THE dutch government has declared that ASML needs a licence to provide spare parts and software updates for computer chipmaking equipment it has previously sold to Chinese customers, Reuters reports.
ASML Holding (Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography) specialises machines used to produce computer chips.
New export restrictions include the two additional tools that the Dutch government has added to its national control list to coordinate policy with the United States.
The clarification follows confusion over whether the Dutch government is planning additional servicing restrictions on ASML, Europe's largest technology firm, which the ministry indicated is not the case.
'Servicing...is vetted under the licensing requirement (and includes)...parts, software and technology developed specially for this equipment,' the ministry said.
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ASML Holding (Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography) specialises machines used to produce computer chips.
New export restrictions include the two additional tools that the Dutch government has added to its national control list to coordinate policy with the United States.
The clarification follows confusion over whether the Dutch government is planning additional servicing restrictions on ASML, Europe's largest technology firm, which the ministry indicated is not the case.
'Servicing...is vetted under the licensing requirement (and includes)...parts, software and technology developed specially for this equipment,' the ministry said.
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