The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989

GROUP 1

	Note: Goods specified in the heads of this Group may also be specified in Groups 3E, 3F and 3G of this Part of this Schedule. Military aircraft and helicopters, Arms and related material, Ammunition, Military Stores and Appliances, and Security and Para-Military Equipment
ML1	Small arms and machine guns, the following—
	(a) Rifles, carbines, revolvers, pistols, machine pistols and machine guns	C
	(b) Smooth-bore weapons specially designed for military use	C
	(c) Specially designed components therefore, such as barrels, cylinders and breeches	C
	except air weapons (other than those declared by the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969(1) to be specially danagerous).
PL5003	Mounting for machine guns	C
ML2	Large calibre armament or weapons and projectors the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, tank destroyers, projectile and rocket launchers, military flame throwers, recoilless rifles	C
	(b) Military smoke, gas and pyrotechnic projectors	C
PL5004	Military smoke producing appliances and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor	C
ML3	Ammunition including projectiles and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor, for the equipment mentioned in the entries ML1, ML2, PL5003 and PL5004 above	C
ML4	Bombs, torpedoes, rockets and missiles guided and unguided the following and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Bombs, torpedoes, grenades (including smoke grenades), smoke canisters, rockets, mines, missiles guided or unguided, depth charges, fire bombs, incendiary bombs and military demolition charges, devices and kits; and pyrotechnic flare signals for military use; cartridges and simulators; and specially designed components therefor	C
	(b) Apparatus and devices specially designed for the handling, control, activation, launching, laying, sweeping, discharging detonation or detection of items enunerated in head (a); and specially designed components therefor	C
	(c) Military fuel thickeners, including but not limited to compounds such as octal or mixtures of such compounds such as napalm, specifically formulated for the purpose of producing materials which, when added to petroleum products, provide a gel-type incendiary material for use in bombs, projectiles, flamethrowers or other implements of war	C
PL5005	Apparatus and devices specially designed for the refuelling or disruption of items specified in head (a) of entry ML4 in this Group and specially designed components therefor	C
PL5006	Apparatus and devices specially designed for dealing with improvised explosive devices	C
	In this entry “improvised explosive devices” means devices placed or fabricated in an improvised manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic or incendiary chemicals, designed to destroy, disfigure or harass. They may incorporate military stores, but are normally devised from non-military components.
ML5	Fire control equipment and range finders the following: and specially designed components, accessories and specially designed software therefor—
	(a) Fire control, gun laying,night sighting, missile tracking and guidance equipment	C
	(b) Range, position and height finders, and spotting instruments, specially designed for military purposes	C
	(c) Aiming devices, electronic, gyroscopic, acoustic and optical, specially designed for military purposes	C
	(d) Bomb sights, bombing computers, gun sights and periscopes, specially designed for military purposes	C
	(e) Television sighting units specially designed for military use	C
ML6	Tanks and vehicles specially designed for military purposes, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Tanks and self-propelled guns	C
	(b) Military type armed or armoured vehicles, and vehicles fitted with mounting for arms	C
	(c) Armoured railway trains	C
	(d) Military half-tracks	C
	(e) Military type recovery vehicles	C
	(f) Gun-carriers and tractors specially designed for towing artillery	C
	(g) Trailers specially designed to carry ammunition	C
	(h) Amphibious and deep water fording military vehicles	C
	(i) Military mobile repair shops specially designed to service military equipment	C
	(j) All other specially designed military vehicles	C
PL5007	Engines specially designed or modified for military use for the propulsion of vehicles specified in entry ML6 in this Group	C
PL5008	Pneumatic tyre casings, other than tractor or farm implement types, of a kind specially constructed to be bullet proof or to run when deflated	C
ML7	Toxicological agents and tear gas, related equipment, components and materials the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Biological, chemical and radioactive materials adapted for use in war to produce casualties in men or animals, or to damage crops	C
	(b) Noxious chemicals, the following—
	(1) Bromobenzyl cyanide	C
	(2) oChlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (oChlorobenzalmalononitrile)	C
	(3) monoChloromethyl chloroformate	C
	(4) 2-Chlorotriethylamine	C
	(5) Dibenzoxazepine	C
	(6) Dibromodimethyl ether	C
	(7) Dichlorodimethyl ether	C
	(8) 2:2'-Dichlorotriethylamine	C
	(9) Diphenylaminochloroarsine	C
	(10) Diphenylchloroarsine	C
	(11) Diphenylcyanoarsine	C
	(12) Ethyl NN-dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate	C
	(13) Ethyldibromoarsine	C
	(14) Ethyldichloroarsine	C
	(15) Lewisite (chlorovinyldichloroarsine and dichlorodivinylchloroarsine)	C
	(16) Methyldichloroarsine	C
	(17) Mustard gas (dichlorodiethyl sulphide)	C
	(18) Phenylcarbylamine chloride (phenyhlaminocarbony chloride)	C
	(19) Phenylacyl chloride (w-Chloroacetophenone)	C
	(20) Phenyldibromoarsine	C
	(21) Phenyldichloroarsine	C
	(22) Pinacolyl methylphosphofluoridate	C
	(23) isoPropyl methylphosphonofluoridate	C
	(24) 2:2':2" Trichlorotriethylamine	C
	(c) Equipment specifically designed and intended for the dissemination of the materials described in heads (a) and (b) above	C
	(d) Equipment and materials specially designed and intended for defence against the materials described in heads (a) and (b) above and for their detection and identification	C
	(e) Components specially designed for the items listed in heads (c) and (d) above	C
	(f) Bipolymers specially designed or processed for detection and identification of chemical warfare materials described in head (a) above and the cultures of specific cells used to produce them	C
PL5009	Explosives, propellants and related substances the following—
	(a) Explosives as defined in section 3 of the Explosives Act 1875(2) except those specially designed for toys, novelty goods and display fireworks	C
	(b) Military propellants and fuels not elsewhere specified in this Schedule	C
	(c) Military pyrotechnics	C
	(d) Additives, precursors and stabilisers, and specially designed ODMA software, for the materials specified in heads (a) to (c) above (inclusive)	C
ML9	Vessels (including ships) of war and special naval equipment, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Combatant vessels or vessels designed for offensive or defensive action (surface or underwater) whether or not converted to non-military use and regardless of current state of repair or operating condition	C
	(b) Engines, the following—
	(1) diesel engines of 1,500 b.h.p. and over with rotary speed of 700 r.p.m. or over, specially designed for submarines	C
	(2) electric motors specially designed for submarines, namely those over 1,000 b.h.p. quick reversing type, liquid cooled and totally enclosed	C
	(3) non-magnetic diesel engines, 50 b.h.p. and over, specially designed for military purposes	C
	(d) Submarine and torpedo nets	C
	(e) Compasses and equipment therefor and ship’s course indicators, specially designed for submarines	C
	(f) Specially designed components, accessories and attachments to the foregoing, such as turrets, naval gun mounts, submarine batteries and catapults	C
	(g) Hull penetrators and connectors specially designed for military purpposes that enable interaction with equipment external to a vessel	C
	(h) Silent bearings for military purposes and equipment containing these bearings	C
PL5010	Underwater detection devices specially designed for military purposes; controls and components thereof	C
ML10	Aircraft and helicopters, of the piloted or pilotless types, and aero-engines and aircraft or helicopter equipment, associated equipment and components, specially designed for military purposes, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Combat aircraft and helicopters and other aircraft and helicopters specially designed for military purposes, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training and logistic support, and all aircraft and helicopters having special structural features such as multiple hatches, special doors, ramps, reinforced floors and the like, for transporting and airdroppng troops, military equipment and supplies; aero-engines specially designed or adapted for use with such aircraft and helicopters, but not including those aero-engines not falling within head IL1460(d) in Group 3E, in this Schedule; and specially designed components therefor	C
