[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5931-5935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2975]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

15 CFR Parts 772 and 774

RIN 0694-AB75
[Docket No. 990112008-9008-01]


Revisions to the Commerce Control List: Changes in Missile 
Technology Controls

AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) maintains the 
Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies those items subject to 
Department of Commerce export controls. This interim rule amends the 
CCL by revising a number of items subject to control for missile 
technology reasons. These changes to the CCL are the result of the 
decisions taken by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), in 
November 1997.
    The changes made by this rule are intended to conform the list of 
missile technology related items controlled by the United States to the 
list agreed and adopted by the countries participating in the MTCR.
    Although the Export Administration Act (EAA) expired on August 20, 
1994, the President invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act and continued in effect the EAR, and to the extent permitted by 
law, the provisions of the EAA, as amended, in Executive Order 12924 of 
August 19, 1994, as extended by the President's notices of August 17, 
1995 (60 FR 42767), August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527), August 13, 1997 (62 
FR 43629), and August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121).

DATES: This rule is effective February 8, 1999. Comments must be 
received by April 9, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments (six copies) should be sent to Patricia 
Muldonian, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Export Administration, 
Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 273, Washington, DC 20044.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vince Chin, Office of Nuclear and 
Missile Technology Controls, Bureau of Export Administration, 
Telephone: (202) 482-0998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    At the November, 1997, meeting of the Missile Technology Control 
Regime (MTCR), the member countries made certain technical revisions in 
the MTCR's missile technology list. The changes agreed at the November, 
1997 meeting have been adopted by the member countries and are 
contained in this interim rule. Many of the changes redefine the scope 
of the technical parameters describing missile technology items 
controlled for export or reexport.
    Specifically, this rule makes the following revisions:
    (1) Clarifies controls on metal powder production equipment and 
also includes certain plasma generators and electroburst equipment 
usable for making spherical metallic powder. These revisions are 
described in a new entry (ECCN 1B117), which also includes mixers and 
fluid energy mills previously controlled under ECCN 1B115. ECCN 1B115 
will now control liquid propellant production equipment only. All solid 
propellant production equipment have been consolidated into the new 
entry (ECCN 1B117).
    (2) Clarifies the control text for metal powder described under 
ECCN 1C111.
    (3) Adds a new control for Titanium-stabilized duplex stainless 
steel (ECCN 1C118). This control has been added to prevent the 
proliferation of these materials to missile projects of concern.
    (4) Broadens controls on certain test, calibration and alignment 
equipment described in Category 7B for gyroscopes, accelerometers, 
inertial and navigation equipment described in Category 7A, by 
replacing the term ``specially designed'' with the term ``designed or 
modified'' as the equipment modifier and by further defining some 
specific types of equipment to be controlled. These specific types of 
equipment include certain balancing machines, indicator heads, motion 
simulators, positioning/rate tables and centrifuges that are specified 
in a new entry (ECCN 7B104). In addition, ECCN 7B101 was added to 
control other production equipment not specified in ECCN 7B104 that are 
``designed or modified'' to be used with certain equipment described in 
Category 7A.

Savings Clause

    This rule revises the numbering and structure of certain entries on 
the Commerce Control List. For items under such entries, BXA will 
accept either the entries described before February 8, 1999 or the 
entries described by this rule until May 10, 1999. In addition, this 
rule imposes new controls on certain items. Shipments of items removed 
from eligibility under a particular License Exception authorization or 
the designator NLR, may continue to be exported or

