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Commission Directive 2010/80/EU of 22 November 2010 amending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of defence-related products (Text with EEA relevance)
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Rifles, carbines, revolvers, pistols, machine pistols and machine guns;
Muskets, rifles and carbines manufactured earlier than 1938;
Reproductions of muskets, rifles and carbines the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890;
Revolvers, pistols and machine guns manufactured earlier than 1890, and their reproductions;
Smooth-bore weapons, as follows:
Smooth-bore weapons specially designed for military use;
Other smooth-bore weapons as follows:
Fully automatic type weapons;
Semi-automatic or pump-action type weapons;
Weapons using caseless ammunition;
Silencers, special gun-mountings, clips, weapons sights and flash suppressors for arms specified by ML1.a., ML1.b. or ML1.c.
Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, anti-tank weapons, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, rifles, recoilless rifles, smooth-bore weapons and signature reduction devices therefor;
Muskets, rifles and carbines manufactured earlier than 1938;
Reproductions of muskets, rifles and carbines the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890.
Smoke, gas and pyrotechnic projectors or generators, specially designed or modified for military use;
Weapons sights.
Mountings specially designed for the weapons specified in ML2.a
Ammunition for weapons specified by ML1, ML2 or ML12;
Fuse setting devices specially designed for ammunition specified by ML3.a.
Metal or plastic fabrications such as primer anvils, bullet cups, cartridge links, rotating bands and munitions metal parts;
Safing and arming devices, fuses, sensors and initiation devices;
Power supplies with high one-time operational output;
Combustible cases for charges;
Submunitions including bomblets, minelets and terminally guided projectiles.
Signalling;
Bird scaring; or
Lighting of gas flares at oil wells.
Bombs, torpedoes, grenades, smoke canisters, rockets, mines, missiles, depth charges, demolition-charges, demolition-devices, demolition-kits, ‘pyrotechnic’ devices, cartridges and simulators (i.e. equipment simulating the characteristics of any of these items), specially designed for military use;
Smoke grenades, fire bombs, incendiary bombs and explosive devices;
Missile rocket nozzles and re-entry vehicle nosetips.
Equipment having all of the following:
Specially designed for military use; and
Specially designed for the handling, controlling, activating, powering with one-time operational output, launching, laying, sweeping, discharging, decoying, jamming, detonating, disrupting, disposing or detecting of any of the following:
Items specified by ML4.a.; or
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
Mobile gas liquefying equipment capable of producing 1 000 kg or more per day of gas in liquid form;
Buoyant electric conducting cable suitable for sweeping magnetic mines.
Aircraft Missile Protection Systems (AMPS).
Any of the following missile warning sensors:
Passive sensors having peak response between 100-400 nm; or
Active pulsed Doppler missile warning sensors;
Countermeasures dispensing systems;
Flares, which exhibit both a visible signature and an infrared signature, for decoying surface-to-air missiles; and
Installed on ‘civil aircraft’ and having all of the following:
The AMPS is only operable in a specific ‘civil aircraft’ in which the specific AMPS is installed and for which any of the following has been issued:
A civil Type Certificate; or
An equivalent document recognised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO);
The AMPS employs protection to prevent unauthorised access to ‘software’; and
The AMPS incorporates an active mechanism that forces the system not to function when it is removed from the ‘civil aircraft’ in which it was installed.
Weapon sights, bombing computers, gun laying equipment and weapon control systems;
Target acquisition, designation, range-finding, surveillance or tracking systems; detection, data fusion, recognition or identification equipment; and sensor integration equipment;
Countermeasure equipment for items specified by ML5.a. or ML5.b.;
Field test or alignment equipment, specially designed for items specified by ML5.a., ML5.b. or ML5.c.
Ground vehicles and components therefor, specially designed or modified for military use;
For the purposes of ML6.a. the term ground vehicles includes trailers.
All-wheel drive vehicles capable of off-road use which have been manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection to level III (NIJ 0108.01, September 1985, or comparable national standard) or better.
Tanks and other military armed vehicles and military vehicles fitted with mountings for arms or equipment for mine laying or the launching of munitions specified by ML4;
Armoured vehicles;
Amphibious and deep water fording vehicles;
Recovery vehicles and vehicles for towing or transporting ammunition or weapon systems and associated load handling equipment.
Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially designed to be bullet-proof or to run when deflated;
Armoured protection of vital parts, (e.g. fuel tanks or vehicle cabs);
Special reinforcements or mountings for weapons;
Black-out lighting.
Biological agents and radioactive materials ‘adapted for use in war’ to produce casualties in humans or animals, degrade equipment or damage crops or the environment;
Chemical warfare (CW) agents, including:
CW nerve agents:
O-Alkyl (equal to or less than C10, including cycloalkyl) alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl) -phosphonofluoridates, such as:
Sarin (GB):O-Isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate (CAS 107-44-8); and
Soman (GD):O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate (CAS 96-64-0);
O-Alkyl (equal to or less than C10, including cycloalkyl) N,N-dialkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl) phosphoramidocyanidates, such as:
Tabun (GA):O-Ethyl N,N-dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate (CAS 77-81-6);
O-Alkyl (H or equal to or less than C10, including cycloalkyl) S-2-dialkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl)-aminoethyl alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl) phosphonothiolates and corresponding alkylated and protonated salts, such as:
VX: O-Ethyl S-2-diisopropylaminoethyl methyl phosphonothiolate (CAS 50782-69-9);
CW vesicant agents:
Sulphur mustards, such as:
2-Chloroethylchloromethylsulphide (CAS 2625-76-5);
Bis(2-chloroethyl) sulphide (CAS 505-60-2);
Bis(2-chloroethylthio) methane (CAS 63869-13-6);
1,2-bis (2-chloroethylthio) ethane (CAS 3563-36-8);
1,3-bis (2-chloroethylthio) -n-propane (CAS 63905-10-2);
1,4-bis (2-chloroethylthio) -n-butane (CAS 142868-93-7);
1,5-bis (2-chloroethylthio) -n-pentane (CAS 142868-94-8);
Bis (2-chloroethylthiomethyl) ether (CAS 63918-90-1);
Bis (2-chloroethylthioethyl) ether (CAS 63918-89-8);
Lewisites, such as:
2-chlorovinyldichloroarsine (CAS 541-25-3);
Tris (2-chlorovinyl) arsine (CAS 40334-70-1);
Bis (2-chlorovinyl) chloroarsine (CAS 40334-69-8);
Nitrogen mustards, such as:
HN1: bis (2-chloroethyl) ethylamine (CAS 538-07-8);
HN2: bis (2-chloroethyl) methylamine (CAS 51-75-2);
HN3: tris (2-chloroethyl) amine (CAS 555-77-1);
CW incapacitating agents, such as:
3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ) (CAS 6581-06-2);
CW defoliants, such as:
Butyl 2-chloro-4-fluorophenoxyacetate (LNF);
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (CAS 93-76-5) mixed with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (CAS 94-75-7) (Agent Orange (CAS 39277-47-9));
CW binary precursors and key precursors, as follows:
Alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl) Phosphonyl Difluorides, such as:
DF: Methyl Phosphonyldifluoride (CAS 676-99-3);
O-Alkyl (H or equal to or less than C10, including cycloalkyl) O-2-dialkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl) aminoethyl alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl) phosphonites and corresponding alkylated and protonated salts, such as:
QL: O-Ethyl-2-di-isopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonite (CAS 57856-11-8);
Chlorosarin: O-Isopropyl methylphosphonochloridate (CAS 1445-76-7);
Chlorosoman: O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonochloridate (CAS 7040-57-5);
‘Riot control agents’, active constituent chemicals and combinations thereof, including:
α-Bromobenzeneacetonitrile, (Bromobenzyl cyanide) (CA) (CAS 5798-79-8);
[(2-chlorophenyl) methylene] propanedinitrile, (o-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS) (CAS 2698-41-1);
2-Chloro-1-phenylethanone, Phenylacyl chloride (ω-chloroacetophenone) (CN) (CAS 532-27-4);
Dibenz-(b,f)-1,4-oxazephine, (CR) (CAS 257-07-8);
10-Chloro-5,10-dihydrophenarsazine, (Phenarsazine chloride), (Adamsite), (DM) (CAS 578-94-9);
N-Nonanoylmorpholine, (MPA) (CAS 5299-64-9);
Equipment specially designed or modified for military use, designed or modified for the dissemination of any of the following, and specially designed components therefor:
Materials or agents specified by ML7.a., ML7.b. or ML7.d.; or
CW agents made up of precursors specified by ML7.c.
Protective and decontamination equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, components and chemical mixtures, as follows:
Equipment designed or modified for defence against materials specified by ML7.a., ML7.b. or ML7.d., and specially designed components therefor;
Equipment designed or modified for decontamination of objects contaminated with materials specified by ML7.a. or ML7.b. and specially designed components therefor;
Chemical mixtures specially developed or formulated for the decontamination of objects contaminated with materials specified by ML7.a. or ML7.b.;
Air conditioning units specially designed or modified for nuclear, biological or chemical filtration;
Protective clothing.
Equipment specially designed or modified for military use designed or modified for the detection or identification of materials specified by ML7.a., ML7.b. or ML7.d., and specially designed components therefor;
‘Biopolymers’ specially designed or processed for the detection or identification of CW agents specified by ML7.b., and the cultures of specific cells used to produce them;
‘Biocatalysts’ for the decontamination or degradation of CW agents, and biological systems therefor, as follows:
‘Biocatalysts’ specially designed for the decontamination or degradation of CW agents specified by ML7.b. resulting from directed laboratory selection or genetic manipulation of biological systems;
Biological systems as follows: ‘expression vectors’, viruses or cultures of cells, containing the genetic information specific to the production of ‘biocatalysts’ specified by ML7.i.1.
Cyanogen chloride (CAS 506-77-4). See 1C450.a.5. on the EU Dual-Use List;
Hydrocyanic acid (CAS 74-90-8);
Chlorine (CAS 7782-50-5);
Carbonyl chloride (phosgene) (CAS 75-44-5). See 1C450.a.4. on the EU Dual-Use List;
Diphosgene (trichloromethyl-chloroformate) (CAS 503-38-8);
Not used since 2004;
Xylyl bromide, ortho: (CAS 89-92-9), meta: (CAS 620-13-3), para: (CAS 104-81-4);
Benzyl bromide (CAS 100-39-0);
Benzyl iodide (CAS 620-05-3);
Bromo acetone (CAS 598-31-2);
Cyanogen bromide (CAS 506-68-3);
Bromo methylethylketone (CAS 816-40-0);
Chloro acetone (CAS 78-95-5);
Ethyl iodoacetate (CAS 623-48-3);
Iodo acetone (CAS 3019-04-3);
Chloropicrin (CAS 76-06-2). See 1C450.a.7. on the EU Dual-Use List.
