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European Commission Updates Dual-Use Export Control Annex

The European Commission updated a portion of its European Union dual-use export control list to bring it “in line … within the framework” of non-proliferation and export control regimes in 2018, the commission said Oct. 17. The updated list will…

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take effect in about two months if its being approved by the European Council and European Parliament, according to an Oct. 21 post on the EU Sanctions blog. Changes to the list include new entries for discrete microwave transistors, microcomputer software and air-launch platforms for space launch vehicles, the post said, and amendments to entries for underwater submersible vehicles, hydrophones, cryptographic activation tokens, digital to analogue converters and multilayer mask control. The list deletes “technology for gas turbine engine components,” the post said, and contains new mentions of specific lasers and items designed for “civil industry application.”