The Netherlands will adjust the national export control measure for advanced semiconductor production equipment as of April 1, 2025. From that date onwards, more types of technology will be subject to a national licensing requirement.
For example, this concerns specific measuring and inspection equipment that can be used in the production of advanced semiconductors. Minister Reinette Klever (Foreign Trade and Development Aid) announced this on Wednesday in the Government Gazette. The extension of the measure is aimed at a very limited number of technologies and goods.
The new permit requirement is the second adjustment to the national export control measure that has been in effect since September 1, 2023.
To date, the national measure has covered a number of very specific technologies in the semiconductor production cycle, such as so-called lithographic equipment. A limited set of technologies for other steps in the production process will now also require a permit. The security risks of uncontrolled export of this technology have increased. It can be combined with technologies from other countries to create advanced semiconductors. Such advanced semiconductors can in turn play an important role in advanced military applications.
The national licensing requirement means that from now on an export license must also be applied for when exporting these technologies. The cabinet determines for each application whether the permit will be granted. The national measure applies to exports from the Netherlands to all destinations outside the EU. There is no export ban.
Source: www.emerce.nl
