- List
- Wassenaar Arrangement – List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies – WA-LIST (25) 1
- Corresponding EU entry
- 5E001
a. "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development", "production" or "use" (excluding operation) of equipment, functions or features specified in 5.A.1. or "software" specified in 5.D.1.a. or 5.D.1.e.;
b. Specific "technology" as follows:
1. "Technology" "required" for the "development" or "production" of telecommunications equipment specially designed to be used on board "spacecraft";
2. "Technology" for the "development" or "use" of "laser" communication techniques with the capability of automatically acquiring and tracking signals and maintaining communications through exoatmosphere or sub-surface (water) media;
3. "Technology" for the "development" of digital cellular radio base station receiving equipment whose reception capabilities that allow multi-band, multi-channel, multi-mode, multi-coding algorithm or multi-protocol operation can be modified by changes in "software";
4. "Technology" for the "development" of "spread spectrum" techniques, including "frequency hopping" techniques;
Note 5.E.1.b.4. does not apply to "technology" for the "development" of any of the following:
a. Civil cellular radio-communications systems; or
b. Fixed or mobile satellite earth stations for commercial civil telecommunications.
c. "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of any of the following:
1. Not used since 2016
2. Equipment employing a "laser" and having any of the following:
a. A transmission wavelength exceeding 1,750 nm;
b. Not used since 2015
c. Not used since 2016
d. Employing wavelength division multiplexing techniques of optical carriers at less than 100 GHz spacing; or
e. Employing analogue techniques and having a bandwidth exceeding 2.5 GHz;
Note 5.E.1.c.2.e. does not apply to "technology" for commercial TV systems.
N.B. For "technology" for the "development" or "production" of non-telecommunications equipment employing a "laser", see 6.E.
c. 3. Equipment employing 'optical switching' and having a switching time less than 1 ms;
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.E.1.c.3., 'optical switching' is the routing of or switching of signals in optical form without conversion to electrical signals.
c. 4. Radio equipment having any of the following:
a. Quadrature-Amplitude-Modulation (QAM) techniques above level 1,024;
b. Operating at input or output frequencies exceeding 31.8 GHz; or
Note 5.E.1.c.4.b. does not apply to "technology" for equipment designed or modified for operation in any frequency band which is "allocated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)" for radio-communications services, but not for radio-determination.
c. Operating in the 1.5 MHz to 87.5 MHz band and incorporating adaptive techniques providing more than 15 dB suppression of an interfering signal; or
c. 5. Not used since 2011
c. 6. Mobile equipment having all of the following:
a. Operating at an optical wavelength greater than or equal to 200 nm and less than or equal to 400 nm; and
b. Operating as a "local area network";
d. "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of "Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit" ("MMIC") amplifiers specially designed for telecommunications and that are any of the following:
Technical Note
For purposes of 5.E.1.d., the parameter peak saturated power output may also be referred to on product data sheets as output power, saturated power output, maximum power output, peak power output, or peak envelope power output.
d. 1. Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 2.7 GHz up to and including 6.8 GHz with a "fractional bandwidth" greater than 15%, and having any of the following:
a. A peak saturated power output greater than 75 W (48.75 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2.7 GHz up to and including 2.9 GHz;
b. A peak saturated power output greater than 55 W (47.4 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2.9 GHz up to and including 3.2 GHz;
c. A peak saturated power output greater than 40 W (46 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3.2 GHz up to and including 3.7 GHz; or
d. A peak saturated power output greater than 20 W (43 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3.7 GHz up to and including 6.8 GHz;
d. 2. Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 6.8 GHz up to and including 16 GHz with a "fractional bandwidth" greater than 10%, and having any of the following:
a. A peak saturated power output greater than 10 W (40 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 6.8 GHz up to and including 8.5 GHz; or
b. A peak saturated power output greater than 5 W (37 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 8.5 GHz up to and including 16 GHz;
3. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 3 W (34.77 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 16 GHz up to and including 31.8 GHz, and with a "fractional bandwidth" of greater than 10%;
4. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 0.1 nW (-70 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 31.8 GHz up to and including 37 GHz;
5. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 1 W (30 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 37 GHz up to and including 43.5 GHz, and with a "fractional bandwidth" of greater than 10%;
6. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 31.62 mW (15 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 43.5 GHz up to and including 75 GHz, and with a "fractional bandwidth" of greater than 10%;
7. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 10 mW (10 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 75 GHz up to and including 90 GHz, and with a "fractional bandwidth" of greater than 5%; or
8. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 0.1 nW (-70 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 90 GHz;
e. "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of electronic devices and circuits, specially designed for telecommunications and containing components manufactured from "superconductive" materials, specially designed for operation at temperatures below the "critical temperature" of at least one of the "superconductive" constituents and having any of the following:
1. Current switching for digital circuits using "superconductive" gates with a product of delay time per gate (in seconds) and power dissipation per gate (in watts) of less than 10⁻¹⁴ J; or
2. Frequency selection at all frequencies using resonant circuits with Q-values exceeding 10,000.
Part 2 - "INFORMATION SECURITY"
Note 1 Not used since 2015
Note 2 Category 5 – Part 2 does not apply to products when accompanying their user for the user's personal use.
