CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF DUAL-USE ITEMS 

 

(as updated at the December 2005 Plenary) 

 
 

Dual-use goods and technologies to be controlled are those which are major or key 

elements for the indigenous development, production, use1 or enhancement of military 

capabilities2.  For selection purposes the dual-use items should also be evaluated against 
the following criteria: 
 

•  Foreign availability outside Participating States. 

 
•  The ability to control effectively the export of the goods. 
 
•  The ability to make a clear and objective specification of the item. 
 
•  Controlled by another regime3. 

 
 
 
 

                                                 
1  Use means operation, installation (including on-site installation), maijntenance (checking), repair, overhaul 

and refurbishing. 

2  Controlled by the Munitions List. 
3  An item which is controlled by another regime should not normally qualify to be controlled by the 

Wassenaar Arrangement unless additional coverage proves to be necessary according to the purposes of 
the Wassenaar Arrangement, or when concerns and objectives are not identical. 

CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF 

DUAL-USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES 

FOR THE SENSITIVE LIST 

* 

 
 

(as updated at the December 2004 Plenary) 

 
 
 

 

Those items from the Dual-use List which are key elements directly related to the 
indigenous development, production, use or enhancement of advanced conventional 
military capabilities whose proliferation would significantly undermine the objectives of 
the Wassenaar Arrangement. 
 
N.B.  1.  General commercially applied materials or components should not be 

included. 

 

2.   As appropriate, the relevant threshold parameters should be developed on a 

case-by-case basis. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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* 

These criteria should not be construed as preventing Participating States from considering, in 
special circumstances, that controlled items warrant transparency for reasons associated with 
the objectives of the Wassenaar Arrangement. 

 
 

 
 

CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF 

DUAL-USE GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES  

FOR THE VERY SENSITIVE LIST 

*  

 

(as updated at the December 2004 Plenary) 

 
 
 
 
 
Those items from the Sensitive List which are key elements essential for the indigenous 

development, production, use or enhancement of the most advanced conventional 
military capabilities whose proliferation would significantly undermine the objectives of 
the Wassenaar Arrangement. 

 
N.B. 

As appropriate, the relevant threshold parameters should be developed on a case-
by-case basis. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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* 

These criteria should not be construed as preventing Participating States from considering, in 
special circumstances, that controlled items warrant extreme vigilance for reasons associated 
with the objectives of the Wassenaar Arrangement.