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Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (Text with EEA relevance)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.Subject matter

    2. Article 2.Scope

    3. Article 3.Definitions

  3. CHAPTER II TRANSFER LICENCES

    1. Article 4.General provisions

    2. Article 5.General transfer licences

    3. Article 6.Global transfer licences

    4. Article 7.Individual transfer licences

  4. CHAPTER III INFORMATION, CERTIFICATION AND EXPORT AFTER TRANSFER

    1. Article 8.Information to be provided by suppliers

    2. Article 9.Certification

    3. Article 10.Export limitations

  5. CHAPTER IV CUSTOMS PROCEDURES AND ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION

    1. Article 11.Customs procedures

    2. Article 12.Exchange of information

  6. CHAPTER V UPDATING OF THE LIST OF DEFENCE-RELATED PRODUCTS

    1. Article 13. Amendment of the Annex

    2. Article 13a. Exercise of the delegation

    3. Article 13b. Urgency procedure

    4. Article 14. Committee procedure

  7. CHAPTER VI FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 15.Safeguard measures

    2. Article 16.Penalties

    3. Article 17.Review and reporting

    4. Article 18.Transposition

    5. Article 19.Entry into force

    6. Article 20.Addressees

    1. ANNEX

      1. List of Defence-related Products

        1. Note 1 Terms in "quotations" are defined terms. Refer to 'Definitions of...

        2. Note 2 In some instances chemicals are listed by name and CAS...

        3. Note ML1. does not apply to:

        4. N.B.1: For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.

        5. N.B.2: For Aircraft Missile Protection Systems (AMPS), see ML4.c.

        6. N.B. For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.

        7. N.B. See also ML13.a.

        8. Note 1 ML6.a. includes:

        9. Note 2 Modification of a ground vehicle for military use specified by...

        10. Note 3 ML6 does not apply to civil vehicles designed or modified...

        11. Note 4 ML6. does not apply to vehicles that meet all of...

        12. Note 1 ML7.b. and ML7.d. do not apply to the following:

        13. Note 2 The cultures of cells and biological systems specified by ML7.h....

        14. N.B.1. See also entry 1C011 on the EU Dual-Use List.

        15. N.B.2. For charges and devices, see ML4 and entry 1A008 on...

        16. Technical Notes

        17. Note 1 ML8 does not apply to the following substances unless they...

        18. Note 2 ML8. does not apply to ammonium perchlorate (ML8.d.2.), NTO (ML8.a.18.)...

        19. N.B. For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.

        20. N.B. For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.

        21. Note 1 ML10.a. does not apply to "aircraft" and "lighter-than-air vehicles" or...

        22. Note 2 ML10.d. does not apply to:

        23. Note 3 For the purposes of ML10.a. and ML10.d., specially designed components...

        24. Note 4 For the purposes of ML10.a., military use includes: combat, military...

        25. Note 5 ML10.a. does not apply to "aircraft" that meet all of...

        26. N.B. For weapon systems using sub-calibre ammunition or employing solely chemical...

        27. Note 1 ML12 includes the following when specially designed for kinetic energy...

        28. Note 2 ML12 applies to weapon systems using any of the following...

        29. Note 1 ML13.b. includes materials specially designed to form explosive reactive armour...

        30. Note 2 ML13.c. does not apply to conventional steel helmets, neither modified...

        31. Note 3 ML13.c. and d. do not apply to helmets, body armour...

        32. Note 4 The only helmets specially designed for bomb disposal personnel that...

        33. N.B. 1 See also entry 1A005 on the EU Dual-Use List.

        34. N.B. 2 For "fibrous or filamentary materials" used in the manufacture of...

        35. Technical Note

        36. Note 1 ML14 includes image generating and interactive environment systems for simulators,...

        37. Note 2 ML14 does not apply to equipment specially designed for training...

        38. Note ML15.f. includes equipment designed to degrade the operation or effectiveness...

        39. Note ML15. does not apply to "first generation image intensifier tubes"...

          1. N.B. For the classification of weapons sights incorporating "first generation image...

        40. N.B. See also entries 6A002.a.2. and 6A002.b. on the EU Dual-Use...

        41. Note ML16. applies to unfinished products when they are identifiable by...

        42. Technical Notes

        43. Technical Note

        44. Note ML18.a. and ML18.b. include the following equipment:

        45. Note 1 DEW systems specified by ML19 include systems whose capability is...

        46. Note 2 ML19 includes the following when specially designed for DEW systems:...

        47. Note 1 "Technology" "required" for the "development", "production", operation, installation, maintenance (checking),...

        48. Note 2 ML22 does not apply to:

      2. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THIS LIST

        1. Note 1 Definitions apply throughout the List. The references are purely advisory...

        2. Note 2 Words and terms contained in this List of Definitions only...

        3. "Additives"

        4. "Aircraft"

        5. "Airship"

        6. "Automated Command and Control Systems"

        7. "Basic scientific research"

        8. "Biocatalysts"

          1. Technical Note

        9. "Biological agents"

        10. "Biopolymers"

          1. Technical Notes

        11. "Civil aircraft"

        12. "Deactivated firearm"

        13. "Development"

        14. "End-effectors"

          1. Technical Note

        15. "Energetic materials"

        16. "Explosives"

        17. "Expression Vectors"

        18. "Fibrous or filamentary materials"

        19. "First generation image intensifier tubes"

        20. "Fuel cell"

        21. "In the public domain"

          1. Note: Copyright restrictions do not remove "technology" or "software" from being...

        22. "Laser"

        23. "Library" (parametric technical database)

        24. "Lighter-than-air vehicles"

        25. ‘Microprogram’

        26. "Nuclear reactor"

        27. "Precursors"

        28. "Production"

        29. ‘Program’

        30. "Propellants"

        31. "Pyrotechnic(s)"

        32. "Required"

        33. "Riot control agents"

        34. "Robot"

          1. Note The above definition does not include the following devices:

        35. "Software"

        36. "Spacecraft"

        37. "Space-qualified"

          1. Note A determination that a specific item is "space-qualified" by virtue...

        38. "Superconductive"

          1. Technical Note

        39. "Technology"

          1. Technical Notes

        40. "Unmanned aerial vehicle" ("UAV")

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