	(b) Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment specially designed for use with the aircraft and helicopters and the engines for the types of aircraft and helicopters specified in head (a) of this entry and specially designed components therefor	C
	(c) Pressure refuellers, pressure fuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, not elsewhere specified, developed specially for aircraft and helicopters, and aircraft and helicopter engines specified in head (a) of this entry	C
PL5011	Remotely piloted air vehicles specially designed for reconnaissance, surveillance electronic warfare and other military purposes and their launchers ground stations and associated equipment for command and control	C
PL5012	Apparatus and appliances specially designed for use with aircraft and helicopters, associated equipment and components, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Pressurised breathing equipment and partial pressure suits	C
	(b) Anti-g suits	C
	(c) Military crash helmets	C
	(d) Military parachutes	C
	(e) Liquid oxygen converters used for aircraft, helicopters and missiles	C
	(f) Catapults and cartridge actuated devices used in emergency escape of personnel from aircraft and helicopters	C
PL5013	Supply dropping apparatus for use with aircraft and helicopters specified in entry ML10 in this Group and associated equipment and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor	C
ML11	Electronic equipment specially designed for military use and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor—	C
ML12	Photographic and electro-optical imaging equipment, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Air reconnaissance cameras and associated equipment designed for military purposes	C
	(b) Other cameras and electro-optical imaging devices, including infrared and imaging radar sensors, whether recording, or transmitting via data link, designed for military including reconnaissance purposes	C
	(c) Specialized equipment for the cameras and electro-optical imaging devices specified in head (d) above designed to make the recorded or transmitted information militarily useful	C
	(d) Film processing and printing machines designed for military purposes	C
ML13	Special armoured equipment, the following—
	(a) Armoured plate	C
	(b) Combinations and constructions of metallic or non-metallic materials specially designed to provide ballistic protection for military systems	C
	(c) Military helmets	C
	(d) Body armour, bullet-proof or bullet-resistant clothing, flack suits and specially designed components therefor	C
PL5014	Specially designed components for the equipment specified in entry ML13 heads (a), (b) and (c), in this Group	C
ML14	Specialised military training equipment and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor	C
ML15	Military infrared, thermal imaging and image intensifier equipment, and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor	C
ML16	Forgings, castings and semi-finished products specially designed for the products specified in by entries ML1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 and PL5003, 5004, 5005, 5006 5007 and 5008 above	C
ML17	Miscellaneous equipment and materials, the following and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Self contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus, the following—
	(1) closed and semi-closed circuit (rebreathing) apparatus	C
	(2) specially designed components for use in the conversion of open-circuit apparatus to military use	C
	(3) articles exclusively designed for military use with self-contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus	C
	(b) Silencers or mufflers for armaments	C
	(c) Power-controlled searchlights and control units therefor, designed for military use and specially designed ODMA softward therefor	C
	(d) Construction equipment built to military specifications, specially designed for airborne transport and specially designed components therefor	C
PL5002	Telescopic sights for firearms	C
PL5016	Material or devicers specially designed to reduce, distort or eliminate the signature (ie thermal, electronic, acoustic or magnetic) of a vehicle or military installation	C
	In this entry “vehicle” means a self-propelled, boosted or towed conveyance for transporting a burden or load on land, sea, through air or space.
