GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NOTIFICATION NO. 27(RE-2007)/2004-2009
NEW DELHI: DATED 7th September, 2007

S.O. (E)- In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade(Development and Regulation ) Act, 1992 read with Paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-2009, the Central Government hereby amends the ITC(HS) classification of Export and Import Items, 2004-2009 with immediate effect, as under:-

1. 1.1 The list of Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies as given in Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import items, 2004-2009 stands amended. The amended Appendix-3 is annexed.
   
   
2. This issues in public interest.

Sd/-
(R.S.GUJRAL)
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE
AND EX-OFFICIO ADDITIONAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
( Issued from F.No. 01/91/171/14/AM06/PC.III)

APPENDIX-3

Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) export of which is regulated

Export of Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) listed below shall be permitted only against an export licence issued in this behalf unless export is prohibited or is permitted without licence subject to fulfillment of conditions, if any, as indicated under/against any specific category or item.

Exporters are advised to refer to the relevant guidelines relating to the export of SCOMET items in the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.I), as issued from time to time.

Glossary: Expressions used in the SCOMET List have the following meanings:

“Accuracy” usually measured in terms of inaccuracy, means the maximum deviation, positive or negative, of an indicated value from an accepted standard or true value.

“Active flight control systems” are systems that function to prevent undesirable “aircraft” and missile motions or structural loads by autonomously processing outputs from multiple sensors and then providing necessary preventive commands to effect automatic control.

“Aircraft”: A fixed wing, swivel wing, rotary wing (helicopter), tilt rotor or tilt-wing airborne vehicle.

“Angular position deviation” means the maximum difference between angular position and the actual, very accurately measured angular position after the work piece mount of the table has been turned out of its initial position.

“Composite” means a “matrix” and an additional phase or additional phases consisting of particles, whiskers, fibres or any combination thereof, present for a specific purpose or purposes.

“Composite theoretical performance” (“CTP”) is a measure of computational performance given in millions of theoretical operations per second (Mtops), calculated using the aggregation of computing elements (CE).

“Contouring control” means two or more “numerically controlled” motions operating in accordance with instructions that specify the next required position and the required feed rates to that position. These feed rates are varied in relation to each other so that a desired contour is generated.

“CTP” is equivalent to “composite theoretical performance”.

“Designed or modified” describes equipment, parts or components which, as a result of “development,” or modification, have become endowed with specified properties that make them fit for a particular application.

“Development”: Activity related to all phases prior to “production” such as design, design research, design analysis, design concepts, assembly and testing of prototypes, pilot production schemes, design data, process of transforming design data into a product, configuration design, integration design, layouts.

“Digital computer” means equipment which can, in the form of one or more discrete variables, perform all of the following:

1. Accept data;
   
2. Store data or instructions in fixed or alterable (writable) storage devices;
   
3. Process data by means of a stored sequence of instructions which is modifiable; and
   
4. Provide output of data.

N.B.: Modifications of a stored sequence of instructions include replacement of fixed storage devices, but not a physical change in wiring or interconnections.

“Explosives”: Solid, liquid or gaseous substances or mixtures of substances which, in their application as primary, booster, or main charges in warheads, demolition and other applications, are required to detonate.

“Fibrous or filamentary materials” include:

1. Continuous “monofilaments”;
   
2. Continuous “yarns” and “rovings”;
   
3. “Tapes”, fabrics, random mats and braids;
   
4. Chopped fibres, staple fibres and coherent fibre blankets;
   
5. Whiskers, either monocrystalline or polycrystalline, of any length;
   
6. Aromatic polyamide pulp.
   

“Hybrid computer” means equipment which can perform all of the following:

1. Accept data;
   
2. Process data, in both analogue and digital representations; and
   
3. Provide output of data.

“Image enhancement” means the processing of externally derived information-bearing

images by algorithms such as time compression, filtering, extraction, selection, correlation, convolution or transformations between domains (e.g., fast Fourier transform or Walsh transform). This does not include algorithms using only linear or rotational transformation of a single image, such as translation, feature extraction, registration or false coloration.

“Information security” is all the means and functions ensuring the accessibility, confidentiality or integrity of information or communications, excluding the means and functions intended to safeguard against malfunctions. This includes cryptography, ‘cryptanalysis’, protection against compromising emanations and computer security.

N.B.: ‘Cryptanalysis’: analysis of a cryptographic system or its inputs and outputs to derive confidential variables or sensitive data, including clear text.

“Insulation” is applied to the components of a rocket motor, i.e. the case, nozzle, inlets, case closures, and includes cured or semi-cured compounded rubber sheet stock containing an insulating or refractory material. It may also be incorporated as stress relief boots or flaps.

“Interior lining” is suited for the bond interface between the solid propellant and the case or insulating liner. Usually a liquid polymer based dispersion of refractory or insulating materials, e.g. carbon filled hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) or other polymer with added curing agents sprayed or screeded over a case interior.

“Isolated live cultures” includes live cultures in dormant form and in dried preparations.

“Isostatic presses” mean equipment capable of pressurising a closed cavity through various media (gas, liquid, solid particles, etc.) to create equal pressure in all directions within the cavity upon a workpiece or material.

“Laser”: An assembly of components which produce both spatially and temporally coherent light that is amplified by stimulated emission of radiation.

“Linearity” (usually measured in terms of non-linearity) means the maximum deviation of the actual characteristic (average of upscale and downscale readings), positive or negative, from a straight line so positioned as to equalise and minimise the maximum deviations.

“Matrix” means a substantially continuous phase that fills the space between particles, whiskers or fibres.

“Measurement uncertainty” is the characteristic parameter which specifies in what range around the output value the correct value of the measurable variable lies with a confidence level of 95 %. It includes the uncorrected systematic deviations, the uncorrected backlash and the random deviations.

“Microcircuit”: A device in which a number of passive and/or active elements are considered as indivisibly associated on or within a continuous structure to perform the function of a circuit.

“Microprogrammes”: A sequence of elementary instructions maintained in a special storage, the execution of which is initiated by the introduction of its reference instruction register.

“Missiles” means complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems.

“Modified” in the context of “software” describes “software” which has been intentionally changed such that it has properties that make it fit for specified purposes or applications. Its properties may also make it suitable for purposes or applications other than those for which it was “modified.”

