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Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment, Minister of Defence and Minister of Budget, Public Accounts and Public Service,
Given the defence code, including its article L. 2335-3 ;
Vu le Decree No. 55-965 of 16 July 1955 reorganizing the interdepartmental commission for the study of exports of war materials;
Vu le Decree No. 95-589 of 6 May 1995 amended on the application of the Decree of 18 April 1939 establishing the regime of war materials, weapons and ammunition, including article 79,
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Subject to provisions of Article 79 of the Decree of 6 May 1995 referred to abovewar materials and similar materials mentioned by theArticle L. 2335-3 of the Defence Code whose export under any customs regime, without authorization, is prohibited are those listed in the list produced in the Annex to this Order.
Applications for the classification of export materials pursuant to this Order are filed with the Minister of Defence.
The Order of 20 November 1991 setting out the list of warfare and similar materials subject to a special export procedure is repealed.
The present order will be issued in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
A N N E X E
LIST OF GUARANTEE MATTERIALS AND ASSIMILED MATTERIALS
SUBMITTED TO A SPECIAL EXPORT PROCEDURE
PART I
Note: Chemicals are classified by name and CAS number. The list covers chemicals with the same formula (including hydrates), regardless of the name or CAS number. The indication of CAS numbers is intended to allow the identification of a specific chemical substance or mixture, regardless of the nomenclature. CAS numbers cannot be used as unique identifiers, as some of the chemical substances in the list have different CAS numbers and mixtures containing the same chemical substance in the list may also have different CAS numbers.
| ML1 | Smooth guns of a calibre less than 20 mm, other weapons and automatic weapons of a calibre less than or equal to 12.7 mm (calibre 0.50 inch) and accessories, as follows, and their components specially designed: (a) rifles, rifles, guns, handguns and machine guns; Note. – The ML1.a point does not include the following: a. Muskets, rifles and rifles manufactured before 1938; b. Reproductions of muskets, rifles and rifles whose originals were manufactured before 1890; c. Revolvers, guns and machine guns manufactured before 1890 and their reproductions. (b) Smooth guns, as follows: 1. Smooth guns specially designed for military use; 2. Other smooth guns, as follows: a. Fully automatic weapons; b. Semi-automatic or pump-type weapons; c. Weapons using ammunition without a case; d. Silencieux, special sharps, chargers, target devices and fire caches for weapons referred to in ML1.a, ML1.b or ML1.c. Note 1. ― The ML1 point does not target smooth guns for sporting or hunting. These weapons should not be specially designed for military use or the fully automatic type. Note 2. ― The ML1 point does not apply to firearms specially designed for inert munitions of instruction and cannot be used with any ammunition referred to in ML3. Note 3 ― The ML1 point is not intended for weapons using non-central percussion ammunition that are not fully automatic. Note 4. ― The ML1.d point does not apply to optical viewing devices without electronic image processing, with a magnification of less than or equal to 4, provided that they are not specially designed or modified for military use. | |
| ML2 | Smooth guns of a calibre equal to or greater than 20 mm, other weapons or armaments of a calibre greater than 12.7 mm (calibre 0.50 inch), smoke lances, projectile launchers and accessories, as follows, and their specially designed components: (a) Canons, shells, artillery pieces, mortars, anti-tank weapons, projectile launchers, military-use flamethrowers, rifles, cannon-remote guns, smooth guns and their signature reduction devices; Note 1. ― The ML2.a point includes injectors, measuring devices, storage tanks and other components specially designed to serve with liquid propellant loads for any material referred to in ML2.a. Note 2. ― The ML2.a point does not apply to weapons, as follows: 1. Muskets, rifles and rifles manufactured before 1938; 2. Reproductions of muskets, rifles and rifles whose originals were manufactured before 1890. Note 3. ― The ML2.a. point does not apply to portable projectile launchers specially designed to launch at a distance of 500 m or less wire-related projectiles without highly explosive load or communication link. (b) Military equipment for the launch or production of smoke, gas and pyrotechnic products; Note. – The ML2.b point is not intended for signaling pistols. (c) Targeting devices. | |
