than or equal to 304,8 mm, and to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the laying process.
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 1B001.c., the technique of interlacing includes knitting.
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 1B001.g., ‘tow-placement machines’ have the ability to place one or more ‘filament bands’ having widths less than or equal to 25,4 mm, and to cut and restart individual ‘filament band’ courses during the placement process.
Technical Notes:
1. For the purpose of 1B001, ‘primary servo positioning’ axes control, under computer program direction, the position of the end effector (i.e., head) in space relative to the work piece at the correct orientation and direction to achieve the desired process.
2. For the purposes of 1B001, a ‘filament band’ is a single continuous width of fully or partially resin-impregnated tape, tow or fibre. Fully or partially resin-impregnated ‘filament bands’ include those coated with dry powder that tacks upon heating.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1B102.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1B201.
Note: Components and accessories specified in 1B101 include moulds, mandrels, dies, fixtures and tooling for the preform pressing, curing, casting, sintering or bonding of composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof.
Note: 1B101.d. includes rollers, tension stretchers, coating equipment, cutting equipment and clicker dies.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1B115.b.
Note: 1B102 includes:
Note: 1B115.b. does not control batch mixers, continuous mixers or fluid energy mills. For the control of batch mixers, continuous mixers and fluid energy mills see 1B117, 1B118 and 1B119.
Note 1: For equipment specially designed for the production of military goods, see the Military Goods Controls.
Note 2: 1B115 does not control equipment for the "production", handling and acceptance testing of boron carbide.
Note: In 1B117.d. the term ‘mixing/kneading shaft’ does not refer to deagglomerators or knife-spindles.
Note: 1B226 includes separators:
Technical Note:
In 1B228 ‘effective length’ means the active height of packing material in a packed-type column, or the active height of internal contactor plates in a plate-type column.
N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.
Technical Note:
Components specially designed for target assemblies for the production of tritium may include lithium pellets, tritium getters, and specially-coated cladding.
Technical Note:
N.B. SEE ALSO 1C101.
Note 1: 1C001.a. does not control:
Technical Note:
Absorption test samples for 1C001.a. Note: 1.c.1. should be a square at least 5 wavelengths of the centre frequency on a side and positioned in the far field of the radiating element.
Technical Note:
‘Open-cell foams’ are flexible and porous materials, having an inner structure open to the atmosphere. ‘Open-cell foams’ are also known as reticulated foams.
Note 2: Nothing in Note 1 to 1C001.a. releases magnetic materials to provide absorption when contained in paint.
Materials not transparent to visible light and specially designed for absorbing near-infrared radiation having a wavelength exceeding 810 nm but less than 2 000 nm (frequencies exceeding 150 THz but less than 370 THz);
Note: 1C001.b. does not control materials, specially designed or formulated for any of the following applications:
Note: 1C001.c. does not control materials in a liquid form.
Technical Note:
‘Bulk electrical conductivity’ and ‘sheet (surface) resistivity’ should be determined using ASTM D-257 or national equivalents.
According to Article 11, listed in Annex IV part 1: this item requires an authorisation for intra-Union transfers.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1C202.
Note: 1C002 does not control metal alloys, metal alloy powder and alloyed materials, specially formulated for coating purposes.
Technical Notes:
1. The metal alloys in 1C002 are those containing a higher percentage by weight of the stated metal than of any other element.
2. ‘Stress-rupture life’ should be measured in accordance with ASTM standard E-139 or national equivalents.
3. ‘Low cycle fatigue life’ should be measured in accordance with ASTM standard E-606 ‘Recommended Practice for Constant-Amplitude Low-Cycle Fatigue Testing’ or national equivalents. Testing should be axial with an average stress ratio equal to 1 and a stress-concentration factor (Kt) equal to 1. The average stress ratio is defined as maximum stress minus minimum stress divided by maximum stress.
Technical Note:
X in the following equals one or more alloying elements.
Technical Notes:
1. ‘Vacuum atomisation’ is a process to reduce a molten stream of metal to droplets of a diameter of 500 μm or less by the rapid evolution of a dissolved gas upon exposure to a vacuum.
2. ‘Gas atomisation’ is a process to reduce a molten stream of metal alloy to droplets of 500 μm diameter or less by a high pressure gas stream.
3. ‘Rotary atomisation’ is a process to reduce a stream or pool of molten metal to droplets to a diameter of 500 μm or less by centrifugal force.
4. ‘Splat quenching’ is a process to ‘solidify rapidly’ a molten metal stream impinging upon a chilled block, forming a flake-like product.
5. ‘Melt spinning’ is a process to ‘solidify rapidly’ a molten metal stream impinging upon a rotating chilled block, forming a flake, ribbon or rod-like product.
