EUROPEAN
COMMISSION

Strasbourg, 3.10.2023
C(2023) 6689 final
ANNEX

ANNEX
to the
Commission Recommendation
on critical technology areas for the EU's economic security for further risk assessment
with Member States

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List of 10 critical technology areas for the EU’s economic security

Technologies*
Technology Area
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*The technologies listed for each area are a likely focal point for risk
assessment but are not exhaustive

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ADVANCED
SEMICONDUCTORS
TECHNOLOGIES

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
TECHNOLOGIES

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BIOTECHNOLOGIES
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ADVANCED CONNECTIVITY, •
QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES

NAVIGATION AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGIES

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ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGIES

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Microelectronics, including processors
Photonics (including high energy laser)
technologies
High frequency chips
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment at very
advanced node sizes
High Performance Computing
Cloud and edge computing
Data analytics technologies
Computer vision, language processing, object
recognition
Quantum computing
Quantum cryptography
Quantum communications
Quantum sensing and radar
Techniques of genetic modification
New genomic techniques
Gene-drive
Synthetic biology
Secure digital communications and connectivity,
such as RAN & Open RAN (Radio Access
Network) and 6G
Cyber security technologies incl. cybersurveillance, security and intrusion systems,
digital forensics
Internet of Things and Virtual Reality
Distributed ledger and digital identity
technologies
Guidance, navigation and control technologies,
including avionics and marine positioning
Electro-optical, radar, chemical, biological,
radiation and distributed sensing
Magnetometers, magnetic gradiometers
Underwater electric field sensors
Gravity meters and gradiometers

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SPACE
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PROPULSION
TECHNOLOGIES

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ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

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ROBOTICS
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

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ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING
RECYCLING
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Dedicated space-focused technologies, ranging
from component to system level
Space surveillance and Earth observation
technologies
Space positioning, navigation and timing (PNT)
Secure communications including Low Earth
Orbit (LEO) connectivity
Propulsion technologies, including hypersonics
and components for military use
Nuclear fusion technologies, reactors and power
generation,
radiological
conversion/enrichment/recycling technologies
Hydrogen and new fuels

Net-zero technologies, including photovoltaics
Smart grids and energy storage, batteries
Drones and vehicles (air, land, surface and
underwater)
Robots and robot-controlled precision systems
Exoskeletons
AI-enabled systems
Technologies for nanomaterials, smart materials,
advanced ceramic materials, stealth materials,
safe and sustainable by design materials
Additive manufacturing, including in the field
Digital controlled micro-precision manufacturing
and small-scale laser machining/welding
Technologies for extraction, processing and
recycling of critical raw materials (including
hydrometallurgical
extraction,
bioleaching,
nanotechnology-based filtration, electrochemical
processing and black mass)

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