The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023

Regulation 36

SCHEDULE 4 Unmanned aerial vehicle goods and unmanned aerial vehicle technology

PART 1 General

Interpretation

1.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) a thing “falls within” a commodity code if it is, or would be, classified under that commodity code, as set out in the Goods Classification Table;

(b) where a commodity code is preceded by “ex”, the goods specified in this Schedule constitute only a part of the scope of the commodity code and must fall within both the description given to that code in this Schedule and the scope of the code in the Goods Classification Table.

(2) For the purposes of determining whether or not a thing is, or would be, “classified” in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect—

(a) Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom;

(b) notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—

“commodity code” includes a code denoting a heading or sub-heading;

“the Goods Classification Table” means the table so named in Annex Ⅰ in Part Three of the Tariff of the United Kingdom;

“the Tariff of the United Kingdom” means the document containing the legal classification and import rate for products being imported into the United Kingdom, entitled “The Tariff of the United Kingdom”, as revised or re-issued from time to time(1), including by any document published under regulations made under section 8(1) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 replacing the same in whole or in part.

2.  For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the meaning given to them in the Dual-Use Regulation—

“development”;

“GNSS”;

“LIDAR”;

“Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit”;

“navigation satellite system”;

“production”;

“signal analyser”;

“technology”;

“use”.

PART 2 Unmanned aerial vehicles

3.  Any thing falling within a commodity code mentioned in column 1 of the following table.

(1) Commodity code	(2) Description
8806 91 8806 92 8806 93 8806 94 8806 99	unmanned aerial vehicles other than those designed for carrying passengers

PART 3 Propulsion and navigation items

4.  Any thing falling within a commodity code mentioned in column 1 of the following table.

(1) Commodity code	(2) Description
8407 10	Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines for aircraft
8409 10	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with internal combustion piston engine for aircraft
9014 20	Inertial Navigation systems, Inertial Measuring Units (IMU), accelerometers or gyros

5.  Any thing falling—

(a) within a commodity code mentioned in column 1 of the following table; and

(b) within the description in column 2 beside that code.

(1) Commodity code	(2) Description
ex 8411 11 ex 8411 12 ex 8411 21 ex 8411 22 ex 8411 91	Aero gas turbine engines (turboprop, turbojet and turbofan) for aircraft, and specially designed components thereof
ex 8408 90	Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines for aircraft
ex 8526 10 ex 8529 90	Radars for unmanned aerial vehicles and specially designed components thereof
ex 8526 91 ex 8529 90	Radio navigational aid apparatus for aircraft and specially designed components thereof
ex 8807 30	Flight control unit for unmanned aerial vehicles
ex 8807 30	Remote control unit for unmanned aerial vehicles

PART 4 Electronic components and devices

6.  Any thing falling within a commodity code mentioned in column 1 of the following table.

(1) Commodity code	(2) Description
8525 83	Night vision camera

7.  Any thing falling—

(a) within a commodity code mentioned in column 1 of the following table; and

(b) within the description in column 2 beside that code.

(1) Commodity code	(2) Description
ex 8542 31 ex 8542 39	Integrated circuits as follows: Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), microcontroller, microprocessor, signal processor, signal analyser
ex 8542 33	Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit amplifier
ex 8548 00	Radio Frequency filter or Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) filter, suitable for aircraft
ex 8525 89	Camera (visible or thermal) specially designed for unmanned aerial vehicles
ex 9006 30	Camera for aerial survey
ex 8529 90 ex 9013 80 ex 9025 80 ex 9026 90 ex 9027 50	Thermal sensor for unmanned aerial vehicle cameras

PART 5 Other items

8.  Equipment specially designed for satellite navigation system equipment, including aerials and antennas suitable for the reception of GNSS signals.

9.  Airborne laser rangefinder.

10.  LIDAR systems.

11.  Technology, designed or specifically adapted for the test, development or production of equipment listed above.

12.  Pitot tubes and air measurement sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles.

13.  Engine fuel management systems and pressure transmitter for use in unmanned aerial vehicles.

14.  Software programming devices for use with unmanned aerial vehicles.

15.  Software defined radios designed or modified for use on unmanned aerial vehicles.

16.  Single board computers for use in unmanned aerial vehicles.

17.  Video encoding devices for use in unmanned aerial vehicles.

(1)

The Tariff of the United Kingdom, Version 1.16, is available electronically from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations2020. A hard copy is available for inspection free of charge at the offices of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH.