The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1992

GROUP 1 MILITARY, SECURITY AND PARA-MILITARY GOODS AND ARMS, AMMUNITION AND RELATED MATERIAL

Definitions

In this Group:

“adapted for use in war” means any modification or selection (such as altering purity, shelf life, virulence, dissemination characteristics, or resistance to ultra violet (UV) radiation designed to increase the effectiveness in producing casualties in men or animals, degrading equipment or damaging crops or the environment);

“anti-idiotypic antibodies” means antibodies which bind to the specific antigen binding sites of other antibodies;

“biocatalyst” means enzymes and other biological compounds which bind to and accelerate the degradation of chemical warfare (CW) agents;

“biopolymer” means the following biological macromolecules:

(a)

enzymes;

(b)

antibodies, monoclonal, polyclonal or anti-idiotypic;

(c)

specially designed or specially processed receptors;

the “critical temperature” (sometimes referred to as the transition temperature) of a specific superconductive material means the temperature at which the specific material loses all resistance to the flow of direct electrical current;

“end-effectors” include grippers, active tooling units and any other tooling that is attached to the baseplate on the end of a robot manipulator arm; for this purpose, active tooling unit means a device for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to the workpiece;

“enzymes” means biocatalysts for specific chemical or biochemical reactions;

“expression vectors” means carriers including plasmid or virus types, which are used to introduce genetic material into host cells;

“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;

a “laser” is an assembly of components which produce both spatially and temporally coherent light which is amplified by stimulated emission of radiation;

“military propellants” means solid, liquid or gaseous substances or mixtures of substances used for propelling projectiles and missiles, or to generate gases for powering auxiliary devices for military equipment which, when ignited, burn or deflagrate to produce quantities of gas capable of performing work, but in their application these quantities are required not to undergo a deflagration to detonation transition;

“military pyrotechnics” means mixtures of solid or liquid fuels and oxidisers which, when ignited, undergo an energetic chemical reaction at a controlled rate intended to produce specific time delays, or quantities of heat, noise, smoke, visible light or infrared radiation; pyrophorics are a subclass of pyrotechnics, which contain no oxidisers but ignite spontaneously on contact with air;

“monoclonal antibodies” means proteins which bind to one antigenic site and are produced by a single clone of cells;

“nuclear reactor” means the items within or attached directly to the reactor vessel, the equipment which controls the level of power in the core, and the components which normally contain, come into direct contact with or control the primary coolant of the reactor core;

“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 structures capable of binding ligands, the binding of which affects physiological functions;

“riot control agents”means substances, including tear gases, which produce temporary, irritating or disabling physical effects which disappear within minutes of removal from exposure;

“robot” means a manipulation mechanism, which may be of the continuous path or of the point-to-point variety, may use sensors, and which:

(a)

is multifunctional;

(b)

is capable of positioning or orienting material, parts, tools or special devices through variable movements in three dimensional space;

(c)

incorporates three or more closed or open loop servo-devices which may include stepping motors; and

(d)

has user-accessible programmability by means of the teach/playback method or by means of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controller, i.e.,without mechanical intervention;

except:

(1)

manipulation mechanisms which are only manually/teleoperator controllable;

(2)

fixed sequence manipulation mechanisms, which are automated moving devices, operating according to programmes where the motions are limited by fixed stops, such as pins or cams and the sequence of motions and the selection of paths or angles are not variable or changeable by mechanical, electronic or electrical means;

(3)

mechanically controlled variable sequence manipulation mechanisms, which are automated moving devices, operating according to programmes where the motions are limited by fixed, but adjustable stops, such as pins or cams and the sequence of motions and the selection of paths or angles are variable within the fixed programme pattern; variations or modifications of the programme pattern (e.g., changes of pins or exchanges of cams) in one or more motion axes are accomplished only through mechanical operations;

(4)

non-servo-controlled variable sequence manipulation mechanisms, which are automated moving devices, operating according to mechanically fixed programmed motions; the programme is variable but the sequence proceeds only by the binary signal from mechanically fixed electrical binary devices or adjustable stops;

(5)

stacker cranes defined as Cartesian co-ordinate manipulator systems manufactured as an integral part of a vertical array of storage bins and designed to access the contents of those bins for storage or retrieval;

“superconductive” refers to materials (i.e., metals, alloys or compounds) which can lose all electrical resistance (i.e., which can attain infinite electrical conductivity and carry very large electrical currents without Joule heating); the superconductive state of a material is individually characterised by a critical temperature, a critical magnetic field, which is a function of temperature, and a critical current density which is a function of both magnetic field and temperature;

“user-accessible programmability” means the facility allowing a user to insert, modify or replace programmes by means other than:

(a)

a physical change in wiring or interconnections; or

(b)

the setting of function controls including entry of parameters.

ML1

Small arms, machine guns and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

a. Rifles, carbines, revolvers, pistols, machine pistols and machine guns;

b. Smooth-bore weapons specially designed for military use;

c. Weapons using caseless ammunition;

d. Silencers, special gun-mountings, clips and flash suppressors for the goods specified in heads a., b. and c. above;

except:

a. Air weapons (other than those declared by the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969(1) to be specially dangerous);

b. Firearms specially designed for dummy ammunition and which are incapable of firing any ammunition specified in this Group;

c. Firearms which have been de-activated by a registered UK Proof House as being incapable of firing any ammunition specified in this Group;

d. Bayonets.

PL5002

Telescopic sights for firearms.

PL5018

Smooth-bore weapons other than those specially designed for military use;

except:

Air weapons (other than those declared by the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969 to be specially dangerous).

PL5021

Ammunition, including projectiles, and specially designed components therefor, for the goods specified in entry PL5018.

ML2

Large calibre armament or weapons, projectors and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

a. Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, tank destroyers, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, recoilless rifles and signature reduction devices therefor;

b. Military smoke, gas and pyrotechnic projectors or generators. In this entry specially designed components include injectors, metering devices and storage tanks for use with liquid propelling charges.

ML3

Ammunition, including projectiles, and specially designed components therefor, for the goods specified in entries ML1, ML2 or ML26.

ML4

Bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

a. Bombs, torpedoes, grenades, smoke canisters, rockets, mines, missiles, depth charges, demolition—charges, —devices and —kits, military pyrotechnics, cartridges and simulators;

except:

Rockets or smoke canisters designed for the purposes of entertainment, distress or Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS);

b. Equipment specially designed for the handling, control, activation, powering with one time operational output, launching, laying, sweeping, discharging, decoying, jamming, detonation or detection of goods specified in head a. above.

PL5006

Apparatus or devices specially designed for military use, for the handling, control, discharging, decoying, jamming, detonation, disruption or detection of improvised explosive devices or other explosive devices not specified in head a. of entry ML4;

except:

Inspection devices not employing electronic management.

ML5

Fire control, and related alerting and warning equipment, and related systems, as follows, specially designed for military use, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

a. Weapon sights, bombing computers, gun laying equipment and on-board weapon control systems;

b. Target acquisition, designation, range-finding, surveillance or tracking systems; detection, recognition or identification equipment; and sensor integration equipment.

ML6

Vehicles and related equipment specially designed or modified for military use, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

a. Tanks and self-propelled guns;

b. Armed, armoured vehicles and vehicles fitted with mounting for arms;

c. Armoured railway trains;

d. Half-tracks;

e. Recovery vehicles;

f. Gun-carriers, tractors and trailers specially designed for towing or transporting ammunition or weapon systems and related load handling equipment;

g. Amphibious and deep water fording vehicles;

h. Mobile repair shops specially designed to service military equipment;

i. All other vehicles specially designed or modified for military use, including tank transporters, tracked amphibious cargo carriers, high speed tractors, heavy artillery transporters, bridge laying vehicles and specialised bulk refuellers;

j. Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially constructed to be bullet proof or to run when deflated;

k. Engines and power transfer systems for the propulsion of the vehicles specified in heads a. to i. above, and specially designed components therefor;

l. Tyre inflation pressure control systems, operated from inside a moving vehicle, specially designed or modified for military use;

m. Suspensions specially designed or modified for military use.

