Insert before the definitions in Schedule 2 to the 2003 Order the following:
General Technology Note
(1) Subject to paragraph 2 below, the export or transfer of “technology” in this Schedule is prohibited by articles 4 and 7 of this Order if it is “required” for the “development”, “production” or “use” of “goods” or “software” in this Schedule, whether or not the “technology” being exported or transferred in the particular case is intended to be applied in respect of such “goods” or “software”.
(2) The prohibitions in articles 4 and 7 do not apply to that “technology” which is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation, maintenance (checking) and repair of “goods” or “software” not in this Schedule, to “technology” “in the public domain”, to “basic scientific research” or to the minimum necessary for patent applications.