- List
- Wassenaar Arrangement – List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies – WA-LIST (25) 1
- Corresponding EU entry
- 5A001
a. Any type of telecommunications equipment having any of the following characteristics, functions or features:
1. Specially designed to withstand transitory electronic effects or electromagnetic pulse effects, both arising from a nuclear explosion;
2. Specially hardened to withstand gamma, neutron or ion radiation;
3. Specially designed to operate below 218 K (-55°C); or
4. Specially designed to operate above 397 K (124°C);
Note 1 5.A.1.a.3. and 5.A.1.a.4. apply only to electronic equipment.
Note 2 5.A.1.a.2., 5.A.1.a.3. and 5.A.1.a.4. do not apply to equipment designed or modified for use on board "spacecraft".
b. Telecommunication systems and equipment, and specially designed components and accessories therefor, having any of the following characteristics, functions or features:
1. Being underwater untethered communications systems having any of the following:
a. An acoustic carrier frequency outside the range from 20 kHz to 60 kHz;
b. Using an electromagnetic carrier frequency below 30 kHz;
c. Using electronic beam steering techniques; or
d. Using "lasers" or light-emitting diodes (LEDs), with an output wavelength greater than 400 nm and less than 700 nm, in a "local area network";
2. Being radio equipment operating in the 1.5 MHz to 87.5 MHz band and having all of the following:
a. Automatically predicting and selecting frequencies and "total digital transfer rates" per channel to optimise the transmission; and
b. 2. b. Incorporating a linear power amplifier configuration having a capability to support multiple signals simultaneously at an output power of 1 kW or more in the frequency range of 1.5 MHz or more but less than 30 MHz, or 250 W or more in the frequency range of 30 MHz or more but not exceeding 87.5 MHz, over an "instantaneous bandwidth" of one octave or more and with an output harmonic and distortion content of less (better) than -80 dB;
b. 3. Being radio equipment employing "spread spectrum" techniques, including "frequency hopping" techniques, not specified in 5.A.1.b.4. and having any of the following:
a. User programmable spreading codes; or
b. A total transmitted bandwidth which is 100 or more times the bandwidth of any one information channel and in excess of 50 kHz;
Note 5.A.1.b.3.b. does not apply to radio equipment specially designed for use with any of the following:
a. Civil cellular radio-communications systems; or
b. Fixed or mobile "satellite" earth stations for commercial civil telecommunications.
Note 5.A.1.b.3. does not apply to equipment designed to operate at an output power of 1 W or less.
b. 4. Being radio equipment employing ultra-wideband modulation techniques having user programmable channelizing codes, scrambling codes or network identification codes and having any of the following:
a. A bandwidth exceeding 500 MHz; or
b. A "fractional bandwidth" of 20% or more;
b. 5. Being digitally controlled radio receivers having all of the following:
a. More than 1,000 channels;
b. A 'channel switching time' of less than 1 ms;
c. Automatic searching or scanning of a part of the electromagnetic spectrum; and
d. Identification of the received signals or the type of transmitter; or
Note 5.A.1.b.5. does not apply to radio equipment specially designed for use with civil cellular radio-communications systems.
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.A.1.b.5.b., 'channel switching time' means the time (i.e., delay) to change from one receiving frequency to another, to arrive at or within ±0.05% of the final specified receiving frequency. Items having a specified frequency range of less than ±0.05% around their centre frequency are defined to be incapable of channel frequency switching.
b. 6. Employing functions of digital "signal processing" to provide 'voice coding' output at rates of less than 700 bit/s;
Technical Notes
1. For variable rate 'voice coding', 5.A.1.b.6. applies to the 'voice coding' output of continuous speech.
2. For the purposes of 5.A.1.b.6., 'voice coding' is defined as the technique to take samples of human voice and then convert these samples into a digital signal, taking into account specific characteristics of human speech.
c. Optical fibres of more than 500 m in length and specified by the manufacturer as being capable of withstanding a 'proof test' tensile stress of 2 x 10⁹ N/m² or more;
N.B. For underwater umbilical cables, see 8.A.2.a.3.