In this entry ‘modified for military use’ means a structural, electrical or mechanical change which entails replacing a component with at least one specially designed military component, or adding at least one such component.

ML7

Toxicological agents, riot control agents and related equipment, components, materials and technology, as follows:

a. 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, and chemical warfare (CW) agents;

• except:

1.  Cyanogen chloride;

2.  Hydrocyanic acid;

3.  Chlorine;

4.  Carbonyl chloride (phosgene);

5.  Diphosgene (trichloromethyl-chloroformate);

6.  Ethyl bromoacetate;

7.  Xylyl bromide;

8.  Benzyl bromide;

9.  Benzyl iodide;

10.  Bromoacetone;

11.  Cyanogen bromide;

12.  Bromomethylethylketone;

13.  Chloroacetone;

14.  Ethyl iodoacetate;

15.  Iodoacetone;

16.  Chloropicrin;

b. CW binary precursors, as follows:

1.  DF:Methyl phosphonyldifluoride;

2.  QL:o—Ethyl—2—diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonite;

c. Riot control agents, including tear gases;

d. Equipment specially designed or modified for the dissemination of the materials or agents specified in head a. above and specially designed components therefor;

e. Equipment specially designed or modified for defence against materials or agents specified in head a. above and specially designed components therefor;

f. Equipment specially designed or modified for the detection or identification of materials or agents specified in head a. above and specially designed components therefor;

except:

Personal radiation monitoring dosimeters;

g. Biopolymers specially designed or processed for detection and identification of chemical warfare (CW) agents specified in head a. above and the cultures of specific cells used to produce them;

h. Biocatalysts for decontamination or degradation of CW agents, and biological systems therefor, as follows:

1.  Biocatalysts, specially designed for decontamination or degradation of CW agents described in head a. above resulting from directed laboratory selection or genetic manipulation of biological systems;

2.  Biological systems, as follows: expression vectors, viruses or cultures of cells containing the genetic information specific to the production of biocatalysts specified in subhead h.1. above;

i. Technology, as follows:

1.  Technology for the development, production or use of toxicological agents, related equipment or components, agents, or materials specified in heads a. to f. above;

2.  Technology for the development, production or use of biopolymers, or cultures of specific cells, specified in head g. above;

3.  Technology exclusively for the incorporation of biocatalysts specified in subhead h.1. above into military carrier substances or military material.

ML8

Military explosives and propellants, and related substances, as follows:

a. Substances, as follows, and mixtures therefor:

1.  Spherical aluminium powder with a particle size of 60 micrometres or less, manufactured from material with an aluminium content of 99% or more;

2.  Metal fuels in particle sizes of less than 60 micrometres whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or ground, manufactured from material consisting of 99% or more of any of the following:

a. Zirconium, magnesium and alloys of these;

b. Beryllium;

c. Iron powder with average particle size of 3 micrometres or less produced by reduction of iron oxide with hydrogen;

d. Boron or boron carbide fuels of 85% purity or higher and average particle size of 60 micrometres or less;

3.  Perchlorates, chlorates and chromates composited with powdered metal or other high energy fuel components;

4.  Nitroguanidine (NQ);

5.  Compounds composed of fluorine and any of the following: other halogens, oxygen, nitrogen;

6.  Carboranes; decarborane; pentaborane and derivatives thereof;

7.  Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX);

octahydro—1,3,5,7—tetranitro—1,3,5,7—tetrazine;

1,3,5,7—tetranitro—1,3,5,7—tetrazacyclooctane; (octogen, octogene);

8.  Hexanitrostilbene (HNS);

9.  Diaminotrinitrobenzene (DATB);

10.  Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB);

11.  Triaminoguanidinenitrate (TAGN);

12.  Titanium subhydride of stoichiometry TiH 0·65–1·68;

13.  Dinitroglycoluril (DNGU, DINGU); tetranitroglycoluril (TNGU, SORGUYL);

14.  Tetranitrobenzotriazolobenzotriazole (TACOT);

15.  Diaminohexanitrobiphenyl (DIPAM);

16.  Picrylaminodinitropyridine (PYX);

17.  3—Nitro—1,2,4—triazol—5—one (NTO or ONTA);

