ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 is amended as follows: (1) in Category II – Computers, the following text: “X.E.II.001 ‘Technology’ for the ‘development’ or ‘production’ of equipment designed for 'multi-data-stream processing. Technical Note: For the purpose of X.E.II.001, ‘multi-data-stream processing’ is a microprogram or equipment architecture technique that permits simultaneous processing of two or more data sequences under the control of one or more instruction sequences by means such as:” is replaced by: “X.E.II.002 ‘Technology’ for the ‘development’ or ‘production’ of equipment designed for 'multi-data-stream processing'. Technical Note: For the purpose of X.E.II.002, ‘multi-data-stream processing’ is a microprogram or equipment architecture technique that permits simultaneous processing of two or more data sequences under the control of one or more instruction sequences by means such as:”; (2) the following items are added: ‘Category VIII – Miscellaneous items X.A.VIII.014 Water cannon systems for riot or crowd control, and components specially designed therefor. Note: X.A.VIII.014 water cannon systems include, for example: vehicles or fixed stations equipped with remotely operated water cannon that are designed to protect the operator from an outside riot with features such as armor, shatter resistant windows, metal screens, bull-bars, or run-flat tires. Components specially designed for water cannons may include, for example: deck gun water nozzles, pumps, reservoirs, cameras, and lights that are hardened or shielded against projectiles, elevating masts for those items, and teleoperation systems for those items. X.A.VIII.015 Law enforcement striking weapons, including saps, police batons, side handle batons, tonfas, sjamboks, and whips. X.A.VIII.016 Police helmets and shields; and specially designed components, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821. X.A.VIII.017 Law enforcement restraint devices, including leg irons, shackles, and handcuffs; straight jackets; stun cuffs; shock belts; shock sleeves; multipoint restraint devices such as restraint chairs; and specially designed components and accessories, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821. Note: X.A.VIII.017 applies to restraint devices used in law enforcement activities. It does not apply to medical devices that are equipped to restrain patient movement during medical procedures. It does not apply to devices that confine memory impaired patients to appropriate medical facilities. It does not apply to safety equipment such as safety belts or child automobile safety seats. X.A.VIII.018 Oil and gas exploration equipment, software, and data, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Not used. b. Hydraulic fracturing items, as follows: 1. Hydraulic fracturing design and analysis software and data; 2. Hydraulic fracturing ‘proppant’, ‘fracking fluid’, and chemical additives therefor; or 3. High pressure pumps. Technical Note: A ‘proppant’ is a solid material, typically treated sand or man-made ceramic materials, designed to keep an induced hydraulic fracture open, during or following a fracturing treatment. It is added to a ‘fracking fluid’ which may vary in composition depending on the type of fracturing used, and can be gel, foam or slickwater-based. X.A.VIII.019 Specific processing equipment, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Ring Magnets; b. Not used. X.B.VIII.001 Specific processing equipment, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Hot cells; or b. Glove boxes suitable for use with radioactive materials. X.D.VIII.004 “Software” specially designed for the “development,”“production” or “use” of commodities controlled by X.A.VIII.014. X.D.VIII.005 Specific software, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Software for neutronic calculations/modeling; b. Software for radiation transport calculations/modeling; or c. Software for hydrodynamic calculations/modeling. X.E.VIII.005 “Technology”‘‘required’’ for the ‘‘development’’ or ‘‘production’’ of commodities controlled by X.A.VIII.014. X.E.VIII.006 “Technology” exclusively for the “development” or “production” of equipment controlled by X.A.VIII.017. Category IX – Special Materials and Related Equipment X.A.IX.001 Chemical agents, including tear gas formulation containing 1 % or less of orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS), or 1 % or less of chloroacetophenone (CN), except in individual containers with a net weight of 20 g or less; liquid pepper except when packaged in