“Monofilament” or filament is the smallest increment of fibre, usually several micrometres in diameter.

“Monolithic integrated circuit” means a combination of passive or active ‘circuit elements’ or both which:

1. Are formed by means of diffusion processes, implantation processes or deposition processes in or on a single semiconducting piece of material, a so-called ‘chip’;
   
2. Can be considered as indivisibly associated; and
   
3. Perform the function(s) of a circuit.

N.B.: ‘Circuit element’ is a single active or passive functional part of an electronic circuit, such as one diode, one transistor, one resistor, one capacitor, etc.

“Neural computer” means a computational device designed or modified to mimic the behaviour of a neuron or a collection of neurons, i.e., a computational device which is distinguished by its hardware capability to modulate the weights and numbers of the interconnections of a multiplicity of computational components based on previous data.

“Numerical control” means the automatic control of a process performed by a device that makes use of numeric data usually introduced as the operation is in progress.

“Optical integrated circuit” means a “monolithic integrated circuit” or a hybrid integrated circuit, containing one or more parts designed to function as a photosensor or photoemitter or to perform (an) optical or (an) electro-optical function(s).

“Precursors”: Speciality chemicals used in the manufacture of explosives.

“Pressure transducers” are devices that convert pressure measurements into an electrical signal.

“Production” means all production stages (e.g., product engineering, manufacture, integration, assembly (mounting), inspection, testing, quality assurance);

“Production equipment”: Tooling, templates, jigs, mandrels, moulds, dies, fixtures, alignment mechanisms, test equipment, other machinery and components therefor, limited to those specially designed or modified for “development” or for one or more phases of “production”.

“Production facilities”: Equipment and specially designed “software” therefor integrated into installations for “development” or for one or more phases of “production”.

“Programmes”: A sequence of instructions to carry out a process in, or convertible into, a form executable by an electronic computer.

“Propellants”: Substances or mixtures that react chemically to produce large volumes of hot gases at controlled rates to perform mechanical work.

“Public domain” means a domain that has no restrictions upon dissemination of information within or from it; the existence of any legal rights to the intellectual property in that information does not remove the information from being in “public domain”.

“Radiation hardened”: Means that the component or equipment is designed or rated to withstand radiation levels which meet or exceed a total radiation dose of 5 x 103 Gy or 5 x 105 rads (Si).

“Required”: As applied to “technology”, refers to only that portion of “technology” which is peculiarly responsible for achieving or exceeding the controlled performance levels, characteristics or functions. Such “required” “technology” may be shared by different products.

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

“Roving” is a bundle (typically 12-120) of approximately parallel ‘strands’.

N.B.: ‘Strand’ is a bundle of “monofilaments” (typically over 200) arranged approximately parallel.

“Settling time” means the time required for the output to come within one-half bit of the final value when switching between any two levels of the converter.

“Signal processing” means the processing of externally derived information-bearing signals by algorithms such as time compression, filtering, extraction, selection, correlation, convolution or transformations between domains (e.g., fast Fourier transform or Walsh transform).

“Software”: A collection of one or more “programmes”, or “micro-programmes”, fixed in any tangible medium of expression. However, unless otherwise provided for against any item on the SCOMET List, the List does not control “software” which is either in the public domain or is generally available to the public by being :

1. Sold from stock at retail selling points without restriction, by means of:
   1. Over-the-counter transactions;
   2. Mail order transactions; or
   3. Telephone call transactions; and
   
2. Designed for installation by the user without further substantial support by the supplier.

“Space qualified”: Products designed, manufactured and tested to meet the special electrical, mechanical or environmental requirements for use in the launch and deployment of satellites or high altitude flight systems operating at altitudes of 100 km or higher.

“Stability” means the standard deviation (1 sigma) of the variation of a particular parameter from its calibrated value measured under stable temperature conditions. This can be expressed as a function of time.

“Specially designed” qualifies the description of equipment, parts, components or “software” which, as a result of “development”, have unique properties that distinguish them for certain predetermined purposes. For example, a piece of equipment that is “specially designed” will only be considered so if it has no other function or use. Thus a piece of manufacturing equipment that is “specially designed” to produce a certain type of component will only be considered such if it is not capable of producing other types of components.

“Tape” is a material constructed of interlaced or unidirectional “monofilaments”, ‘strands’, “rovings”, “tows”, or “yarns”, etc., usually preimpregnated with resin.

N.B.: ‘Strand’ is a bundle of “monofilaments” (typically over 200) arranged approximately parallel.

“Technology” means, except as otherwise provided for against any item in the SCOMET List, information (including information embodied in “software”) other than information in the “public domain”, that is capable of being used in:

1. the development, production or use of any goods or software;
   
   
2. the development of, or the carrying out of, an industrial or commercial activity or the provision of a service of any kind.

Explanation: When technology is described wholly or partly by reference to the uses to which it (or the goods to which it relates) may be put, it shall include services which are provided or used, or which are capable of being used, in the development, production or use of such technology or goods.

“Tow” is a bundle of “monofilaments”, usually approximately parallel.

“Toxins” means toxins in the form of deliberately isolated preparations or mixtures, no matter how produced, other than toxins present as contaminants of other materials such as pathological specimens, crops, foodstuffs or seed stocks of “microorganisms”.

“Unmanned Aerial Vehicle” (“UAV”) means any aircraft capable of initiating flight and sustaining controlled flight and navigation without any human presence on board.

“Usable in,” “usable for,” “usable as” or “capable of” qualifies the description of equipment, parts, components, materials, technology or “software” which are suitable for a particular purpose. There is no requirement that the equipment, parts, components, technology or “software” should have been configured, modified or specified for that particular purpose. (Contrast with “specially designed” – see above).

“Use” includes operation; installation (including on site installation); maintenance; repair; overhaul; refurbishing.

“Vaccine” is a medicinal product in a pharmaceutical formulation licensed by, or having marketing or clinical trial authorisation from, the regulatory authorities of either the country of manufacture or of use, which is intended to stimulate a protective immunological response in humans or animals in order to prevent disease in those to whom or to which it is administered.

“Yarn” is a bundle of twisted ‘strands’.

N.B.: ‘Strand’ is a bundle of “monofilaments” (typically over 200) arranged approximately parallel.