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reexported under that License Exception authorization or designator 
until May 10, 1999, except for shipments of such items to the People's 
Republic of China. In light of recently enacted Presidential 
certification requirements involving the export to the People's 
Republic of China of items controlled for missile technology reasons, 
contained in section 1512 of the Strom Thurmond Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (P.L. 105-261), shipments of such items to the 
People's Republic of China are subject to the licensing requirements of 
the regulation as of the effective date of publication.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
the purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    2. Not withstanding any other provision of law, no person is 
required to respond to nor be subject to a penalty for failure to 
comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information 
displays a current valid OMB Control Number. This rule involves a 
collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This collection has been approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget under control number 0694-0088.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications 
sufficient to warrant preparation of a Federalism assessment under 
Executive Order 12612.
    4. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for 
public comment are not required to be given for this rule by the 
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) or by any other law, under 
section 3(a) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 603(a) and 
604(a)) no initial or final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis has to be 
or will be prepared.
    5. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, (5 U.S.C. 
553), requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for 
public participation, and a delay in effective date, are inapplicable 
because this regulation involves a military or foreign affairs function 
of the United States (Sec. 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). Further, no other law 
requires that a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for 
public comment be given for this interim rule. Because a notice of 
proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment are not 
required to be given for this rule under 5 U.S.C. or by any other law, 
the analytical requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 
601 et seq. ) are not applicable.
    However, because of the importance of the issues raised by these 
regulations, this rule is issued in interim form and comments will be 
considered in the development of final regulations.
    Accordingly, the Department encourages interested persons who wish 
to comment to do so at the earliest possible time to permit the fullest 
consideration of their views.
    The period for submission of comments will close April 9, 1999. The 
Department will consider all comments received before the close of the 
comment period in developing final regulations. Comments received after 
the end of the comment period will be considered if possible, but their 
consideration cannot be assured. The Department will not accept public 
comments accompanied by a request that a part or all of the material be 
treated confidentially because of its business proprietary nature or 
for any other reason. The Department will return such comments and 
materials to the person submitting the comments and will not consider 
them in the development of final regulations. All public comments on 
these regulations will be a matter of public record and will be 
available for public inspection and copying. In the interest of 
accuracy and completeness, the Department requires comments in written 
form.
    Oral comments must be followed by written memoranda, which will 
also be a matter of public record and will be available for public 
review and copying.
    The public record concerning these regulations will be maintained 
in the Bureau of Export Administration Freedom of Information Records 
Inspection Facility, Room 4525, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230. Records in this 
facility, including written public comments and memoranda summarizing 
the substance of oral communications, may be inspected and copied in 
accordance with regulations published in Part 4 of Title 15 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations. Information about the inspection and copying of 
records at the facility may be obtained from Henry Gaston, Bureau of 
Export Administration Freedom of Information Officer, at the above 
address or by calling (202) 482-0500.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Parts 772 and 774

    Exports, Foreign trade.

    Accordingly, parts 772 and 774 of the Export Administration 
Regulations (15 CFR Parts 730-799) are amended as follows:
    1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 774 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq., 1701 et seq., app. 5; 10 
U.S.C. 7420, 7430(e); 18 U.S.C. 2510 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 287c, 3201 
et seq., 6004; Sec. 201, Pub. L. 104-58, 109 Stat. 557 (30 U.S.C. 
185(s), 185(u)); 42 U.S.C. 2139a, 6212; 43 U.S.C. 1354; 46 U.S.C. 
app. 466c; E.O. 12924, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 917; E.O. 13026, 3 CFR, 
1996 Comp., p. 228; Notice of August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121, August 
17, 1998).

    2. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 772 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 
E.O. 12924, 59 FR 43437, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 917; E.O. 12938, 3 
CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13026, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; 
Notice of August 13, 1997 (62 FR 43629, August 15, 1997); Notice of 
August 13, 1998 (63 FR 44121, August 17, 1998).

    3. Part 772 is amended by revising the definition for 
``production'' and by adding a definition for ``production equipment'' 
to read as follows:

PART 772--DEFINITION OF TERMS

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    ``Production''. (General Technology Note) (Cat. 1 and 7)--Means all 
production stages, such as: product engineering, manufacture, 
integration, assembly (mounting), inspection, testing, quality 
assurance.
    ``Production equipment''. (MTCR context)--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''.
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PART 774--[AMENDED]

