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Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (Text with EEA relevance)
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Self-contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus, as follows:
Closed or semi-closed circuit (rebreathing) apparatus specially designed for military use (i.e. specially designed to be non-magnetic);
Specially designed components for use in the conversion of open-circuit apparatus to military use;
Articles designed exclusively for military use with self-contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus;
Construction equipment specially designed for military use;
Fittings, coatings and treatments for signature suppression, specially designed for military use;
Field engineer equipment specially designed for use in a combat zone;
‘Robots’, ‘robot’ controllers and ‘robot’‘end-effectors’, having any of the following characteristics:
Specially designed for military use;
Incorporating means of protecting hydraulic lines against externally induced punctures caused by ballistic fragments (e.g. incorporating self-sealing lines) and designed to use hydraulic fluids with flash points higher than 839 K (566 °C); or
Specially designed or rated for operating in an electro magnetic pulse (EMP) environment;
Libraries (parametric technical databases) specially designed for military use with equipment controlled by the EU Common Military List;
Nuclear power generating equipment or propulsion equipment, including ‘nuclear reactors’, specially designed for military use and components therefor specially designed or modified for military use;
Equipment and material, coated or treated for signature suppression, specially designed for military use, other than those controlled elsewhere in the EU Common Military List;
Simulators specially designed for military ‘nuclear reactors’;
Mobile repair shops specially designed or modified to service military equipment;
Field generators specially designed or modified for military use;
Containers specially designed or modified for military use;
Ferries, other than those controlled elsewhere in the EU Common Military List, bridges and pontoons, specially designed for military use;
Test models specially designed for the ‘development’ of items controlled by ML4, ML6, ML9 or ML10;
Laser protection equipment (e.g. eye and sensor protection) specially designed for military use.
For the purpose of ML17, the term ‘library’ (parametric technical database) means a collection of technical information of a military nature, reference to which may enhance the performance of military equipment or systems.
For the purpose of ML17, ‘modified’ means any structural, electrical, mechanical, or other change that provides a non-military item with military capabilities equivalent to an item which is specially designed for military use.
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