- app.ear
    /lib
       x-lib.jar
       commons-io.jar
    /app.war
       /WEB-INF
          /lib
             y-lib.jar
             commons-io.jar

<dependency>
   <groupId>my.group</groupId>
   <artifactId>app</artifactId>
   <type>ejb</artifact>
   <scope>provided</scope>
   <version>${project.version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
   <groupId>some.other.group</groupId>
   <artifactId>y-lib</artifactId> <!-- This loads commons-io as compile dependency -->
   <version>1.2.3</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
   <groupId>some.other.group</groupId>
   <artifactId>y-lib</artifactId>
   <version>1.2.3</version>
   <exclusions>
      <exclusions>
          <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
          <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
      </exclusion>
   </exclusions>
</dependency>

<dependency>
        <groupId>ejbModuleGroupId</groupId>
        <artifactId>ejbModuleArtifactId</artifactId>
        <scope>provided</scope>
        <type>ejb</type>
        <exclusions>
          <exclusion>
            <groupId>*</groupId>
            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
          </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>