Supplement No. 1 to part 774--the Commerce Control List

    4. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774 (the Commerce Control List), 
Category 1--Materials, Chemicals, ``Microorganisms'', and Toxins, the 
following Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) are amended:
    a. By revising the entry heading and the List of Items Controlled 
section for ECCN 1B115;
    b. By adding ECCN 1B117;
    c. By revising the List of Items Controlled section for ECCN 1C111;
    d. By adding ECCN 1C118;
    e. By revising the Reason for Control section for ECCN 1E001; and
    f. By revising the entry heading for ECCN 1E101; to read as 
follows:

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    1B115  ``Production equipment'' for the production, handling or 
acceptance testing of liquid propellants or propellant constituents 
controlled by 1C011, 1C111 or on the U.S. Munitions List, and specially 
designed components therefor.
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List of Items Controlled

    Unit: Equipment in number; components in $ value
    Related Controls: (1) For equipment specially designed for the 
production of military propellants or propellant constituents, see the 
U.S. Munitions List. (2) Items when specifically designed, developed, 
configured, adapted or modified to produce an item on the USML are 
subject to the export licensing authority of the U.S. State Department, 
Office of Defense Trade Controls (see 22 CFR Part 121).
    Related Definitions: N/A.
    Items: The list of items controlled is contained in the ECCN 
heading.
* * * * *
    1B117  ``Production equipment'', as follows (see List of Items 
Controlled), for the production, handling or acceptance testing of 
solid propellants or propellant constituents controlled by 1C011, 1C111 
or on the U.S. Munitions List.
License Requirements
    Reason for Control: MT, AT.

