2D002 Category 2D
“Software” for electronic devices, even when residing in an electronic device or system, enabling such devices or systems to function as a “numerical control” unit, capable of coordinating simultaneously more than 4 axes for “contouring control”.
Category 2: Materials Processing
Reasons for control
- NS: National security
- NP: Nuclear nonproliferation
- AT: Anti-terrorism
Country chart
| Control | Column |
|---|---|
| AT applies to entire entry | AT 1 |
| NP applies to entire entry | NP 1 |
| NS applies to entire entry | NS 1 |
List-based license exceptions
| Exception | As stated in the entry |
|---|---|
| TSR | Yes |
Items
- The list of items controlled is contained in the ECCN heading.
Related controls
(1) See ECCNs 2E001 (“development”) and 2E201 (“use”) for technology for “software” controlled under this entry. (2) Also see ECCN 2D202.
Notes
Note 1: 2D002 does not control “software” “specially designed” or modified for the operation of items not specified by Category 2.
Note 2: 2D002 does not control “software” for items specified by 2B002. See 2D001 and 2D003 for “software” for items specified by 2B002.
Note 3: 2D002 does not apply to “software” that is exported with, and the minimum necessary for the operation of, items not specified by Category 2.
Source: eCFR, version
2026-08-01, retrieved
2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.