‘Explosives’, as follows, and mixtures thereof:
ADNBF (aminodinitrobenzofuroxan or 7-amino-4,6-dinitrobenzofurazane-1-oxide) (CAS 97096-78-1);
BNCP (cis-bis (5-nitrotetrazolato) tetra amine-cobalt (III) perchlorate) (CAS 117412-28-9);
CL-14 (diamino dinitrobenzofuroxan or 5,7-diamino-4,6-dinitrobenzofurazane-1-oxide) (CAS 117907-74-1);
CL-20 (HNIW or Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane) (CAS 135285-90-4); chlathrates of CL-20 (see also ML8.g.3. and g.4. for its ‘precursors’);
CP (2-(5-cyanotetrazolato) penta amine-cobalt (III) perchlorate) (CAS 70247-32-4);
DADE (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene, FOX7) (CAS 145250-81-3);
DATB (diaminotrinitrobenzene) (CAS 1630-08-6);
DDFP (1,4-dinitrodifurazanopiperazine);
DDPO (2,6-diamino-3,5-dinitropyrazine-1-oxide, PZO) (CAS 194486-77-6);
DIPAM (3,3′-diamino-2,2′,4,4′,6,6′-hexanitrobiphenyl or dipicramide) (CAS 17215-44-0);
DNGU (DINGU or dinitroglycoluril) (CAS 55510-04-8);
Furazans, as follows:
DAAOF (diaminoazoxyfurazan);
DAAzF (diaminoazofurazan) (CAS 78644-90-3);
HMX and derivatives (see also ML8.g.5. for its ‘precursors’), as follows:
HMX (Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine, octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazine, 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetraza-cyclooctane, octogen or octogene) (CAS 2691-41-0);
difluoroaminated analogs of HMX;
K-55 (2,4,6,8-tetranitro-2,4,6,8-tetraazabicyclo [3,3,0]-octanone-3, tetranitrosemiglycouril or keto-bicyclic HMX) (CAS 130256-72-3);
HNAD (hexanitroadamantane) (CAS 143850-71-9);
HNS (hexanitrostilbene) (CAS 20062-22-0);
Imidazoles as follows:
BNNII (Octahydro-2,5-bis(nitroimino)imidazo [4,5-d]imidazole);
DNI (2,4-dinitroimidazole) (CAS 5213-49-0);
FDIA (1-fluoro-2,4-dinitroimidazole);
NTDNIA (N-(2-nitrotriazolo)-2,4-dinitroimidazole);
PTIA (1-picryl-2,4,5-trinitroimidazole);
NTNMH (1-(2-nitrotriazolo)-2-dinitromethylene hydrazine);
NTO (ONTA or 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one) (CAS 932-64-9);
Polynitrocubanes with more than four nitro groups;
PYX (2,6-Bis(picrylamino)-3,5-dinitropyridine) (CAS 38082-89-2);
RDX and derivatives, as follows:
RDX (cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, cyclonite, T4, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triaza-cyclohexane, hexogen or hexogene) (CAS 121-82-4);
Keto-RDX (K-6 or 2,4,6-trinitro-2,4,6-triazacyclohexanone) (CAS 115029-35-1);
TAGN (triaminoguanidinenitrate) (CAS 4000-16-2);
TATB (triaminotrinitrobenzene) (CAS 3058-38-6) (see also ML8.g.7 for its ‘precursors’);
TEDDZ (3,3,7,7-tetrabis(difluoroamine) octahydro-1,5-dinitro-1,5-diazocine);
Tetrazoles, as follows:
NTAT (nitrotriazol aminotetrazole);
NTNT (1-N-(2-nitrotriazolo)-4-nitrotetrazole);
Tetryl (trinitrophenylmethylnitramine) (CAS 479-45-8);
TNAD (1,4,5,8-tetranitro-1,4,5,8-tetraazadecalin) (CAS 135877-16-6) (see also ML8.g.6. for its ‘precursors’);
TNAZ (1,3,3-trinitroazetidine) (CAS 97645-24-4) (see also ML8.g.2. for its ‘precursors’);
TNGU (SORGUYL or tetranitroglycoluril) (CAS 55510-03-7);
TNP (1,4,5,8-tetranitro-pyridazino[4,5-d]pyridazine) (CAS 229176-04-9);
Triazines, as follows:
DNAM (2-oxy-4,6-dinitroamino-s-triazine) (CAS 19899-80-0);
NNHT (2-nitroimino-5-nitro-hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine) (CAS 130400-13-4);
Triazoles, as follows:
5-azido-2-nitrotriazole;
ADHTDN (4-amino-3,5-dihydrazino-1,2,4-triazole dinitramide) (CAS 1614-08-0);
ADNT (1-amino-3,5-dinitro-1,2,4-triazole);
BDNTA ([bis-dinitrotriazole]amine);
DBT (3,3′-dinitro-5,5-bi-1,2,4-triazole) (CAS 30003-46-4);