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MT applies to entire entry.............  MT Column 1.
AT applies to entire entry.............  AT Column 1.
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License Exceptions
LVS: N/A
GBS: N/A
CIV: N/A
List of Items Controlled
    Unit: Equipment in number; components in $ value
    Related Controls: (1) See also 1B115. (2) For equipment specially 
designed for the production of military propellants or propellant 
constituents, see the U.S. Munitions List. (3) This entry does not 
control equipment for the ``production'', handling and acceptance 
testing of boron carbide. (4) Items when specifically designed, 
developed, configured, adapted or modified to produce an item on the 
USML are subject to the export licensing authority of the U.S. State 
Department, Office of Defense Trade Controls (see 22 CFR Part 121.).
    Related Definitions: (1) The only batch mixers, continuous mixers, 
and fluid energy mills controlled in 1B117, are those controlled in 
1B117.a through d. (2) Forms of metal powder ``production equipment'' 
not specified in 1B117.d. are to be evaluated in accordance with 
1B117.e.
    Items: a. Batch mixers with provision for mixing under vacuum in 
the range from zero to 13.326 kPa, and with temperature control 
capability of the mixing chamber and having:
    a.1. A total volumetric capacity of 110 liters (30 gallons) or 
more; and
    a.2 At least one mixing/kneading shaft mounted off center;
    b. Continuous mixers with provision for mixing under vacuum in the 
range from zero to 13.326 kPa, and with temperature control capability 
of the mixing chamber and having:
    b.1. Two or more mixing/kneading shafts; and
    b.2. Capability to open the mixing chamber.
    c. Fluid energy mills usable for grinding or milling propellant or 
propellant constituents specified in 1C011 or 1C111, or on the U.S. 
Munitions List.
    d. Metal powder ``production equipment'' usable for the 
``production'', in a controlled environment, of spherical or atomized 
materials specified in 1C011 or 1C111 a.1. or a.2., or on the U.S. 
Munitions List including:
    d.1. Plasma generators (high frequency arc-jet) usable for 
obtaining sputtered or spherical metallic powders with organization of 
the process in an argon-water environment;
    d.2. Electroburst equipment usable for obtaining sputtered or 
spherical metallic powders with organization of the process in an 
argon-water environment;
    d.3. Equipment usable for the ``production'' of spherical aluminium 
powders by powdering a melt in an inert medium (e.g. nitrogen).
    e. ``Production equipment'' for the production, handling, mixing, 
curing, casting, pressing, machining, extruding or acceptance testing 
of solid propellants or propellant constituents described in 1C011 or 
1C111, or on the U.S. Munitions List, other than those described in 
1B117.a through d.
    f. Specially designed components for the equipment controlled in 
1B117.a through e.
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    1C111  Propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants, other 
than those controlled by 1C011, as follows (see List of Items 
Controlled).
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List of Items Controlled
    Unit: Kilograms.
    Related Controls: (1) The following materials, whether or not 
encapsulated in aluminum, beryllium, magnesium, or zirconium are 
subject to the export licensing authority of the U.S. Department of 
State, Office of Defense Trade Controls: (See 22 CFR part 121): (a) 
Spherical aluminum powder with particles of uniform diameter 60 x 
10-6 m (60 micrometers) or less and an aluminum content of 
99 percent or greater; (b) Zirconium, beryllium, boron, magnesium and 
alloys of these, in particle sizes of less than 60 x 10-6 m 
(60 micrometers), whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or 
ground, consisting 99% or more by weight of any of the above mentioned 
metals; (c) iron powder with average particle size of 3 x 
10-6 m (3 microns) or less produced by hydrogen reduction of 
iron oxide. (2) For propellants and constituent chemicals for 
propellants not controlled by 1C111, see the U.S. Munitions List.
    Related Definitions: N/A.
    Items: a. Propulsive substances:
    a.1. Spherical aluminum powder, other than that specified on the 
U.S. Munitions List, with particles of uniform diameter of less than 
500 micrometer and an aluminum content of 97% by weight or greater;
    a.2. Zirconium, beryllium, boron, magnesium and alloys of these, 
other than that controlled by the U.S. Munitions List, in particle 
sizes of less than 500 x 10-6 m (500 micrometers), whether 
spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or ground, consisting 97% or 
more by weight of any of the above mentioned metals.
    a.3. Liquid oxidizers, as follows:
    a.3.a. Dinitrogen trioxide;
    a.3.b. Nitrogen dioxide/dinitrogen tetroxide;
    a.3.c. Dinitrogen pentoxide;
    b. Polymeric substances:
    b.1. Carboxy-terminated polybutadiene (CTPB);
    b.2. Hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), other than that 
controlled by the U.S. Munitions List;
    b.3. Polybutadiene-acrylic acid (PBAA);
    b.4. Polybutadiene-acrylic acid-acrylonitrile (PBAN);
    c. Other propellant additives and agents:
    c.1. Butacene;
    c.2. Triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN);
    c.3. 2-Nitrodiphenylamine;
    c.4. Trimethylolethane trinitrate (TMETN);
    c.5. Diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN).
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    1C118  Titanium-stabilized duplex stainless steel (Ti-DSS):
License Requirements
    Reason for Control: MT, AT.

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MT applies to entire entry.............  MT Column 1.
1AT applies to entire entry............  AT Column 1.
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License Exceptions
LVS: N/A
GBS: N/A
CIV: N/A
List of Items Controlled
    Unit: Kilograms.
    Related Controls: N/A.
    Related Definitions: N/A.
    Items: a. Titanium-stabilized duplex stainless steel (Ti-DSS) 
having:
    a.1. All of the following characteristics:
    a.1.a. Containing 17.0-23.0 weight percent chromium and 4.5-7.0 
weight percent nickel, and
    a.1.b. A ferritic-austenitic microstructure (also referred to as a 
two-phase microstructure) of which at least 10 percent is austenite by 
volume (according to ASTM E-1181-87 or national equivalents), and
    a.2. Any of the following forms:
    a.2.a. Ingots or bars having a size of 100 mm or more in each 
dimension;
    a.2.b. Sheets having a width of 600 mm or more and a thickness of 3 
mm or less;

or

    a.2.c. Tubes having an outer diameter of 600 mm or more and a wall 
thickness of 3 mm or less.
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    1E001  ``Technology'' according to the General Technology Note for 
the ``development'' or ``production'' of items controlled by 1A001.b, 
1A001.c, 1A002, 1A003, 1A004, 1A005, 1A102, 1B or 1C (except 1C980 to 
1C984, 1C988, 1C990, 1C991, 1C992, 1C994 and 1C995).
License Requirements
    Reason for Control: NS, MT, NP, CB, AT.