| ML3 | Munitions and fuse adjustment devices, as follows, and their components specially designed: (a) Munitions for weapons referred to in ML1, ML2 or ML12; (b) Fuses specially designed for ML3.a-point munitions. Note 1. ― The specially designed components referred to in ML3 include: a. Metal or plastic parts such as inclums of primers, ball buckets, links, ammunition strips and metal parts for ammunition; b. Security and weapons devices, primers, sensors and detonators; c. High operational output power supply devices operating once; d. Fuels for loads; e. Submunitions, including small bombs, small mines and terminally-guided projectiles. Note 2. ― The ML3.a point is not intended for non-projectile-free ammunition (sheet cartridges) and inert powder chamber instruction ammunition. Note 3. ― The ML3.a point does not apply to cartridges specially designed for one of the following purposes: a. Reporting; b. Birds rash; or c. Torch light on oil wells. | |
| ML4 | Bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, other explosive devices and related equipment and equipment, as follows, and their specially designed components: Note 1. ― For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11. Note 2. - For missile protection systems, see ML4.c. (a) Bombs, torpedoes, grenades, smoke-pots, rockets, mines, missiles, underwater loads, demolition loads, demolition devices and kits, military pyrotechnics, cartridges and simulators (i.e. equipment simulating the characteristics of one of the aforementioned items), specially designed for military use; Note. The ML4.a point includes: a. Fumigen grenades, incendiary bombs and explosive devices; b. Missile rockets and back body warheads. (b) Equipment with all the following characteristics: 1. Specially designed for military applications; and 2. Specially designed for handling, controlling, booting, operating nominal power supply mono-coup, launch, pointing, dredging, unloading, lure, interference, detonation, disruption, destruction or detection of the following: a. Articles referred to in ML4.a; or b. Improvised explosive devices (EEI); Note 1. ― The ML4.b point includes: a. Mobile equipment for gas liquefaction, capable of producing 1,000 kg or more gas in liquid form per day; b. Electric cables that can be used to dredge magnetic mines. Note 2. ― The ML4.b point does not apply to limited portable devices, by design, only to the detection of metallic objects and unable to distinguish between mines and other metal objects. (c) Missile aircraft protection systems. Note. ― The ML4.c point does not apply to protection systems with all the following characteristics: a. System of the following missile warning sensor types: 1. Passive sensors with peak response between 100 and 400 nm; or 2. Active missile alert sensors with Doppler pulses; b. Systems for the distribution of countermeasures; c. The system includes rockets with visible signature and infrared signature to bleed ground-air missiles; and d. The system is installed on a "civil aircraft" and has all the following characteristics: 1. The system is only usable in a given civil aircraft in which it was installed and benefiting: a. A type certification for civil use; or b. An equivalent document recognized by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); 2. The system includes protections prohibiting unauthorized access to "software"; and 3. The system has an active mechanism preventing it from operating in the event of the dismantling of the "civil aircraft" in which it was installed. | |
| ML5 | Driving equipment and related warning and warning equipment, and related test, alignment and countermeasures systems and equipment, as follows, specially designed for military use, and their specially designed components and accessories: (a) Weapons monitors, bombing calculators, pointing equipment and systems for arms control; (b) Acquisition, designation, telemetry, monitoring or target tracking systems, detection, data merging, recognition or identification equipment and sensor integration equipment; (c) Countermeasures equipment for items covered by ML5.a or ML5.b; (d) Field test or alignment equipment specially designed for items specified in ML5.a or ML5.b. | |
| ML6 | Land vehicles and their components, as follows: Note. ― For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11. (a) Ground vehicles and their components, specially designed or modified for military use; Technical note. – For the purpose of the ML6.a point, the terms "land vehicle" include trailers. (b) Any motor-wheeled vehicle that can be used off-road and manufactured with materials capable of providing level III ballistic protection (NIJ 0108.1, September 1985, or comparable national standard) or equipped with these materials. Note. ― See also ML13.a. Note 1. ― ML6.a includes: a. Assault tanks and armed military vehicles and military vehicles equipped with weapons or equipment for the laying of mines or the launch of ammunition, referred to in ML4; b. Armoured vehicles; c. Amphibious vehicles