ML18	Equipment and technology for the production, namely design, examination, manufacture, testing and checking, of goods specified in this Group, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Specially designed production equipment	C
	(b) Components specially designed for equipment specified in head (a) abovr	C
	(c) Production equipment for goods specified elsewhere in this Schedule	C
	(d) Production technology even if the equipment with which such technology is to be used is not specified in this Group	D
	(e) Technology specific to the design of, the assembly of components into, and the operation, maintenance and repair of complete production installations even if the components are not specified in this Group	D
PL5017	Equipment and technology for the development of the goods specified in this Group and specially designed ODMA software therefor	C
ML19	Environmental chambers capable of pressures below 0.133 microbar (10−4 Torr) and specially designed components therefor	C
	except equipment fitted with industrial machinery not specified elsewhere in this Schedule
ML20	Cryogenic and superconductive equipment and components, the following and specially designated ODMA software therefor
	(a) Equipment specially designed or configured to be installed in a vehicle for military ground, marine, airborne or space application and capable of operating while in motion and of producing or maintaining temperatures below 103 K (−170°C) and specially designed accessories and components and specially designed ODMA software therefor	C
	(b) Superconductive electrical equipment (rotating machinery and transformers) designed for operation at temperatures below 103 K (−170°C) and that are 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, except direct-current hybrid homopolar generators that have single-pole normal metal armatures which rotate in a magnetic field produced by superconducting windings, provided those windings are the only superconducting component in the generator, and specially designed accessories and components and specially designed ODMA software therefor	C
ML22	Electrically triggered shutters of the carbon injection or photochromic function type having a shutter speed of less than 100 microseconds, and specially designed ODMA software therefor; except shutters specially designed for high-speed cameras	C
ML23	Directed energy weapons (DEW) systems, the following and specially designed ODMA software therefor—
	(a) Laser systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target	C
	(b) Particle beam systems capable of destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target	C
	(c) High power radio-frequency (RF) systems capable of destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target	C
	(d) Specially designed components for systems specified in heads (a), (b) or (c) above, including	C
	(1) prime power generation, energy storage, switching, power conditioning and fuel handling equipment	C
	(2) target acquisition and tracking sub-systems	C
	(3) sub-systems capable of assessing target damage, destruction or mission-abort	C
	(4) beam-handling, propagation and pointing equipment	C
	(5) equipment with rapid beam slew capability for rapid multiple target operations	C
	(6) adaptive optics	C
	(7) current injectors for negative hydrogen ion beams which provide average injection currents over 50 mA with beam brightness (defined as current divided by the product of orthogonal transverse, normalised RMS emittances) greater than 40 A(cm2 mrad) at kinetic energies greater than 20keV; or	C
	(8) specially designed components for the equipment specified in sub-heads (1) to (7) above	C
	(e) Equipment, and components thereof, specially designed and intended for defence against systems specified in heads (a), (b) and (c) above and for their detection and identification	C
	(f) Physical test models and related documentation for the systems, equipment and components specified in heads (a) to (e) above	C
ML24	Software not elsewhere specified, the following—
	(a) Software specially designed for the modelling, simulation or evaluation of military weapons systems	C
	(b) Software for determining the effects of conventional, nuclear, chemical or biological warfare weapons	C
ML25	Biocatalysts for decontamination and degradation of chemical warfare (CW) agents, technology, and biological systems therefor, the following—
	(a) Biocatalysts, specially designed for decontamination and degradation of CW agents specified in head (a) of entry ML7 resulting from directed laboratory selection or genetic manipulation of biological systems	C
	(b) Technology designed, produced and used exclusively for the incorporation of biocatalysts, specified in head (a) above, into military carrier substances or military material	D
	(c) Biological systems, the following—
	Expression vectors, viruses or cultures of cells containing the genetic information specific to the production of biocatalysts specified in head (a) above	C
	except technology and biological systems specified in heads (b) and (c) above designed, produced and used exclusively for civil purposes, such as agricultural, pharmaceutical, medical, veterinary, environmental and waste management uses, and in the food industry.
	In this entry (a) “biocatalysts” means enzymes or other biological compounds which bind to and accelerate the degradation of CW agents. (b) “expression vectors” are carriers (eg plasmid or virus) which are used to introduce genetic material into host cells.
PL5001	Security and para-military police equipment, the following—
	(a) Acoustic devices represented by the manufacturers or suppliers thereof as suitable for riot control purposes, and specialised components therefor	C
	(b) Anti-riot shields and components therefor	C
	(c) Leg-irons, shackles (excluding handcuffs) and gangchains, specially designed for restraining human beings	C
	(d) Portable anti-riot devices for administering an electric shock or an incapacitating substance, and specialised components therefor	C
	(e) Water cannon and components therefor	C
	(f) Riot control vehicles which have been specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders	C

(1)

S.I. 1969/47.

(2)

1875 c. 17.