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NS applies to ``technology'' for items   NS Column 1.
 controlled by 1A001.b and .c, 1A002,
 1A003, 1B001 to 1B003, 1B018, 1B225,
 1C001 to 1C010, 1C018, 1C230, 1C231,
 1C233, or 1C234.
MT applies to ``technology'' for items   MT Column 1.
 controlled by 1B001, 1B101, 1B115,
 1B116, 1B117, 1C001, 1C007, 1C101,
 1C107, 1C011, 1C111, 1C116, 1C117, or
 1C118 for MT reasons.
NP applies to ``technology'' for items   NP Column 1.
 controlled by 1A002, 1B001, 1B101,
 1B201, 1B225 to 1B232, 1C001, 1C010,
 1C202, 1C210, 1C216, 1C225 to 1C234,
 1C236 to 1C238 for NP reasons.
CB applies to ``technology'' for items   CB Column 1.
 controlled by 1C351, 1C352, 1C353, or
 1C354.
CB applies to ``technology'' for         CB Column 2.
 materials controlled by 1C350.
AT applies to entire entry.............  AT Column 1.
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    1E101  ``Technology'' according to the General Technology Note for 
the ``use'' of goods controlled by 1A102, 1B001, 1B101, 1B115, 1B116, 
1B117, 1C001, 1C007, 1C011, 1C101, 1C107, 1C111, 1C116, 1C117, 1C118, 
1D101 or 1D103.
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    5. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774 (the Commerce Control List), 
Category 7--Navigation and Avionics, the following Export Control 
Classification Numbers (ECCNs) are amended:
    a. By revising the List of Items Controlled section for ECCN 7B003;
    b. By adding ECCN 7B101;
    c. By revising the entry heading and List of Items Controlled 
section for ECCN 7B102;
    d. By adding ECCN 7B104;
    e. By revising the entry heading for ECCN 7D101; and
    f. By revising the entry heading for ECCN 7E101, to read as 
follows:
    7B003  Equipment specially designed for the ``production'' of 
equipment controlled by 7A (except 7A994).
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List of Items Controlled

    Unit: $ value.
    Related Controls: (1) See also 7B103, (this entry is subject to the 
licensing authority of the U.S. Department of State, Office of Defense 
Trade Controls (see 22 CFR part 121) 7B101 and 7B994. (2) This entry 
includes: inertial measurement unit tester (IMU module); IMU platform 
tester; IMU stable element handling fixture; IMU platform balance 
fixture; gyro tuning test station; gyro dynamic balance station; gyro 
run-in/motor test station; gyro evacuation and filling station; 
centrifuge fixtures for gyro bearings; accelerometer axis align 
station; and accelerometer test station.
    Related Definitions: N/A.
    Items: The list of items controlled is contained in the ECCN 
heading.
    7B101  ``Production equipment'', and other test, calibration, and 
alignment equipment, other than that described in 7B003, 7B102 and 
7B104, designed or modified to be used with equipment controlled by 
7A001-7A004 or 7A101-7A104.
License Requirements
    Reason for Control: MT, AT.

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MT applies to entire entry.............  MT Column 1.
AT applies to entire entry.............  AT Column 1.
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License Exceptions
LVS: N/A
GBS: N/A
CIV: N/A
List of Items Controlled
    Unit: $ value.
    Related Controls: (1) See also 7B003, 7B102, 7B104 and 7B994. (2) 
This entry includes: inertial measurement unit tester (IMU module); IMU 
platform tester; IMU stable element handling fixture; IMU platform 
balance fixture; gyro tuning test station; gyro dynamic balance 
station; gyro run-in/motor test station; gyro evacuation and filling 
station; centrifuge fixtures for gyro bearings; accelerometer axis 
align station; and accelerometer test station.
    Related Definitions: N/A.
    Items: The list of items controlled is contained in the ECCN 
heading.
    7B102  Equipment, other than those controlled by 7B002, designed or 
modified to characterize mirrors, for laser gyro equipment, as follows 
(see List of Items Controlled).
* * * * *
List of Items Controlled
    Unit: $ value.
    Related Controls: N/A.
    Related Definitions: N/A.
    Items: a. Scatterometers having a measurement accuracy of 10 ppm or 
less (better).
    b. Reflectometers having a measurement accuracy of 50 ppm or less 
(better).
    c. Profilometers having a measurement accuracy of 0.5nm (5 
Angstroms) or less (better).
* * * * *
    7B104  Equipment, designed or modified to be used with equipment 
controlled by 7A001-7A004, or 7A101-

