Part 3AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) NO 428/2009

Amendments to Category 6 - Sensors and Lasers

regulation 14 + 14.—(1) The section headed Category 6 - Sensors and Lasers is amended as follows.

(2) In the section headed 6A Systems, Equipment and Components—

regulation 14 2 a + (a)in entry 6A001.a.1.a.—

regulation 14 2 a i + (i)before entry 6A001.a.1.a.1., insert—

“Technical Note:

For the purposes of 6A001.a.1.a., ‘enhancement’ includes the ability to compensate by external means.”;

regulation 14 2 a ii + (ii)at the end of entry 6A001.a.1.a.1., for the Technical Notes, substitute—

“Technical Note:

For the purposes of 6A001.a.1.a.1.c., ’sounding resolution’ is the swath width (degrees) divided by the maximum number of soundings per swath.”;

regulation 14 2 b + (b)in entry 6A001.a.2.b.2., omit the Technical Note;

regulation 14 2 c + (c)at the end of entry 6A001.a.2.b.8., for the Technical Note, substitute—

regulation 14 2 d + (d)in entry 6A002.a.2.b.2.b., for “‘charge multiplication’” substitute ““charge multiplication””;

regulation 14 2 e + (e)in Note 2 to entry 6A002.a.3., in paragraph c.2., for “in place.” substitute “in place;”;

regulation 14 2 f + (f)after paragraph d to Note 2 of entry 6A002.a.3, omit the Technical Note;

regulation 14 2 g + (g)in entry 6A002.b.1., for “Instantaneous-Field-Of-View” substitute “Instantaneous Field of View”;

regulation 14 2 h + (h)in entry 6A002.c.3., for “Solid state ” substitute “Solid-state”;

regulation 14 2 i + (i)in the Technical Note to entry 6A002.f., after ““focal plane array”” omit “term fpa + (“FPA”)”;

regulation 14 2 j + (j)in entry 6A003.b.1. —

regulation 14 2 j i + (i)for “solid state sensors” substitute “solid-state sensors”;

regulation 14 2 j ii + (ii)after “10 nm” omit “,”;

regulation 14 2 k + (k)in entry 6A003.b.1.a., for “solid state”, in each place it occurs, substitute “solid-state”;

regulation 14 2 l + (l)in entry 6A003.b.2.a., after “10 nm” omit “,”;

regulation 14 2 m + (m)in Note 3 to entry 6A003.b.4.—

regulation 14 2 m i + (i)in paragraph b.1. for “Instantaneous-Field-of-View” substitute “Instantaneous Field of View”;

regulation 14 2 m ii + (ii)at the end of paragraph b.1., insert—

“Technical Note:

For the purposes of 6A003.b.4. Note 3.b.1., ‘Instantaneous Field of View (IFOV) is the lesser figure of the ‘Horizontal IFOV’ or the ‘Vertical IFOV’.

‘Horizontal IFOV’ = horizontal Field of View (FOV)/number of horizontal detector elements

‘Vertical IFOV’ = vertical Field of View (FOV)/number of vertical detector elements.”;

regulation 14 2 m iii + (iii)at paragraph b.4.a., for “field-of-view” substitute “Field of View”;

regulation 14 2 m iv + (iv)omit the Technical Notes;

regulation 14 2 n + (n)in Note 4 to entry 6A003.b.4., at paragraph a.1.d., after “equipment;” omit “and”;

regulation 14 2 o + (o)at the end of Note 4 to entry 6A003.b.4., insert—

“Technical Note:

For the purposes of 6A003.b.4., ‘direct view’ refers to an imaging camera operating in the infrared spectrum that presents a visual image to a human observer using a near-to-eye micro display incorporating any light-security mechanism.”;

regulation 14 2 p + (p)in entry 6A004.a.1., for “Technical Note:” substitute “Technical Notes:”;

regulation 14 2 q + (q)in entry 6A005—

regulation 14 2 q i + (i)in Note 2, for “‘non-repetitive pulsed’” substitute ““non-repetitive pulsed””;

regulation 14 2 q ii + (ii)omit the Technical Note to Note 2;

regulation 14 2 q iii + (iii)for Note 6, substitute—

“Technical Note:

For the purposes of 6A005.a. and 6A005.b., ‘single transverse mode’ refers to “lasers” with a beam profile having an M²-factor of less than 1,3, while ‘multiple transverse mode’ refers to “lasers” with a beam profile having an M²-factor equal to or greater than 1,3.”;

regulation 14 2 r + (r)before entry 6A005.a., omit the Technical Note beginning with “For the purposes of 6A005., ‘wall-plug”;

regulation 14 2 s + (s)in entry 6A005.a.6.b.1., for “‘Wall-plug efficiency’” substitute ““Wall-plug efficiency””;

regulation 14 2 t + (t)in Note 1 to entry 6A005.a.6.b., for “note” substitute “Note”;

regulation 14 2 u + (u)in entry 6A005.b.—

regulation 14 2 u i + (i)for ““pulsed lasers”” substitute “‘pulsed lasers’”;

regulation 14 2 u ii + (ii) at the end, insert—

“Technical Note:

For the purposes of 6A005.b., a ‘pulsed laser’ is a “laser” having a “pulse duration” that is less than or equal to 0,25 seconds.”;

regulation 14 2 v + (v)in entry 6A005.b.6., for “‘Wall-plug efficiency’”, in each place it occurs, substitute ““Wall-plug efficiency””;

regulation 14 2 w + (w)at the end of entry 6A005.d.1., insert—

regulation 14 2 x + (x)in entry 6A005.d.1.b.1.—

regulation 14 2 x i + (i)for “1 400” substitute “780”;

regulation 14 2 x ii + (ii)after “power” omit “,”;

regulation 14 2 y + (y)for entries 6A005.d.1.b.2 and 6A005.d.1.b.3., substitute—

regulation 14 2 z + (z)in entry 6A005.d.1.e., omit the Technical Notes;

regulation 14 2 z1 + (z1)in entry 6A005.d.5.—

regulation 14 2 z1 i + (i)for ““Chemical lasers”” substitute “‘Chemical lasers’”;

regulation 14 2 z1 ii + (ii)at the end, insert—

“Technical Note:

For the purposes of 6A005.d.5., ‘chemical laser’ is a “laser” in which the excited species is produced by the output energy from a chemical reaction.”;

regulation 14 2 z2 + (z2)in entry 6A005.d.6., for “‘Non-repetitive pulsed’” substitute ““Non-repetitive pulsed”” and for “Nd: glass” substitute “Nd:glass”;

regulation 14 2 z3 + (z3)in entry 6A005.e.3.c.2., for “10 kW/cm².” substitute “10 kW/cm²;”;

regulation 14 2 z4 + (z4)in the N.B. to entry 6A005.f., for “Super-High” substitute “Super High”;

regulation 14 2 z5 + (z5)in entry 6A008.h.2.—

regulation 14 2 z5 i + (i)for ““Radar frequency agility”” substitute “‘Radar frequency agility’”;

regulation 14 2 z5 ii + (ii) at the end, insert—

“Technical Note:

For the purposes of 6A008.h., ‘radar frequency agility’ applies to any technique which changes, in a pseudo-random sequence, the carrier frequency of a pulsed radar transmitter between pulses or between groups of pulses by an amount equal to or larger than the pulse bandwidth.”;

regulation 14 2 z6 + (z6)in the Technical Notes to entry 6A008—

regulation 14 2 z6 i + (i)after the heading “Technical Notes:”, on a new line insert “For the purposes of 6A008:”;

regulation 14 2 z6 ii + (ii)in paragraph 1, for “For the purposes of 6A008, ‘marine” substitute “ ‘Marine”;

regulation 14 2 z6 iii + (iii)in paragraph 2, for “For the purposes of 6A008, ‘vessel” substitute “ ‘Vessel”;

regulation 14 2 z6 iv + (iv)in the Note to entry 6A225, for “Interferometers) and PDV” substitute “Interferometers), PDV”;

regulation 14 2 z6 v + (v)at the end, insert “and microwave velocity interferometers, including optic-microwave mixing velocimeters”.

(3) In the section headed 6C Materials—

regulation 14 3 a + (a)in entry 6C004.b.4., after “diphosphide);” omit “or”;

regulation 14 3 b + (b)in the Technical Note to entry 6C005.b., at the end, omit “1.”.

(4) In the section headed 6D Software, in entry 6D003.c., after “Note 3.a.” insert “;”.