DNBT (dinitrobistriazole) (CAS 70890-46-9);
NTDNA (2-nitrotriazole 5-dinitramide) (CAS 75393-84-9);
NTDNT (1-N-(2-nitrotriazolo) 3,5-dinitrotriazole);
PDNT (1-picryl-3,5-dinitrotriazole);
TACOT (tetranitrobenzotriazolobenzotriazole) (CAS 25243-36-1);
Explosives not listed elsewhere in ML8.a. and having any of the following:
Detonation velocity exceeding 8 700 m/s, at maximum density, or
Detonation pressure exceeding 34 GPa (340 kbar);
Organic explosives not listed elsewhere in ML8.a. and having all the following:
Yielding detonation pressures of 25 GPa (250 kbar) or more and
Remaining stable at temperatures of 523 K (250 °C) or higher for periods of five minutes or longer;
‘Propellants’ as follows:
Any United Nations (UN) Class 1.1 solid ‘propellant’ with a theoretical specific impulse (under standard conditions) of more than 250 seconds for non-metallised, or more than 270 seconds for aluminised compositions;
Any UN Class 1.3 solid ‘propellant’ with a theoretical specific impulse (under standard conditions) of more than 230 seconds for non-halogenised, 250 seconds for non-metallised compositions and 266 seconds for metallised compositions;
‘Propellants’ having a force constant of more than 1 200 kJ/kg;
‘Propellants’ that can sustain a steady-state linear burning rate of more than 38 mm/s under standard conditions (as measured in the form of an inhibited single strand) of 6,89 MPa (68,9 bar) pressure and 294 K (21 °C);
Elastomer Modified Cast Double Base (EMCDB) ‘propellants’ with extensibility at maximum stress of more than 5 % at 233 K (– 40 °C);
Any ‘propellant’ containing substances specified by ML8.a.
‘Propellants’, not specified elsewhere in the EU Common Military List, specially designed for military use;
‘Pyrotechnics’, fuels and related substances, as follows, and mixtures thereof:
Aircraft fuels specially formulated for military purposes;
Alane (aluminium hydride) (CAS 7784-21-6);
Carboranes; decaborane (CAS 17702-41-9); pentaboranes (CAS 19624-22-7 and 18433-84-6) and their derivatives;
Hydrazine and derivatives, as follows (see also ML8.d.8. and d.9. for oxidising hydrazine derivatives):
Hydrazine (CAS 302-01-2) in concentrations of 70 % or more;
Monomethyl hydrazine (CAS 60-34-4);
Symmetrical dimethyl hydrazine (CAS 540-73-8);
Unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine (CAS 57-14-7);
Metal fuels in particle form whether spherical, atomised, spheroidal, flaked or ground, manufactured from material consisting of 99 % or more of any of the following:
Metals as follows and mixtures thereof:
Beryllium (CAS 7440-41-7) in particle sizes of less than 60 μm;
Iron powder (CAS 7439-89-6) with particle size of 3 μm or less produced by reduction of iron oxide with hydrogen;
Mixtures containing any of the following:
Zirconium (CAS 7440-67-7), magnesium (CAS 7439-95-4) or alloys of these in particle sizes of less than 60 μm; or
Boron (CAS 7440-42-8) or boron carbide (CAS 12069-32-8) fuels of 85 % purity or higher and particle sizes of less than 60 μm;
Military materials, containing thickeners for hydrocarbon fuels, specially formulated for use in flame throwers or incendiary munitions, such as metal stearates or palmates (e.g. octal (CAS 637-12-7)) and M1, M2, and M3 thickeners;
Perchlorates, chlorates and chromates, composited with powdered metal or other high energy fuel components;
Spherical aluminium powder (CAS 7429-90-5) with a particle size of 60 μm or less, manufactured from material with an aluminium content of 99 % or more;
Titanium subhydride (TiHn) of stoichiometry equivalent to n = 0,65 to 1,68.