Items on the SCOMET List are organised in the following categories.

Note: Export of these items is regulated under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and rules framed, and notifications/orders issued thereunder from time-to-time by the Department of Atomic Energy. The licensing authority for items in this category is the Department of Atomic Energy. An application for licences to export prescribed equipment or/an prescribed substances shall be made in writing to the Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Anushakti Bhavan, CSM Marg, Mumbai 400 001.

Note: Any radioactive material in Category 0A shall additionally attract the provisions of Radiation Protection Rules, 2004 made under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the provisions of Section-16 of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962.

Note: Any quantity of special fissionable material is prescribed substance.

Alpha emitters controlled by this item include:

0B Prescribed Equipment
0B001 Nuclear Reactors; associated equipment, components, and systems specially designed, prepared, or adapted or used or intended to be used in such reactors:-

1. Complete nuclear reactors
   
2. Nuclear reactor vessels
   
3. Nuclear reactor fuel charging and discharging machines
   
4. Nuclear reactor control rods and equipment
   
5. Nuclear reactor pressure tubes
   
6. Zirconium tubes and assemblies of tubes in which hafnium to zirconium ratio is 1:500 or less
   
7. Primary coolant pumps
   
8. Nuclear reactor internals
   
9. Heat exchangers (steam generators) for use in the primary coolant circuit of a nuclear reactor
   
10. Neutron detection and measuring instruments for determining neutron flux levels within the core of a nuclear reactor.

0B002 Plants for processing, production, concentration, conversion or recovery of Prescribed Substances (such as uranium, plutonium, thorium, deuterium, heavy water, tritium, lithium); associated equipment, components and systems specially designed, prepared or adapted or used or intended to be used in such plants including but not limited to:

1. Plants for production or concentration of deuterium, heavy water-
   
   1. Water - Hydrogen Sulphide Exchange Towers
   2. Blowers and Compressors for hydrogen-sulphide gas circulation
   3. Ammonia-Hydrogen Exchange Towers greater than or equal to 35 m in height with diameters of 1.5 m to 2.5 m
   4. Tower Internals and Stage Pumps
   5. Ammonia Crackers with operating pressures greater than or equal to 3 MPa
   6. Infrared Absorption Analyzers capable of ‘on-line’ hydrogen/ deuterium ratio analysis
   7. Catalytic Burners for conversion of enriched deuterium gas into heavy water
   8. Complete heavy water upgrade systems or columns therefor
   
2. Plants for the conversion of uranium
   
3. Plants for the conversion of plutonium
   
4. Tritium facilities or plants, and equipment therefor
   
5. Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants, and equipment therefor

0B003 Plants for reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel and equipment, components and systems specially designed, prepared or adapted or used or intended to be used in such plants, including but not limited to:

1. Irradiated fuel element chopping machines designed for remote operation
   
2. Dissolvers capable of withstanding hot and highly corrosive liquid for dissolution of irradiated nuclear fuel and which can be remotely loaded and maintained
   
3. Solvent extractors and solvent extraction equipment resistant to the corrosive effect of nitric acid
   
4. Chemical holding or storage vessels resistant to the corrosive effect of nitric acid
   
5. Industrial equipment including assemblies and components as follows:

1. High density (lead glass or other) radiation shielding windows
   
2. Radiation hardened TV cameras, or lenses therefor
   
3. ‘Robots’ or ‘end effectors’ specially designed for handling high explosives; and control units therefor
   
4. Remote manipulators that can be used to provide remote actions in radiochemical separation operations or hot cells

0B004 Plants for treatment, handling, storage and transportation of radioactive wastes from nuclear reactors or from plants for processing Source Materials or Special Fissionable Materials or from nuclear reprocessing plants; irradiated nuclear fuel; Special Fissionable Materials, and equipment specially designed, prepared, adapted, or intended to be used therefor.

0B005 All systems, associated equipment, components for separation or enrichment of isotopes of uranium, plutonium, lithium or boron, other than analytical instruments, specially designed, prepared, adapted, used or intended to be used therefor as follows:

1. Gas centrifuges and assemblies and components specially designed or prepared for use in gas Centrifuges
   
2. Specially designed or prepared auxiliary systems, equipment and components for gas centrifuge enrichment plants
   
3. Specially designed or prepared assemblies and components for use in gaseous diffusion enrichment
   
4. Specially designed or prepared auxiliary systems, equipment and components for use in gaseous diffusion enrichment
   
5. Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in aerodynamic enrichment plants
   
6. Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in chemical exchange or ion exchange enrichment plants.
   
7. Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in laser-based enrichment plants.
   
8. Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in plasma separation enrichment plants.
   
9. Specially designed or prepared systems, equipment and components for use in electromagnetic enrichment plants.

0B006 Plants for the fabrication of nuclear reactor fuel elements, and equipment specially designed or prepared therefor including but not limited to:

1. fully automatic pellet inspection stations specially designed or prepared for checking final dimensions and surface defects of the fuel pellets;
   
2. automatic welding machines specially designed or prepared for welding end caps onto the fuel pins (or rods);
   
3. automatic test and inspection stations specially designed or prepared for checking the integrity of completed fuel pins (or rods).

Item ‘c’ typically includes equipment for: 1) x-ray examination of pin (or rod) end cap welds, 2) helium leak detection from pressurized pins (or rods), and 3) gamma-ray scanning of the pins (or rods) to check for correct loading of the fuel pellets inside.

0B007 Plants or systems for production, handling, storage and transportation of Radioisotopes in quantities exceeding 100 Curies (3.7 X 10 12 Becquerel).
0B008 Neutron generators including neutron chain reacting assemblies and fusion assemblies of all kinds for producing fissile materials

0C Technology

Technology and software for the development, production or use of prescribed substances or prescribed equipment specified in 0A or 0B.

Category 1 Toxic chemical agents and other chemicals

1A Export of the following chemicals is prohibited:
(This corresponds to Schedule 1 to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC))

Note: Where reference is made below to groups of di-alkylated chemicals, followed by a list of alkyl groups in parentheses, all chemicals possible by all possible combinations and alkyl groups listed in parentheses are considered prohibited unless explicitly exempted.