and vehicles that can pass through deep water; d. Carriage vehicles and vehicles used to to tow or carry weapons or ammunition systems and related load handling equipment. Note 2. - The modification of a ground vehicle for military use referred to in ML6.a includes a structural, electrical or mechanical modification affecting at least one military component specially designed for military use. These components include: a. Tyre envelopes tested by balls or capable of rolling flat; b. Pneumatic inflation-inflating pressure systems, available from inside a vehicle during its displacement; c. Armoured protection of vital parts, such as fuel tanks or cabins; d. reinforcements or supports for mounting weapons; e. The occulted lighting systems. Note 3. ― The ML6 point does not apply to civilian motor vehicles or trucks designed or modified to carry funds or valuables and with shielded or ballistic protection. | |
| ML7 | Toxic chemical or biological agents, anti-riot agents, radioactive substances, material, components and related substances, as follows: (a) Biological agents and radioactive substances "adapted for use of war" to produce destructive effects on populations or animals, to degrade the material or to damage the crops or the environment; (b) Chemical war officers (agents C), including: 1. The following neurotoxic C agents: a. Alkyl(methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl)phosphonofluoridates of O-alkyle (C10, including cycloalkyle), such as: Sarin (GB): methylphosphonofluoridate of O-isopropyle (CAS 107-44-8), and Soman (GD): methylphosphonofluoridate of O-pinacolyle (CAS 96-64-0); b. N,N-dialkyl(methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl)phosphoramidocyanidates of O-alkyle (C10, including cycloalkyle), such as: Tabun (GA): N,N-dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate of O-ethyl (CAS 77-81-6); c. Alkyl (methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl)phosphonothiolates of O-alkyle (H or C10, including cycloalkyle) and S-2-dialkyl (methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl)aminoethyl and associated alky and protonated salts, such as: VX: methylphosphonothiolate of O-ethyl and S-2-diisopropylaminoethyl (CAS 50782-69-9); 2. The following vesicants: a. Sulphur mustard, such as: 1. 2-chloroethyl sulphide and chloromethyl (CAS 2625-76-5); 2. Bis(2-chloroethyl) sulphide (CAS 505-60-2); 3. bis(2-chloroethylthio)methane (CAS 63869-13-6); 4. 1.2-bis(2-chloroethylthio)ethane (CAS 3563-36-8); 5. 1.3-bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-propane (CAS 63905-10-2); 6. 1.4-bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-butane (CAS 142868-93-7); 7. 1.5-bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-pentane (CAS 142868-94-8); 8. bis(2-chloroethylthiomethyl) (CAS 63918-90-1); 9. bis(2-chloroethylthioethyl) (CAS 63918-89-8); b. Lewisites, such as: 1. 2-chlorovinyldichloroarsin (CAS 541-25-3); 2. tri(2-chlorovinyl)arsine (CAS 40334-70-1); 3. bis(2-chlorovinyl)chloroarsine (CAS 40334-69-8); c. Nitrogen mustard, such as: 1. HN1: bis(2-chloroethyl)ethylamine (CAS 538-07-8); 2. HN2: bis(2-chloroethyl)methylamine (CAS 51-75-2); 3. HN3: tri(2-chloroethyl)amine (CAS 555-77-1); 3. Officers C: a. Benzilate of 3-quinuclidinyl (BZ) (CAS 6581-06-2); 4. The following defoliating C agents: a. 2-chloro-4-fluorophenoxyacetate of butyl (LNF); b. Trichloro-2,4,5-phenoxyacetic acid mixed with dichloro-2,4 phenoxyacetic acid (orange agent); (c) Binary precursors and key precursors of agents C, as follows: 1. Alkyl difluorides (methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl)phosphonyl, including: DF: methylphosphonyl difluoride (CAS 676-99-3); 2. Alkyl (methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl)phosphonites of O-alkyle (H or C10, including cycloalkyle) and O-2-dialkyl (methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl)aminoethyl and associated alky and protonated salts, such as: QL: O-ethyl and 2-diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonite (CAS 57856-11-8); 3. Chloro sarin: methylphosphonochloridate from O-isopropyle (CAS 1445-76-7); 4. Chloro soman: methylphosphonochloridate from O-pinacolyle (CAS 7040-57-5); (d) "Anti-riot agents", active chemical substances and their combinations, including: 1. -bromophenylacetonitrile (Cyanide bromoben zyle) (CA) (CAS 5798-79-8); 2. [(chloro-2 phenyl) methylene] propanédinitrile (ochlorobenzylidènemalononitrile) (CS) (CAS 2698-41-1); 3. 2-chloroacetophenol, phenylacyle chloride (-chloroacetophenol) (CN) (CAS 532-27-4); 4. Dibenzo-(b,f)-1,4-oxazephine (CR) (CAS 257-07-8); 5. 