individual containers with a net weight of 85,05 g or less; smoke bombs; non-irritant smoke flares, canisters, grenades and charges; and other pyrotechnic articles having dual military and commercial use, and components specially designed therefor, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821. X.A.IX.002 Fingerprinting powders, dyes, and inks. X.A.IX.003 Protective and detection equipment not specially designed for military use and not controlled by 1A004 or 2B351, as follows (see List of Items Controlled), and components not specially designed for military use and not controlled by 1A004 or 2B351 therefor: a. Personal radiation monitoring dosimeters; or b. Equipment limited by design or function to protect against hazards specific to civil industries, such as mining, quarrying, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, medical, veterinary, environmental, waste management, or to the food industry. Note: X.A.IX.003 does not control items for protection against chemical or biological agents that are consumer goods, packaged for retail sale or personal use, or medical products, such as latex exam gloves, latex surgical gloves, liquid disinfectant soap, disposable surgical drapes, surgical gowns, surgical foot covers, and surgical masks. X.A.IX.004 Specific processing equipment, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Radiation detection, monitoring and measurement equipment, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821; or b. Radiographic detection equipment such as X-ray converters, and storage phosphor image plates. X.B.IX.001 Specific processing equipment, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Electrolytic cells for fluorine production, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821; b. Particle accelerators; c. Industrial process control hardware/systems designed for power industries, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821; or e. Equipment for the production of structural composites, fibres, prepregs and preforms. X.C.IX.004 Fibrous and filamentary materials, not controlled by 1C010 or 1C210, for use in “composite” structures and with a specific modulus of 3,18 x 10 6 m or greater and a specific tensile strength of 7,62 x 10 4 m or greater. X.C.IX.005 “Vaccines”, “immunotoxins”, ‘medical products’, ‘diagnostic and food testing kits’, as follows (see List of Items controlled): a. “Vaccines” containing, or designed for use against, items controlled by 1C351, 1C353 or 1C354; b. “Immunotoxins” containing items controlled by 1C351.d; or c. ‘Medical products’ that contain any of the following: 1. “Toxins” controlled by 1C351.d (except for botulinum toxins controlled by 1C351.d.1, conotoxins controlled by 1C351.d.3, or items controlled for CW reasons under 1C351.d.4 or .d.5); or 2. Genetically modified organisms or genetic elements controlled by 1C353.a.3 (except for those that contain, or code for, botulinum toxins controlled by 1C351.d.1 or conotoxins controlled by 1C351.d.3); d. ‘Medical products’ not controlled by X.C.IX.005.c that contain any of the following: 1. Botulinum toxins controlled by 1C351.d.1; 2. Conotoxins controlled by 1C351.d.3; or 3. Genetically modified organisms or genetic elements controlled by 1C353.a.3 that contain, or code for, botulinum toxins controlled by 1C351.d.1 or conotoxins controlled by 1C351.d.3; or e. ‘Diagnostic and food testing kits’ containing items controlled by 1C351.d ( except for items controlled for CW reasons under 1C351.d.4 or .d.5). Technical Notes: 1. ‘Medical products’ are: (1) pharmaceutical formulations designed for testing and human (or veterinary) administration in the treatment of medical conditions, (2) prepackaged for distribution as clinical or medical products, and (3) approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) either to be marketed as clinical or medical products or for use as research new drug. 2. ‘Diagnostic and food testing kits’ are specifically developed, packaged and marketed for diagnostic or public health purposes. Biological toxins in any other configuration, including bulk shipments, or for any other end-uses are controlled by 1C351. X.C.IX.006 Commercial charges and devices containing energetic materials, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, and nitrogen trifluoride in a gaseous state (see List of Items Controlled): a. Shaped charges specially designed for oil well operations, utilizing one charge functioning along a single axis, that upon detonation produce a hole, and 1. Contain any formulation of ‘controlled materials’; 