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.A.1.c., 'proof test' is the on-line or off-line production screen testing that dynamically applies a prescribed tensile stress over a 0.5 to 3 m length of fibre at a running rate of 2 to 5 m/s while passing between capstans approximately 150 mm in diameter. The ambient temperature is a nominal 293 K (20°C) and relative humidity 40%. Equivalent national standards may be used for executing the proof test.
d. 'Electronically steerable phased array antennae' as follows:
1. Rated for operation above 31.8 GHz but not exceeding 57 GHz, and having an Effective Radiated Power (ERP) equal to or greater than +20 dBm (22.15 dBm Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP));
2. Rated for operation above 57 GHz but not exceeding 66 GHz, and having an ERP equal to or greater than +24 dBm (26.15 dBm EIRP);
3. Rated for operation above 66 GHz but not exceeding 90 GHz, and having an ERP equal to or greater than +20 dBm (22.15 dBm EIRP);
4. Rated for operation above 90 GHz;
Note 1 5.A.1.d. does not apply to 'electronically steerable phased array antennae' for landing systems with instruments meeting International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards covering Microwave Landing Systems (MLS).
Note 2 5.A.1.d. does not apply to antennae specially designed for any of the following:
a. Civil cellular or WLAN radio-communications systems;
b. IEEE 802.15 or wireless HDMI; or
c. Fixed or mobile "satellite" earth stations for commercial civil telecommunications.
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.A.1.d., 'electronically steerable phased array antenna' is an antenna which forms a beam by means of phase coupling, (i.e., the beam direction is controlled by the complex excitation coefficients of the radiating elements) and the direction of that beam can be varied (both in transmission and reception) in azimuth or in elevation, or both, by application of an electrical signal.
e. Radio direction finding equipment operating at frequencies above 30 MHz and having all of the following, and specially designed components therefor:
1. "Instantaneous bandwidth" of 10 MHz or more; and
2. Capable of finding a Line Of Bearing (LOB) to non-cooperating radio transmitters with a signal duration of less than 1 ms;
f. Mobile telecommunications interception or jamming equipment, and monitoring equipment therefor, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
1. Interception equipment designed for the extraction of voice or data, transmitted over the air interface;
2. Interception equipment not specified in 5.A.1.f.1., designed for the extraction of client device or subscriber identifiers (e.g., International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), Temporary International Mobile Subscriber Identity (TIMSI) or International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)), signalling, or other metadata transmitted over the air interface;
3. Jamming equipment specially designed or modified to intentionally and selectively interfere with, deny, inhibit, degrade or seduce mobile telecommunication services and performing any of the following:
a. Simulate the functions of Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment;
b. Detect and exploit specific characteristics of the mobile telecommunications protocol employed (e.g., GSM); or
c. Exploit specific characteristics of the mobile telecommunications protocol employed (e.g., GSM);
4. Radio Frequency (RF) monitoring equipment designed or modified to identify the operation of items specified in 5.A.1.f.1., 5.A.1.f.2. or 5.A.1.f.3.;
Note 5.A.1.f.1. and 5.A.1.f.2. do not apply to any of the following:
a. Equipment specially designed for the interception of analogue Private Mobile Radio (PMR), IEEE 802.11 WLAN;
b. Equipment designed for mobile telecommunications network operators; or
c. Equipment designed for the "development" or "production" of mobile telecommunications equipment or systems.
N.B.1. See also the Munitions List.
N.B.2. For radio receivers, see 5.A.1.b.5.
g. Passive Coherent Location (PCL) systems or equipment, specially designed for detecting and tracking moving objects by measuring reflections of ambient radio frequency emissions, supplied by non-radar transmitters;
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.A.1.g., non-radar transmitters may include commercial radio, television or cellular telecommunications base stations.
Note 5.A.1.g. does not apply to any of the following:
a. Radio-astronomical equipment; or
b. Systems or equipment, that require any radio transmission from the target.
h. Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) equipment and related equipment, as follows:
1. Radio Frequency (RF) transmitting equipment, not specified in 5.A.1.f., designed or modified for prematurely activating or preventing the initiation of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs);
2. Equipment using techniques designed to enable radio communications in the same frequency channels on which co-located equipment specified in 5.A.1.h.1. is transmitting;
N.B. See also the Munitions List.
i. Not used since 2012
N.B. For items previously specified in 5.A.1.i., see 5.A.1.f.
j. Internet Protocol (IP) network communications surveillance systems or equipment, and specially designed components therefor, having all of the following:
1. Performing all of the following on a carrier class IP network (e.g., national grade IP backbone):
a. Analysis at the application layer (e.g., Layer 7 of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model (ISO/IEC 7498-1));
b. Extraction of selected metadata and application content (e.g., voice, video, messages, attachments); and
c. Indexing of extracted data; and
2. Being specially designed to carry out all of the following:
a. Execution of searches on the basis of "hard selectors"; and
b. Mapping of the relational network of an individual or of a group of people.
