The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1991

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: and specially designed components therefor–
	(a) Rifles, carbines, revolvers, pistols, machine pistols and machine guns	C
	(b) Smooth-bore weapons specially designed for military use	C
	(c) Weapons using caseless ammunition	C
	except–
	air weapons (other than those declared by the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969(1) to be specially dangerous).
PL5018	Smooth-bore weapons other than those specially designed for military use	C
	except–
	air weapons (other than those declared by the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons' Rules 1969 to be specially dangerous).
PL5003	Mountings 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 launchers, military flame throwers, recoilless rifles	C
	(b) Military smoke, gas and pyrotechnic projectors or generators	C
ML3	Ammunition, including projectiles, and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor, for the equipment mentioned in entries ML1, ML2 and ML26	C
PL5021	Ammunition, including projectiles, and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor, for the equipment specified in entry PL5018	C
ML4	Bombs, torpedoes, rockets and missiles, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–
	(a) Bombs, torpedoes, grenades (including smoke grenades), smoke canisters, rockets, mines, missiles, depth charges, fire bombs, incendiary bombs and military demolition charges, devices and kits, pyrotechnic flare signals for military use, cartridges and simulators	A
	(b) Apparatus and devices specially designed for the handling, control, activation, powering with one time operational output, launching, laying, sweeping, discharging, detonation or detection of items specified in head (a)	A
	(c) Military fuel thickeners, including compounds (eg octal) or mixtures of such compounds (eg napalm) specifically formulated for the purpose of producing materials which, when added to petroleum products, provide gel-type incendiary material for use in bombs, projectiles, flamethrowers or other implements of war	C
PL5019	Radomes specially designed to withstand a combined thermal shock greater than 41.8 kJ/m accompanied by a peak overpressure of greater than 49 kPa	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 or with other explosive devices not specified in head (a) of entry ML4, and specially designed ODMA software therefor	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.
PL5026	Quartz crystals and assemblies thereof in worked, semi-finished, or mounted form, specially designed for equipment specified in entry ML4 in this Group, which have any of the following characteristics–
	(a) Radiation hardened	C
	(b) An operating temperature range wider than 120° C	C
	(c) Rated to have an acceleration sensitivity of less than 1×10 −9: of the operating frequency per g (where g=9.81 metres/sec2) over a vibration test frequency range from 10 Hz to 2 KHz sinewave and with a maximum level of acceleration not exceeding 20 g	C
PL5024	Electrical pulsers capable of precisely timed, multiple initiations of explosives, controlled to ten microseconds or less, capable of delivering an output current greater than 100 amperes into a load of less than 40 ohms, and specially designed components and equipment therefor	C
ML5	Fire control systems and sub-systems, specially designed for military use, the following: and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor–
	(a) Fire control, gun laying, night sighting, missile tracking and guidance equipment and target surveillance equipment	A
	(b) Range, position and height finders, spotting instruments, detection, recognition or identification equipment and sensor integration equipment	A
	(c) Electronic, electro-optic, gyroscopic, acoustic and optical aiming or sighting devices	C
	(d) Bomb sights, bombing computers, gun sights and periscopes	C
ML6	Vehicles specially designed or modified for military use, 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 military vehicles specially designed or modified for military use, including tank transporters, tracked amphibious cargo carriers, high speed tractors and heavy artillery transporters	A
	(k) Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially constructed to be bullet proof or to run when deflated	C
	(l) Engines for the propulsion of the vehicles specified in heads (a) to (j), and specially designed components therefor	C
	(m) Tyre inflation pressure control systems, operated from inside a moving vehicle, specially designed or modified for military use	C
	(n) Large deflection suspensions specially designed or modified for military use	C
	In this entry “specially modified for military use” means a structural, electrical or mechanical modification which entails replacing a component with at least one specially designed military component, or adding at least one such component.