2. Have only a uniform shaped conical liner with an included angle of 90 degrees or less; 3. Contain more than 0,010 kg but less than or equal to 0,090 kg of ‘controlled materials’; and 4. Have a diameter not exceeding 114,3 cm; b. Shaped charges specially designed for oil well operations containing less than or equal to 0,010 kg of ‘controlled materials’; c. Detonation cord or shock tubes containing less than or equal to 0,064 kg/m of ‘controlled materials’; d. Cartridge power devices, that contain less than or equal to 0,70 kg of ‘controlled materials’ in the deflagration material; e. Detonators (electric or nonelectric) and assemblies thereof, that contain less than or equal to 0,01 kg of ‘controlled materials’; f. Igniters, that contain less than or equal to 0,01 kg of ‘controlled materials’; g. Oil well cartridges, that contain less than or equal to 0,015 kg of controlled ‘energetic materials’; h. Commercial cast or pressed boosters containing less than or equal to 1,0 kg of ‘controlled materials’; i. Commercial prefabricated slurries and emulsions containing less than or equal to 10,0 kg and less than or equal to 35 % by weight of ML8 ‘controlled materials’; j. Cutters and severing tools containing less than or equal to 3,5 kg of ‘controlled materials’; k. Pyrotechnic devices when designed exclusively for commercial purposes (e.g., theatrical stages, motion picture special effects, and fireworks displays) and containing less than or equal to 3,0 kg of ‘controlled materials’; l. Other commercial explosive devices and charges not controlled by X.C.IX.006.a through .k containing less than or equal to 1,0 kg of ‘controlled materials’; or Note: X.C.IX.006.l includes automotive safety devices; extinguishing systems; cartridges for riveting guns; explosive charges for agricultural, oil and gas operations, sporting goods, commercial mining, or public works purposes; and delay tubes used in the assembly of commercial explosive devices. m. Nitrogen trifluoride (NF 3 ) in a gaseous state. Notes: 1. ‘Controlled materials’ means controlled energetic materials (see 1C011, 1C111, 1C239 or ML8). 2. Nitrogen trifluoride when not in a gaseous state is controlled under ML8.d by the CML. X.C.IX.007 Mixtures not controlled by 1C350 or 1C450 that contain chemicals controlled by 1C350 or 1C450 and medical, analytical, diagnostic, and food testing kits not controlled by 1C350 or 1C450 that contain chemicals controlled by 1C350, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Mixtures containing the following concentrations of precursor chemicals controlled by 1C350: 1. Mixtures containing 10 % or less, by weight, of any single CWC Schedule 2 chemical controlled by 1C350; 2. Mixtures containing less than 30 %, by weight, of: a. Any single CWC Schedule 3 chemical controlled by 1C350; or b. Any single non-CWC precursor chemical controlled by 1C350; b. Mixtures containing the following concentrations of toxic or precursor chemicals controlled by 1C450: 1. Mixtures containing the following concentrations of CWC Schedule 2 chemicals controlled by 1C450: a. Mixtures containing 1 % or less, by weight, of any single CWC Schedule 2 chemical controlled by 1C450.a.1 and a.2 (i.e., mixtures containing Amiton or PFIB); or b. Mixtures containing 10 % or less, by weight, of any single CWC Schedule 2 chemical controlled by 1C450.b.1, b.2, b.3, b.4, b.5, or b.6; 2. Mixtures containing less than 30 %, by weight, of any single CWC Schedule 3 chemical controlled by 1C450.a.4, a.5., a.6., a.7, or 1C450.b.8; c. ‘Medical, analytical, diagnostic, and food testing kits’ that contain precursor chemicals controlled by 1C350 in an amount not exceeding 300 grams per chemical. Technical Note: For the purpose of this entry, ‘medical, analytical, diagnostic, and food testing kits’ are pre-packaged materials of defined composition that are specifically developed, packaged and marketed for medical, analytical, diagnostic, or public health purposes. Replacement reagents for medical, analytical, diagnostic, and food testing kits described in X.C.IX.007.c are controlled by 1C350 if the reagents contain at least one of the precursor chemicals identified in that entry in concentrations equal to or greater than the control levels for mixtures indicated in 1C350. X.C.IX.008 Non-fluorinated polymeric substances, not controlled by 1C008, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Polyarylene ether ketones, as follows: 1. Polyether ether ketone (PEEK); 2. Polyether ketone ketone (PEKK); 3. Polyether ketone (PEK); or 4. Polyether ketone ether ketone ketone (PEKEKK); b. Not used. X.C.IX.009 Specific materials, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Hardened steel and tungsten carbide precision ball bearings (3 mm or greater diameter); b. 304 and 316 stainless steel plate, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821; c. Monel plate; d. Tributyl phosphate (CAS 126-73-8); e. Nitric acid (CAS 7697-37-2) in concentrations of 20 % weight or greater; f. Fluorine (CAS 7782-41-4); or g. Alpha-emitting radionuclides, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821. X.C.IX.010 Aromatic polyamides (aramids) not controlled by 1C010, 1C210 or X.C.IX.004, presented in any of the following forms (see List of Items Controlled): a. Primary forms; b. Filament yarn or monofilaments; c. Filament tows; d. Rovings; e. Staple or chopped fibres; f. Fabrics; g. Pulp or flocks. X.C.IX.011 Nanomaterials as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Semiconductor nanomaterials; b. Composite-based nanomaterials; or c. Any of the following carbon-based nanomaterials: 1. Carbon nanotubes; 2. Carbon nanofibres; 3. Fullerenes; 4. Graphenes; or 5. Carbon onions. Notes: For the purpose of X.C.IX.011, nanomaterial means a material that meets at least one of the following criteria: 1. Consists of particles, with one or more external dimensions in the size range 1 - 100 nm for more than 1 % of their number size distribution; 2. Has internal or surface structures in one or more dimensions in the size range 1 - 100 nm; or 3. Has a specific surface area by volume greater than 60 m 2 /cm 3 , excluding materials consisting of particles with a size lower than 1 nm. X.D.IX.001 Specific software, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Software specially designed for industrial process control hardware/systems controlled by X.B.IX.001, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821; or b. Software specially designed for equipment for the production of structural composites, fibres, prepregs and preforms controlled by X.B.IX.001, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821. X.E.IX.001 “Technology” for the “development”, “production”, or “use” of fibrous and filamentary materials controlled by X.C.IX.004 and X.C.IX.010. X.E.IX.002 “Technology” for the “development”, “production”, or “use” of nanomaterials controlled by X.C.IX.011. Category X – Materials Processing X.A.X.001 Explosives or detonator detection equipment, both bulk and trace based, consisting of an automated device, or combination of devices for automated decision making to detect the presence of different types of explosives, explosive residue, or detonators; and components, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821: a. Explosives detection equipment for ‘automated decision making’ to detect and identify bulk explosives utilizing, but not limited to, X-ray (e.g., computed tomography, dual energy, or coherent scattering), nuclear (e.g., thermal neutron analysis, pulse fast neutron analysis, pulse fast neutron transmission spectroscopy, and gamma resonance absorption), or electromagnetic techniques (e.g., quadropole resonance and dielectrometry); b. Not used; c. Detonator detection equipment for automated decision making to detect and identify initiation devices (e.g. detonators, blasting caps) utilizing, but not limited to, X-ray (e.g. dual energy or computed tomography) or electromagnetic techniques. Note: Explosives or detonation detection equipment in X.A.X.001 includes equipment for screening people, documents, baggage, other personal effects, cargo and/or mail. Technical Notes: 1. ‘Automated decision making is the ability of the equipment to detect explosives or detonators at the design or operator-selected level of sensitivity and provide an automated alarm when explosives or detonators at or above the sensitivity level are detected. 2. This entry does not control equipment that depends on operator interpretation of indicators such as inorganic/organic color mapping of the items(s) being scanned. 