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1. Article 3a does not apply in relation to proposed authorisations for the supply, sale, or transfer of items, materials, equipment, goods and technology, and the provision of any related technical assistance, training, financial assistance, investment, brokering or other services where the competent authorities consider them to be directly related to the following:

(a) the necessary modification of two cascades at the Fordow facility for stable isotope production;

(b) the export of Iran's enriched uranium in excess of 300 kilograms in return for natural uranium; or (c) the modernisation of the Arak reactor based on the agreed conceptual design and, subsequently, on the agreed final design of such reactor.

2. The competent authority granting an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 1 shall ensure that:

(a) all activities are undertaken strictly in accordance with the JCPOA; and (b) except for temporary exports, the applicant has submitted the end-use statement set out in Annex IIa or an end-use statement in an equivalent document containing information on the end-use and, as a basic principle, end-use location of any supplied item.

2a. If the competent authority decides to grant an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 1(a) in the absence of information on the end-use location, it may request the applicant to supply such information at a later stage. The applicant shall provide the information within a reasonable period of time.

3. The Member State concerned shall notify the other Member States and the Commission of its intention to grant an authorisation under this Article at least ten days prior to the authorisation.