[F1 ANNEX I U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1749 of 7 October 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items.

CATEGORY 9 – AEROSPACE AND PROPULSION U.K.

[9D] Software U.K.

[9D001] "Software", not specified in 9D003 or 9D004, specially designed or modified for the "development" of equipment or "technology", specified in 9A001 to 9A119, 9B or 9E003.

[9D002] "Software", not specified in 9D003 or 9D004, specially designed or modified for the "production" of equipment specified in 9A001 to 9A119 or 9B.

[9D003] "Software" incorporating "technology" specified in 9E003.h. and used in "FADEC Systems" for systems specified in 9A or equipment specified in 9B.

[9D004] Other "software" as follows:

a.

2D or 3D viscous "software", validated with wind tunnel or flight test data required for detailed engine flow modelling;

b.

"Software" for testing aero gas turbine engines, assemblies or components, having all of the following:

1.

Specially designed for testing any of the following:

a.

Aero gas turbine engines, assemblies or components, incorporating "technology" specified in 9E003.a., 9E003.h. or 9E003.i.; or

b.

Multi-stage compressors providing either bypass or core flow, specially designed for aero gas turbine engines incorporating "technology" specified in 9E003.a. or 9E003.h.; and

2.

Specially designed for all of the following:

a.

Acquisition and processing of data, in real time; and

b.

Feedback control of the test article or test conditions (e.g. temperature, pressure, flow rate) while the test is in progress;

Note: 9D004.b. does not control software for operation of the test facility or operator safety (e.g. overspeed shutdown, fire detection and suppression), or production, repair or maintenance acceptance-testing limited to determining if the item has been properly assembled or repaired. U.K.

c.

"Software" specially designed to control directional solidification or single crystal material growth in equipment specified in 9B001.a. or 9B001.c.;

d.

Not used;

e.

"Software" specially designed or modified for the operation of items specified in 9A012;

f.

"Software" specially designed to design the internal cooling passages of aero gas turbine blades, vans and "tip shrouds";

g.

"Software" having all of the following:

1.

Specially designed to predict aero thermal, aeromechanical and combustion conditions in aero gas turbine engines; and

2.

Theoretical modelling predictions of the aero thermal, aeromechanical and combustion conditions, which have been validated with actual aero gas turbine engine (experimental or production) performance data.

[9D005] "Software" specially designed or modified for the operation of items specified in 9A004.e. or 9A004.f.

NB: For "software" for items listed in 9A004.d. that are incorporated into "[F2 spacecraft] payloads", see the appropriate Categories. U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Annex 1 para. 9D005 substituted (20.4.2022) by The Trade in Dual-Use Items (Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/410), regs. 1, 2(2)(e)(ii)

[9D101] "Software" specially designed or modified for the "use" of goods specified in 9B105, 9B106, 9B116 or 9B117.

[9D103] "Software" specially designed for modelling, simulation or design integration of the space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, sounding rockets specified in 9A104 or "missiles", or the subsystems specified in 9A005, 9A007, 9A105, 9A106.c., 9A107, 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119.

Note: "Software" specified in 9D103 remains controlled when combined with specially designed hardware specified in 4A102. U.K.

[9D104] "Software" as follows:

a.

"Software" specially designed or modified for the "use" of goods specified in 9A001, 9A005, 9A006.d., 9A006.g., 9A007.a., 9A009.a., 9A010.d., 9A011, 9A101, 9A102, 9A105, 9A106.d., 9A107, 9A109, 9A111, 9A115.a., 9A117 or 9A118.

b.

"Software" specially designed or modified for the operation or maintenance of subsystems or equipment specified in 9A008.d., 9A106.c., 9A108.c. or 9A116.d.

[9D105] "Software" specially designed or modified to coordinate the function of more than one subsystem, other than that specified in 9D004.e., in space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 or sounding rockets specified in 9A104 or ‘missiles’

Note: 9D105 includes "software" specially designed for a manned "aircraft" converted to operate as "unmanned aerial vehicle", as follows: U.K.

a.

"Software" specially designed or modified to integrate the conversion equipment with the "aircraft" system functions; and

b.

"Software" specially designed or modified to operate the "aircraft" as an "unmanned aerial vehicle".

Technical Note: U.K.

In 9D105 ‘missile’ means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km.]