1. . O-Alky ( <C10 , incl. cycloalkyl) alky1 (Me, Et,n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphonofluoridates
   
   e.g. Sarin: O-Isopropy1 methylphosphonofluoridate
   Soman: O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate
   
   
2. . O-Alkyl, ( <C10, incl. cycloalkyl) N,N-dialky1 (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphoramidocyanidates
   e.g. Tabun: O-Ethyl N,N,-dimethyl phosphoramidocyanidate
   
   
3. . O-Alkyl (H or ­< C10, incl. cycloalkyl) S-2-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-aminoethyl alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphonothiolates and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts
   e.g. VX: O-Ethyl S-2 diisopropylaminoethyl methyl phosphonothiolate
   
   
4. . Sulphur mustards:
   
   2-Chloroethylchloromethylsulphide
   Mustard gas: Bis (2-chloroethyl) sulphide
   Bis (2-chloroethylthio) methane
   Sesquimustard:1,2-Bis (2-chloroethylthio) ethane
   1,3-Bis (2-chloroethylthio)-n-propane
   1,4-Bis (2-chloroethylthio)-n-butane
   1,5-Bis (2-chloroethylthio)-n-Pentane
   Bis (2-Chloroethylthiomethyl) ether
   O-Mustard: Bis (2-Chloroethylthiomethyl) ether
   
   
5. . Lewisites:
   
   Lewisite 1: 2-Chlorovinyldichloroarsine
   Lewisite 2: Bis (2-Chlorovinyl) chloroarsine
   Lewisite 3: Tris (2-Chlorovinyl) arsine
   
6. . Nitrogen mustards:
   HN1: Bis (2-chloroethyl) ethylamine
   HN2: Bis (2-chloroethyl) Chloroarsine
   HN3: Tris (2-chloroethyl) amine
   
   
7. Saxitoxin
   
8. Ricin
   
9. Alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr) phosphonyldifluorides
   e.g. DF: Methyl phosphonyldifluoride
   
   
10. .O-Alkyl (H or < C10, incl. cycloalkyl) O-2 dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-aminoethylalkyl (Me, Et N-Pr or i-Pr) phosphonites and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts
    e.g.QL: O-Ethyl O-2-diisopropylaminoethyl methyl phosphonite
    
    
11. .Chlorosarin: O-Isopropyl methylphosphonochloridate
    
12. .Chlorosoman: O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonochloridate

1B Export of chemicals listed in 1B below is permitted only to States party to the Chemical Weapons Convention
(This corresponds to Schedule 2 to the Chemicals Weapons Convention)
Note to exporter:

1. A list of States Parties can be obtained from the Disarmament & International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of External Affairs (Room No. 40G, South Block, New Delhi) or at the official website of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at www.opcw.org.
   
   
2. A general permission valid for a period of two years may be applied for export of chemicals in this category. This permission shall be subject to the condition that for each export consignment, exporters shall, within 30 days of exports, notify the details to the National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat ; Ministry of External Affairs (D&ISA); Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals and the Directorate General of Foreign Trade and submit to DGFT, a copy of Bill of Entry into the destination State Party within 30 days of delivery.
   
   Note: Where reference is made below to groups of dialkylated chemicals, followed by a list of alkyl groups in parentheses, all chemicals possible by all possible combinations and alkyl groups listed in parentheses are included unless explicitly exempted.

1. Amiton 0,0-Diethyl S-[2-(diethylamino) ethyl)] phosphorothiolate and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts
   
2. PFIB: 1,1,3,3,3,-Pentafluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)1-propene
   
3. BZ: 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate
   
4. Chemicals, except for those listed in Schedule 1, containing a phosphorus atom to which is bonded one methyl, ethyl or propyl (normal or iso) group but not further carbon atoms,
   e.g. Methylphosphonyl dichloride
   Dimethyl methylphosphonate
   
   Exemption:- Fonofos: O-Ethyl S-phenyl ethylphosphonothiolothionate
   
   
5. N, N-Dialkyl (ME, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphoramidic dihalides
   
   
6. Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) N, N-dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-phosphoramidates
   
   
7. Arsenic trichloride
   
8. 2,2-Diphenyl-2 hydroxyacetic acid
   
9. Quinuclidine-3-ol
   
10. N,H-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethyl-2 -chlorides and corresponding protonated salts
    
11. N, N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethane-2-ols and corresponding protonated salts
    Exemptions: N,N-Dimethylaminoethanol and corresponding protonated salts
    N,N-Diethylaminoethanol and corresponding protonated salts
    
12. N, N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethane-2-thiols and corresponding protonated salts
    
    
13. Thiodiglycol: Bis(2-hydroxyethyl) sulphide
    
14. Pinacolyl alcohol: 3,3-Dimethylbutane-2-ol

A List of commercially important Schedule-2 Chemicals of CWC is given below :

1C Export of Chemicals as specified below is allowed to State Parties to the CWC without an export licence subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify within 30 days of export to the National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat; the Ministry of External Affairs (D&ISA); the Department of Chemicals & Petro-chemicals, and the DGFT of such exports in the prescribed format ( Aayat Niryat Form ) along with the End-Use Certificate and submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination State Party within 30 days of delivery. Export of chemicals as specified below to states not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention shall continue to be restricted and will be allowed only against an export licence, and in that case also exporters shall submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of export.

Category 2 Micro-organisms, toxins

2A Bacteria, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:

2B Fungi, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:

2C Parasites, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such culture

2D Viruses, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:

2E Rickettsials, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:

2F Toxins

2G Plant pathogens

2H Genetically Modified Organisms

2H001 Genetically-modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity and are derived from organisms specified above in 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E and 2H.

Genetically-modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences coding for any of the toxins specified above in 2F.

Category 3 Materials, Materials Processing Equipment and related technologies
3A Materials

3A1 Special Materials

3A101 Zirconium, beryllium, magnesium, and alloys of these in particle size less than 60 µm

3A102 Maraging steel in any form in which any linear dimension exceeds 75 mm, or in the form of sheet, plate or tubing with a wall or plate thickness equal or less than 5 mm.

3A103 Tungsten (CAS 12070-12-1), molybdenum(CAS 1317-33-5), and alloys of those metals in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of size less than 500 µm

3A104 Germanium

3A105 Gallium

3A106 Indium

3A107 Titanium alloys including Titanium-stabilised Duplex Stainless Steel (Ti-DSS) (other than as specified at 0A307)

3A108 Aluminium alloys in any form ‘capable of acquiring’ an ultimate tensile strength of 460 MPa or more at 293 K (20 degrees C)

Note: The phrase ‘capable of acquiring’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment

3A109 Bismuth having a purity of 99.99% or greater by weight and containing less than 10 parts per million by weight of silver

3A110 Calcium containing less than 1000 parts per million by weight of metallic impurities other than magnesium and containing less than 10 parts per million by weight of Boron

3A111 Chlorine trifluoride (ClF3)

3A112 Magnesium containing less than 200 parts per million by weight of metallic impurities other than calcium and containing less than 10 parts per million by weight of boron

3A113 Tungsten, tungsten carbide, and alloys containing more than 90% tungsten by weight in forms with a hollow cylindrical symmetry (including cylinder segments) with an inside diameter between 100 and 300 mm and a mass greater than 20 kg.

3A114 a. Nickel powder of purity 99.0% or greater by weight and having a mean particle size of less than 10 µm;
b. Porous nickel metal produced from the nickel powder specified above

3A115 Natural boron, boron carbide or metal borides having a boron purity of 85% or more.

3A116 Fibrous or filamentary materials, and prepregs, as follows:

1. Carbon or aramid fibrous or filamentary materials having ‘specific modulus’ of 12.7 x 106 m or greater; or ‘specific tensile strength’ of 23.5 x 104 m or greater;
   b. Glass fibrous or filamentary materials having ‘specific modulus’ of 3.18 x 106 m or greater; and ‘specific tensile strength’ of 7.62 x 104 m or greater;
   
2. Thermoset resin impregnated continuous yarns, rovings, tows or tapes with a width of 15 mm or less (prepregs), made from carbon or glass fibrous or filamentary materials specified in (a) or (b) above.

3A117 Carbon - carbon composites.

3A2 Structural Materials

3A201 Structural materials such as:

1. Composite structures, laminates, resin impregnated fibre prepregs and metal coated fibre preforms made either with an organic matrix or metal matrix utilizing fibrous or filamentary reinforcements, and manufactures thereof, specially designed for use in rocket systems (including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles and sounding rockets), unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles and subsystems thereof;
2. Resaturated pyrolized (i.e. Carbon-Carbon) materials specially designed for rocket systems (including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles and sounding rockets), unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles;
3. Fine grain re-crystalised bulk graphites and pyrolytic or fibrous reinforced graphites usable for rocket nozzles and re-entry vehicles nose tips;
4. Ceramic composite materials (dielectric constant less than 6 at any frequency from 100 MHz to 100 GHz) for use in missile radomes;
5. Materials and coatings for reduced radar reflectivity;
6. Bulk machinable silicon-carbide reinforced unfired ceramic usable in re-entry vehicles nose tips.

3A3 Rocket propellants and constituent chemicals:

3A301 Propulsive substances – Hydrazine (CAS-302-01)and its derivatives usable as rocket fuel substances including Monomethylhydrazine (MMH)(CAS 60-34), Unsymmetrical di-methyl hydrazine (UDMH), (CAS 57-14-7)Hydrazine nitrate, (except aromatic hydrazines and their salts, adipic acid dihydrazide), ammonium perchlorate, spherical aluminium powder(CAS 7429-90-5);

3A302 Metal fuels containing any of the following: Zirconium(CAS 7440-67-7), beryllium(CAS 7440-41-7), magnesium, titanium, tungsten, boron and boron alloys, zinc, and alloys of magnesium(CAS 7439-95-4);

3A303 Polymeric substances:
Carboxyl-terminated polybutadiene (CTPB)
Hydroxy-Terminated Polybutadiene (HTPB)
Glycidyl azide polymer (GAP)
Polybutadiene acrylic acid (PBAA)
Polybutadiene acrylonitrile (PBAN)

3A304 Composite propellants and composite modified double base propellants;
3A305 High energy density materials such as boron slurry;

3A306 Oxidizers/fuels - Perchlorates, chlorates or chromates mixed with powdered metals or other high energy fuel components; Dinitrogen trioxide, Nitrogen dioxide / Dinitrogen tetroxide, Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON), Dinitrogen pentoxide, Inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA) (CAS 8007-58-7), Ammonium perchlorate (CAS 7790-98-9), Ammonium Dinitramide (ADN) (CAS 140456-78-6), Hydrazinium Nitroformate (HNF), Compounds composed of fluorine and one more of other halogens, oxygen or nitrogen.

3A307 Bonding agents - Tris (1-2 (2-methyl)) aziridinyl phosphine oxide (MAPO)(CAS 57-39-6), Trimesoyl-1-(2-ethyl) aziridene (HX-868, BITA)(CAS 7722-73-8), Tepanol (HX-878)(CAS 68412-46-4), Tepan (HX-879) reaction product of tetraethlylenepentamine and acrylonitrile (CAS 68412-45-3), and Polyfunctional aziridine amides with isophthalic, trimesic, isocyanuric, or trimethyladipic backbone also having a 2-methyl or 2-ethyl aziridine group including 1,1′-Isophthaloyl-bis(2-methylaziridene (CAS 7652-64-4), (HX-752, HX-874, and HX-877);

3A308 Curing agents and reaction catalysts - Triphyenyl bismuth (TPB)(CAS 603-33-8);

3A309 Burning rate modifiers –

a. Carboranes, decaboranes, pentaboranes and derivatives thereof;
b. Ferrocene derivatives, as follows:

1. Catocene (CAS 37206-42-1);
2. Ethyl ferrocene;
3. Propyl ferrocene(CAS 1273-89-8)
4. n-Butyl ferrocene(CAS 31904-29-7);
5. Pentyl ferrocene (CAS 1274-00-6);
6. Dicyclopentyl ferrocene(CAS 20773-28-8);
7. Dicyclohexyl ferrocene;
8. Diethyl ferrocene;
9. Dipropyl ferrocene;
10. Dibutyl ferrocene(CAS 1274-08-4);
11. Dihexyl ferrocene (CAS 93894-59-8);
12. Acetyl ferrocenes;
13. Ferrocene Carboxylic acids;
14. Butacene;

c. Other ferrocene derivatives usable as rocket propellant burning rate modifiers.