Oxidizers as follows, and mixtures thereof:
ADN (ammonium dinitramide or SR 12) (CAS 140456-78-6);
AP (ammonium perchlorate) (CAS 7790-98-9);
Compounds composed of fluorine and any of the following:
DNAD (1,3-dinitro-1,3-diazetidine) (CAS 78246-06-7);
HAN (hydroxylammonium nitrate) (CAS 13465-08-2);
HAP (hydroxylammonium perchlorate) (CAS 15588-62-2);
HNF (hydrazinium nitroformate) (CAS 20773-28-8);
Hydrazine nitrate (CAS 37836-27-4);
Hydrazine perchlorate (CAS 27978-54-7);
Binders, plasticisers, monomers and polymers, as follows:
AMMO (azidomethylmethyloxetane and its polymers) (CAS 90683-29-7) (see also ML8.g.1. for its ‘precursors’);
BAMO (bisazidomethyloxetane and its polymers) (CAS 17607-20-4) (see also ML8.g.1. for its ‘precursors’);
BDNPA (bis (2,2-dinitropropyl)acetal) (CAS 5108-69-0);
BDNPF (bis (2,2-dinitropropyl)formal) (CAS 5917-61-3);
BTTN (butanetrioltrinitrate) (CAS 6659-60-5) (see also ML8.g.8. for its ‘precursors’);
Energetic monomers, plasticisers or polymers, specially formulated for military use and containing any of the following;
Nitro groups;
Azido groups;
Nitrate groups;
Nitrataza groups; or
Difluoroamino groups;
FAMAO (3-difluoroaminomethyl-3-azidomethyl oxetane) and its polymers;
FEFO (bis-(2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethyl) formal) (CAS 17003-79-1);
FPF-1 (poly-2,2,3,3,4,4-hexafluoropentane-1,5-diol formal) (CAS 376-90-9);
FPF-3 (poly-2,4,4,5,5,6,6-heptafluoro-2-tri-fluoromethyl-3-oxaheptane-1,7-diol formal);
GAP (glycidylazide polymer) (CAS 143178-24-9) and its derivatives;
HTPB (hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene) with a hydroxyl functionality equal to or greater than 2,2 and less than or equal to 2,4, a hydroxyl value of less than 0,77 meq/g, and a viscosity at 30 °C of less than 47 poise (CAS 69102-90-5);
Alcohol functionalised poly(epichlorohydrin) with a molecular weight less than 10 000, as follows:
Poly(epichlorohydrindiol);
Poly(epichlorohydrintriol)
NENAs (nitratoethylnitramine compounds) (CAS 17096-47-8, 85068-73-1, 82486-83-7, 82486-82-6 and 85954-06-9);
PGN (poly-GLYN, polyglycidylnitrate or poly(nitratomethyl oxirane) (CAS 27814-48-8);
Poly-NIMMO (poly nitratomethylmethyloxetane) or poly-NMMO (poly[3-Nitratomethyl-3-methyloxetane]) (CAS 84051-81-0);
Polynitroorthocarbonates;
TVOPA (1,2,3-tris[1,2-bis(difluoroamino)ethoxy] propane or tris vinoxy propane adduct) (CAS 53159-39-0).
‘Additives’ as follows:
Basic copper salicylate (CAS 62320-94-9);
BHEGA (bis-(2-hydroxyethyl) glycolamide) (CAS 17409-41-5);
BNO (butadienenitrileoxide) (CAS 9003-18-3);
Ferrocene derivatives as follows:
Butacene (CAS 125856-62-4);
Catocene (2,2-bis-ethylferrocenyl propane) (CAS 37206-42-1);
Ferrocene carboxylic acids;
n-butyl-ferrocene (CAS 31904-29-7);
Other adducted polymer ferrocene derivatives;
Lead beta-resorcylate (CAS 20936-32-7);
Lead citrate (CAS 14450-60-3);
Lead-copper chelates of beta-resorcylate or salicylates (CAS 68411-07-4);
Lead maleate (CAS 19136-34-6);
Lead salicylate (CAS 15748-73-9);
Lead stannate (CAS 12036-31-6);
MAPO (tris-1-(2-methyl)aziridinyl phosphine oxide) (CAS 57-39-6); BOBBA 8 (bis(2-methyl aziridinyl) 2-(2-hydroxypropanoxy) propylamino phosphine oxide); and other MAPO derivatives;
Methyl BAPO (bis(2-methyl aziridinyl) methylamino phosphine oxide) (CAS 85068-72-0);
N-methyl-p-nitroaniline (CAS 100-15-2);
3-Nitraza-1,5-pentane diisocyanate (CAS 7406-61-9);
Organo-metallic coupling agents as follows:
Neopentyl[diallyl]oxy, tri[dioctyl]phosphato-titanate (CAS 103850-22-2); also known as titanium IV, 2,2[bis 2-propenolato-methyl, butanolato, tris (dioctyl) phosphato] (CAS 110438-25-0); or LICA 12 (CAS 103850-22-2);
Titanium IV, [(2-propenolato-1) methyl, n-propanolatomethyl] butanolato-1, tris[dioctyl] pyrophosphate or KR3538;
Titanium IV, [(2-propenolato-1)methyl, n-propanolatomethyl] butanolato-1, tris(dioctyl)phosphate;
Polycyanodifluoroaminoethyleneoxide;
Polyfunctional aziridine amides with isophthalic, trimesic (BITA or butylene imine trimesamide), isocyanuric or trimethyladipic backbone structures and 2-methyl or 2-ethyl substitutions on the aziridine ring;
Propyleneimine (2-methylaziridine) (CAS 75-55-8);
Superfine iron oxide (Fe2O3) (CAS 1317-60-8) with a specific surface area more than 250 m2/g and an average particle size of 3,0 nm or less;
TEPAN (tetraethylenepentaamineacrylonitrile) (CAS 68412-45-3); cyanoethylated polyamines and their salts;
TEPANOL (tetraethylenepentaamineacrylonitrileglycidol) (CAS 68412-46-4); cyanoethylated polyamines adducted with glycidol and their salts;
TPB (triphenyl bismuth) (CAS 603-33-8).
