Council Regulation (EU) No 264/2012Show full title

ANNEX II

The following text shall be added as Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011:

“"ANNEX III List of equipment which might be used for internal repression as referred to in Article 1a

1.

Fire-arms, ammunition and related accessories therefor, as follows:

1.1

Firearms not controlled by ML 1 and ML 2 of the Common Military List;

1.2

Ammunition specially designed for the firearms listed in item 1.1 and specially designed components therefor;

1.3

Weapon-sights not controlled by the Common Military List.

2.

Bombs and grenades not controlled by the Common Military List.

3.

Vehicles as follows:

3.1

Vehicles equipped with a water cannon, specially designed or modified for the purpose of riot control;

3.2

Vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel borders;

3.3

Vehicles specially designed or modified to remove barricades, including construction equipment with ballistic protection;

3.4

Vehicles specially designed for the transport or transfer of prisoners and/or detainees;

3.5

Vehicles specially designed to deploy mobile barriers;

3.6

Components for the vehicles specified in items 3.1 to 3.5 specially designed for the purposes of riot control.

Note 1 This item does not control vehicles specially designed for the purposes of fire-fighting.

Note 2 For the purposes of item 3.5 the term "vehicles" includes trailers.

4.

Explosive substances and related equipment as follows:

4.1

Equipment and devices specially designed to initiate explosions by electrical or non-electrical means, including firing sets, detonators, igniters, boosters and detonating cord, and specially designed components therefor; except those specially designed for a specific commercial use consisting of the actuation or operation by explosive means of other equipment or devices the function of which is not the creation of explosions (e.g., car air-bag inflaters, electric-surge arresters of fire sprinkler actuators);

4.2

Linear cutting explosive charges not controlled by the Common Military List;

4.3

Other explosives not controlled by the Common Military List and related substances as follows:

a.

amatol;

b.

nitrocellulose (containing more than 12,5 % nitrogen);

c.

nitroglycol;

d.

pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN);

e.

picryl chloride;

f.

2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).

5.

Protective equipment not controlled by ML 13 of the Common Military List as follows:

5.1

Body armour providing ballistic and/or stabbing protection;

5.2

Helmets providing ballistic and/or fragmentation protection, anti-riot helmets, antiriot shields and ballistic shields.

Note: This item does not control:

• equipment specially designed for sports activities;

• equipment specially designed for safety of work requirements.

6.

Simulators, other than those controlled by ML 14 of the Common Military List, for training in the use of firearms, and specially designed software therefor.

7.

Night vision, thermal imaging equipment and image intensifier tubes, other than those controlled by the Common Military List.

8.

Razor barbed wire.

9.

Military knives, combat knives and bayonets with blade lengths in excess of 10 cm.

10.

Production equipment specially designed for the items specified in this list.

11.

Specific technology for the development, production or use of the items specified in this list.".”