Classification Details
| Category | 6 — Sensors & Lasers |
| Product Group | B — Test, Inspection & Production Equipment |
| Description | Test, inspection, and production "equipment" and related commodities "specially designed" for the "development," "production," repair, overhaul, or refurbishing of commodities enumerated or otherwise described in USML Category XVIII (see List of Items Controlled) |
| Control Reasons | ATNSRSUN |
| License Exceptions | GBSLVSSTA |
Items Controlled
a. Tooling, templates, jigs, mandrels, molds, dies, fixtures, alignment mechanisms, and test "equipment" not enumerated or otherwise described in USML Category XVIII and not elsewhere specified on the USML that are "specially designed" for the "development," "production," repair, overhaul, or refurbishing of commodities controlled by USML Category XVIII. b. through w. [Reserved] x. "Parts," "components," "accessories," and "attachments" "specially designed" for a commodity subject to control under paragraph .a of this ECCN and not enumerated or otherwise described in USML Category XVIII and not elsewhere specified on the USML.
Related Controls
"Parts," "components," "accessories," "attachments," and associated systems or "equipment" "specially designed" for defense articles enumerated or otherwise described in paragraphs (a) or (b) of USML Category XVIII are subject to the ITAR (see 22 CFR 121.1, Category XVIII(e)).
Items may also be controlled under the ITAR (22 CFR 121) administered by the State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC).
Export Control Context
Category 6 covers sensors and lasers including optical systems, cameras, infrared detectors, radar, sonar, and precision laser equipment. Night-vision technology and advanced optical sensors have significant military and intelligence applications.
Source: BIS Commerce Control List, eCFR Title 15 Part 774. This reference is for informational purposes only. For licensing determinations, consult BIS.doc.gov or a licensed export compliance attorney.
Cross-Source Intelligence
Fed Reg Amendments
4
CSL Entities
874
Recent BIS Amendments
Elimination of License Exception Civil End Users (CIV)
Commerce Control List: Addition of Items Determined To No Longer Warrant Control Under United States Munitions List Category XIV (Toxicological Agents) or Category XVIII (Directed Energy Weapons)
Commerce Control List: Addition of Items Determined to No Longer Warrant Control Under United States Munitions List Category XIV (Toxicological Agents) or Category XVIII (Directed Energy Weapons)
Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) To Make the Commerce Control List (CCL) Clearer
Related Export Codes (Schedule B)
Sources: BIS Commerce Control List (eCFR), Census Schedule B, Federal Register (BIS), BIS Consolidated Screening List