Note 3 Cryptography Note
5.A.2., 5.D.2.a.1., 5.D.2.b. and 5.D.2.c.1. do not apply to items as follows:
a. Items meeting all of the following:
1. Generally available to the public by being sold, without restriction, from stock at retail selling points by means of any of the following:
a. Over-the-counter transactions;
b. Mail order transactions;
c. Electronic transactions; or
d. Telephone call transactions;
2. The cryptographic functionality cannot easily be changed by the user;
3. Designed for installation by the user without further substantial support by the supplier; and
4. When necessary, details of the items are accessible and will be provided, upon request, to the appropriate authority in the exporter's country in order to ascertain compliance with conditions described in paragraphs 1. to 3. above;
b. Hardware components or 'executable software', of existing items described in paragraph a. of this Note, that have been designed for these existing items, and meeting all of the following:
1. "Information security" is not the primary function or set of functions of the component or 'executable software';
2. The component or 'executable software' does not change any cryptographic functionality of the existing items, or add new cryptographic functionality to the existing items;
3. The feature set of the component or 'executable software' is fixed and is not designed or modified to customer specification; and
4. When necessary as determined by the appropriate authority in the exporter’s country, details of the component or 'executable software', and details of relevant end-items are accessible and will be provided to the authority upon request, in order to ascertain compliance with conditions described above.
Technical Note
For the purposes of the Cryptography Note, 'executable software' means "software" in executable form, from an existing hardware component excluded from 5.A.2. by the Cryptography Note.
Note 'Executable software' does not include complete binary images of the "software" running on an end-item.
Note to the Cryptography Note
1. To meet paragraph a. of Note 3, all of the following must apply:
a. The item is of potential interest to a wide range of individuals and businesses; and
b. The price and information about the main functionality of the item are available before purchase without the need to consult the vendor or supplier. A simple price enquiry is not considered to be a consultation.
2. In determining eligibility of paragraph a. of Note 3, national authorities may take into account relevant factors such as quantity, price, required technical skill, existing sales channels, typical customers, typical use or any exclusionary practices of the supplier.
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CRYPTOGRAPHIC "INFORMATION SECURITY"
b. Specific "technology" as follows:
1. "Technology" "required" for the "development" or "production" of telecommunications equipment specially designed to be used on board "spacecraft";
2. "Technology" for the "development" or "use" of "laser" communication techniques with the capability of automatically acquiring and tracking signals and maintaining communications through exoatmosphere or sub-surface (water) media;
3. "Technology" for the "development" of digital cellular radio base station receiving equipment whose reception capabilities that allow multi-band, multi-channel, multi-mode, multi-coding algorithm or multi-protocol operation can be modified by changes in "software";
4. "Technology" for the "development" of "spread spectrum" techniques, including "frequency hopping" techniques;
Note 5.E.1.b.4. does not apply to "technology" for the "development" of any of the following:
a. Civil cellular radio-communications systems; or
b. Fixed or mobile satellite earth stations for commercial civil telecommunications.
c. "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of any of the following:
1. Not used since 2016
2. Equipment employing a "laser" and having any of the following:
a. A transmission wavelength exceeding 1,750 nm;
b. Not used since 2015
c. Not used since 2016
d. Employing wavelength division multiplexing techniques of optical carriers at less than 100 GHz spacing; or
e. Employing analogue techniques and having a bandwidth exceeding 2.5 GHz;
Note 5.E.1.c.2.e. does not apply to "technology" for commercial TV systems.
N.B. For "technology" for the "development" or "production" of non-telecommunications equipment employing a "laser", see 6.E.
c. 3. Equipment employing 'optical switching' and having a switching time less than 1 ms;
Technical Note
For the purposes of 5.E.1.c.3., 'optical switching' is the routing of or switching of signals in optical form without conversion to electrical signals.
c. 4. Radio equipment having any of the following:
a. Quadrature-Amplitude-Modulation (QAM) techniques above level 1,024;
b. Operating at input or output frequencies exceeding 31.8 GHz; or
Note 5.E.1.c.4.b. does not apply to "technology" for equipment designed or modified for operation in any frequency band which is "allocated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)" for radio-communications services, but not for radio-determination.
c. Operating in the 1.5 MHz to 87.5 MHz band and incorporating adaptive techniques providing more than 15 dB suppression of an interfering signal; or
c. 5. Not used since 2011
c. 6. Mobile equipment having all of the following:
a. Operating at an optical wavelength greater than or equal to 200 nm and less than or equal to 400 nm; and
b. Operating as a "local area network";
d. "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of "Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit" ("MMIC") amplifiers specially designed for telecommunications and that are any of the following:
Technical Note
For purposes of 5.E.1.d., the parameter peak saturated power output may also be referred to on product data sheets as output power, saturated power output, maximum power output, peak power output, or peak envelope power output.