3A310 Nitrate esters and nitrated plasticisers as follows:

1. Triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN);
2. Trimethylolethane trinitrate (TMETN)(CAS 3032-55-1) ;
3. 1,2,4-butanetriol trinitrate (BTTN)(CAS 6659-60-5) ;
4. Diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN).

3A311 Stabilisers as follows:

1. 2-Nitrodiphenylamine (CAS 119-75-5);
2. N-methyl-p-nitroaniline (CAS 100-15-2).

3A4 High explosives

3A401 High explosives, and propellants or mixtures containing any of the following;

1. Cycloteramethylenetetranitramine (HMX);
2. Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX);
3. Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB);
4. Hexanitrostilbene (HNS).

License applications for the export of items at 3A401a and 3A401b will normally be denied.

3A5 Stealth materials

3A501 a. Materials for reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures;

b. Devices, including made from non-stealth material, for reduced observables such as radar reflectivity, ultraviolet/infrared signatures and acoustic signatures;

3A502 Materials and coatings (including paints) specially designed for reduced or tailored reflectivity or emissivity in the microwave, infrared or ultraviolet spectra other than coatings (including paints) when specially used for thermal control of satellites.

3A503 Technology related to the development, production or use of items in 3A.

3B Materials processing and “production equipment”, related “technology” and specially designed components and accessories therefor.

3B001 Remote manipulators that provide mechanical translation of human operator actions by electrical, hydraulic or mechanical means and operating arm and terminal fixture that can be used to provide remote actions;

3B002 Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving and interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres to fabricate composite structures except textile machinery which has not been modified for rocket systems;

3B003 Equipment designed or modified for production of fibrous or filamentary materials as follows: converting polymeric substances; vapour deposition on heated filament substrates; wet spinning of refractory ceramics.

3B004 Equipment designed or modified for special fibre surface treatment or for producing prepregs and preforms, including rollers, tension stretchers, coating equipment, cutting equipment and clicker dies;

3B005 Chemical vapour deposition furnaces designed or modified for the densification of carbon‑carbon composites.

3B006 Pyrolytic deposition and densification equipment including:

1. Technology for producing pyrolytically derived materials formed on a mould, mandrel or other substrate from precursor gases.
2. Specially designed nozzles for the above process.
3. Equipment and process controls and specially designated software thereof, specially designed or modified for densification and pyrolysis of structural composite rocket nozzles and re-entry vehicle nose tips.

3B007 Production equipment usable for or specially designed or modified for production, handling, mixing, curing, casting, pressing, machining or acceptance testing of the solid or liquid rocket propellants or rocket propellant constituents and related technology.

3B008 Refrigeration units and equipment capable of cooling hydrogen or helium to -250 degrees Celsius (23K) or lower.

3B009 Continuous nitrators.

3B010 Dehydration presses.

3B011 Screw extruders usable for or specially designed or modified for high explosive extrusion.

3B012 Cutting machines for the sizing of extruded propellant.

3B013 Sweetie barrels (tumblers) 1.85 m or more in diameter and having over 227 kg product capacity;

3B014 Continuous mixers or batch mixers with provision for mixing under vacuum.

3B015 Fluid energy mills usable for grinding or milling any of the items in 3A3.

3B016 Equipment to achieve both sphericity and uniform particle size in metal powders.

1. Metal powder production equipment usable for production, in a controlled environment, of spherical or atomized materials including:
2. Plasma generators (high frequency arc-jets) usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organisation of the process in an argon-water environment
3. Electroburst equipment usable for obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organisation of the process in an argon-water environment.

3B017 Sputter ion pumps

3B018 Technical data (including processing conditions) and procedures for the regulation of temperature, pressure or atmosphere in autoclaves or hydroclaves when used for the production of composites or partially processed composites.

3B019 Software specially designed or modified for the use of equipment for the production and handling of materials specified in 3A
3B020 Technology for the development, production or use of items in 3B
3C [Reserved]
3D Chemical and biomaterial manufacturing and handling equipment and facilities:

3D001 Reaction vessels, reactors or agitators, storage tanks, containers or receivers, heat exchangers or condensers, distillation or absorption columns, valves, remotely operated filling equipment, multi-walled piping, bellows, diaphragm pumps, vacuum pumps, fans, compressors, blowers, gas (including air) handling or other substance-transfer equipment wholly or partly made from any of the following materials;

1. Nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight
2. Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight (e.g. ‘Hastelloy’, ‘Illium’. ‘Inconel’, ‘Incoloy’)
3. Fluoropolymers
4. Glass or glass lined (including vitrified or enamelled coating)
5. Graphite
6. Tantalum or tantalum alloys
7. Titanium or titanium alloys
8. Zirconium or zirconium alloys
9. Ceramics
   Ferrosilicon

Note: 3D001 does not control the following items:

1. Open vessels fabricated from glass sheets (such as aquariums, water tanks etc.); or cookware, table-ware, decorative glass or ceramic items (such as vases, art objects, etc.)
2. Glass-ware (whether or not metal-jacketed) or glass-lined reaction vessels or reactors, whether or not equipped with agitators, provided that the total internal (geometric) volume of each vessel or reactor is greater than 20,000 litres (20 m3) or less than or equal to 100 litres (0.1 m3). Examples of the latter capacity glass or ceramic-ware include standard laboratory equipment such as test tubes, flasks, retorts etc.

3D002 Incinerators designed to destroy any chemicals specified in Category 1.

3D003 Combustors or pyrolysers capable of a heat-zone (‘burner’) temperature greater than 1,273 K (1000 Degree Centigrade), and in which any surfaces that come into direct contact with material coming into the containing chamber are made from, or lined with, any of the following materials:

1. Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 25% chromium by weight; (e.g., ‘Hatelloy’, ‘Illium’, ‘Inconel’, ‘Incoloy’)
2. Nickel, or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; or
3. Titanium; Ceramics.

3D004 Equipment related to P3, P4 facilities such as protective suits and class III safety cabinets.

No licenses shall be granted for complete containment facilities at P3, P4, containment level as specified in the World Health Organization (WHO) bio-safety manual.