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7A104, as follows (see List of Items Controlled).
License Requirements
    Reason for Control: MT, AT.

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MT applies to entire entry.............  MT Column 1.
AT applies to entire entry.............  AT Column 1.
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License Exceptions
LVS: N/A
GBS: N/A
CIV: N/A
List of Items Controlled
    Unit: $ value.
    Related Controls: (1) See also 7B101 and 7B994.
    Related Definitions: (1) 7B104.a. does not control balancing 
machines designed or modified for dental or other medical equipment. 
(2) 7B104.c. and 7B104.d. do not control rotary tables designed or 
modified for machine tools or for medical equipment. (3) Rate tables 
not controlled by 7B104.c. and providing the characteristics of a 
positioning table are to be evaluated according to 7B104.d. (4) 
Equipment that has the characteristics specified in 7B104.d. which also 
meets the characteristics of 7B104.c. will be treated as equipment 
specified in 7B104.c.
    Items: a. Balancing machines having all the following 
characteristics:
    a.1. Not capable of balancing rotors/assemblies having a mass 
greater than 3 Kgm;
    a.2. Capable of balancing rotors/assemblies at speeds greater than 
12,500 rpm;
    a.3. Capable of correcting unbalance in two planes or more; and
    a.4. Capable of balancing to a residual specific unbalance of 0.2 
gram-mm per kg of rotor mass;
    b. Indicator heads (sometimes known as balancing instrumentation) 
designed or modified for use with machines specified in 7B104.a.
    c. Motion simulators/rate tables (equipment capable of simulating 
motion) having all of the following characteristics:
    c.1. Two axes or more;
    c.2. Slip rings capable of transmitting electrical power and/or 
signal information; and
    c.3. Having any of the following characteristics:
    c.3.a. For any single axis:
    c.3.a.1. Capable of rates of rotation of 400 degrees/sec or more, 
or 30 degrees/sec or less, and
    c.3.a.2. A rate resolution equal to or less than 6 degrees/sec and 
an accuracy equal to or less than 0.6 degrees/sec; or
    c.3.b. Having a worst case rate stability equal to or better (less) 
than plus or minus 0.05% averaged over 10 degrees or more; or
    c.3.c. A positioning accuracy equal to or better than 5 arc-second.
    d. Positioning tables (equipment capable of precise rotary position 
in any axis) having the following characteristics:
    d.1. Two axes or more; and
    d.2. A positioning accuracy equal to or better than 5 arc-second;
    e. Centrifuges able to impart accelerations above 100 g and having 
slip rings capable of transmitting electrical power and signal 
information.
* * * * *
    7D101  ``Software'' specially designed for the ``use'' of equipment 
controlled by 7A001 to 7A006, 7A101 to 7A106, 7A115, 7B001, 7B002, 
7B003, 7B101, 7B102, 7B103 or 7B104.
* * * * *
    7E101  ``Technology'', other than ``technology'' controlled by 
7E003, according to the General Technology Note for the ``use'' of 
equipment controlled by 7A001 to 7A006, 7A101 to 7A106, 7A115 to 7A117, 
7B001, 7B002, 7B003, 7B101, 7B102, 7B103, 7B104, 7D101 to 7D103.
* * * * *
    Dated: February 1, 1999.
R. Roger Majak,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-2975 Filed 2-5-99; 8:45 am]
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