ML7	Toxicological agents and tear gas and related equipment, components, materials and technology the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor–
	(a) Biological agents, chemical agents and radioactive materials adapted for use in war to produce casualties in humans or animals, or to damage crops	C
	(aa) Tear gases and riot control agents, the following–
	(1) Bromobenzyl cyanide (CR)	C
	(2) oChlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS)	C
	(3) Phenylacyl chloride (w-Chloroacetophenone) (CN)	C
	(b) Equipment specially designed and intended for the dissemination of the materials specified in head (a)	C
	(c) Equipment specially designed and intended for defence against the materials specified in head (a) and for their detection and identification	C
	(d) Components specially designed for the items specified in head (b) or (c)C
	(e) Biopolymers specially designed or processed for detection and identification of chemical warfare (CW) agents specified in head (a) and the cultures of specific cells used to produce them	C
	(f) Biocatalysts for decontamination and degradation of CW agents, and biological systems therefor, the following–
	(1) biocatalysts, specially designed for decontamination and degradation of CW agents described in head (a) resulting from directed laboratory selection or genetic manipulation of biological systems;	C
	(2) biological systems, the following: expression vectors, viruses or cultures of cells containing the genetic information specific to the production of biocatalysts specified in subhead (f)(1)	C
	(g) Technology, the following–
	(1) technology for the development, production or use of toxicological agents, related equipment or components, agents, or materials specified in heads (a) to (d), or of tear gas	D
	(2) technology for the development, production or use of biopolymers, and cultures of specific cells to produce them, specified in head (e) D
	(3) technology exclusively for the incorporation of biocatalysts specified in subhead (f)(1) into military carrier substances or military material	D
	(h) Noxious chemicals, the following–
	(1) Bromobenzyl cyanide	C
	(2) oChlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (oChlorobenzalmalononitrile)	C
	(3) monoChloromethyl chlorformate	C
	(4) 2-Chlorotriethylamine	C
	(5) Dibenzoxazepine	C
	(6) Dibromodimethyl ether	C
	(7) Dichloromodimethyl ether	C
	(8) 2:2'-Dichlorotriethylamine	C
	(9) Diphenylaminechloroarsine	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 (phenylaminocarbonyl chloride)	C
	(19) Phenylacyl chloride (w-Chloroacetophenone)	C
	(20) Phenyldibromoarsine	C
	(21) Phenyldichloroarsine	C
	(22) Pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate	C
	(23) isoPropyl methylphosphonofluoridate	C
	(24) 2:2':2" Trichlorotriethylamine	C
	In this entry–
	“anti-idiotypic antibodies” means antibodies which bind to the specific antigen binding sites of other antibodies;
	“biocatalysts” means enzymes and other biological compounds which bind to and accelerate the degradation of CW agents;
	“biopolymers” means the following biological macromolecules:
	(1) enzymes;
	(2) antibodies, monoclonal, polyclonal or anti-idiotypic;
	(3) specially designed or specially processed receptors;
	“enzymes” means biocatalysts for specific chemical or biochemical reactions;
	“expression vectors” means carriers (eg plasmid or virus) which are used to introduce genetic material into host cells;
	“monoclonal antibodies” means proteins which bind to one antigenic site and are produced by a single clone of cells;
	“polyclonal antibodies” means a mixture of proteins which bind to the specific antigen and are produced by more than one clone of cells;
	“receptors” means biological macromolecular structure capable of binding ligands, the binding of which affects physiological functions;
	“riot control agents” means substances which produce temporary, irritating or disabling physical effects which disappear within minutes of removal from exposure.
	“tear gases” means gases which produce temporary, irritating or disabling physical effects which disappear within minutes of removal from exposure;
PL5009	Explosives and propellants, and related substances and software, 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	A
	(c) Military pyrotechnics	C
	(d) Additives, precursors, stabilisers and specially designed software, for any of the materials specified in heads (a) to (c) above (inclusive) A
ML9	Vessels (including ships) of war and special naval equipment, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor–
	(a) Combatant vessels or vessels (surface or underwater) specially designed or modified for offensive or defensive action, 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 specially designed for submarines with both of the following characteristics	C
	(A) a power output of 1.12 MW (1,500 hp) or more;
	(B) a rotary speed of 700 rev/min or more;
	(2) electric motors, specially designed for submarines, having all of the following characteristics	C
	(A) a power output of more than 0.75 MW (1,000 hp);
	(B) quick reversing;
	(C) liquid cooled;
	(D) totally enclosed;
	(3) non-magnetic diesel engines specially designed for military purposes with a power output of 37.3 kW (50 hp) or more	C
	(c) Underwater detection devices specially designed for military purposes and controls thereof	C
	(d) Submarine and torpedo nets	C
	(e) Compasses and equipment therefor and ship’s course indicators, specially designed for submarines	C
	(f) Hull penetrators and connectors specially designed for military purposes that enable interaction with equipment external to a vessel	C
	(g) Silent bearings specially designed for military purposes and equipment containing those bearings	C
ML10	Aircraft and helicopters, unmanned airborne vehicles, 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 and reinforced floors, for transporting and airdropping troops, military equipment and supplies, and specially designed components therefor	A
	(b) Aero-engines specially designed or adapted for use with aircraft and helicopters specified in head (a) of this entry, and specially designed components therefor	A
	(c) Unmanned airborne vehicles, including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs), and autonomous, programmable vehicles specially designed or modified for military purposes, and their launchers, ground support and associated equipment for command and control	A
	(d) Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the aircraft and helicopters and the aero-engines specified in head (a) or (b) of this entry, and specially designed components therefor	C
	(e) Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for aircraft and helicopters specified in head (a) of this entry, or for aero-engines specified in head (b) of this entry	C
	(f) Pressurised breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in aircraft and helicopters, anti-g suits, military crash helmets and protective masks, liquid oxygen converters used for aircraft, helicopters and missiles, catapults and cartridge actuated devices utilised in emergency escape of personnel from aircraft and helicopters (cont.) (g) Parachutes used for combat personnel, cargo dropping and aircraft deceleration, the following–	C
	(1) parachutes for–
	(a) pin point dropping of rangers	C
	(b) dropping of paratroopers	C
	(2) cargo parachutes	C
	(3) paragliders (drag parachutes, drogue parachutes for stabilisation and attitude control of dropping bodies, e.g., recovery capsules, ejection seats, bombs)	C
	(4) drogue parachutes for use with ejection seat systems for deployment and inflation sequence regulation of emergency parachutes	C
	(5) recovery parachutes for guided missiles, drones and space vehicles	C
	(6) approach parachutes and landing deceleration parachutes	C
	(7) other military parachutes	C
	(h) Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads; equipment specially designed or modified for military purposes for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment	C
ML11	Electronic equipment specially designed for military use and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor	A
ML12	Photographic and electro-optical imaging equipment, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed 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) Specialised equipment for the cameras and electro-optical imaging devices specified in head (b) 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 and 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 head (a), (b) or (c), in this Group	C
ML14	Specialised equipment for military training or for simulating military scenarios, 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 products specified in entry ML1, ML2, ML3, ML4, ML6 or ML10 above	C
PL5020	Forgings, castings and semi-finished products specially designed for products specified in entry PL5003, PL5005, PL5006 or PL5018 above	C
ML17	Miscellaneous equipment and materials, the following: and specially designed components 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 designed exclusively for military use with self-contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus	C
	(b) Firearms silencers (mufflers)	C
	(c) Power-controlled searchlights and control units therefor, designed for military use	C
	(d) Construction equipment built to military specifications, specially designed for airborne transport	C
	(e) External fittings, coatings and treatments for the suppression of acoustic, radar, infrared and other emissions, specially designed for military use	C
	(f) Field engineer equipment specially designed for use in a combat zone	C
PL5002	Telescopic sights for firearms	C
ML18	Equipment and technology for the production of items specified in this Group, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor–
	(a) Specially designed or modified production equipment for the production of products specified in this Group and specially designed components therefor	A
	(b) Specially designed environmental test facilities, and specially designed equipment therefor, for the certification, qualification, or testing of products specified in this Group	A
	(c) Production technology, even if the equipment with which such technology is to be used is not specified in this Group	B
	(d) 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 themselves are not specified in this Group	B
	In this entry “production” means design, examination, manufacture, testing and checking.
PL5017	Equipment and technology for the development of the goods specified in this Group and specially designed ODMA software therefor	C
ML20	Cryogenic and superconductive equipment, the following: and specially designed components and accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor–
	(a) Equipment 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 and of producing or maintaining temperatures below 103 K (−170°C)	C
	(b) Superconductive electrical equipment (rotating machinery and transformers) designed for operation at temperatures below 103 K (−170°C), and which 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	C
	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.
ML22	Electrically triggered shutters of the photochromic or electro-optical 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 components 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 head (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 the product of orthogonal transverse, normalised root mean square emittances) greater than 40 A/(cm2 mrad2) at kinetic energies of moren than 20 keV	C
	(8) specially designed components for the equipment specified in sub-heads (1) to (7) above	C
	(e) Equipment specially designed for the detection and identification of, and defence against, systems specified in head (a), (b) or (c) above, and specially designed ODMA software therefor	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:
	(1) modelling, simulation or evaluation of military weapon systems	C
	(2) development, monitoring, maintenance or up-dating of software embedded in military weapon systems	C
	(3) modelling or simulating military operation scenarios, not specified in entry ML14 in this group	C
	(4) Command, Communications, Control and Intelligence (C3I) applications	C
	(b) Software for determining the effects of conventional, nuclear, chemical or biological warfare weapons	C
ML26	Kinetic energy weapon systems and associated equipment, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA softwaretherefor–
	(a) Kinetic energy weapons systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission-abort of a target	C
	(b) Specially designed test and evaluation facilities and test models, including diagnostic instrumentation and targets, for dynamic testing of kinetic energy projectiles and systems	C
	(c) Specially designed subsystems for systems specified in head (a) or (b) above, including the following	C
	(1) launch-propulsion-subsystems capable of accelerating masses larger than 0.1 g to velocities in excess of 1.6 km/s, in single or rapid fire modes;
	(2) prime power generation, energy storage, thermal management, conditioning, switching and fuel-handling equipment;
	(3) target acquisition, tracking, fire control and damage assessment subsystems;
	(4) homing seeker, guidance and divert propulsion (lateral acceleration) subsystems for projectiles.
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. In this entry–