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CATEGORY 8 — MARINE
8 A - Equipment, assemblies and components
8A001 - Submersible vehicles and surface vessels, as follows:
NB: |
For the status of equipment for submersible vehicles, see:
— | for sensors, category 6; |
— | for navigation equipment, categories 7 and 8; |
— | for underwater equipment, subcategory 8A. |
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a. | crewed, tethered submersible vehicles designed to operate at depths greater than 1,000 m; |
b. | crewed, untethered submersible vehicles having any of the following characteristics:
1. | designed for 'autonomous operation' and having a lifting capacity:
a. | 10% or more of their weight in air; And |
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2. | designed to operate at depths greater than 1,000 m; Or |
3. | having all of the following characteristics:
a. | designed for continuous 'autonomous operation' for 10 hours or more; And |
b. | having a 'range of action' of 25 nautical miles or more; |
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Technical notes:
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For the purposes of 8A001.b., 'autonomous operation' means the operation of a submarine fully submerged, without a snorkel, with all systems operating, and traveling at the minimum speed at which the submarine can safely control its depth dynamically by means of its depth planes alone, having no need for a ship or logistical support base on the surface, on the coast or on the seabed, and having a propulsion system usable while diving or on the surface. |
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For the purposes of 8A001.b., 'range of action' means half the maximum distance over which a submersible vehicle may be in 'autonomous operation'. |
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c. | Unmanned, tethered submersible vehicles designed to operate at depths greater than 1,000 m and having any of the following:
1. | designed for self-propelled maneuvers using propulsion engines or thrust systems specified in 8A002.a.2.; Or |
2. | having a fiber optic data link; |
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d. | unmanned, untethered submersible vehicles having any of the following characteristics:
1. | designed to determine a trajectory relative to any geographic reference, without human assistance in real time; |
2. | having a data link or acoustic control; Or |
3. | having a data or optical control link greater than 1000 m; |
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e. | ocean recovery systems having a lifting capacity greater than 5 MN for the recovery of objects located at depths greater than 250 m and having any of the following characteristics:
1. | dynamic positioning systems capable of maintaining position within 20 m of a point indicated by the navigation system; Or |
2. | seabed navigation and navigation integration systems for depths greater than 1,000 m and having positioning “accuracies” to within 10 m of a predetermined point; |
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8A002 - Marine systems, equipment and components, as follows:
Note: |
For underwater communications systems, see Category 5, Part 1 — Telecommunications. |
a. | systems, equipment and components specially designed or modified for submersible vehicles and designed to operate at depths greater than 1,000 m, as follows:
1. | pressurized enclosures or shells having a maximum internal diameter of the chamber greater than 1.5 m; |
2. | DC propulsion motors or thrust systems; |
3. | umbilical cables and their connectors, using optical fibers and comprising synthetic force elements; |
4. | components made from materials specified in 8C001; Technical note: The purpose of 8A002.a.4. should not be wiped out by the export of 'syntactic foam' referred to in paragraph 8C001 whose manufacture has reached an intermediate stage and which is not yet in its final form. |
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b. | systems specially designed or modified for the automated control of the movements of equipment for submersible vehicles specified in paragraph 8A001, using navigation information, comprising closed-loop servo-controls and having any of the following characteristics:
1. | allowing the vehicle to reach a predetermined point in the water column within 10 m; |
2. | maintaining the position of the vehicle within 10 m of a predetermined point in the water column; Or |
3. | maintaining the position of the vehicle to within 10 m, by following a cable laid on or buried under the seabed; |
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c. | fiber optic pressurized hull penetration devices; |
d. | underwater vision systems specially designed or modified to operate remotely with an underwater vehicle and employing techniques intended to reduce the effects of light backscatter, including pulsed light tomoscopy devices or “laser” systems; |
g. | lighting systems specially designed or modified for underwater use, as follows:
1. | strobe light systems capable of providing output light energy in excess of 300 J per flash and producing more than 5 flashes per second; |
2. | argon arc lighting systems specially designed for use at depths greater than 1,000 m; |
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h. | “robots” specially designed for underwater use, controlled by means of a specialized computer and having one of the following characteristics:
1. | “robot” control systems using information from sensors that measure the force or torque applied to an external object, the distance from an external object or a tactile perception of an external object by the “robot”; Or |
2. | capacity to exert a force of 250 N or more or a torque of 250 Nm or more and using titanium alloys or “fibrous or filamentary” “composite” materials in their structural elements; |
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i. | remote-controlled articulated manipulators, specially designed or modified for use with submersible vehicles and having any of the following characteristics:
1. | manipulator control systems using information from sensors that measure any of the following:
a. | torque or force applied to an external object; Or |
b. | tactile perception of an external object by the manipulator; Or |
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2. | controlled by proportional master-slave techniques and having 5 or more degrees of 'freedom of movement'; Technical note: Only functions involving proportional motion control via positional feedback are taken into account when determining degrees of 'freedom of motion'. |
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j. | air independent supply systems specially designed for underwater use, as follows:
1. | Brayton, or Rankine, cycle engine air independent power systems comprising any of the following:
a. | purification or absorption systems specially designed for the elimination of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and microparticles from the recycling of engine exhaust; |
b. | systems specially designed for the use of a monatomic gas; |
c. | devices or housings specially designed for the reduction of underwater noise at frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock absorption; Or |
d. | systems having all of the following characteristics:
1. | specially designed to pressurize the reaction products or shape the fuel; |
2. | specially designed to store reaction products; And |
3. | specially designed to discharge reaction products against a pressure of 100 kPa or more; |
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2. | Diesel cycle engine air independent power systems, comprising all of the following:
a. | purification or absorption systems specially designed for the elimination of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and microparticles from the recycling of engine exhaust; |
b. | systems specially designed for the use of a monatomic gas; |
c. | devices or housings specially designed for the reduction of underwater noise at frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock absorption; And |
d. | specially designed exhaust systems which do not continuously discharge combustion products; |
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3. | Air-independent power systems using “fuel cells” having an output power of more than 2 kW and comprising any of the following:
a. | devices or housings specially designed for the reduction of underwater noise at frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock absorption; Or |
b. | systems having all of the following characteristics:
1. | specially designed to pressurize the reaction products or shape the fuel; |
2. | specially designed to store reaction products; And |
3. | specially designed to discharge reaction products against a pressure of 100 kPa or more; |
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4. | Stirling cycle engine air independent power systems, comprising all of the following:
a. | devices or housings specially designed for the reduction of underwater noise at frequencies below 10 kHz, or special mounting devices for shock absorption; And |
b. | specially designed exhaust systems, which discharge reaction products against a pressure of 100 kPa or more; |
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o. | propellers, power transmission systems, power generation systems and noise reduction systems, as follows:
2. | propulsion propellers, power generation or transmission systems intended for use on ships, as follows:
a. | controllable pitch propellers and hub assembly rated for more than 30 MW; |
b. | internal liquid-cooled electric propulsion motors having an output power greater than 2.5 MW; |
c. | “superconducting” propulsion motors or permanent magnet electric propulsion motors, having an output power greater than 0.1 MW; |
d. | transmission shaft systems, comprising components made of “composite” materials, and capable of transmitting more than 2 MW; |
e. | ventilated or ventilated base propeller systems rated for more than 2.5 MW; |
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3. | Noise reduction systems intended for use on ships of 1,000 tonnes or more displacement, as follows:
a. | systems which attenuate underwater noise at frequencies below 500 Hz and consist of compound acoustic assemblies, intended for the sound insulation of diesel engines, diesel generator sets, gas turbines, gas turbine generator sets , propulsion motors or propulsion reduction gears, specially designed for noise or vibration isolation and having an intermediate mass greater than 30% of the equipment to be fitted; |
b. | 'active noise reduction or cancellation systems' or magnetic bearings, specially designed for power transmission systems; Technical note: 'Active noise reduction or cancellation systems' comprise electronic control systems, capable of actively reducing equipment vibration by generating noise or anti-vibration signals directly at the source. |
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p. | ducted systems (propeller pumps) having all of the following characteristics:
1. | output power above 2.5 MW; And |
2. | use of divergent nozzle and straightening vane techniques for flow conditioning to improve propulsion efficiency or reduce underwater noise generated by the latter; |
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q. | swimming and diving equipment as follows:
1. | closed circuit recyclers; |
2. | semi-closed circuit rebreathers; |
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Paragraph 8A002.q. does not apply to individual recyclers for personal use who accompany their users. |
NB: |
For equipment and devices specially designed for military use, see the list of war materials. |
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r. | acoustic generators with a deterrent effect specially designed or modified to disturb divers and having a sound pressure equal to or greater than 190 dB (reference 1 μPa at 1 m) at frequencies of 200 Hz and less.