10-Chloro-5, 10-dihydrophnarsazine (phinarsazine chloride) (Adamsite) (DM) (CAS 578-94-9); 6. N-Nonanoylmorpholine (MPA) (CAS 5299-64-9); Note 1. ― The ML7.d point does not apply to individually packed anti-riot agents used for self-defense purposes. Note 2. ― The ML7.d point does not apply to active chemicals and their combinations retained or conditioned for food production or for medical purposes. (e) Equipment specially designed or modified for military use, designed or modified for the dissemination of one of the following elements, and its components specially designed: 1. Substances or agents referred to in ML7.a, ML7.b or ML7.d, or 2. C agents consisting of precursors referred to in ML7.c; (f) Protection and decontamination equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, chemical components and mixtures, as follows: 1. Material designed or modified for protection against substances subject to ML7.a, ML7.b or ML7.d, and specially designed components thereof; 2. Equipment designed or modified for the purpose of decontamination of objects contaminated by substances referred to in ML7.a or ML7.b, and its specially designed components; 3. Chemical mixtures specially designed/formulated for the decontamination of objects contaminated with ML7.a or ML7.b points; Note. ― ML7.f.1 includes: a. Air conditioning units specially designed or modified for nuclear, biological or chemical filtering; b. Protective clothing. Note. ― With respect to gas masks as well as protection and decontamination equipment for civilian use: see also point 1A004 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union. (g) Equipment specially designed or modified for military use, designed or modified for the detection or identification of substances subject to ML7.a, ML7.b or ML7.d, and its specially designed components; Note. ― ML7.g does not target personal dosimeters for radiation monitoring. Note. ― See also item 1A004 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union. (h) " Biopolymers" specially designed or treated for the detection or identification of agents C referred to in ML7.b and cultures of specific cells used for their production; (i) " Biocatalysts" for the decontamination or degradation of agents C and their biological systems, as follows: 1. " Biocatalysts" specially designed for the decontamination or degradation of C agents referred to in ML7.b, produced by laboratory-driven selection or genetic manipulation of biological systems; 2. Biological systems, as follows: "expression vectors", viruses or cell cultures containing specific genetic information of the production of "biocatalysts" referred to in ML7.i.1. Note 1. ― ML7.b and ML7.d points do not include: a. Cyanogenic chloride (CAS 506-77-4). See item 1C450.a.5 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union; b. Cyanhydric acid (CAS 74-90-8); c. Chlore (CAS 7782-50-5); d. Carbon Oxychloride (phosgen) (CAS 75-44-5). See item 1C450.a.4 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union; e. Diphosgen (trichloromethyl-chloroformate) (CAS 503-38-8); f. Not used since 2004; g. xylyle bromide, ortho: (CAS 89-92-9), meta: (CAS 620-13-3), para: (CAS 104-81-4); h. Benzyl Bromide (CAS 100-39-0); Iodure de benzyle (CAS 620-05-3); j. Bromacétone (CAS 598-31-2); k. Cyanogenic bromide (CAS 506-68-3); (CAS 816-40-0) m. Chloracétone (CAS 78-95-5); n. Ethythm Iodacate (CAS 623-48-3); o. Iodacétone (CAS 3019-04-3); p. Chloropicrine (CAS 76-06-2). See item 1C450.a.7 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union. Note 2. ― Cell cultures and biological systems referred to in ML7.h and ML7.i.2 are exclusive and these do not apply to cells or biological systems for civilian use, such as agricultural, pharmaceutical, medical, veterinary, related to the environment, waste processing or food industry. | |
| ML8 | "Energy materials" and related substances, as follows: Note. ― See also item 1C011 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union. Technical notes: 1. For the purposes of ML8, a mixture means a compound of two or more substances, at least one of which is listed under one of the sub-items of ML8. 2. Any substance listed under one of the sub-points of ML8 is covered by this list, even if used for an application other than that indicated (e.g. TAGN is used primarily as explosive but may also be used as fuel or oxidant). (a) "Explosives", as follows, and related mixtures: 1. ADNBF (amino dinitrobenzo-furoxan or 7-amino-4,6-dinitrobenzofurazane-1-oxide) (CAS 97096-78-1); 2. PCBN (perchlorate of cis-bis (5-nitrotétrazolato) tetra-amine-cobalt (III)] (CAS 117412-28-9); 3. CL-14 (diamino dinitrobenzofuroxan or 5.7-diamino-4,6-dinitrobenzofurazane-1-oxide) (CAS 117907-74-1); 4. CL-20 (HNIW or hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane) (CAS 135285-90-4); chlathrates of CL-20 (see also ML8.g.3 and g.4 for its "precursors"); 5. PC (perchlorate of 2-(5-cyanotetrazolato) penta-amine-cobalt (III)] (CAS 70247-32-4); 6. DADE (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene, FOX7); 7. DATB (diaminotrinitrobenzène) (CAS 1630-08-6); 8. DDFP (1.4 – dinitrodifurazanopiperazine); 9. DDPO (2.6-diamino-3.5-dinitropyrazine-1-oxide, PZO) (CAS 