Note 5.A.1.j. does not apply to systems or equipment, specially designed for any of the following:
a. Marketing purpose;
b. Network Quality of Service (QoS); or
c. Quality of Experience (QoE).
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1. Specially designed to withstand transitory electronic effects or electromagnetic pulse effects, both arising from a nuclear explosion;
2. Specially hardened to withstand gamma, neutron or ion radiation;
3. Specially designed to operate below 218 K (-55°C); or
4. Specially designed to operate above 397 K (124°C);
Note 1 5.A.1.a.3. and 5.A.1.a.4. apply only to electronic equipment.
Note 2 5.A.1.a.2., 5.A.1.a.3. and 5.A.1.a.4. do not apply to equipment designed or modified for use on board "spacecraft".
b. Telecommunication systems and equipment, and specially designed components and accessories therefor, having any of the following characteristics, functions or features:
1. Being underwater untethered communications systems having any of the following:
a. An acoustic carrier frequency outside the range from 20 kHz to 60 kHz;
b. Using an electromagnetic carrier frequency below 30 kHz;
c. Using electronic beam steering techniques; or
d. Using "lasers" or light-emitting diodes (LEDs), with an output wavelength greater than 400 nm and less than 700 nm, in a "local area network";
2. Being radio equipment operating in the 1.5 MHz to 87.5 MHz band and having all of the following:
a. Automatically predicting and selecting frequencies and "total digital transfer rates" per channel to optimise the transmission; and
b. 2. b. Incorporating a linear power amplifier configuration having a capability to support multiple signals simultaneously at an output power of 1 kW or more in the frequency range of 1.5 MHz or more but less than 30 MHz, or 250 W or more in the frequency range of 30 MHz or more but not exceeding 87.5 MHz, over an "instantaneous bandwidth" of one octave or more and with an output harmonic and distortion content of less (better) than -80 dB;
b. 3. Being radio equipment employing "spread spectrum" techniques, including "frequency hopping" techniques, not specified in 5.A.1.b.4. and having any of the following:
a. User programmable spreading codes; or
b. A total transmitted bandwidth which is 100 or more times the bandwidth of any one information channel and in excess of 50 kHz;
Note 5.A.1.b.3.b. does not apply to radio equipment specially designed for use with any of the following:
a. Civil cellular radio-communications systems; or
b. Fixed or mobile "satellite" earth stations for commercial civil telecommunications.
Note 5.A.1.b.3. does not apply to equipment designed to operate at an output power of 1 W or less.
b. 4. Being radio equipment employing ultra-wideband modulation techniques having user programmable channelizing codes, scrambling codes or network identification codes and having any of the following:
a. A bandwidth exceeding 500 MHz; or
b. A "fractional bandwidth" of 20% or more;
b. 5. Being digitally controlled radio receivers having all of the following:
a. More than 1,000 channels;
b. A 'channel switching time' of less than 1 ms;
c. Automatic searching or scanning of a part of the electromagnetic spectrum; and
d. Identification of the received signals or the type of transmitter; or
Note 5.A.1.b.5. does not apply to radio equipment specially designed for use with civil cellular radio-communications systems.
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.A.1.b.5.b., 'channel switching time' means the time (i.e., delay) to change from one receiving frequency to another, to arrive at or within ±0.05% of the final specified receiving frequency. Items having a specified frequency range of less than ±0.05% around their centre frequency are defined to be incapable of channel frequency switching.
b. 6. Employing functions of digital "signal processing" to provide 'voice coding' output at rates of less than 700 bit/s;
Technical Notes
1. For variable rate 'voice coding', 5.A.1.b.6. applies to the 'voice coding' output of continuous speech.
2. For the purposes of 5.A.1.b.6., 'voice coding' is defined as the technique to take samples of human voice and then convert these samples into a digital signal, taking into account specific characteristics of human speech.
c. Optical fibres of more than 500 m in length and specified by the manufacturer as being capable of withstanding a 'proof test' tensile stress of 2 x 10⁹ N/m² or more;
N.B. For underwater umbilical cables, see 8.A.2.a.3.
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.A.1.c., 'proof test' is the on-line or off-line production screen testing that dynamically applies a prescribed tensile stress over a 0.5 to 3 m length of fibre at a running rate of 2 to 5 m/s while passing between capstans approximately 150 mm in diameter. The ambient temperature is a nominal 293 K (20°C) and relative humidity 40%. Equivalent national standards may be used for executing the proof test.
d. 'Electronically steerable phased array antennae' as follows:
1. Rated for operation above 31.8 GHz but not exceeding 57 GHz, and having an Effective Radiated Power (ERP) equal to or greater than +20 dBm (22.15 dBm Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP));
2. Rated for operation above 57 GHz but not exceeding 66 GHz, and having an ERP equal to or greater than +24 dBm (26.15 dBm EIRP);
3. Rated for operation above 66 GHz but not exceeding 90 GHz, and having an ERP equal to or greater than +20 dBm (22.15 dBm EIRP);
4. Rated for operation above 90 GHz;
Note 1 5.A.1.d. does not apply to 'electronically steerable phased array antennae' for landing systems with instruments meeting International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards covering Microwave Landing Systems (MLS).