Note 1: |
Paragraph 8A002.r. does not control diver deterrence systems using underwater explosive devices, air cannons or combustible sources. |
Note 2: |
Paragraph 8A002.r. includes acoustic diver deterrent systems that use spark gaps, also known as plasma effect sound sources, as a source. |
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8 B - Testing, inspection and production equipment
8B001 - Hull test tanks having a noise floor of less than 100 dB (reference 1 μPa, 1 Hz), in the frequency range between 0 and 500 Hz, and designed to measure acoustic fields created by hydraulic flow around propulsion system models.
8C - Materials
8C001 - 'Syntactic foam' for underwater use and having all of the following characteristics:
a. | designed for underwater depths greater than 1,000 m; And |
b. | having a density less than 561 kg/m 3 . |
Technical note: 'Syntactic foam' consists of hollow plastic or glass spheres embedded in a resin matrix.
8D - Software
8D001 - “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment or materials covered in subcategories 8A, 8B or 8C.
8D002 - Specific “software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production”, repair, overhaul or renovation (remanufacturing) of propellers specially designed for underwater noise reduction.
8E - Technology
8E001 - “Technology”, within the meaning of the general technology note, for the “development” or “production” of equipment or materials covered in subcategories 8A, 8B or 8C.
8E002 - Other “technologies”, as follows:
a. | “technology” for the “development”, “production”, repair, overhaul or renovation (remanufacturing) of propellers specially designed for underwater noise reduction; |
b. | “technology” for the overhaul or renovation of equipment specified in 8A001 and 8A002.b., 8A002.j., 8A002.o. or 8A002.p. |
c. | “technology”, within the meaning of the General Technology Note, for the “development” or “production” of the following equipment:
1. | surface effect vehicles (full skirt type) having all of the following characteristics:
a. | maximum expected speed, fully loaded, greater than 30 knots with a significant wave height of 1.25 m or more; |
b. | cushion pressure greater than 3,830 Pa; And |
c. | light/full ship displacement ratio less than 0.70; |
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2. | surface effect vehicles (side keel type) having a maximum designed speed, fully loaded, in excess of 40 knots with a significant wave height of 3.25 m or more; |
3. | hydrofoils with active systems for automatic control of wing systems having a maximum designed speed, fully loaded, of 40 knots or more with a significant wave height of 3.25 m or more; Or |
4. | 'surface vessels with submerged hulls' having any of the following characteristics:
a. | displacement, fully loaded, greater than 500 tonnes, with a maximum expected speed, fully loaded, greater than 35 knots with a significant wave height of 3.25 m or more; Or |
b. | displacement, fully loaded, greater than 1,500 tonnes, with a maximum expected speed, fully loaded, greater than 25 knots with a significant wave height of 4 m or more. |
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Technical note: 'Surface vessels with submerged hulls' are defined by the following formula: the waterline for a given operational draft must be less than 2 × (volume displaced for that draft) 2/3 . |
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