‘Precursors’, as follows:
BCMO (bischloromethyloxetane) (CAS 142173-26-0) (see also ML8.e.1. and e.2.);
Dinitroazetidine-t-butyl salt (CAS 125735-38-8) (see also ML8.a.28.);
HBIW (hexabenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane) (CAS 124782-15-6) (see also ML8.a.4.);
TAIW (tetraacetyldibenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane) (see also ML8.a.4.) (CAS 182763-60-6);
TAT (1,3,5,7 tetraacetyl-1,3,5,7,-tetraaza cyclo-octane) (CAS 41378-98-7) (see also ML8.a.13.);
1,4,5,8-tetraazadecalin (CAS 5409-42-7) (see also ML8.a.27.);
1,3,5-trichlorobenzene (CAS 108-70-3) (see also ML8.a.23.);
1,2,4-trihydroxybutane (1,2,4-butanetriol) (CAS 3068-00-6) (see also ML8.e.5.).
Ammonium picrate (CAS 131-74-8);
Black powder;
Hexanitrodiphenylamine (CAS 131-73-7);
Difluoroamine (CAS 10405-27-3);
Nitrostarch (CAS9056-38-6);
Potassium nitrate (CAS 7757-79-1);
Tetranitronaphthalene;
Trinitroanisol;
Trinitronaphthalene;
Trinitroxylene;
N-pyrrolidinone; 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (CAS 872-50-4);
Dioctylmaleate (CAS 142-16-5);
Ethylhexylacrylate (CAS 103-11-7);
Triethylaluminium (TEA) (CAS 97-93-8), trimethylaluminium (TMA) (CAS 75-24-1), and other pyrophoric metal alkyls and aryls of lithium, sodium, magnesium, zinc or boron;
Nitrocelluose (CAS 9004-70-0);
Nitroglycerin (or glyceroltrinitrate, trinitroglycerine) (NG) (CAS 55-63-0);
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) (CAS 118-96-7);
Ethylenediaminedinitrate (EDDN) (CAS 20829-66-7);
Pentaerythritoltetranitrate (PETN) (CAS 78-11-5);
Lead azide (CAS 13424-46-9), normal lead styphnate (CAS 15245-44-0) and basic lead styphnate (CAS 12403-82-6), and primary explosives or priming compositions containing azides or azide complexes;
Triethyleneglycoldinitrate (TEGDN) (CAS 111-22-8);
2,4,6-trinitroresorcinol (styphnic acid) (CAS 82-71-3);
Diethyldiphenylurea (CAS 85-98-3); dimethyldiphenylurea (CAS 611-92-7); methylethyldiphenyl urea [Centralites];
N,N-diphenylurea (unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 603-54-3);
Methyl-N,N-diphenylurea (methyl unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 13114-72-2);
Ethyl-N,N-diphenylurea (ethyl unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 64544-71-4);
2-Nitrodiphenylamine (2-NDPA) (CAS 119-75-5);
4-Nitrodiphenylamine (4-NDPA) (CAS 836-30-6);
2,2-dinitropropanol (CAS 918-52-5);
Nitroguanidine (CAS 556-88-7) (see 1C011.d. on the EU Dual-Use List).
Vessels and components, as follows:
Vessels (surface or underwater) specially designed or modified for military use, regardless of current state of repair or operating condition, and whether or not they contain weapon delivery systems or armour, and hulls or parts of hulls for such vessels, and components therefor specially designed for military use;
Surface vessels, other than those specified in ML9.a.1., having any of the following, fixed or integrated into the vessel:
Automatic weapons having a calibre of 12,7 mm or greater specified in ML1., or weapons specified in ML2., ML4., ML12. or ML19., or ‘mountings’ or hard points for such weapons;
‘Mountings’ refers to weapon mounts or structural strengthening for the purpose of installing weapons.
Fire control systems specified in ML5.;
Having all of the following:
‘Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) protection’; and
‘Pre-wet or wash down system’ designed for decontamination purposes; or
Active weapon countermeasure systems specified in ML4.b., ML5.c. or ML11.a. and having any of the following:
‘CBRN protection’;
Hull and superstructure, specially designed to reduce the radar cross section;
Thermal signature reduction devices, (e.g. an exhaust gas cooling system), excluding those specially designed to increase overall power plant efficiency or to reduce the environmental impact; or
A degaussing system designed to reduce the magnetic signature of the whole vessel;
Engines and propulsion systems, as follows, specially designed for military use and components therefor specially designed for military use:
Diesel engines specially designed for submarines and having all of the following:
Power output of 1,12 MW (1 500 hp) or more; and
Rotary speed of 700 rpm or more;
Electric motors specially designed for submarines and having all of the following:
Power output of more than 0,75 MW (1 000 hp);
Quick reversing;
Liquid cooled; and
Totally enclosed;
Non-magnetic diesel engines having all of the following:
Power output of 37,3 kW (50 hp) or more; and
Non-magnetic content in excess of 75 % of total mass;
‘Air Independent Propulsion’ (AIP) systems specially designed for submarines;
‘Air Independent Propulsion’ (AIP) allows a submerged submarine to operate its propulsion system, without access to atmospheric oxygen, for a longer time than the batteries would have otherwise allowed. For the purposes of ML9.b.4., AIP does not include nuclear power.
Underwater detection devices, specially designed for military use, controls therefor and components therefor specially designed for military use;
Anti-submarine nets and anti-torpedo nets, specially designed for military use;
Not used since 2003;
Hull penetrators and connectors, specially designed for military use, that enable interaction with equipment external to a vessel, and components therefor specially designed for military use;
Silent bearings having any of the following, components therefor and equipment containing those bearings, specially designed for military use:
Gas or magnetic suspension;
Active signature controls; or
Vibration suppression controls.