6. ‘Comminution’ is a process to reduce a material to particles by crushing or grinding.
7. ‘Melt extraction’ is a process to ‘solidify rapidly’ and extract a ribbon-like alloy product by the insertion of a short segment of a rotating chilled block into a bath of a molten metal alloy.
8. ‘Mechanical alloying’ is an alloying process resulting from the bonding, fracturing and rebonding of elemental and master alloy powders by mechanical impact. Non-metallic particles may be incorporated in the alloy by addition of the appropriate powders.
9. ‘Plasma atomisation’ is a process to reduce a molten stream or solid metal to droplets of 500 μm diameter or less, using plasma torches in an inert gas environment.
10. ‘Solidify rapidly’ is a process involving the solidification of molten material at cooling rates exceeding 1 000 K/sec.
Technical Note:
Measurement of initial relative permeability must be performed on fully annealed materials.
Technical Note:
‘Nanocrystalline’ materials in 1C003.c. are those materials having a crystal grain size of 50 nm or less, as determined by X-ray diffraction.
Technical Note:
For the purpose of 1C005 ‘filaments’ may be in wire, cylinder, film, tape or ribbon form.
Note: 1C006.d. does not control materials specified and packaged as medical products.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1C107.
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 1C007, ‘precursor materials’ are special purpose polymeric or metallo-organic materials used for the "production" of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, or ceramics with silicon, carbon and nitrogen.
Note: 1C008.a. controls substances in liquid or solid "fusible" form, including resin, powder, pellet, film, sheet, tape or ribbon.
N.B. For non-"fusible" aromatic polyimides in film, sheet, tape or ribbon form, see 1A003.
Technical Notes:
1. The ‘glass transition temperature (Tg)’ for 1C008.a.2. thermoplastic materials, 1C008.a.4. materials and 1C008.f. materials is determined using the method described in ISO 11357-2:1999 or national equivalents
2. The ‘glass transition temperature (Tg)’ for 1C008.a.2. thermosetting materials and 1C008.a.3. materials is determined using the 3-point bend method described in ASTM D 7028-07 or equivalent national standard. The test is to be performed using a dry test specimen which has attained a minimum of 90 % degree of cure as specified by ASTM E 2160-04 or equivalent national standard, and was cured using the combination of standard- and post-cure processes that yield the highest Tg.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1C210 AND 9C110.
Technical Notes:
1. For the purpose of calculating "specific tensile strength", "specific modulus" or specific weight of "fibrous or filamentary materials" in 1C010.a., 1C010.b., 1C010.c. or 1C010.e.1.b., the tensile strength and modulus should be determined by using Method A described in ISO 10618:2004 or national equivalents.
2. Assessing the "specific tensile strength", "specific modulus" or specific weight of non-unidirectional "fibrous or filamentary materials" (e.g., fabrics, random mats or braids) in 1C010 is to be based on the mechanical properties of the constituent unidirectional monofilaments (e.g., monofilaments, yarns, rovings or tows) prior to processing into the non-unidirectional "fibrous or filamentary materials".
Note: 1C010.a. does not control polyethylene.
Note: 1C010.b. does not control:
Note: 1C010.c. does not control:
Technical Note:
‘Commingled’ is filament to filament blending of thermoplastic fibres and reinforcement fibres in order to produce a fibre reinforcement "matrix" mix in total fibre form.
Note 1: Metal or carbon-coated "fibrous or filamentary materials" (preforms) or ‘carbon fibre preforms’, not impregnated with resin or pitch, are specified by "fibrous or filamentary materials" in 1C010.a., 1C010.b. or 1C010.c.
Note 2: 1C010.e. does not control:
Technical Notes:
1. ‘Carbon fibre preforms’ are an ordered arrangement of uncoated or coated fibres intended to constitute a framework of a part before the "matrix" is introduced to form a "composite".
2. The ‘Dynamic Mechanical Analysis glass transition temperature (DMA Tg)’ for materials specified in 1C010.e. is determined using the method described in ASTM D 7028-07, or equivalent national standard, on a dry test specimen. In the case of thermoset materials, degree of cure of a dry test specimen shall be a minimum of 90 % as defined by ASTM E 2160-04 or equivalent national standard.
N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS AND 1C111.
Technical Note:
The natural content of hafnium in the zirconium (typically 2 % to 7 %) is counted with the zirconium.
Note: The metals or alloys specified in 1C011.a. are controlled whether or not the metals or alloys are encapsulated in aluminium, magnesium, zirconium or beryllium.
Note: The metals or alloys specified in 1C011.b. are controlled whether or not the metals or alloys are encapsulated in aluminium, magnesium, zirconium or beryllium.
N.B. See also Military Goods Controls for metal powders mixed with other substances to form a mixture formulated for military purposes.
