G 126
CAP. 60]
Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations
[1988 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
(vii) The "software" supplied:
(a) Is limited to:
(1) The minimum "specially designed software" necessary for the use (i.e. installation, operation and maintenance) of the equipment or systems; and
(2) Machine-executable form; and
(b) Does not include "software":
(1) Embargoed by Items IL 1527, 1566(a)(5) or Item ML 11 on the Munitions List; or
(2) To permit user-modification of generic "software" or its associated documentation; and
(viii) If the equipment or systems are not designed for installation by the user without support from the supplier, then the "software" necessary for commissioning is:
(a) Exported on a temporary basis only; and
(b) Kept under the control of the supplier; and
(c) Technology applicable to the development, production or use (i.e. installation, operation and maintenance) of store-programme-controlled communication switching equipment or systems, even if these equipment or systems are not embargoed by this Item, except:
The minimum technical information necessary for the use of stored-programme-controlled communication switching equipment or systems which are free from embargo.
Notes:
1. Not used.
2. Not used.
3. Not used.
4. Not used.
5. Not used.
6. Not used.
7. Not used.
8. Definitions of terms used in this Item:
"common channel signalling"
A signalling method in which a single channel between exchanges conveys, by means of labelled messages, signalling information relating to a multiplicity of circuits, or calls and other information such as that used for network management.
"communication channel"
The transmission path or circuit including the terminating transmission and receiving equipment (modems) for transferring digital information between distant locations.
"data device"
Equipment capable of transmitting or receiving sequences of digital information.
"data (message) switching"
The technique, including but not limited to store-and-forward or packet switching, for:
(a) Accepting data groups (including messages, packets, or other digital or telegraphic information groups which are transmitted as a composite whole);
(b) Storing (buffering) data groups as necessary;
(c) Processing part or all of the data groups, as necessary, for the purpose of: