Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

[ML15] Imaging or countermeasure equipment, as follows, specially designed for military use, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

a.

Recorders and image processing equipment;

b.

Cameras, photographic equipment and film processing equipment;

c.

Image intensifier equipment;

d.

Infrared or thermal imaging equipment;

e.

Imaging radar sensor equipment;

f.

Countermeasure or counter-countermeasure equipment for the equipment controlled by sub-items ML15.a. to ML15.e.

Note ML15.f. includes equipment designed to degrade the operation or effectiveness of military imaging systems or to minimize such degrading effects.

Note 1 The term ‘specially designed components’ includes the following when specially designed for military use:

a.

Infrared image converter tubes;

b.

Image intensifier tubes (other than first generation);

c.

Microchannel plates;

d.

Low-light-level television camera tubes;

e.

Detector arrays (including electronic interconnection or readout systems);

f.

Pyroelectric television camera tubes;

g.

Cooling systems for imaging systems;

h.

Electrically triggered shutters of the photochromic or electro-optical type having a shutter speed of less than 100 μs, except in the case of shutters which are an essential part of a high-speed camera;

i.

Fibre optic image inverters;

j.

Compound semiconductor photocathodes

Note 2 ML15 does not control ‘first generation image intensifier tubes’ or equipment specially designed to incorporate ‘first generation image intensifier tubes’.

NB: For the status of weapons sights incorporating ‘first generation image intensifier tubes’ see entries ML1., ML2. and ML5.a.

NB: See also entries 6A002.a.2. and 6A002.b. on the EU Dual-Use List.