Combat ‘aircraft’ and specially designed components therefor;
Other ‘aircraft’ and ‘lighter-than-air vehicles’, specially designed or modified for military use, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training, transporting and airdropping troops or military equipment, logistics support, and specially designed components therefor;
Unmanned airborne vehicles and related equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
Unmanned airborne vehicles including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs), autonomous programmable vehicles and ‘lighter-than-air vehicles’;
Associated launchers and ground support equipment;
Related equipment for command and control;
Aero-engines specially designed or modified for military use, and specially designed components therefor;
Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the ‘aircraft’ specified by ML10.a. or ML10.b. or the aero-engines specified by ML10.d., and specially designed components therefor;
Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for ‘aircraft’ specified by ML10.a. or ML10.b., or for aero-engines specified by ML10.d.;
Military crash helmets and protective masks, and specially designed components therefor, pressurised breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in ‘aircraft’, anti-g suits, liquid oxygen converters used for ‘aircraft’ or missiles, and catapults and cartridge actuated devices, for emergency escape of personnel from ‘aircraft’;
Parachutes, paragliders and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
Parachutes not specified elsewhere in the EU Common Military List;
Paragliders;
Equipment specially designed for high altitude parachutists (e.g. suits, special helmets, breathing systems, navigation equipment);
Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads; equipment specially designed or modified for military use for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment.
Not configured for military use and not fitted with equipment or attachments specially designed or modified for military use; and
Certified for civil use by the civil aviation authority in a Member State or in a Wassenaar Arrangement Participating State.
Aero-engines designed or modified for military use which have been certified by civil aviation authorities in a Member State or in a Wassenaar Arrangement Participating State for use in ‘civil aircraft’, or specially designed components therefor;
Reciprocating engines or specially designed components therefor, except those specially designed for unmanned airborne vehicles.
Electronic equipment specially designed for military use;
Electronic countermeasure and electronic counter-countermeasure equipment (i.e. equipment designed to introduce extraneous or erroneous signals into radar or radio communication receivers or otherwise hinder the reception, operation or effectiveness of adversary electronic receivers including their countermeasure equipment), including jamming and counter-jamming equipment;
Frequency agile tubes;
Electronic systems or equipment, designed either for surveillance and monitoring of the electro-magnetic spectrum for military intelligence or security purposes or for counteracting such surveillance and monitoring;
Underwater countermeasures, including acoustic and magnetic jamming and decoy, equipment designed to introduce extraneous or erroneous signals into sonar receivers;
Data processing security equipment, data security equipment and transmission and signalling line security equipment, using ciphering processes;
Identification, authentification and keyloader equipment and key management, manufacturing and distribution equipment;
Guidance and navigation equipment;
Digital troposcatter-radio communications transmission equipment;
Digital demodulators specially designed for signals intelligence;
‘Automated command and control systems’.
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) jamming equipment.
Kinetic energy weapon systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target;
Specially designed test and evaluation facilities and test models, including diagnostic instrumentation and targets, for dynamic testing of kinetic energy projectiles and systems.
Launch propulsion systems capable of accelerating masses larger than 0,1 g to velocities in excess of 1,6 km/s, in single or rapid fire modes;
Prime power generation, electric armour, energy storage, thermal management, conditioning, switching or fuel-handling equipment; and electrical interfaces between power supply, gun and other turret electric drive functions;
Target acquisition, tracking, fire control or damage assessment systems;
Homing seeker, guidance or divert propulsion (lateral acceleration) systems for projectiles.
Electromagnetic;
Electrothermal;
Plasma;
Light gas; or
Chemical (when used in combination with any of the above).
Armoured plate, having any of the following:
Manufactured to comply with a military standard or specification; or
Suitable for military use;
Constructions of metallic or non-metallic materials, or combinations thereof, specially designed to provide ballistic protection for military systems, and specially designed components therefor;
Helmets manufactured according to military standards or specifications, or comparable national standards, and specially designed components therefor, (i.e. helmet shell, liner and comfort pads);
Body armour and protective garments, manufactured according to military standards or specifications, or equivalent, and specially designed components therefor.
The term ‘specialised equipment for military training’ includes military types of attack trainers, operational flight trainers, radar target trainers, radar target generators, gunnery training devices, anti-submarine warfare trainers, flight simulators (including human-rated centrifuges for pilot/astronaut training), radar trainers, instrument flight trainers, navigation trainers, missile launch trainers, target equipment, drone ‘aircraft’, armament trainers, pilotless ‘aircraft’ trainers, mobile training units and training equipment for ground military operations.
Recorders and image processing equipment;
Cameras, photographic equipment and film processing equipment;
Image intensifier equipment;
Infrared or thermal imaging equipment;
Imaging radar sensor equipment;
Countermeasure or counter-countermeasure equipment, for the equipment specified by ML15.a. to ML15.e.
Infrared image converter tubes;
Image intensifier tubes (other than first generation);
Microchannel plates;
Low-light-level television camera tubes;
Detector arrays (including electronic interconnection or read out systems);
Pyroelectric television camera tubes;
Cooling systems for imaging systems;
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;
Fibre optic image inverters;
Compound semiconductor photocathodes
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
‘Libraries’ (parametric technical databases) specially designed for military use with equipment specified 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 specified 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 specified elsewhere in the EU Common Military List, bridges and pontoons, specially designed for military use;
Test models specially designed for the ‘development’ of items specified by ML4, ML6, ML9 or ML10;
Laser protection equipment (e.g. eye and sensor protection) specially designed for military use.
