The Trade in Dual-Use Items (Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Amendments to Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009

2.—(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Annex I (list of dual-use items)—

(a) in the section headed “definitions of terms used in this Annex”,—

(i) before the definition of “Riot control agent”, insert—

““Resolution” (2) means the least increment of a measuring device; on digital instruments, the least significant bit.”;

(ii) in the definition of “Satellite navigation system”, omit “(GNSS)” and “(RNSS)”;

(iii) in the definition of “Superalloys”, before “at 922 K” insert “and an ultimate tensile strength greater than 850 MPa,”;

(b) in the section headed “Category 1 – special materials and related equipment”, in entry 1E201, for “1B234” substitute “1B235”;

(c) in the section headed “Category 2 – materials processing”,—

(i) in entry 2B206.c.2., for “at a temperature of ± 1 K (± 1 °C);” substitute “over a temperature range of ± 1 K (± 1 °C)”;

(ii) in entry 2B230, in each instance, for “aluminum” substitute “aluminium”;

(iii) in entry 2B352.b., for Technical Note 2 substitute—

“2. For the purposes of 2B352.b.2.b., cultivation chamber holding devices include single-use cultivation chambers with rigid walls.”;

(iv) in entry 2B352.f.2., for Note 2 substitute—

“Note 2: 2B352.f.2. includes any isolator meeting all of the abovementioned characteristics, regardless of its intended use and its designation.

Note 3: 2B352.f.2. does not include isolators specially designed for barrier nursing or transportation of infected patients.”;

(v) in entry 2D001.a., after “2B001” insert “to 2B009.”;

(d) in the section headed “Category 3 – electronics”, in entry 3A228.a., in the Note, for “3A228” substitute “3A228.a.”;

(e) in the section headed “Category 9 – aerospace and propulsion”,—

(i) in entry 9B005.a., in the Note, for “control” substitute “apply to”;

(ii) in entry 9D005, for “spacecrafts” substitute “spacecraft”.

(3) In Annex IV, in Part II, in the section headed “items of the NSG technology”, in the table, in entry 3A228.a., in the Note, for “3A228” substitute “3A228.a.”.

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EUR 2009/428. Annexes I and IV were amended by S.I. 2019/771.