194486-77-6); 10. DIPAM (3.3'-diamino-2,2',4,4',6,6'-hexanitrobiphenyle or dipicramide) (CAS 17215-44-0); 11. DNGU (DINGU or dinitroglycoluryle) (CAS 55510-04-8); 12. Furazanes, as follows: a. DAAOF (diaminoazoxyfurazane) b. DAAzF (diaminoazofurazane) (CAS 78644-90-3); 13. HMX and derivatives (see also ML8.g.5 for their "precursors"), as follows: a. HMX (cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine, octahydro-1,3.5,7-tetranitro-1,3.5,7-tetrazine, 1,3.5,7-tetranitro-1,3.5,7-tetraza-cyclooctane, octogen or octogen) (CAS 2691-41-0); b. HMX difluoroamines; c. K-55 (2,4,6,8-tetranitro-2,4,6,8-tetraazabicyclo [3,3,0]-octanone-3, tetranitrosemiglycouril or HMX céto-bicyclique) (CAS 130256-72-3); 14. HNAD (hexanitroadamantane) (CAS 143850-71-9); 15. HNS (hexanitrostilbène) (CAS 20062-22-0); 16. Imidazoles, as follows: a. BNNII (octahydro-2.5-bis(nitroimino)imidazo [4,5-d]imidazole); b. DNI (2.4-dinitroimidazole) (CAS 5213-49-0); c. IDFA (1-fluoro-2.4-dinitroimidazole); d. NTDNIA (N-(2-nitrotriazolo)-2,4-dinitroimidazole) e. PTIA (1-picryl-2,4,5-trinitroimidazole); 17. NTNMH (1-(2-nitrotriazolo)-2-dinitromethylenehydrazine) ; 18. NTO (ONTA or 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one) (CAS 932-64-9); 19. Polynitrocubans with more than 4 nitro groups; 20. PYX (2.6-bis(picrylamino)-3.5-dinitropyridine) (CAS 38082-89-2); 21. RDX and derivatives, as follows: a. RDX (cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, cyclonite, T4, hexahydro-1,3.5-trinitro-1,3.5-triazine, 1,3.5-trinitro-1,3.5-triaza-cyclohexane, hexogen or hexogen) (CAS 121-82-4); b. Céto-RDX (K-6 or 2,4,6-trinitro-2,4,6-triazacyclohexanone) (CAS 115029-35-1); 22. TAGN (triaminoguanidine) (CAS 4000-16-2); 23. TATB (triaminotrinitrobenzene) (CAS 3058-38-6) (see also point ML8.g.7 for its "precursors"); 24. TEDDZ (3.7.7-tetrabis(difluoroamine)-octahydro-1.5-dinitro-1.5-diazocin) 25. Tetrazoles, as follows: a. NTAT (nitrotriazol aminotétrazole); b. NTNT (1-N-(2-nitrotriazolo)-4-nitrotetrazole); 26. Tétryl (trinitrophenylmethylnitramine) (CAS 479-45-8); 27. TNAD (1,4,5,8-tetranitro-1,4,5,8-tetraazadécaline) (CAS 135877-16-6) (see also ML8.g.6 for its "precursors"); 28. TNAZ (1,3,3-trinitroazétidine) (CAS 97645-24-4) (see also ML8.g.2 for its "precursors"); 29. TNGU (SORGUYL or tetranitroglycolurile) (CAS 55510-03-7); 30. NPT (1,4,5,8-tetranitro-pyridazino[4,5-d]pyridazine) (CAS 229176-04-9); 31. Triazines, as follows: a. DNAM (2-oxy-4,6-dinitroamino-s-triazine) (CAS 19899-80-0); b. NNHT (2-nitroimino-5-nitro-hexahydro-1,3.5-triazine) (CAS 130400-13-4); 32. Triazoles, as follows: a. 5-azido-2-nitrotriazole; b. ADHTDN (4-amino-3.5-dihydrazino-1,2,4-triazole dinitramide) (CAS 1614-08-0); c. ADNT (1-amino-3.5-dinitro-1,2,4-triazole); d. BDNTA ([bis-dinitrotriazole]amine); e. DBT (3.3'-dinitro-5,5-bi-1,2,4-triazole) (CAS 30003-46-4); f. DNBT (dinitrobistriazole) (CAS 70890-46-9); g. NTDNA (2-nitrotriazole 5-dinitramide) (CAS 75393-84-9); h. NTDNT (1-N-(2-nitrotriazolo) 3.5-dinitrotriazole); i. PDNT (1-picryl-3.5-dinitrotriazole) ; j. TACOT (tetranitrobenzotriazolobenzotriazole) (CAS 25243-36-1); 33. Explosives not listed at ML8.a having a detonation speed greater than 8,700 m/s at a maximum density or detonation pressure greater than 34 GPa (340 kbar); 34. Organic explosives not listed in ML8.a having detonation pressure greater than or equal to 25 GPa (250 kbar) and remaining stable for periods of 5 minutes or more at temperatures equal to or greater than 523 K (250 °C); (b) Propergols, as follows: 1. All solid UN Class 1.1 (United Nations) propellant with a specific theoretical pulse (under normal conditions) of more than 250 s for non-metalized compositions or more than 270 s for aluminated compositions; 2. All solid Class UN 1.3 propellant, having a specific theoretical pulse (in normal conditions) of more than 230 s for non-halogenated compositions, more than 250 s for non-metalized compositions and more than 266 s for metallic compositions; 3. Propergols having a force constant greater than 1,200 kJ/kg; 4. "propergols" that can maintain a continuous combustion rate of more than 38 mm/s under normal conditions (measured in the form of a single flash), which is a pressure of 68.9 MPa (68,9 bar) and a temperature of 294 K (21 °C); 5. " Propergols" double base, moulded, modified by an elastomer (EMCDB), whose maximum stress length is greater than 5% to 233 K ( – 40 °C); 6. Any "propellant" containing substances referred to in ML8.a; (c) "Pyrotechnical products", fuels and related substances, and mixtures of these substances, as follows: 1. Aircraft fuels, specially formulated for military purposes; 2. Alane (aluminum hydration) (CAS 7784-21-6); 3. Carboranes; decaborane (CAS 17702-41-9); pentaboranes (CAS 19624-22-7 and 18433-84-6) and their derivatives; 4. Hydrazine and its derivatives, as follows (see also ML8.d.8 and d.9 points