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(continued) azards or other “aircraft.”

“Total digital transfer rate”. (Cat 5)—The number of bits, including line coding, overhead and so forth per unit time passing between corresponding equipment in a digital transmission system. (See also “digital transfer rate”.)

“Toxins.” (Cat 1 and 2) means toxins in the form of deliberately isolated preparations or mixtures, no matter how produced, other than toxins present as contaminants of other materials such as pathological specimens, crops, foodstuffs or seed stocks of “microorganisms.”

Transfer. A transfer to any person of items subject to the EAR either within the United States or outside of the United States with the knowledge or intent that the items will be shipped, transferred, or transmitted to an unauthorized recipient.

“Transfer laser”. (Cat 6)—A “laser” in which the lasting species is excited through the transfer of energy by collision of a non-lasing atom or molecule with a lasing atom or molecule species.

“Tunable”. (Cat 6)—The ability of a “laser” to produce a continuous output at all wavelengths over a range of several “laser” transitions. A line selectable “laser” produces discrete wavelengths within one “laser” transition and is not considered “tunable”.

U.S. Person. (a) For purposes of §§740.19, 744.6, 744.10, 744.11, 744.12, 744.13 and 744.14 of the EAR, the term U.S. person includes:

(1) Any individual who is a citizen of the United States, a permanent resident alien of the United States, or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3);

(2) Any juridical person organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States, including foreign branches; and

(3) Any person in the United States.

(b) See also §740.9 and parts 746 and 760 of the EAR for definitions of “U.S. person” that are specific to those parts.

U.S. subsidiary. As applied to encryption items, means

(a) A foreign branch of a U.S. company; or

(b) A foreign subsidiary or entity of a U.S. entity in which:

(1) The U.S. entity beneficially owns or controls (whether directly or indirectly) 25 percent or more of the voting securities of the foreign subsidiary or entity, if no other persons owns or controls (whether directly or indirectly) an equal or larger percentage; or

(2) The foreign entity is operated by the U.S. entity pursuant to the provisions of an exclusive management contract; or

(3) A majority of the members of the board of directors of the foreign subsidiary or entity also are members of the comparable governing body of the U.S. entity; or

(4) The U.S. entity has the authority to appoint the majority of the members of the board of directors of the foreign subsidiary or entity; or

(5) The U.S. entity has the authority to appoint the chief operating officer of the foreign subsidiary or entity.

Ultimate consignee. The principal party in interest located abroad who receives the exported or reexported items. The ultimate consignee is not a forwarding agent or other intermediary, but may be the end-user.

United States. Unless otherwise stated, the 50 States, including offshore areas within their jurisdiction pursuant to section 3 of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1311), the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and all territories, dependencies, and possessions of the United States, including foreign trade zones established pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 81A–81U, and also including the outer continental shelf, as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a)).

United States airline. Any citizen of the United States who is authorized by the U.S. Government to engage in business as an airline. For purposes of this definition, a U.S. citizen is:

(a) An individual who is a citizen of the United States or one of its possessions; or

(b) A partnership of which each member is such an individual; or

(c) A corporation or association created or organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, of which the president and two-thirds of the board of directors and other managing officers thereof are such individuals and in which at least 75 percent of the voting interest is owned or controlled by persons who are citizens of the United States or of one of its possessions.

“Usable in”, “usable for”, “usable as” or “Capable of”. (MTCR context)—Equipment, parts, components, materials or “software” which are suitable for a particular purpose. There is no need for the equipment, parts, components, materials or “software” to have been configured, modified or specified for the particular purpose. For example, any military specification memory circuit would be “capable of” operation in a guidance system.

“Use”. (All categories and General Technology Note)—Operation, installation (including on-site installation), maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul and refurbishing.

“User-accessible programmability”. (Cat 4, 5, and 6)—The facility allowing a user to insert, modify, or replace “programs” by means other than:

(a) A physical change in wiring or interconnections; or

(b) The setting of function controls including entry of parameters.

Utilization facility. (a) As defined by 10 CFR 110.2 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulations, utilization facility means a nuclear reactor, other than one that is a production facility, any of the following major components of a nuclear reactor: Pressure vessels designed to contain the core of a nuclear reactor, other than one that is a production facility, and the following major components of a nuclear reactor:

(1) Primary coolant pumps;

(2) Fuel charging or discharging machines; and

(3) Control rods.

(b) Utilization facility does not include the steam turbine generator portion of a nuclear power plant.

“Vacuum Atomization”. (Cat 1)—A process to reduce a molten stream of metal to droplets of a diameter of 500 micrometer or less by the rapid evolution of a dissolved gas upon exposure to a vacuum.

“Variable geometry airfoils”. (Cat 7)—Use trailing edge flaps or tabs, or leading edge slats or pivoted nose droop, the position of which can be controlled in flight.

“Vector Rate”. (Cat 4)—See: “Two dimensional Vector Rate”; “Three dimensional Vector Rate”.

You. Any person, including a natural person, including a citizen of the United States or any foreign country; any firm; any government, government agency, government department, or government commission; any labor union; any fraternal or social organization; and any other association or organization whether or not organized for profit.

[61 FR 12925, Mar. 25, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 68586, Dec. 30, 1996; 62 FR 6686, Feb. 12, 1997; 62 FR 25470, May 9, 1997; 63 FR 50525, Sept. 22, 1998; 63 FR 72166, Dec. 31, 1998; 64 FR 1122, Jan. 8, 1999; 64 FR 5932, Feb. 8, 1999; 64 FR 13339, Mar. 18, 1999; 64 FR 27146, May 18, 1999; 65 FR 2501, Jan. 14, 2000; 65 FR 34075, May 26, 2000; 65 FR 42573, July 10, 2000; 65 FR 43133, July 12, 2000; 65 FR 62609, Oct. 19, 2000; 66 FR 18402, Apr. 9, 2001; 66 FR 36683, July 12, 2001; 66 FR 36910, July 16, 2001; 66 FR 461, Jan. 3, 2002; 67 FR 38869, June 6, 2002; 67 FR 54953, Aug. 27, 2002; 67 FR 55599, Aug. 29, 2002; 68 FR 10591, Mar. 5, 2003; 68 FR 34195, June 6, 2003; 68 FR 50474, Aug. 21, 2003; 68 FR 54656, Sept. 18, 2003; 68 FR 60289, Oct. 22, 2003; 68 FR 68980, Dec. 10, 2003; 69 FR 23638, Apr. 29, 2004; 69 FR 36011, June 28, 2004; 69 FR 46080, July 30, 2004; 69 FR 60546, Oct. 12, 2004; 69 FR 71364, Dec. 9, 2004; 70 FR 8250, Feb. 18, 2005; 70 FR 11861, Mar. 10, 2005; 70 FR 41102, July 15, 2005; 70 FR 45280, Aug. 5, 2005; 70 FR 67348, Nov. 7, 2005; 70 FR 69434, Nov. 16, 2005]

Editorial Note: At 66 FR 36910, July 16, 2001, §772.1 was amended by revising the phrase “Cat. 1 and 7” to read “All Categories” in the definition for “Production”. However, this phrase does not exist in this section.