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1988 Ed.]

Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations

[CAP. 60

G 67

{Subsidiary]

(x) Single-element semiconductor "lasers" with a wavelength shorter than 1 micrometre designed for, and used in, equipment as defined in (b)(xiii){xiv), (xix) or (xx) below;

(b) “Equipment containing lasers", and specially designed components therefor, except the equipment listed below which contains "lasers" excluded from embargo by sub-item (a):

(i) Specially designed for industrial and civilian intrusion detection and alarm systems;

(ii) Specially designed for medical applications

(iii) Equipment for educational and laboratory purposes;

N.B.

The educational equipment referred to in this sub-item is defined as devices designed for use in teaching basic scientific principles and demonstrating the operation of those principles in educational institutions.

(iv) Specially designed for traffic and industrial movement control and counting systems;

(v) Specially designed for detection of environmental pollution;

(vi) Optical spectrometers and densitometers;

(vii) Equipment containing continuous-wave helium-neon gas "lasers" (but see sub-item (c) below);

(viii) Textile-cutting and textile-bonding equipment;

(ix) Paper cutting equipment;

(x) Equipment containing "lasers" for drilling diamond dies for the wire drawing industry;

(xi) Electronic scanning equipment with auxiliary electronic screening unit specially designed for printing processes, including such equipment when used for the production of colour separations;

(xii) Laser-radar (lidar) equipment specially designed for surveying or meteorological observation;

(xiii) Consumer-type reproducers for video or audio discs, employing non-erasable media;

(xiv) Price scanners (point of sale);

(xv) Equipment designed for surveying purposes, provided there is no capability of measuring range;

(xvi) Equipment specially designed for the marking of components;

(xvii) Specially designed gravure (printing plate) manufacturing equipment;

(xviii) Equipment specially designed for visual entertainment purposes ("laser" light shows) provided it has no holographic capability;

(xix) Electronic printers, including those capable of being used with "digital computers”, not exceeding 2,000 lines (30 pages) per minute or 300 characters per second;

(xx) Electronic copiers, including those capable of being used with "digital computers", not exceeding 30 pages per minute and which do not include any of the following:

(1) Optical character recognition (OCR) equipment which is not released by Item IL 1565 (h)(2)(iv)(k);

(2) Digitising equipment which is not released by item IL 1565 (h)(2)(iv)(h);

(3) "Image enhancement" capability; or

(c) Measuring systems which have both of the following characteristics:

(i) Contain a “laser”; and

(ii) Maintain for at least 48 hours, over a temperature range of ±10K around a standard temperature and at a standard pressure:

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1988 Ed.] Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations [CAP. 60 G 67 {Subsidiary] (x) Single-element semiconductor "lasers" with a wavelength shorter than 1 micrometre designed for, and used in, equipment as defined in (b)(xiii){xiv), (xix) or (xx) below; (b) “Equipment containing lasers", and specially designed components therefor, except the equipment listed below which contains "lasers" excluded from embargo by sub-item (a): (i) Specially designed for industrial and civilian intrusion detection and alarm systems; (ii) Specially designed for medical applications (iii) Equipment for educational and laboratory purposes; N.B. The educational equipment referred to in this sub-item is defined as devices designed for use in teaching basic scientific principles and demonstrating the operation of those principles in educational institutions. (iv) Specially designed for traffic and industrial movement control and counting systems; (v) Specially designed for detection of environmental pollution; (vi) Optical spectrometers and densitometers; (vii) Equipment containing continuous-wave helium-neon gas "lasers" (but see sub-item (c) below); (viii) Textile-cutting and textile-bonding equipment; (ix) Paper cutting equipment; (x) Equipment containing "lasers" for drilling diamond dies for the wire drawing industry; (xi) Electronic scanning equipment with auxiliary electronic screening unit specially designed for printing processes, including such equipment when used for the production of colour separations; (xii) Laser-radar (lidar) equipment specially designed for surveying or meteorological observation; (xiii) Consumer-type reproducers for video or audio discs, employing non-erasable media; (xiv) Price scanners (point of sale); (xv) Equipment designed for surveying purposes, provided there is no capability of measuring range; (xvi) Equipment specially designed for the marking of components; (xvii) Specially designed gravure (printing plate) manufacturing equipment; (xviii) Equipment specially designed for visual entertainment purposes ("laser" light shows) provided it has no holographic capability; (xix) Electronic printers, including those capable of being used with "digital computers”, not exceeding 2,000 lines (30 pages) per minute or 300 characters per second; (xx) Electronic copiers, including those capable of being used with "digital computers", not exceeding 30 pages per minute and which do not include any of the following: (1) Optical character recognition (OCR) equipment which is not released by Item IL 1565 (h)(2)(iv)(k); (2) Digitising equipment which is not released by item IL 1565 (h)(2)(iv)(h); (3) "Image enhancement" capability; or (c) Measuring systems which have both of the following characteristics: (i) Contain a “laser”; and (ii) Maintain for at least 48 hours, over a temperature range of ±10K around a standard temperature and at a standard pressure:
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1988 Ed.] Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations [CAP. 60 G 67 {Subsidiary] (x) Single-element semiconductor "lasers" with a wavelength shorter than 1 micrometre designed for, and used in, equipment as defined in (b)(xiii){xiv), (xix) or (xx) below; (b) “Equipment containing lasers", and specially designed components therefor, except the equipment listed below which contains "lasers" excluded from embargo by sub-item (a): (i) Specially designed for industrial and civilian intrusion detection and alarm systems; (ii) Specially designed for medical applications (iii) Equipment for educational and laboratory purposes; N.B. The educational equipment referred to in this sub-item is defined as devices designed for use in teaching basic scientific principles and demonstrating the operation of those principles in educational institutions. (iv) Specially designed for traffic and industrial movement control and counting systems; (v) Specially designed for detection of environmental pollution; (vi) Optical spectrometers and densitometers; (vii) Equipment containing continuous-wave helium-neon gas "lasers" (but see sub-item (c) below); (viii) Textile-cutting and textile-bonding equipment; (ix) Paper cutting equipment; (x) Equipment containing "lasers" for drilling diamond dies for the wire drawing industry; (xi) Electronic scanning equipment with auxilary electronic screening unit specially designed for printing processes, including such equipment when used for the production of colour separations; (xii) Laser-radar (lidar) equipment specially designed for surveying or meteoro- logical observation; (xiii) Consumer-type reproducers for video or audio discs, employing non-erasable media; (xiv) Price scanners (point of sale); (xv) Equipment designed for surveying purposes, provided there is no capability of measuring range; (xvi) Equipment specially designed for the marking of components; (xvii) Spécially designed gravure (printing plate) manufacturing equipment; (xviii) Equipment specially designed for visual entertainment purposes ("laser" light shows) provided it has no holographic capability; (xix) Electronic printers, including those capable of being used with "digital computers”, not exceeding 2 000 lines (30 pages) per minute or 300 characters per second; (xx) Electronic copiers, including those capable of being used with "digital computers", not exceeding 30 pages per minute and which do not include any of the following: (1) Optical character recognition (OCR) equipment which is not released by Item IL 1565 (h)(2)(iv)(k); (2) Digitising equipment which is not released by item IL 1565 (h) (2) (iv)(h); (3) "Image enhancement" capability; or (c) Measuring systems which have both of the following characteristics: (i) Contain a “laser”; and (ii) Maintain for at least 48 hours, over a temperature range of ±10K around a standard temperature and at a standard pressure: 1
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1988 Ed.]

Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations

[CAP. 60

G 67

{Subsidiary]

(x) Single-element semiconductor "lasers" with a wavelength shorter than 1 micrometre designed for, and used in, equipment as defined in (b)(xiii){xiv), (xix) or (xx) below;

(b) “Equipment containing lasers", and specially designed components therefor, except the equipment listed below which contains "lasers" excluded from embargo by sub-item (a):

(i) Specially designed for industrial and civilian intrusion detection and alarm

systems;

(ii) Specially designed for medical applications

(iii) Equipment for educational and laboratory purposes;

N.B.

The educational equipment referred to in this sub-item is defined as devices designed for use in teaching basic scientific principles and demonstrating the operation of those principles in educational institutions.

(iv) Specially designed for traffic and industrial movement control and counting

systems;

(v) Specially designed for detection of environmental pollution;

(vi) Optical spectrometers and densitometers;

(vii) Equipment containing continuous-wave helium-neon gas "lasers" (but see

sub-item (c) below);

(viii) Textile-cutting and textile-bonding equipment;

(ix) Paper cutting equipment;

(x) Equipment containing "lasers" for drilling diamond dies for the wire drawing

industry;

(xi) Electronic scanning equipment with auxilary electronic screening unit specially designed for printing processes, including such equipment when used for the production of colour separations;

(xii) Laser-radar (lidar) equipment specially designed for surveying or meteoro-

logical observation;

(xiii) Consumer-type reproducers for video or audio discs, employing non-erasable

media;

(xiv) Price scanners (point of sale);

(xv) Equipment designed for surveying purposes, provided there is no capability of

measuring range;

(xvi) Equipment specially designed for the marking of components;

(xvii) Spécially designed gravure (printing plate) manufacturing equipment; (xviii) Equipment specially designed for visual entertainment purposes ("laser" light

shows) provided it has no holographic capability;

(xix) Electronic printers, including those capable of being used with "digital computers”, not exceeding 2 000 lines (30 pages) per minute or 300 characters per second;

(xx) Electronic copiers, including those capable of being used with "digital computers", not exceeding 30 pages per minute and which do not include any of the following:

(1) Optical character recognition (OCR) equipment which is not released by

Item IL 1565 (h)(2)(iv)(k);

(2) Digitising equipment which is not released by item IL 1565 (h) (2) (iv)(h);

(3) "Image enhancement" capability; or

(c) Measuring systems which have both of the following characteristics:

(i) Contain a “laser”; and

(ii) Maintain for at least 48 hours, over a temperature range of ±10K around

a standard temperature and at a standard pressure:

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