3D005 Technology related to the development, production or use of items in 3D

Category 4 Nuclear-related other equipment, assemblies and components; test and production equipment; and related technology not controlled under Category 0

4A Equipment, assemblies, components including test and production equipment

4A001 Flow-forming machines, spin-forming machines capable of flow-forming functions, and mandrels, as follows:

1. For flow forming machines refer to 5A205.
   
2. Spin forming machines having both of the following characteristics:
   
   1. Three or more rollers (active or guiding); and
   
   2. which can be equipped with ‘numerical control’ units or a computer control.
   
3. Rotor-forming mandrels designed to form cylindrical rotors of inside diameter between 75 and 400 mm.

Note: Item 4A001a and 4A001b include machines which have only a single roller designed to deform metal plus two auxiliary rollers which support the mandrel, but do not participate directly in the deformation process.

4A002 Machine tools, as follows, for removing or cutting metals, ceramics, or composites, which, 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, that have positioning accuracies with all compensations available better (less) than 6 µm along any linear axis (overall positioning) for machines capable of machining diameters greater than 35mm;
   
   Note: Item 4A002a does not control bar machines, limited to machining only bar feed through, if maximum bar diameter is equal to or less than 42 mm and there is no capability of mounting chucks. Machines may have drilling and/or milling capabilities for machining parts with diameters less than 42 mm.
   
   
2. Machine tools for milling, having any of the following characteristics:
   1. Positioning accuracies with all compensations available better (less) than 6 µm along any linear axis (overall positioning); or
   2. Two or more contouring rotary axes;
   
   Note: Item 4A002b does not control milling machines having both of the following characteristics:
   1. X-axis travel greater than 2 m; and
   2. Overall positioning accuracy on the x-axis worse (more) than 30 µm.
   
   
3. Machine tools for grinding, having any of the following characteristics:
   1. Positioning accuracies with all compensations available better (less) than 4 µm along any linear axis (overall positioning); or
   2. Two or more contouring rotary axes;

Note: Item 4A002c does not control grinding machines as follows:

1. Cylindrical external, internal, and external-internal grinding machines having all the following characteristics:
   1. Limited to cylindrical grinding;
      
   2. A maximum work-piece outside diameter or length of 150 mm;
   3. Not more than two axes that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control; and
      
   4. No contouring c-axis;
      
      
2. Jig grinders with axes limited to x, y, c, and a, where c-axis is used to maintain the grinding wheel normal to the work surface, and the a-axis is configured to grind barrel cams;
   
   
3. Tool or cutter grinding machines with software specially designed for the manufacturing of tools or cutters;
   
   
4. Crankshaft or camshaft grinding machines.

d. Non-wire type Electrical Discharge Machines (EDM) that have two or more contouring rotary axes and that can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control.

Note: Stated positioning accuracy levels derived under the following procedures from measurements made according to ISO 230/2 (1988) or national equivalents may be used for each machine tool model if provided to, and accepted by, national authorities instead of individual machine tests.

Stated positioning accuracy are to be derived as follows:

1. Select five machines of a model to be evaluated;
   
2. Measure the linear axis accuracies according to ISO 230/2 (1988);
   
3. Determine the accuracy values (A) for each axis of each machine. The method of calculating the accuracy value is described in the ISO 230/2 (1988) standard;
   
4. Determine the average accuracy value of each axis. This average value becomes the stated positioning accuracy of each axis for the model (Âx, Ây...);
   
5. Since Item 4A002 refers to each linear axis, there will be as many stated positioning accuracy values as there are linear axes;
   
6. If any axis of a machine tool not controlled by Items 4A002a, 4A002b, or 4A002c has a stated positioning accuracy of 6 µm or better (less) for grinding machines, and 8 µm or better (less) for milling and turning machines, both according to ISO 230/2 (1988), then the builder should be required to reaffirm the accuracy level once every eighteen months.

Technical Notes

1. Axis nomenclature shall be in accordance with International Standard ISO 841, Numerical Control Machines Axis and Motion Nomenclature.
   
2. Not counted in the total number of contouring rotary axes are secondary parallel contouring rotary axes the centre line of which is parallel to the primary rotary axis.
   
3. Rotary axes do not necessarily have to rotate over 360 degrees. A rotary axis can be driven by a linear device, e.g., a screw or a rack and-pinion.

4A003 Dimensional inspection machines, instruments, or systems, as follows:

1. Computer controlled or numerically controlled dimensional inspection machines having both of the following characteristics:
   1. Two or more axes; and
   2. A one-dimensional length measurement uncertainty equal to or better (less) than (1.25 + L/1000) µm tested with a probe of an accuracy of better (less) than 0.2 µm (L is the measured length in millimetres);
   
2. Linear displacement’ measuring instruments, as follows:

1. Non-contact type measuring systems with a resolution equal to or better (less) than 0.2 µm within a measuring range up to 0.2 mm;
   
   
2. Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) systems having both of the following characteristics:
   a. Linearity equal to or better (less) than 0.1% within a measuring range up to 5 mm; and
   b. Drift equal to or better (less) than 0.1% per day at a standard ambient test room temperature ± 1 K;
   
3. Measuring systems having both of the following characteristics:

1. Contain a laser; and
   
2. Maintain for at least 12 hours, over a temperature range of ± 1 K around a standard temperature and a standard pressure:
   1. A resolution over their full scale of 0.1 µm or better; and
   2. With a measurement uncertainty equal to or better (less) than (0.2 + L/2000) µm (L is the measured length in millimetres);

Note: Item 4A003b3 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.
Technical Note: In Item 4A003b ‘linear displacement’ means the change of distance between the measuring probe and the measured object.
c. Angular displacement measuring instruments having an angular position deviation equal to or better (less) than 0.00025°;

Note: Item 4A003c does not control optical instruments, such as autocollimators, using collimated light to detect angular displacement of a mirror.
d. Systems for simultaneous linear-angular inspection of hemi-shells, having both of the following characteristics:

1. Measurement uncertainty along any linear axis equal to or better (less) than 3.5 µm per 5 mm; and
   
2. Angular position deviation equal to or less than 0.02°.
   
   Notes: 1. Item 4A003 includes machine tools that can be used as measuring machines if they meet or exceed the criteria specified for the measuring machine function.
   2. Machines described in Item 4A003 are controlled if they exceed the threshold specified anywhere within their operating range.
   Technical Note: All parameters of measurement values in this item represent plus/minus, i.e., not total band.