3. Explosives and detonators include commercial charges and devices controlled by X.C.VIII.004 and X.C.IX.006 and energetic materials controlled by 1C011, 1C111 and 1C239. X.A.X.002 Concealed object detection equipment operating in the frequency range from 30 GHz to 3 000 GHz and having a spatial resolution of 0,1 mrad (milliradian) up to and including 1 mrad (milliradian) at a standoff distance of 100 m; and components, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821. Note: Concealed object detection equipment includes but is not limited to equipment for screening people, documents, baggage, other personal effects, cargo and/or mail. Technical Note: The range of frequencies span what is generally considered as the millimetre-wave, submillimetre-wave and terahertz frequency regions. X.A.X.003 Bearings and bearing systems not controlled by 2A001 (see List of Items Controlled): a. Ball bearings or Solid ball bearings, having tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with ABEC 7, ABEC 7P, or ABEC 7T or ISO Standard Class 4 or better (or equivalents) and having any of the following characteristics; 1. Manufactured for use at operating temperatures above 573 K (300°C) either by using special materials or by special heat treatment; or 2. With lubricating elements or component modifications that, according to the manufacturer's specifications, are specially designed to enable the bearings to operate at speeds exceeding 2,3 million ‘DN’; b. Solid tapered roller bearings, having tolerances specified by the manufacturer in accordance with ANSI/AFBMA Class 00 (inch) or Class A (metric) or better (or equivalents) and having either of the following characteristics; 1. With lubricating elements or component modifications that, according to the manufacturer's specifications, are specially designed to enable the bearings to operate at speeds exceeding 2,3 million ‘DN’; or 2. Manufactured for use at operating temperatures below 219 K (-54°C) or above 423 K (150°C); c. Gas-lubricated foil bearing manufactured for use at operating temperatures of 561 K (288°C) or higher and a unit load capacity exceeding 1 MPa; d. Active magnetic bearing systems; e. Fabric-lined self-aligning or fabric-lined journal sliding bearings manufactured for use at operating temperatures below 219 K (-54°C) or above 423 K (150°C). Technical Notes: 1. ‘DN’ is the product of the bearing bore diameter in mm and the bearing rotational velocity in rpm. 2. Operating temperatures include those temperatures obtained when a gas turbine engine has stopped after operation X.A.X.004 Piping, fittings and valves made of, or lined with stainless, copper-nickel alloy or other alloy steel containing 10 % or more nickel and/or chromium: a. Pressure tube, pipe, and fittings of 200 mm or more inside diameter, and suitable for operation at pressures of 3,4 MPa or greater; b. Pipe valves having all of the following characteristics that are not controlled by 2B350.g: 1. A pipe size connection of 200 mm or more inside diameter; and 2. Rated at 10,3 MPa or more. Notes: 1. See X.D.X.005 for software for items controlled under this entry. 2. See 2E001 (“development”), 2E002 (“production”), and X.E.X.003 (“use”) for technology for items controlled under this entry. 3. See related controls 2A226, 2B350 and X.B.X.010. X.A.X.005 Pumps designed to move molten metals by electromagnetic forces. Notes: 1. See X.D.X.005 for software for items controlled under this entry. 2. See 2E001 (“development”), 2E002 (“production”), and X.E.X.003 (“use”) for technology for items controlled under this entry. 3. Pumps for use in liquid-metal-cooled reactors are controlled by 0A001. X.A.X.006 ‘Portable electric generators’ and specially designed components. Technical Note: ‘Portable electric generators’ – The generators that are in X.A.X.006 are portable – 2 268 kg or less on wheels or transportable in a 2,5 tonnes truck without a special set up requirement. X.A.X.007 Specific processing equipment, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Bellows sealed valves; b. Not used. X.B.X.004 Numerical control units for machine tools and “numerically controlled” machine tools, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821 (see List of Items Controlled): a. “Numerical control” units for machine tools: 1. Having four interpolating axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control; or 2. Having two or more axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control and a minimum programmable increment better (less) than 0,001 mm; 3. “Numerical control” units for machine tools having two, three or four interpolating axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control, and capable of receiving directly (on-line) and processing computer-aided-design (CAD) data for internal preparation of machine instructions; or b. Motion control boards specially designed for machine tools and having any of the following characteristics: 1. Interpolation in more than four axes; 2. Capable of real-time processing of data to modify tool path, feed rate and spindle data, during the machining operation, by any of the