18.  Hydrazine in concentrations of 70% or more; hydrazine nitrate; hydrazine perchlorates; unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine; monomethyl hydrazine; symmetrical dimethyl hydrazine;

19.  Ammonium perchlorate;

20.  Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX); cyclonite; T4; hexahydro—1,3,5—trinitro—1,3,5—triazine; 1,3,5—trinitro—1,3,5—triaza—cyclohexane (hexogen, hexogene);

21.  Hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN); hydroxylammonium perchlorate (HAP);

22.  2—(5—Cyanotetrazolato) pentaamminecobalt(III)perchlorate (or CP);

23.  Cis—bis (5—nitrotetrazolato)pentaamminecobalt(III)perchlorate (or BNCP);

24.  7—Amino—4, 6—dinitrobenzofurazane—1—oxide (ADNBF); amino dinitrobenzo—furoxan;

25.  5,7—Diamino—4,6—dinitrobenzofurazane—1—oxide, (CL—14 or diamino dinitrobenzofurozan);

26.  2,4,6—Trinitro—2,4,6—triazacyclohexanone (K—6 or Keto—RDX);

27.  2,4,6,8—Tetranitro—2,4,6,8—tetraazabicyclo[3,3,0]octan—3—one (tetranitrosemiglycouril, K—55 or keto—bicyclic HMX);

28.  1,1,3—Trinitroazetidine (TNAZ);

29.  1,4,5,8—Tetranitro—1,4,5,8—tetraazadecalin (TNAD);

30.  Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL—20 or HNIW; and clathrates of CL—20);

31.  Polynitrocubanes with more than four nitro groups;

32.  Ammonium dinitramide (ADN or SR 12);

b. Explosives and propellants that meet the following performance parameters:

1.  Any explosive with a detonation velocity exceeding 8,700 m/s or a detonation pressure exceeding 340 kilobars;

2.  Other organic high explosives not listed elsewhere in this entry yielding detonation pressures of 250 kilobars or more that will remain stable at temperatures of 523 K (250°C) or higher for periods of 5 minutes or longer;

3.  Any other United Nations (UN) Class 1·1 solid propellant not listed elsewhere in this entry with a theoretical specific impulse (under standard conditions) of more than 250 seconds for non—metallised, or more than 270 seconds for aluminised compositions;

4.  Any UN Class 1·3 solid propellant with a theoretical specific impulse of more than 230 seconds for non—halogenised, 250 seconds for non—metallised and 266 seconds for metallised compositions;

5.  Any other gun propellants not listed elsewhere in this entry having a force constant of more than 1,200 kJ/kg;

6.  Any other explosive, propellant or pyrotechnic not listed elsewhere in this entry that can sustain a steady—state burning rate of more than 38 mm per second under standard conditions of 68—9 bar pressure and 294 K (21°C);

7.  Elastomer modified cast double based propellants (EMCDB) with extensibility at maximum stress of more than 5— at 233K (−40°C);

c. Military pyrotechnics;

d. Military high—energy solid or liquid fuels, including aircraft fuels specially formulated for military purposes and liquid oxidisers comprised of or containing inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA) or oxygen difluoride;

Note: This sub—head includes military materials containing thickeners for hydrocarbon fuels specially formulated for use in flamethrowers or incendiary munitions, such as metal stearates or palmates (also known as octol) and M1, M2, M3 thickeners.

e. Additives, precursors and stabilisers, the following:

1.  Azidomethylmethyloxetane (AMMO) and its polymers;

2.  Basic copper salicylate; lead salicylate;

3.  Bis (2,2—dinitropropyl) formal or bis (2,2—dinitropropyl) acetal;

4.  Bis (2—fluoro—2,2—dinitroethyl) formal (FEFO);

5.  Bis (2—hydroxyethyl) glycolamide (BHEGA);

6.  Bis (2—methylaziridinyl) methylaminophosphine oxide (Methyl BAPO);

7.  Bisazidomethyloxetane and its polymers;

8.  Bischloromethyloxetane (BCMO);

9.  Butadienenitrileoxide (BNO);

10.  Butanetrioltrinitrate (BTTN);

11.  Catocene, N—butyl—ferrocene and other ferrocene derivatives;

12.  Cyanoethylated polyamine and its salts;

13.  Cyanoethylated polyamine adducted with glycidol and salt;

14.  Dinitroazetidine—t—butyl salt;

15.  Energetic monomers, plasticisers and polymers containing nitro, azido, nitrate, nitraza or difluoroamino groups;

16.  Poly—2,2,3,3,4,4—hexafluoropentane—1,5—diol formal (FPF—1);

17.  Poly—2,4,4,5,5,6,6—heptafluoro—2—trifluoromethyl—3—oxaheptane—1,7— diol formal (FPF—3);

18.  Glycidylazide Polymer (GAP) and its derivatives;

19.  Guanidine nitrate;

20.  Hexabenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane (HBIW);

21.  Hexanitrostibene;

22.  Hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) with a hydroxyl functionality of less than 2.16, a hydroxyl value of less than 0·77meq/g, and a viscosity at 30°C of less than 47 poise;

23.  Hydrogen peroxide in concentrations of greater than 85%;

24.  Superfine iron oxide (Fe₂0₃ hematite) with a specific surface area more than 250m²/g and an average particle size of 0·003 micrometre or less;

25.  Lead beta—resorcylate;

26.  Lead stannate, lead maleate, lead citrate;

27.  Lead—copper chelates of beta—resorcylate or salicylates;

28.  Nitratomethylmethyloxetane or poly (3—Nitratomethyl, 3—methyl oxetane); (Poly—NIMMO) (NMMO);

29.  N—methyl—p—nitroaniline;

30.  Organo—metallic coupling agents, specifically:

a. Neopentyl [diallyl] oxy, tri [dioctyl] phosphato titanate; also known as titanium IV, 2,2 [bis 2—propenolato—methyl, butanolate or tris [dioctyl] phosphato—O], or LICA 12;

b. Titanium IV, [(2—propenolato—1)methyl, N—propanolatomethyl]butanolato—1, also known as tris(dioctyl)pyrophosphato or KR3538;

c. Titanium IV, [(2—propenolato—1)methyl, N—propanolatomethyl]butanolato—1, also known as tris(dioctyl)phosphate or KR3512;

31.  Polycyanodifluoroaminoethyleneoxide (PCDE);

32.  Polyfunctional aziridine amides: with isophthalic, trimesic (BITA); butylene imine trimesamide isocyanuric; or trimethyladipic backbone structures and2—methyl or 2—ethyl substitutions on the aziridine ring;

33.  Polyglycidylnitrate or poly (nitratomethyl oxirane); (Poly—GLYN) (PGN);

34.  Polynitroorthocarbonates;

35.  Propyleneimide, 2—methylaziridine;

36.  Tetraacetyldibenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane (TAIW);

37.  Tetraethylenepentamineacrylonitrile (TEPAN); cyanoethylated polyamine and its salts;

38.  Tetraethylenepentamineacrylonitrileglycidol (TEPANOL); cyanoethylated polyamine adducted with glycidol and its salts;

39.  Triphenyl bismuth (TPB);

40.  Tris vinoxy propane adduct (TVOPA);

41.  Tris—1—(2—methyl)aziridinyl phosphine oxide (MAPO); bis(2—methylaziridinyl) 2—(2—hydroxypropanoxy) propylamino phosphine oxide (BOBBA8); and other MAPO derivatives;

42.  1,2,3—Tris [1,2—bis(difluoroamino)ethoxy] propane; tris vinoxy propane adduct (TVOPA);

43.  1,3,5—Trichlorobenzene;

44.  1,2,4—Trihydroxybutane (1,2,4—butanetriol);

45.  1,3,5,7—Tetraacetyl—1,3,5,7—tetraazacyclooctane (TAT);

46.  1,4,5,8—Tetraazadecalin;

47.  Low (less than 10,000) molecular weight, alcohol—functionalised, poly (epichlorohydrin); poly (epichlorohydrindiol) and triol.

ML9

Vessels of war and special naval equipment and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor(2):

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, 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;

b. Engines, as follows:

1.

