The TIM database contains 3 types of documents, updated annually:

• Scientific publications in Scopus, 40,000 journals by Elsevier and other publishers, with more than 50 million abstracts (in English, also if the full paper is e.g. in Chinese)
• Patents (European Patent Office - PATSTAT, containing about 25 million patents from more than 90 worldwide patent authorities including all the major countries
• EU-funded projects (CORDIS): more than 77,000 research projects, including also partners from third countries

Dual-use technologies might be included in the contents of SCOPUS abstracts, patents and EU-funded research projects, which therefore could be subject to export authorisations prior to publication or sharing, as required by Regulation 2021/821.

TIM DU’s mapping of Dual-use technologies is performed by means of search algorithms based on keywords related to the "EU dual-use control list", as well as emerging technologies, with their scientific and technical synonyms. The choice of keywords and Boolean combinations has been designed to maximise the results while striving for the best possible relevance.

TIM Dual-Use applications can be multiple:

• Mapping of a country’s R&D international cooperation networks related to dual-use;
• Mapping of specific research institutes, companies, Universities, researchers’ scientific publications with regard to potential dual-use technologies;
• Monitoring of critical and emerging technologies (technological development and trends, as appearing from chronological and geographical developments).

For research entities in particular:

• Assessing the past scientific production to identify articles, patents or EU-funded project results already produced and published, which could have had a potential dual-use content;
• Identifying areas for targeted awareness-raising activities to reinforce internal compliance.

TIM DU has been developed by JRC (STRIKE project - G.II.7 unit; T.5 unit) and University of Liège (European Studies Unit).

Contact Information:

JRC-STRIKE@ec.europa.eu

For more information visit:

EU Dual-use trade controls European Commission - DG Trade

EU P2P Dual-use export control cooperation programme

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Technologies related to the EU dual-use control list’s categories:

Cat.0 Nuclear Material, Facilities and Equipment

Cat.1 Pathogens

Cat.1 Special Materials and Related Equipment

Cat.2 Material Processing

Cat.3 Electronics

Cat.4 Computers

Cat.5 Telecommunications and Information Security

Cat.6 Sensors and Lasers

Cat.7 Navigation and Avionics

Cat.8 Marine

Cat.9 Aerospace and Propulsion

Global Dual-Use Queries

Critical & emerging technologies:

Additive Manufacturing

Advanced Materials

Advanced Semiconductors

Artificial Intelligence

Biotechnology

Cyber-Surveillance

Quantum Technologies

Index:

TIM Dual-use index by datasets

TIM Dual-use index by control codes

Instructions:

TIM Dual-use user guide