The update brings the list in line with decisions taken in the multilateral Export Control Regime's Wassenaar Arrangement (WA), Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), and Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) in 2022. The decisions taken in the Australia Group (AG) in 2022 have been introduced in the control list in Annex I by means of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/996 of 23 February 2023.
This update mainly pertains to the control parameters of manufacturing equipment (NSG), of high-performance computers and of lasers (WA), the addition of propulsion motors for submersible vehicles, and of technology for the development of gas turbine engines for aircraft (WA), as well as the adjustment of technical definitions, notes and descriptions, and editorial changes.
Subject to the Council and the European Parliament raising no objections within a period of two months, the Commission Delegated Regulation (Ref. C(2023)6125) will be published and will enter into force on the day following that of its publication.
The 'Comprehensive Change Note Summary – update 2023' provides a detailed overview of all changes compared to the 2022 Exceptional Update of the EU Dual-Use Control List across all 10 categories.
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- Publication date
- 15 September 2023
- Author
- Directorate-General for Trade
- Location
- Brussels
- Trade topics
- Actions against exports from the EU
- Dual use