‘Fuel cells’ other than those specified elsewhere in the EU Common Military List, specially designed or ‘modified’ for military use.
Specially designed or modified ‘production’ equipment for the ‘production’ of products specified by the EU Common Military List, and specially designed components therefor;
Specially designed environmental test facilities and specially designed equipment therefor, for the certification, qualification or testing of products specified by the EU Common Military List.
For the purposes of ML18, the term ‘production’ includes design, examination, manufacture, testing and checking.
Continuous nitrators;
Centrifugal testing apparatus or equipment having any of the following:
Driven by a motor or motors having a total rated horsepower of more than 298 kW (400 hp);
Capable of carrying a payload of 113 kg or more; or
Capable of exerting a centrifugal acceleration of 8 g or more on a payload of 91 kg or more;
Dehydration presses;
Screw extruders specially designed or modified for military explosive extrusion;
Cutting machines for the sizing of extruded propellants;
Sweetie barrels (tumblers) 1,85 m or more in diameter and having over 227 kg product capacity;
Continuous mixers for solid propellants;
Fluid energy mills for grinding or milling the ingredients of military explosives;
Equipment to achieve both sphericity and uniform particle size in metal powder listed in ML8.c.8.;
Convection current converters for the conversion of materials listed in ML8.c.3.
‘Laser’ systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target;
Particle beam systems capable of destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target;
High power radio-frequency (RF) systems capable of destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target;
Equipment specially designed for the detection or identification of, or defence against, systems specified by ML19.a. to ML19.c.;
Physical test models for the systems, equipment and components, specified by ML19.
Continuous wave or pulsed ‘laser’ systems, specially designed to cause permanent blindness to unenhanced vision, i.e. to the naked eye or to the eye with corrective eyesight devices.
‘Lasers’ of sufficient continuous wave or pulsed power, to effect destruction similar to the manner of conventional ammunition;
Particle accelerators which project a charged or neutral particle beam with destructive power;
High pulsed power or high average power radio frequency beam transmitters, which produce fields sufficiently intense to disable electronic circuitry at a distant target.
Prime power generation, energy storage, switching, power conditioning or fuel-handling equipment;
Target acquisition or tracking systems;
Systems capable of assessing target damage, destruction or mission-abort;
Beam-handling, propagation or pointing equipment;
Equipment with rapid beam slew capability for rapid multiple target operations;
Adaptive optics and phase conjugators;
Current injectors for negative hydrogen ion beams;
‘Space-qualified’ accelerator components;
Negative ion beam funnelling equipment;
Equipment for controlling and slewing a high energy ion beam;
‘Space qualified’ foils for neutralising negative hydrogen isotope beams.
Equipment specially designed or configured to be installed in a vehicle for military ground, marine, airborne or space applications, capable of operating while in motion and of producing or maintaining temperatures below 103 K (– 70 °C);
‘Superconductive’ electrical equipment (rotating machinery and transformers) specially designed or configured to be installed in a vehicle for military ground, marine, airborne or space applications, and capable of operating while in motion.
‘Software’ specially designed or modified for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of equipment, materials or ‘software’, specified by the EU Common Military List;
Specific ‘software’, other than that specified by ML21.a., as follows:
‘Software’ specially designed for military use and specially designed for modelling, simulating or evaluating military weapon systems;
‘Software’ specially designed for military use and specially designed for modelling or simulating military operational scenarios;
‘Software’ for determining the effects of conventional, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons;
‘Software’ specially designed for military use and specially designed for Command, Communications, Control and Intelligence (C3I) or Command, Communications, Control, Computer and Intelligence (C4I) applications;
‘Software’, not specified by ML21.a., or b., specially designed or modified to enable equipment not specified by the EU Common Military List to perform the military functions of equipment specified by the EU Common Military List.
‘Technology’, other than specified in ML22.b., which is ‘required’ for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of items specified in the EU Common Military List;.
‘Technology’ as follows:
‘Technology’‘required’ for the design of, the assembly of components into, and the operation, maintenance and repair of, complete production installations for items specified in the Common Military List of The European Union, even if the components of such production installations are not specified;
‘Technology’‘required’ for the ‘development’ and ‘production’ of small arms even if used to produce reproductions of antique small arms;
‘Technology’‘required’ for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of toxicological agents, related equipment or components specified by ML7.a. to ML7.g.;
‘Technology’‘required’ for the ‘development’, ‘production’ or ‘use’ of ‘biopolymers’ or cultures of specific cells, specified by ML7.h.;
‘Technology’‘required’ exclusively for the incorporation of ‘biocatalysts’, specified by ML7.i.1., into military carrier substances or military material.
‘Technology’ that is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation, maintenance (checking) and repair, of those items which are not controlled or whose export has been authorised;
‘Technology’ that is ‘in the public domain’, ‘basic scientific research’ or the minimum necessary information for patent applications;
‘Technology’ for magnetic induction for continuous propulsion of civil transport devices.
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