for oxidizing derivatives of hydrazine): a. Hydrazine (CAS 302-01-2) at concentrations of 70% or more; b. Monomethylhydrazine (CAS 60-34-4); c. Dimethylhydrazine symmetric (CAS 540-73-8); d. Dimethylhydrazine dissymetric (CAS 57-14-7); 5. Metallic combustibles in particles, spherical, atomized, sproidal, flake or embroidered, made from a substance containing at least 99% of one of the following: a. Metals, as follows, and related mixtures: 1. Beryllium (CAS 7440-41-7), in the form of particles of size equal to or less than 60 μm; 2. Iron powder (CAS 7439-89-6), in the form of particles of size equal to or less than 3 μm, obtained by reducing iron oxide by hydrogen; b. Mixtures containing one of the following: 1. Zirconium (CAS 7440-67-7), magnesium (CAS 7439-95-4) or alloys of these metals, in the form of particles less than 60 μm, or 2. Boron-based fuels (CAS 7440-42-8) or boron carbide (CAS 12069-32-8) with a degree of purity of at least 85%, in the form of particles of less than 60 μm; 6. Materials for military use including thickeners for hydrocarbon fuels, specially formulated for flame lances or incendiary munitions, including stearates or metal palmitates (e.g. octal, CAS 637-12-7) and thickening M1, M2, M3; 7. Perchlorates, chlorates and chromates, formed with metal powder or other high-energy fuel components; 8. Spherical aluminum powder (CAS 7429-90-5) consisting of particles of a size less than or equal to 60 μm, made from a substance containing at least 99% aluminum; 9. titanium subhydride (TiHn) of stoichiometry equivalent to n = 0.65-1.68; Note 1. ― Aircraft fuels referred to in ML8.c.1 are finished but not their constituents. Note 2. ― The ML8.c.4.a point does not apply to hydrazine mixtures specially designed for corrosion protection. Note 3. ― ML8.c.5 refers to explosives and fuels whether or not metals or alloys are encapsulated in aluminium, magnesium, zirconium or beryllium. Note 4. ― ML8.c.5.b.2 does not apply to boron and boron carbide enriched with boron-10 (at least 20% boron-10 in total). (d) Combinations, as follows, and related mixtures: 1. ADN (ammonium dinitramide or SR 12) (CAS 140456-78-6); 2. AP (ammonium perchlorate) (CAS 7790-98-9); 3. Composed of fluorine and one of the following: a. Other halogens; b. Oxygen, or c. Azote; Note 1. ― The ML8.d.3 is not intended for chlorine trifluoride. See item 1C238 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union. Note 2. ― ML8.d.3 does not apply to nitrogen trifluoride in the gaseous state. 4. DNAD (1,3-dinitro-1,3-diazétidine) (CAS 78246-06-7); 5. HAN (hydroxylammonium nitrate) (CAS 13465-08-2); 6. HAP (hydroxylammonium perchlorate) (CAS 15588-62-2); 7. HNF (hydrazinium nitroformate) (CAS 20773-28-8); 8. Hydrazine nitrate (CAS 37836-27-4); 9. Hydrazine Perchlorate (CAS 27978-54-7); 10. Liquid, consisting or containing inhibited red smoked nitric acid (IRFNA) (CAS 8007-58-7); Note. ― ML8.d.10 is not intended for non-inhibited smoking nitric acid. (e) Liants, plasticizers, monomers and polymers, as follows: 1. AMMO (azidomethylmethyloxetane and its polymers) (CAS 90683-29-7) (see also ML8.g.1 for its "precursors"); 2. BAMO (bisazidomethyloxetane and its polymers) (CAS 17607-20-4) (see also ML8.g.1 for its "precursors"); 3. BDNPA (bis (2.2-dinitropropyl)acetal) (CAS 5108-69-0); 4. BDNPF (bis (2.2-dinitropropyl)formal) (CAS 5917-61-3); 5. BTTN (butanetriol) (CAS 6659-60-5) (see also ML8.g.8 for its "precursors"); 6. Monomers, plasticizers and polymers containing nitro, azido, nitrato, nitraza or difluoroamino groups and specially designed for military use; 7. FAMAO (3-difluoroaminomethyl-3-azidomethyl-oxetane) and its polymers; 8. FEFO (bis-(2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethyl) formal) (CAS 17003-79-1); 9. FPF-1 (poly-2,2,3,3,4,4-hexafluoropentane-1.5-diol formal) (CAS 376-90-9); 10. FPF-3 (poly-2,4,4,5,5,6,6-heptafluoro-2-tri-fluoromethyl-3― oxaheptane-1,7-diol formal) 11. GAP (poly( glycidyl azoture) (CAS 143178-24-9) and its derivatives; 12. HTPB (polybutadiene completed by hydroxyl) having hydroxyl functionality equal to or greater than 2.2 and less than or equal to 2,4, a hydroxyl index less than 0.77 meq/g, and a viscosity at 30 °C less than 47 poises (CAS 69102-90-5); 13. Alcohol-function polyechloride, low molecular mass (lower than 10,000); polyepichlorhydrinediol and polyechlorhydrinetriol; 14. NENAs (compounds of nitratoethylnitramine) (CAS 17096-47-8, 85068-73-1, 82486-83-7, 82486-82-6 and 85954-06-9); 15. PGN (poly-GLYN, glycidyl polynitrate) or poly(nitratomethyloxirane) (CAS 27814-48-8); 16. Poly-NIMMO (polynitratomethylmethyloxetane) or poly-NMMO (poly[3-nitratomethyl―3-methyloxetane]) (CAS 84051-81-0); 17. Polynitroorthocarbonates; 18. TVOPA (1,2,3-tris[1,2-bis(difluoroamino)ethoxy] propane or tris-vinoxy-propane adduit) (CAS 53159-39-0); (f) "Addenda", as follows: 1. Basic Copper Salicylate (CAS 62320-94-9); 