Note 2 5.A.1.d. does not apply to antennae specially designed for any of the following:
a. Civil cellular or WLAN radio-communications systems;
b. IEEE 802.15 or wireless HDMI; or
c. Fixed or mobile "satellite" earth stations for commercial civil telecommunications.
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.A.1.d., 'electronically steerable phased array antenna' is an antenna which forms a beam by means of phase coupling, (i.e., the beam direction is controlled by the complex excitation coefficients of the radiating elements) and the direction of that beam can be varied (both in transmission and reception) in azimuth or in elevation, or both, by application of an electrical signal.
e. Radio direction finding equipment operating at frequencies above 30 MHz and having all of the following, and specially designed components therefor:
1. "Instantaneous bandwidth" of 10 MHz or more; and
2. Capable of finding a Line Of Bearing (LOB) to non-cooperating radio transmitters with a signal duration of less than 1 ms;
f. Mobile telecommunications interception or jamming equipment, and monitoring equipment therefor, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
1. Interception equipment designed for the extraction of voice or data, transmitted over the air interface;
2. Interception equipment not specified in 5.A.1.f.1., designed for the extraction of client device or subscriber identifiers (e.g., International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), Temporary International Mobile Subscriber Identity (TIMSI) or International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)), signalling, or other metadata transmitted over the air interface;
3. Jamming equipment specially designed or modified to intentionally and selectively interfere with, deny, inhibit, degrade or seduce mobile telecommunication services and performing any of the following:
a. Simulate the functions of Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment;
b. Detect and exploit specific characteristics of the mobile telecommunications protocol employed (e.g., GSM); or
c. Exploit specific characteristics of the mobile telecommunications protocol employed (e.g., GSM);
4. Radio Frequency (RF) monitoring equipment designed or modified to identify the operation of items specified in 5.A.1.f.1., 5.A.1.f.2. or 5.A.1.f.3.;
Note 5.A.1.f.1. and 5.A.1.f.2. do not apply to any of the following:
a. Equipment specially designed for the interception of analogue Private Mobile Radio (PMR), IEEE 802.11 WLAN;
b. Equipment designed for mobile telecommunications network operators; or
c. Equipment designed for the "development" or "production" of mobile telecommunications equipment or systems.
N.B.1. See also the Munitions List.
N.B.2. For radio receivers, see 5.A.1.b.5.
g. Passive Coherent Location (PCL) systems or equipment, specially designed for detecting and tracking moving objects by measuring reflections of ambient radio frequency emissions, supplied by non-radar transmitters;
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.A.1.g., non-radar transmitters may include commercial radio, television or cellular telecommunications base stations.
Note 5.A.1.g. does not apply to any of the following:
a. Radio-astronomical equipment; or
b. Systems or equipment, that require any radio transmission from the target.
h. Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) equipment and related equipment, as follows:
1. Radio Frequency (RF) transmitting equipment, not specified in 5.A.1.f., designed or modified for prematurely activating or preventing the initiation of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs);
2. Equipment using techniques designed to enable radio communications in the same frequency channels on which co-located equipment specified in 5.A.1.h.1. is transmitting;
N.B. See also the Munitions List.
i. Not used since 2012
N.B. For items previously specified in 5.A.1.i., see 5.A.1.f.
j. Internet Protocol (IP) network communications surveillance systems or equipment, and specially designed components therefor, having all of the following:
1. Performing all of the following on a carrier class IP network (e.g., national grade IP backbone):
a. Analysis at the application layer (e.g., Layer 7 of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model (ISO/IEC 7498-1));
b. Extraction of selected metadata and application content (e.g., voice, video, messages, attachments); and
c. Indexing of extracted data; and
2. Being specially designed to carry out all of the following:
a. Execution of searches on the basis of "hard selectors"; and
b. Mapping of the relational network of an individual or of a group of people.
Note 5.A.1.j. does not apply to systems or equipment, specially designed for any of the following:
a. Marketing purpose;
b. Network Quality of Service (QoS); or
c. Quality of Experience (QoE).
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