ECCN reference · Category 6: Sensors and lasers
ECCN 6A995
"Lasers" as follows
Systems, equipment and components. Reasons for control: AT (Anti-terrorism).
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License requirements
Each control below comes from the entry’s License Requirements table. Where it names a Country Chart column, the countries with an X in that column need a license for the items the control covers, unless a License Exception applies.
- AT (Anti-terrorism): AT applies to entire entry. No Country Chart country has an X in column AT1; the destinations this control targets are under “Not decided by the Country Chart” below.
Not decided by the Country Chart: Covered Donetsk region of Ukraine (DNR), Covered Luhansk region of Ukraine (LNR), Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Korea, North, Syria. These destinations are under embargoes or other special controls in 15 CFR Part 746, which require a license for most items whatever the chart shows. Russia and Belarus also have broad Part 746 controls in addition to the chart.
A blank on the Country Chart is not permission to ship. End-use and end-user rules (15 CFR Part 744), embargoes and sanctions (Part 746), and the parties to the transaction still apply. Use the check above for your item and country.
List-based License Exceptions
As the entry lists them. Each exception has its own conditions in 15 CFR Part 740, and § 740.2 bars or limits most of them for Russia, Belarus, Country Group D:5 and embargoed destinations, so an entry’s “Yes” does not mean it is available everywhere.
- LVS: N/A
- GBS: N/A
Items in 6A995
The controls often apply to some paragraphs only, so check the full paragraph, for example 6A995.a.
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- 6A995.a Carbon dioxide (CO_2) "lasers" having any of the following:
- 6A995.a.1 A CW output power exceeding 10 kW;
- 6A995.a.2 A pulsed output with a "pulse duration" exceeding 10 microseconds; and
- 6A995.a.2.a An average output power exceeding 10 kW; or
- 6A995.a.2.b A pulsed "peak power" exceeding 100 kW; or
- 6A995.a.3 A pulsed output with a "pulse duration" equal to or less than 10 microseconds; and
- 6A995.a.3.a A pulse energy exceeding 5 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 2.5 kW; or
- 6A995.a.3.b An average output power exceeding 2.5 kW;
- 6A995.b Semiconductor lasers, as follows:
- 6A995.b.1 Individual, single-transverse mode semiconductor "lasers" having:
- 6A995.b.1.a An average output power exceeding 100 mW; or
- 6A995.b.1.b A wavelength exceeding 1,050 nm;
- 6A995.b.2 Individual, multiple-transverse mode semiconductor "lasers", or arrays of individual semiconductor "lasers", having a wavelength exceeding 1,050 nm;
- 6A995.c Ruby "lasers" having an output energy exceeding 20 J per pulse;
- 6A995.d Non-"tunable" "pulsed lasers" having an output wavelength exceeding 975 nm but not exceeding 1,150 nm and having any of the following:
- 6A995.d.1 A "pulse duration" equal to or exceeding 1 ns but not exceeding 1 µs, and having any of the following:
- 6A995.d.1.a A single transverse mode output and having any of the following:
- 6A995.d.1.a.1 A ‘wall-plug efficiency’ exceeding 12% and an "average output power" exceeding 10 W and capable of operating at a pulse repetition frequency greater than 1kHz; or
- 6A995.d.1.a.2 An "average output power" exceeding 20 W; or
- 6A995.d.1.b A multiple transverse mode output and having any of the following:
- 6A995.d.1.b.1 A ‘wall-plug efficiency’ exceeding 18% and an "average output power" exceeding 30 W;
- 6A995.d.1.b.2 A "peak power" exceeding 200 MW; or
- 6A995.d.1.b.3 An "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or
- 6A995.d.2 A "pulse duration" exceeding 1 µs and having any of the following:
- 6A995.d.2.a A single transverse mode output and having any of the following:
- 6A995.d.2.a.1 A ‘wall-plug efficiency’ exceeding 12% and an "average output power" exceeding 10 W and capable of operating at a pulse repetition frequency greater than 1 kHz; or
- 6A995.d.2.a.2 An "average output power" exceeding 20 W; or
- 6A995.d.2.b A multiple transverse mode output and having any of the following:
- 6A995.d.2.b.1 A ‘wall-plug efficiency’ exceeding 18% and an "average output power" exceeding 30 W; or
- 6A995.d.2.b.2 An "average output power" exceeding 500 W;
- 6A995.e Non-"tunable" continuous wave "(CW) lasers", having an output wavelength exceeding 975 nm but not exceeding 1,150 nm and having any of the following:
- 6A995.e.1 A single transverse mode output and having any of the following:
- 6A995.e.1.a A ‘wall-plug efficiency’ exceeding 12% and an "average output power" exceeding 10 W and capable of operating at a pulse repetition frequency greater than 1 kHz; or
- 6A995.e.1.b An "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or
- 6A995.e.2 A multiple transverse mode output and having any of the following:
- 6A995.e.2.a A ‘wall-plug efficiency’ exceeding 18% and an "average output power" exceeding 30 W; or
- 6A995.e.2.b An "average output power" exceeding 500 W;
- 6A995.f Non-"tunable" "lasers", having a wavelength exceeding 1,400 nm, but not exceeding 1555 nm and having any of the following:
- 6A995.f.1 An output energy exceeding 100 mJ per pulse and a pulsed "peak power" exceeding 1 W; or
- 6A995.f.2 An average or CW output power exceeding 1 W.
- 6A995.g Free electron "lasers".
Source
Commerce Control List, 15 CFR Part 774, Supplement No. 1 (official text on eCFR), as of August 21, 2026, 1:45AM EDT. Commerce Country Chart, Supplement No. 1 to Part 738, as of August 21, 2026, 1:45AM EDT.
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