2. BHEGA (bis-(2― hydroxyethyl)glycolamide) (CAS 17409-41-5); 3. BNO (butadienetrile oxide) (CAS 9003-18-3); 4. Derived from ferrocene, as follows: a. Butacène (CAS 125856-62-4); b. Catocene (2.2-bis – ethylferrocénylpropane) (CAS 37206-42-1); c. Ferrocene-carboxylic acids; d. n-butyl-ferrocene (CAS 31904-29-7); e. Other polymeric derivatives of ferrocene coated; 5. Resorcylate beta de plum (CAS 20936-32-7); 6. Lead Citrate (CAS 14450-60-3); 7. Lead-copper celates of resorcylate beta or salicylates (CAS 68411-07-4); 8. Lead malate (CAS 19136-34-6); 9. Lead Salicylate (CAS 15748-73-9); 10. Lead Stannate (CAS 12036-31-6); 11. MAPO (tris-1-(2-methyl)aziridinylphosphine) (CAS 57-39-6); BOBBA8 (bis oxide(2-methylaziridinyl)-2– (2–hydroxypropanoxy)propylaminophosphine); and other DFO derivatives; 12. Methyl-BAPO (bis oxide(2-methylaziridinyl) methylaminophosphine) (CAS 85068-72-0); 13. N-methyl-P-Nitroaniline (CAS 100-15-2); 14. 3-Nitraza-1.5-diisocyanatopentane (CAS 7406-61-9); 15. Organometallic coupling agents, as follows: a. (Diallyl)oxy, tri(dioctyl)phosphatotitanate de neopentyle (CAS 103850-22-2); also called titanium IV, 2.2 [bis 2-propenolate-methyl butanolate, tries (dioctyle) phosphate] (CAS 110438-25-0); or LICA12 (CAS 103850-22-2); b. Titan IV, [(2-propanolate-1) methyl, n-propanolatomethyl] butanolate-1, tri(dioctyle)pyrophosphate or KR. 3538; c. Titane IV, [(2-propanolate-1) methyl, n-propanolatomethyl] butanolate-1, tri(dioctyle)phosphate; 16. Cyanodifluoraminoethylene polyoxide; 17. Polyfunctional aziridine amides with isophthalic, trimestic base structure (BITA or trimestamide imine butylene), isocyanuric or trimethyladipic and 2-methyl or 2-ethyl substitutes on the aziridine cycle; 18. Propyleneimine (2-methylaziridine) (CAS 75-55-8); 19. Superfin ferric oxide (Fe2O3) having a specific surface greater than 250 m2/g and particles of size equal to or less than 3.0 nm; 20. TEPAN (tetraethylenepentamineacrylonitrile) (CAS 68412-45-3); cyanoethylated polyamines and their salts; 21. TEPANOL (tetraethylenepentamineacrylonitrile-glycidol) (CAS 68412-46-4); cyanoethyl polyamine additive products with glycidol and their salts; 22. TPB (triphenyl-bismuth) (CAS 603-33-8); (g) "Precursors", as follows: Note. – At the ML8.g point, reference is made to "energy substances" that are manufactured from these substances. 1. BCMO (bis-chloromethyloxetane) (CAS 142173-26-0) (see also ML8.e.1 and ML8.e.2); 2. T-butyldinitroazétidine salt (CAS 125735-38-8) (see also ML8.a.28); 3. HBIW (hexabenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane) (CAS 124782-15-6) (see also ML8.a.4); 4. TAIW (tetraacetyldibenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane) (see also lepoint ML8.a.4); 5. TAT (1.3.5.7 tetraacetyl-1.3.5.7-tetraaza cyclo-octane) (CAS 41378-98-7) (see also ML8.a.13); 6. 1,4,5,8-tetraazadécaline (CAS 5409-42-7) (see also pointML8.a.27); 7. 1.3.5-trichlorobenzene (CAS 108-70-3) (see also ML8.a.23); 8. 1.2.4-trihydroxybutane (1,2,4-butanetriol) (CAS 3068-00-6) (see also ML8.a.5). Note 5. ― Loads and devices: see ML4. Note 6. ― The ML8 point does not apply to the following substances when they are not composed or mixed with "energy material" referred to in ML8.a or metal powders referred to in ML8.c: a. Ammonium picrate; b. Black powder; c. Hexanitrodiphenylamine; d. Difluoroamine; e. Nitroamidon; f. Potassium nitrate; g. Tetranitronaphthalene; h. Trinitroanisol; i. Trinitronaphthalene; j. Trinitroxylene; k. N-pyrrolidinone; 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone; l. Dioctyle malate; m. ethylhexyl acrylate; n. Triethyl-aluminum (TEA), trimethyl-aluminum (TMA) and other pyrophoric metal alcoyles and aryles of lithium, sodium, magnesium, zinc and boron; o. Nitrocellulose; Nitroglycerin (or glycerol trinitrate, trinitroglycerin) (NG); q. 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT); r. Ethylenediamine Dinitrate (EDDN); s. Pentaérythritol tetranitrate (PETN); t. Lead Azide, normal and basic lead styphnate, and primary explosives or initiation compositions containing azides or Nazi complexes; u. Triethylene glycol (TEGDN); v. 2,4,6-trinitroresorcinol (styphnic acid); w. Diethyldiphenylurea, dimethyldiphenylurea, methyldiphenylurea (Centralites); x. N,N-diphenylurea (diphenylated dissymetric); There. Methyl-N,N-diphenylurea (methyl-diphenylurea dissymetric); z. Ethyle-N,N-diphenylurea (ethyl-diphenylurea dissymetric); aa. 2-nitrodiphenylamine (2-NDPA); bb. 4-nitrodiphenylamine (4-NDPA); cc. 2,2-dinitropropanol; dd. Nitroguanidine (see point 1C011.d of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union). | |
