3D994 Category 3D
“Software” “specially designed” for the “development” or “production” of commodities specified in 3B994 and “software” as follows (see List of Items Controlled).
Category 3: Electronics
Reasons for control
- RS: Regional stability
- AT: Anti-terrorism
Country chart
| Control | Column |
|---|---|
| AT applies to entire entry | AT 1 |
| RS applies to entire entry | None |
List-based license exceptions
| Exception | As stated in the entry |
|---|---|
| TSR | N/A |
Items
- Items: The list of items controlled is contained in the ECCN heading.
Related controls
For additional controls that apply to this ECCN, see also § 744.11(a)(2)(v) and (a)(3) and § 744.23(a)(4)(iii) of the EAR.
Notes
Note 1 to Cat 3 Product Group E: 3E001 and 3E905 do not apply to 'Process Design Kits' ('PDKs') unless they include libraries implementing functions or technologies for items specified by 3A001.
Technical Note: For the purposes of 3E001 and 3E905, a 'Process Design Kit' ('PDK') is a software tool provided by a semiconductor manufacturer to ensure that the required design practices and rules are taken into account in order to successfully produce a specific integrated circuit design in a specific semiconductor process, in accordance with technological and manufacturing constraints (each semiconductor manufacturing process has its particular 'PDK').
Source: eCFR, version
2026-08-01, retrieved
2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.