A004 Controlled atmosphere (vacuum or inert gas) induction furnaces, and power supplies therefor, as follows:

1. Furnaces having all of the following characteristics:
   1. Capable of operation at temperatures above 1123 K (850 °C);
   2. Induction coils 600 mm or less in diameter; and
   3. Designed for power inputs of 5 kW or more;
   
   Note: Item 4A004a does not control furnaces designed for the processing of semiconductor wafers.
   
2. Power supplies, with a specified output power of 5 kW or more, specially designed for furnaces specified in Item 4A004a.

4A005 ‘Isostatic presses’, and related equipment, as follows:

1. ‘Isostatic presses’ as specified in 5A208;
   
2. Dies, moulds, and controls specially designed for the ‘isostatic presses’ specified in Item 4A005a.
   Technical Notes:
   1. In Item 4A005 ´Isostatic presses’ means equipment capable of pressurizing a closed cavity through various media (gas, liquid, solid particles, etc.) to create equal pressure in all directions within the cavity upon a work piece or material.
   2. In Item 4A005 the inside chamber dimension is that of the chamber in which both the working temperature and the working pressure are achieved and does not include fixtures. That dimension will be the smaller of either the inside diameter of the pressure chamber or the inside diameter of the insulated furnace chamber, depending on which of the two chambers is located inside the other.

4A006 Vibration test systems, equipment, and components as follows:

1. Electrodynamic vibration test systems, having all of the following characteristics:
   1. Employing feedback or closed loop control techniques and incorporating a digital control unit;
   2. Capable of vibrating at 10 g RMS or more between 20 and 2000 Hz; and
   3. Capable of imparting forces of 50 kN or greater measured ‘bare table’;
   
2. Digital control units, combined with software specially designed for vibration testing, with a real-time bandwidth greater than 5 kHz and being designed for a system specified in Item 4A006a;
   
3. Vibration thrusters (shaker units), with or without associated amplifiers, capable of imparting a force of 50 kN or greater measured ‘bare table’, which are usable for the systems specified in Item 4A006a;
   
4. Test piece support structures and electronic units designed to combine multiple shaker units into a complete shaker system capable of providing an effective combined force of 50 kN or greater, measured ‘bare table,’ which are usable for the systems specified in Item 4A006a.
   Technical Note: In Item 4A006 ‘bare table’ means a flat table, or surface, with no fixtures or fittings.

4A007 Vacuum or other controlled atmosphere metallurgical melting and casting furnaces and related equipment, as follows:

1. Arc re-melt and casting furnaces having both of the following characteristics:
   1. Consumable electrode capacities between 1000 and 20000 cm3; and
   2. Capable of operating with melting temperatures above 1973 K (1700 °C);
   
2. Electron beam melting furnaces and plasma atomisation and melting furnaces, having both of the following characteristics:
   1. A power of 50 kW or greater; and
   2. Capable of operating with melting temperatures above 1473 K (1200 °C);
   
3. Computer control and monitoring systems specially configured for any of the furnaces specified in Item 4A007a or 4A007b.

4A008 Crucibles made of materials resistant to liquid actinide metals, as follows:

1. Crucibles having both of the following characteristics:
   1. A volume of between 150 cm3 (150 ml) and 8000 cm3 (8 litres); and
   2. Made of or coated with any of the following materials, having a purity of 98% or greater by weight:
   1. Calcium fluoride (CaF2);
      
   2. Calcium zirconate (metazirconate) (CaZrO3);
      
   3. Cerium sulphide (Ce2S3);
      
   4. Erbium oxide (erbia) (Er2O3);
      
   5. Hafnium oxide (hafnia) (HfO2);
      
   6. Magnesium oxide (MgO);
      
   7. Nitrided niobium-titanium-tungsten alloy (approximately 50% Nb, 30% Ti, 20% W);
      
   8. Yttrium oxide (yttria) (Y2O3); or
      
   9. Zirconium oxide (zirconia) (ZrO2);
      
2. Crucibles having both of the following characteristics:
   1. A volume of between 50 cm3 (50 ml) and 2000 cm3 (2 litres); and
   2. Made of or lined with tantalum, having a purity of 99.9% or greater by weight;
   
3. Crucibles having all of the following characteristics:
   1. A volume of between 50 cm3 (50 ml) and 2000 cm3 (2 litres);
   2. Made of or lined with tantalum, having a purity of 98% or greater by weight; and
   3. Coated with tantalum carbide, nitride, boride, or any combination thereof.

4A009 Platinized catalysts specially designed or prepared for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from heavy water or for the production of heavy water.

4A010 Composite structures in the form of tubes having both of the following characteristics:

1. An inside diameter of between 75 and 400 mm; and
   
2. Made with any of the materials specified in Item 3A116.

4A011 Frequency changers or generators having all of the following characteristics:

1. Multiphase output capable of providing a power of 40 W or greater;
   
2. Capable of operating in the frequency range between 600 and 2000 Hz;
   
3. Total harmonic distortion better (less) than 10%; and
   
4. Frequency control better (less) than 0.1%.
   
   Note: Frequency changers and generators especially designed or prepared for the gas centrifuge process are controlled under Prescribed Equipment (0B Category).
   Technical Note: Frequency changers in Item 4A011 are also known as converters or inverters.

4A012 Lasers, laser amplifiers and oscillators as follows:

1. Copper vapour lasers having both of the following characteristics:
   1. Operating at wavelengths between 500 and 600 nm; and
   2. An average output power equal to or greater than 40 W;
   
   
2. Argon ion lasers having both of the following characteristics:
   1. Operating at wavelengths between 400 and 515 nm; and
   2. An average output power greater than 40 W;
   
3. Neodymium-doped (other than glass) lasers with an output wavelength between 1000 and 1100 nm having either of the following:
   1. Pulse-excited and Q-switched with a pulse duration equal to or greater than 1 ns, and having either of the following:
   a. A single-transverse mode output with an average output power greater than 40 W; or
   
   b. A multiple-transverse mode output with an average output power greater than 50 W;
   
   or
   
   2. Incorporating frequency doubling to give an output wavelength between 500 and 550 nm with an average output power of greater than 40 W;
   
4. Tuneable pulsed single-mode dye laser oscillators having all of t