Changes made to the WA-LISTS in 2015 Categories 1 and 2 Presenter: Ulrich Esselborn Germany 28 June 2016 Wassenaar Arrangement

Category 1 – Special Materials and Related Equipment 1.A.4. Protective and detection equipment and components , not specially designed for military use, as follows: 1.A.4.a Full face masks, filter canisters and decontamination equipment therefor . . . 1.A.4.b Protective suits, gloves and shoes, specially designed or modified for the defence against . . . 1.A.4.c Detections systems, specially designed or modified for detection or identi- fication of . . . 1.A.4.d Electronic equipment designed for the automatically detecting or identi- fiying the presence of „explosives“ residues and . . . Wassenaar Arrangement Wassenaar Arrangement 2

Category 1 – Special Materials and Related Equipment 1.A.4. (biological agents) New Technical Note 3 under 1.A.4 : Clarifies the characteristics and possible modifications of biological agents Wassenaar Arrangement Wassenaar Arrangement 3

Category 1 – Special Materials and Related Equipment 1.A.8. Charges, devices and components, as follows: 1.A.8.a ‘Shaped charges’ having all of the following: . . . 1.A.8.b Linear shaped cutting charges having . . . 1.A.8.c Detonating cord with explosive core load . . . 1.A.8.d Cutters, . . . Note: The only charges and devices specified in 1.A.8 are those containing “explosives” as listed the Annex to Category 1 and mixtures thereof Wassenaar Arrangement Wassenaar Arrangement 4

Wassenaar Arrangement Category 1 – Special Materials and Related Equipment Annex “Explosives” Introduction of a new explosive Bis(2,2,2-trinitroethyl)-nitramine [BTNEN; CAS 19836–28-3] with high detonation velocity (8.6 km/s). Known since the mid-60s, its synthesis has been improved and makes it more easily available. Wassenaar Arrangement

Category 2 – Materials Processing 2.B.1. Machine tools and any combination thereof, for removing . . . 2.B.1.a Machine tools for turning having . . . 2.B.1.b Machine tools for milling having . . . 2.B.1.c Machine tools for grinding having . . . . . . . Control parameters: Number of relevant axes Travel length Precision (Unidirectional Positioning Repeatability) Wassenaar Arrangement Wassenaar Arrangement

Wassenaar Arrangement Category 2 – Material processing 2.B.1. Numerically controlled machine tools Used throughout industry to manufacture high precision parts. The revised text clarifies: The control parameters - UPR (change from 1.1 µm to 0.9 µm at various sub-entries); The exclusion of “Swissturn” bar machines for small parts t Wassenaar Arrangement

Wassenaar Arrangement Category 2 – Material processing 2.B.1. a Machine tools for turning having two or more axes . . . . . . . Note 2 2.B.1.a does not apply to bar machines (Swissturn), limited to machining only bar feed thru, if maximum bar diameter is equal to or less than 42 mm and there is no capability of mounting chucks. Wassenaar Arrangement

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