1964_IMPORT_AND_EXPORT_(STRATEGIC_COMMODITIES)_REGULATIONS — Page 125

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Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations

[CAP. 60

G 125

[Subsidiary]

(2) "Stored-programme-controlled telegraph circuit switching" equipment or

systems, provided that:

(i) They are designed for civil end-use; and

(ii) They provide only the services as defined in CCITT Recommendations F.60 to 79 (Volume II-Fascicle II.4, VII Plenary Assembly, 10-21 November 1980), i.e. the telegraph service whereby subscribers, as defined in CCITT Recommendation X.1 classes 1 and 2, can communicate directly and temporarily between themselves using start-stop telegraph equipment operating:

(a) At 300 baud or less; and

(b) With the international telegraph alphabets No. 2 or 5;

(iii) 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 Item IL1527, 1566(a)(5) or Item ML11 on the Munitions List; or

(2) To permit user-modification of generic "software" or its associated documentation; and

(iv) 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; or

(3) "Stored-programme-controlled telephone circuit switching" equipment or

systems, provided that:

(i) The equipment or systems are designed for fixed civil use as "space-division analogue exchanges" or "time-division analogue exchanges" which fulfil the definition of "private automatic branch exchanges" ("PABXs");

(ii) The equipment or systems do not contain "digital computers" or "related equipment" embargoed by:

(a) Item IL1565(f);

(b) Item IL1565(h)(1)(i)(a) to (k) or (m); or

(c) Item IL1565(h)(1)(ii);

(iii) "Communication channels" or "terminal devices" used for administrative and control purposes:

(a) Are fully dedicated to these purposes; and

(b) Do not exceed a "total data signalling rate" of 9 600 bit per second;

(iv) Voice channels are limited to 3 100 Hz as defined in CCITT Recommendation G.151;

(v) The "PABXs" do not have "trunk circuit"-to-subscriber line ratios which exceed:

(a) 35 per cent for "PABXs" with less than 100 subscriber lines; or

(b) 20 per cent for "PABXs" with 100 or more subscriber lines;

(vi) The "PABXs" do not have the following features:

(a) Multi-level call pre-emption including overriding or seizing of busy subscriber lines, "trunk circuits" or switches; or

(b) "Common channel signalling";

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