following: a. Automatic calculation and modification of part program data for machining in two or more axes by means of measuring cycles and access to source data; or b. Adaptive control with more than one physical variable measured and processed by means of a computing model (strategy) to change one or more machining instructions to optimize the process; or 3. Capable of receiving and processing CAD data for internal preparation of machine instructions; c. “Numerically controlled” machine tools that, according to the manufacturer's technical specifications, can be equipped with electronic devices for simultaneous contouring control in two or more axes and that have both of the following characteristics: 1. Two or more axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control; and 2. Positioning accuracies according to ISO 230/2 (2006), with all compensations available: a. Better than 15 μm along any linear axis (overall positioning) for grinding machines; b. Better than 15 μm along any linear axis (overall positioning) for milling machines; or c. Better than 15 μm along any linear axis (overall positioning) for turning machines; or d. Machine tools, as follows, for removing or cutting metals, ceramics or composites, that, according to the manufacturer's technical specifications, can be equipped with electronic devices for simultaneous contouring control in two or more axes: 1. Machine tools for turning, grinding, milling or any combination thereof, having two or more axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control and having any of the following characteristics: a. One or more contouring “tilting spindles”; Note: X.B.X.004.d.1.a. applies to machine tools for grinding or milling only. b. “Camming” (axial displacement) in one revolution of the spindle less (better) than 0,0006 mm total indicator reading (TIR); Note: X.B.X.004.d.1.b. applies to machine tools for turning only. c. “Run out” (out-of-true running) in one revolution of the spindle less (better) than 0,0006 mm total indicator reading (TIR); or d. The “positioning accuracies”, with all compensations available, are less (better) than: 0,001° on any rotary axis; 2. Electrical discharge machines (EDM) of the wire feed type that have five or more axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control. X.B.X.005 Non-"numerically controlled” machine tools for generating optical quality surfaces, (see List of Items Controlled) and specially designed components therefor: a. Turning machines using a single point cutting tool and having all of the following characteristics: 1. Slide positioning accuracy less (better) than 0,0005 mm per 300 mm of travel; 2. Bidirectional slide positioning repeatability less (better) than 0,00025 mm per 300 mm of travel; 3. Spindle “run out” and “camming” less (better) than 0,0004 mm total indicator reading (TIR); 4. Angular deviation of the slide movement (yaw, pitch and roll) less (better) than 2 seconds of arc, TIR, over full travel; and 5. Slide perpendicularity less (better) than 0,001 mm per 300 mm of travel; Technical Note: The bidirectional slide positioning repeatability (R) of an axis is the maximum value of the repeatability of positioning at any position along or around the axis determined using the procedure and under the conditions specified in part 2.11 of ISO 230/2: 1988. b. Fly cutting machines having all of the following characteristics: 1. Spindle “run out” and “camming” less (better) than 0,0004 mm TIR; and 2. Angular deviation of slide movement (yaw, pitch and roll) less (better) than 2 seconds of arc, TIR, over full travel. X.B.X.006 Gearmaking and/or finishing machinery not controlled by 2B003 capable of producing gears to a quality level of better than AGMA 11. X.B.X.007 Dimensional inspection or measuring systems or equipment not controlled by 2B006 or 2B206, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Manual dimensional inspection machines, having both of the following characteristics: 1. Two or more axes; and 2. A measurement uncertainty equal to or less (better) than (3 + L/300) μm in any axes (L measured length in mm). X.B.X.008 “Robots” not controlled by 2B007 or 2B207 that are capable of employing feedback information in real-time processing from one or more sensors to generate or modify programs or to generate or modify numerical program data. X.B.X.009 Assemblies, circuit boards or inserts specially designed for machine tools controlled by X.B.X.004, or for equipment controlled by X.B.X.006, X.B.X.007 or X.B.X.008: a. Spindle assemblies, consisting of spindles and bearings as a minimal assembly, with radial (“run out”) or axial (“camming”) axis motion in one revolution of the spindle less (better) than 0,0006 mm total indicator reading (TIR); b. Single point diamond cutting tool inserts, having all of the following characteristics: 1. Flawless and chip-free cutting edge when magnified 400 times in any direction; 2. Cutting radius from 0,1 to 5 mm inclusive; and 3. Cutting radius out-of-roundness less (better) than 0,002 mm TIR. c. Specially designed printed circuit boards with mounted components capable of upgrading, according to the manufacturer's specifications, “numerical control” units, machine tools or feed-back devices to or above the levels specified in X.B.X.004, X.B.X.006, X.B.X.007, X.B.X.008, or X.B.X.009. Technical Note: This entry does not control measuring interferometer systems, without closed or open loop feedback, containing a laser to measure slide movement errors of machine-tools, dimensional inspection machines or similar equipment. X.B.X.010 Specific processing equipment, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. Isostatic presses, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821; b. Bellows manufacturing equipment, including hydraulic forming equipment and bellows forming dies; c. Laser welding machines; d. MIG welders; e. E-beam welders; f. Monel equipment, including valves, piping, tanks and vessels; g. 304 and 316 stainless steel valves, piping, tanks and vessels; Note: Fittings are considered part of piping for purposes of X.B.X.010.g. h. Mining and drilling equipment, as follows: 1. Large boring equipment capable of drilling holes greater than 61 cm in diameter; 2. Large earth-moving equipment used in the mining industry; i. Electroplating equipment designed for coating parts with nickel or aluminum; j. Pumps designed for industrial service and for use with an electrical motor of 5 HP or greater; k. Vacuum valves, piping, flanges, gaskets and related equipment specially designed for use in high-vacuum service, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821; l. Spin forming and flow forming machines, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821; m. Centrifugal multiplane balancing machines, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821; n. Austenitic stainless steel plate, valves, piping, tanks and vessels. X.D.X.001 “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by X.A.X.001. X.D.X.002 “Software”“required” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of concealed object detection equipment controlled by X.A.X.002. X.D.X.003 “Software” specially designed for the “development”, “production”, or “use” of equipment controlled by X.B.X.004, X.B.X.006, or X.B.X.007, X.B.X.008, and X.B.X.009. X.D.X.004 Specific “software”, as follows (see List of Items Controlled): a. “Software” to provide adaptive control and having both of the following characteristics: 1. For flexible manufacturing units (FMUs); and 2. Capable of generating or modifying, in real-time processing, programs or data by using the signals obtained simultaneously by means of at least two detection techniques, such as: a. Machine vision (optical ranging); b. Infrared imaging; c. Acoustical imaging (acoustical ranging); d. Tactile measurement; e. Inertial positioning; f. Force measurement; and g. Torque measurement. Note: X.D.X.004.a does not control “software” which only provides rescheduling of functionally identical equipment within ‘flexible manufacturing units’ using pre - stored part programs and a pre - stored strategy for the distribution of the part programs. b. Not used. X.D.X.005 “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development,”“production,” or “use” of items controlled by X.A.X.004 or X.A.X.005. Note: See 2E001 (“development”) for “technology” for “software” controlled under this entry. X.D.X.006 “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of portable electric generators controlled by X.A.X.006. X.E.X.001 “Technology”“required” for the “development, “production” or “use” of equipment controlled by X.A.X.002 or required for the “development” of “software” controlled by X.D.X.002. Note: See X.A.X.002 and X.D.X.002 for related commodity and software controls. X.E.X.002 “Technology” for the “use” of equipment controlled by X.B.X.004, X.B.X.006, X.B.X.007, or X.B.X.008. X.E.X.003 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “use” of equipment controlled by X.A.X.004 or X.A.X.005. X.E.X.004 “Technology” for the “use” of portable electric generators controlled by X.A.X.006.’.