Diesel engines specially designed for submarines with both of the following characteristics:

a.

A power output of 1.12MW (1,500hp) or more;

A rotary speed of 700rev/min or more;

2.

Electric motors, specially designed for submarines, having all of the following characteristics:

a.

A power output of more than 0.75MW (1,000hp);

Quick reversing;

Liquid cooled; and

Totally enclosed;

3.

Non—magnetic diesel engines specially designed for military use with a power output of 37·3kW (50hp) or more and with a non—magnetic content in excess of 75% of total mass;

c. Underwater detection devices specially designed for military use and controls thereof;

d. Submarine and torpedo nets;

e. Equipment for guidance and navigation specially designed for military use;

f. Hull penetrators and connectors specially designed for military use that enable interaction with equipment external to a vessel;

g. Silent bearings specially designed for military use and equipment containing those bearings.

PL 5029

Nuclear power generating or propulsion equipment, including nuclear reactors, specially designed for military use.

ML10

Aircraft, unmanned airborne vehicles, aero—engines and aircraft equipment, related equipment and components specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:

a. Combat aircraft and specially designed components therefor;

b. Other aircraft 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;

c. Aero—engines specially designed or modified for military use, and specially designed components therefor;

d. Unmanned airborne vehicles, including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs), and autonomous, programmable vehicles specially designed or modified for military use, and their launchers, ground support and associated equipment for command and control;

e. Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the aircraft specified in heads a. or b. above or the aero—engines specified in head c. above, and specially designed components therefor;

e. Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for aircraft specified in heads a. or b. above, or for aero—engines specified in head c. above;

g. Pressurised breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in aircraft, anti—g suits, military crash helmets and protective masks, liquid oxygen converters used for aircraft or missiles, and catapults and cartridge actuated devices for emergency escape of personnel from aircraft;

h. Parachutes used for combat personnel, cargo dropping or aircraft deceleration, as follows:

1.

Parachutes for:

a.

Pin point dropping of military personnel;

Dropping of paratroopers;

2.

Cargo parachutes;

3.

Paragliders (drag parachutes, drogue parachutes for stabilisation and attitude control of dropping bodies, e.g., recovery capsules, ejection seats, bombs);

4.

Drogue parachutes for use with ejection seat systems for deployment and inflation sequence regulation of emergency parachutes;

5.

Recovery parachutes for guided missiles, drones or space vehicles;

6.

Approach parachutes and landing deceleration parachutes;

7.

Other military parachutes;

i. Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads; equipment specially designed or modified for military use for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment.

ML11

Electronic equipment not specified elsewhere in this Group specially designed for military use and specially designed components therefor.

ML13

Armoured or protective equipment and constructions, as follows:

a. Armoured plate;

b. Combinations and constructions of metallic and non—metallic materials specially designed to provide ballistic protection for military systems;

c. Military helmets;

except:

Conventional steel helmets not equipped with, modified or designed to accept any type of accessory device;

d. Body armour, bullet—proof or bullet—resistant clothing, flack suits and specially designed components therefor;

except:

Equipment specially designed for protection against knife attacks or other equipment primarily designed for protection whilst playing sport.

PL5014

Specially designed components for the goods specified in heads a., b. or c. of entry ML13 in this Group.

ML14

Specialised equipment for military training or for simulating military scenarios, and specially designed components and accessories therefor.

ML15

Imaging or countermeasure equipment, as follows, specially designed for military use, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

a. Recorders and image processing equipment;

b. Cameras, photographic equipment and film processing equipment;

c. Image intensifier equipment;

except:

First generation image intensifier tubes;

d. Infrared or thermal imaging equipment;

e. Imaging radar sensor equipment;

e. Countermeasure or counter—countermeasure equipment for the equipment specified in heads a. to e. above.

ML16

Forgings, castings and semi—finished products specially designed for goods specified in entries ML1, ML2, ML3, ML4, ML6, ML10, ML23 or ML26.

PL5020

Forgings, castings and semi—finished products specially designed for goods specified in entries PL5006 or PL5018.

ML17

Miscellaneous equipment, materials and libraries, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

a. Self—contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus, as follows:

1.