According to Article 11, listed in Annex IV part 1: this item requires an authorisation for intra-Union transfers.
Technical Note:
These materials are typically used for nuclear heat sources.
Note: 1C012.a. does not control:
Note: 1C012.b. does not control shipments with a neptunium-237 content of 1 g or less.
Note 1: 1C101 includes:
Note 2: 1C101 does not include coatings when specially used for the thermal control of satellites.
Technical Note:
In 1C101 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.
N.B. See also 0C004.
N.B. See also 0C004.
Note: 1C107.f. does not control ‘Ultra High Temperature Ceramic (UHTC) ’ materials in non-composite form.
Technical Note 1:
In 1C107.f. ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.
Technical Note 2:
‘Ultra High Temperature Ceramics (UHTC)’ includes:
Technical Note:
A particle size of 63 μm (ISO R-565) corresponds to 250 mesh (Tyler) or 230 mesh (ASTM standard E-11).
Technical Note:
The natural content of hafnium in the zirconium (typically 2 % to 7 %) is counted with the zirconium.
Note: 1C111a.2.a. and 1C111a.2.b. controls powder mixtures with a multimodal particle distribution (e.g. mixtures of different grain sizes) if one or more modes are controlled.
Technical Note:
Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON) are solutions of Nitric Oxide (NO) in Dinitrogen Tetroxide/Nitrogen Dioxide (N2O4/NO2) that can be used in missile systems. There are a range of compositions that can be denoted as MONi or MONij, where i and j are integers representing the percentage of Nitric Oxide in the mixture (e.g., MON3 contains 3 % Nitric Oxide, MON25 25 % Nitric Oxide. An upper limit is MON40, 40 % by weight).
N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.
Note: 1C111.a.5.b. does not control fossil refined fuels and biofuels produced from vegetables, including fuels for engines certified for use in civil aviation, unless specially formulated for ‘missiles’ or unmanned aerial vehicles specified in 9A012 or 9A112.a..
Technical Note:
In 1C111.a.5. ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.
Technical Note:
Polytetrahydrofuran polyethylene glycol (TPEG) is a block co-polymer of poly 1,4-Butanediol (CAS 110-63-4) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) (CAS 25322-68-3).
Note: 1C111.c.6.o. does not control ferrocene derivatives that contain a six carbon aromatic functional group attached to the ferrocene molecule.
Technical Notes:
1. In 1C111.d. a ‘gel propellant’ is a fuel or oxidiser formulation using a gellant such as silicates, kaolin (clay), carbon or any polymeric gellant.
2. In 1C111.d. a ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.
Note: For propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants not specified in 1C111, see the Military Goods Controls.
N.B. SEE ALSO 1C216.
Technical Note 1:
Maraging steels are iron alloy:
Technical Note 2:
In 1C116 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.
Technical Note:
In 1C117 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.
Technical Note:
The phrase alloys ‘capable of’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment.
Note: 1C210.a. does not control aramid ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ having 0,25 % by weight or more of an ester based fibre surface modifier;
Technical Note:
The resin forms the matrix of the composite.
Note: In 1C210, ‘fibrous or filamentary materials’ is restricted to continuous "monofilaments", "yarns", "rovings", "tows" or "tapes".
Note: 1C216 does not control forms in which all linear dimensions are 75 mm or less.
Technical Note:
The phrase maraging steel ‘capable of’ encompasses maraging steel before or after heat treatment.
Note: In 1C225 mixtures containing boron include boron loaded materials.
Technical Note:
The natural isotopic abundance of boron-10 is approximately 18,5 weight per cent (20 atom per cent).
Note: 1C226 does not control manufactures specially designed as weights or gamma-ray collimators.
N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS.
Note: 1C230 does not control the following:
Note: 1C232 does not control a product or device containing less than 1 g of helium-3.
Note: 1C233 does not control thermoluminescent dosimeters.
Technical Note:
The natural isotopic abundance of lithium-6 is approximately 6,5 weight per cent (7,5 atom per cent).
Note: 1C234 does not control zirconium in the form of foil having a thickness of 0,10 mm or less.
Note: 1C235 does not control a product or device containing less than 1,48 × 103 GBq (40 Ci) of tritium.
Note: 1C236 does not control a product or device containing less than 3,7 GBq (100 millicuries) of activity.
Technical Note:
In 1C236 ‘radionuclides’ are any of the following:
Note: 1C237 does not control the following:
According to Article 11, listed in Annex IV part 1: this item requires an authorisation for intra-Union transfers.
Note: 1C240 does not control the following:
Technical Note:
1C240.b. refers to porous metal formed by compacting and sintering the materials in 1C240.a. to form a metal material with fine pores interconnected throughout the structure.
N.B. SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS AND 1C450.