COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON INTERPERTATION OF ITEM 1088(B): GEAR MAKING MACHINERY MARCH 31ST, 1960

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• Publication Date: April 4, 1960
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April 4th. 1960
COORDINATING COMMITTEE
COCOM Document No. 3710 88 5
RECORD OF DISCUSSION
ON
INTERPRETATION OF IT M 1088b)GEAR MAKING MACHINERY
Ma:mh lsf,, 1960
Present: Belgium (Luxembot'.rg), France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands,
United Kingdom,Unted States.
Reference: COCOM Document No. 3710.88A.
1. The CHAIRtv9AN invited Delegates to give their views on the United
Kingdom Delega'tion's Memorandum setting out the principles adopted by their
authorities to implement Item 1088(b).
2. The BELGIAN, FRENCH, GEFOAN, JAPt SE and NETHERLANDS Delegates
stated that their authorities considered that the United Kingdom
interpretation was reasonable.
3. The ITALIAN Delegate stated that the matter was still under
consideration by his authorities, but that their preliminary study had
led them to believe that this interpretation was reasonable.
4. The UNITED STATES Delegate made the following statement:
"The United States believes that it was the intent of
Item 1088(b) to embargo those gear making machines capable of
manufacturing fine gears (those with a diametral pitch finer
than 48) on a production line basis as distinguished from machines
which are capable of being used only occasionally for the
production of limited quantities of fine pitch gears.
"However, it is the belief of the United States authorities
that a criterion which automatically frees from embargo all
machines with a maximum work piece capacity of 4 inches or
more would fail to accomplish this objective. Many gear making
machines with a maximum work piece capacity of 4 inches or
more not only are capable of producing gears with a diametral
pitch finer than 48, but are rated by the manufacturer for
that very purpose. And this reflects the manufacturer's
judgment that if his equipment is capable of, and generally
intended for, the production of fine gears, he would identify
his equipment accordingly, that is to say, he would in fact'
use this capacity as a major selling point.
"In the United States, the maximum work piece capacity of
machinos capable of manufacturing gears with a diametral pitch
finer than 48 is at the present time 7.5 inches. It is true
that in Europe at the present time the corresponding figure
is 4 inches; however, an increase in this work piece capacity is
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posi~loie. United States machines with a maximum wor] piece
capacity of 7,5 inches or less would in most cases be production
type machines for the manufacture of fine pitch gears in the
quantities required by modern weapons systems.
"In the light of the foregoing, the United States
believes that the manufacturer's rating of capability can
be used to identify machines intended for embargo. The
United Kingdom interpretation that all machines with a
maximum work piece capacity of 4 inches or more are free
from embargo would remove a large number of machines
between 4 and 745 inches. Since this interpretation would
free machines which the purpose of the definition was to
embargo, the United States does not regard it as a
proper crite1ion.
"Pending any change by COC0M in the definition of Item
1088(b), the United States believes that Participating
Countries should implement this definition as it now reads,
in accordance with the intent of the definition as given
in, the- patar xaph above.
"The United States proposes that the following inter-
pretation be applied in the licensing of items which may
fall within Item 1088(b):
a. Gear-making machines capable of manufacturing gears
with 6. diametral .pitch finer tba;a 48 6n a production . line
basis (as opposed to those machines capable of producing
only limited quantities of such gear) will be regarded
as falling undar embargo. In determining the capacity
of such machines, the manufacturer's rating of their
capacity may be considered.
b. Doubtful cases will be submitted to the Committee
before a final decision is reached."
5. The GERMAN Delegate reminded the Committee that during the
recent review his authorities had proposed that the embargo should
apply only to machines making teeth for the smallest precision gears.
The definition as it finally emerged represented a compromise, with
a tacit understanding that the German proposal should be taken
into account, The United Kingdom interpretation appeared to be in
line with that understanding. The German authorities could subscribe
to the policy outlined in aragraph 4(2) of the United Kingdom
Memorandum (COCOM 3710.$514): machines with a maximum work piece
capacity of less than 4 inches would be considered individually
and each case decided on its merits; if the authorities had
doubts, the matter would be laid before the Committee.
6. The UNITED STATES Delegate asked whether the representatives
of producing countries could inform the Committee how their authorities
had been applying this definition up to the present.
7. In the absence of exports, no immediate reply could be given,
but Delegations undertook to refer to their authorities both the
United States Delegate's query and the statement set out in paragraph
4 above, which would be given careful study.
8. It was agreed to discuss the matter again on the 2nd May.
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