d. 1. Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 2.7 GHz up to and including 6.8 GHz with a "fractional bandwidth" greater than 15%, and having any of the following:
a. A peak saturated power output greater than 75 W (48.75 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2.7 GHz up to and including 2.9 GHz;
b. A peak saturated power output greater than 55 W (47.4 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 2.9 GHz up to and including 3.2 GHz;
c. A peak saturated power output greater than 40 W (46 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3.2 GHz up to and including 3.7 GHz; or
d. A peak saturated power output greater than 20 W (43 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 3.7 GHz up to and including 6.8 GHz;
d. 2. Rated for operation at frequencies exceeding 6.8 GHz up to and including 16 GHz with a "fractional bandwidth" greater than 10%, and having any of the following:
a. A peak saturated power output greater than 10 W (40 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 6.8 GHz up to and including 8.5 GHz; or
b. A peak saturated power output greater than 5 W (37 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 8.5 GHz up to and including 16 GHz;
3. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 3 W (34.77 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 16 GHz up to and including 31.8 GHz, and with a "fractional bandwidth" of greater than 10%;
4. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 0.1 nW (-70 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 31.8 GHz up to and including 37 GHz;
5. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 1 W (30 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 37 GHz up to and including 43.5 GHz, and with a "fractional bandwidth" of greater than 10%;
6. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 31.62 mW (15 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 43.5 GHz up to and including 75 GHz, and with a "fractional bandwidth" of greater than 10%;
7. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 10 mW (10 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 75 GHz up to and including 90 GHz, and with a "fractional bandwidth" of greater than 5%; or
8. Rated for operation with a peak saturated power output greater than 0.1 nW (-70 dBm) at any frequency exceeding 90 GHz;
e. "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of electronic devices and circuits, specially designed for telecommunications and containing components manufactured from "superconductive" materials, specially designed for operation at temperatures below the "critical temperature" of at least one of the "superconductive" constituents and having any of the following:
1. Current switching for digital circuits using "superconductive" gates with a product of delay time per gate (in seconds) and power dissipation per gate (in watts) of less than 10⁻¹⁴ J; or
2. Frequency selection at all frequencies using resonant circuits with Q-values exceeding 10,000.
Part 2 - "INFORMATION SECURITY"
Note 1 Not used since 2015
Note 2 Category 5 – Part 2 does not apply to products when accompanying their user for the user's personal use.
Note 3 Cryptography Note
5.A.2., 5.D.2.a.1., 5.D.2.b. and 5.D.2.c.1. do not apply to items as follows:
a. Items meeting all of the following:
1. Generally available to the public by being sold, without restriction, from stock at retail selling points by means of any of the following:
a. Over-the-counter transactions;
b. Mail order transactions;
c. Electronic transactions; or
d. Telephone call transactions;
2. The cryptographic functionality cannot easily be changed by the user;
3. Designed for installation by the user without further substantial support by the supplier; and
4. When necessary, details of the items are accessible and will be provided, upon request, to the appropriate authority in the exporter's country in order to ascertain compliance with conditions described in paragraphs 1. to 3. above;
b. Hardware components or 'executable software', of existing items described in paragraph a. of this Note, that have been designed for these existing items, and meeting all of the following:
1. "Information security" is not the primary function or set of functions of the component or 'executable software';
2. The component or 'executable software' does not change any cryptographic functionality of the existing items, or add new cryptographic functionality to the existing items;
3. The feature set of the component or 'executable software' is fixed and is not designed or modified to customer specification; and
4. When necessary as determined by the appropriate authority in the exporter’s country, details of the component or 'executable software', and details of relevant end-items are accessible and will be provided to the authority upon request, in order to ascertain compliance with conditions described above.
Technical Note
For the purposes of the Cryptography Note, 'executable software' means "software" in executable form, from an existing hardware component excluded from 5.A.2. by the Cryptography Note.
Note 'Executable software' does not include complete binary images of the "software" running on an end-item.
Note to the Cryptography Note
1. To meet paragraph a. of Note 3, all of the following must apply:
a. The item is of potential interest to a wide range of individuals and businesses; and
b. The price and information about the main functionality of the item are available before purchase without the need to consult the vendor or supplier. A simple price enquiry is not considered to be a consultation.
2. In determining eligibility of paragraph a. of Note 3, national authorities may take into account relevant factors such as quantity, price, required technical skill, existing sales channels, typical customers, typical use or any exclusionary practices of the supplier.
5. A. Part 2. SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS
CRYPTOGRAPHIC "INFORMATION SECURITY"