Closed or semi—closed circuit (rebreathing) apparatus;

2.

Specially designed components for use in the conversion of open—circuit apparatus to military use;

3.

Articles designed exclusively for military use with self—contained diving and underwater swimming apparatus;

b. Construction equipment specially designed for military use;

c. Fittings, coatings and treatments for signature suppression, specially designed for military use;

d. Field engineer equipment specially designed for use in a combat zone;

e. Robots, robot controllers and robot end effectors, having any of the following characteristics:

1.

Specially designed for military use;

2.

Incorporating means of protecting hydraulic lines against externally induced punctures caused by ballistic fragments and designed to use hydraulic fluids with flash points higher than 839 K (566°C);

3.

Operable at altitudes exceeding 30,000m; or

4.

Specially designed or rated for operating in an electro—magnetic pulse (EMP) environment;

e. Libraries (parametric technical databases) specially designed for military use with goods specified in this Group.

In this entry `libraries' are collections of technical information of a military nature, reference to which may enhance the performance of military equipment or software.

ML18

Equipment and technology for the production of goods specified in this Group, as follows:

a. Specially designed or modified production equipment for the production of products specified in this Group and specially designed components therefor;

b. Specially designed environmental test facilities, and specially designed equipment therefor, for the certification, qualification, or testing of products specified in this Group;

c. Production technology, even if the equipment with which such technology is to be used is not specified in this Group;

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.

PL 5017

Equipment for the development of the goods specified in this Group.

ML20

Cryogenic and superconductive equipment, as follows, and specially designed components and accessories therefor:

a. 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 103K (−170°C);

b. 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;

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.

ML23

Directed energy weapons (DEW) systems, related or countermeasure equipment and test models, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

a. Laser systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission—abort of a target;

b. Particle beam systems capable of destruction or effecting mission—abort of a target;

c. High power radio—frequency (RF) systems capable of destruction or effecting mission—abort of a target;

d. Equipment specially designed for the detection or identification of, or defence against, systems specified in heads a., b. or c. above;

e. Physical test models and related test results for the systems, equipment and components specified in heads a. to d. above.

ML24

Software, as follows:

a. Software specially designed or modified for the development, production, or use of equipment or material specified in this Group;

b. Specific software, as follows:

1.

Software specially designed for:

a.

Modelling, simulation or evaluation of military weapon systems;

b.

Development, monitoring, maintenance or up—dating of software embedded in military weapon systems;

c.

Modelling or simulating military operation scenarios, not specified in entry ML14 in this Group;

d.

Command, Communications, Control and Intelligence (C₃3I) applications;

2.

Software for determining the effects of conventional, nuclear, chemical or biological warfare weapons.

ML26

Kinetic energy weapon systems and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

a. Kinetic energy weapons systems specially designed for destruction or effecting mission—abort of a target;

b. Specially designed test and evaluation facilities and test models, including diagnostic instrumentation and targets, for dynamic testing of kinetic energy projectiles and systems.

PL5001

Security and para—military police equipment, as follows:

a. Acoustic devices represented by the manufacturers or suppliers thereof as suitable for riot control purposes, and specialised components therefor;

b. Anti—riot shields and components therefor;

c. Leg—irons, shackles (excluding any pair of handcuffs the maximum dimension of which when locked does not exceed 240mm) and gangchains, specially designed for restraining human beings;

d. Portable anti—riot devices for administering an electric shock or an incapacitating substance, and specialised components therefor;

e. Water cannon and components therefor;

e. Riot control vehicles which have been specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders.

PL5027

Technology applicable to the development or use of goods specified in entries ML11, ML18, PL5017, heads a. or b. of entry ML4, heads a. or b. of entry ML5, head j. of entry ML6, heads a., b. or c. of entry ML10, or heads a., b., d. or e. of entry ML8 of this Group.

PL5028

The export of goods specified in this entry is only prohibited to any destination in any country listed in Schedule 2.

Technology applicable to the development or use of goods specified in this Group other than that specified in PL5027.

(1)

S.I.1969/47.

(2)

See also PL 5029.