| ML9 | Warships (surface or submarine), specialized naval equipment, accessories, components and other surface vessels, as follows: Note. ― For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11. (a) Ships and components, as follows: 1. (surface or submarine) vessels specially designed or modified for military use, regardless of their state of maintenance or service, and whether or not they contain weapons launch systems or armour, shells or parts of shells, as well as their components specially designed for military use; 2. Surface vessels other than those referred to in ML9.a.1 to which one or more of the following elements are attached: a. Automatic arm of a calibre of not less than 12.7 mm referred to in ML1, a weapon referred to in ML2, ML4, ML12 or ML19, or a sharp or fastening point for such a weapon; Technical note: "finder" refers to weapons support or structural reinforcement intended for the installation of a weapon. b. Shooting system referred to in ML5; c. All of the following characteristics: 1. 'Nuclear, radiological, bacteriological and chemical protection (NRBC)'; and 2. 'Sprinkling system' designed for decontamination, or Technical notes: 1. 'Protection NRBC' means a self-contained interior space with features such as overpressure, insulation in relation to ventilation systems, reduced ventilation openings with NRBC filters and limited access points equipped with watertight for personnel. 2. 'System of watering' means a watering system that can simultaneously wet the superstructure and the bridges of a ship. d. Active countermeasure system referred to in ML4.b, ML5.c or ML11.a points with one of the following characteristics: 1. 'Protection NRBC'; 2. Shell and superstructure specially designed to reduce radar signature; 3. Thermal signature reduction devices (e.g., exhaust cooling system) except for systems specially designed to improve the overall efficiency of an electric power plant or reduce environmental impact; or 4. A demagnetization system designed to reduce the overall magnetic signature of the vessel; (b) Engines and propulsion systems, as follows, specially designed for military use, and their components specially designed for military use: 1. Diesel specially designed for submarines with all the following characteristics: a. Power greater than or equal to 1.12 MW (1,500 CV); and b. Rotation speed greater than or equal to 700 rpm; 2. Electric motors specially designed for submarines with all the following characteristics: a. Power greater than 0.75 MW (1 000 CV); b. Fast overthrowing; c. Liquid cooling, and d. Hermetics; 3. Amagnetic diesel with all the following characteristics: a. Power equal to or greater than 37.3 kW (50 CV); and b. At least 75% of the constitutive mass is amagnetic; 4. Anaerobic propulsion systems specially designed for submarines; Technical Note: An anaerobic propulsion allows a submarine in immersion to operate its propulsion system, without using the oxygen of the atmosphere, for a longer period than the use of batteries. For the purposes of ML9.b.4, the 'anaerobic propulsion' does not include nuclear energy. (c) Underwater detection devices, specially designed for military use, their control systems and components specially designed for military use; (d) Anti-submarine and anti-torpedo nets specially designed for military use; (e) Not used since 2003; (f) Pill traps and connectors specially designed for military use, allowing interaction with equipment outside a vessel, as well as their components specially designed for military use; Note. ― The ML9.f point includes the connectors for single, multi-conductor, coaxial or wave-guided vessels and the hull-bearers, capable of withstanding leaks from the outside and retaining the required characteristics at submarine depths of more than 100 m, as well as optical fibre connectors and optical hull-bearers specially designed for The ML9.f point does not apply to ordinary hull penners for the propulsion shaft and the hydrodynamic control rod. (g) Silent wheels with one of the following characteristics, their components and equipment containing such bearings, specially designed for military use: 1. Magnetic or gas suspension; 2. Control of active signature; or 3. Control of vibration suppression. | |
| ML10 | "Aircraft", "lighter vehicles than air", unmanned air vehicles, engines and equipment of "aircraft", related equipment and components, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows: Note. ― For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11. (a) "fighting aircraft and their specially designed components; (b) Other "aircraft" and "lighter vehicles than air" specially designed or modified for military use, including the recognition, attack, training, transport and parachuting of troops or military equipment, logistical support, and their specially designed components; (c) Unmanned air vehicles and related equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows, and their specially designed components: 1. Unmanned air vehicles, including remotely operated aircraft, programmable autonomous vehicles and "lighter vehicles than air"; 2. Associated launchers and ground support equipment; 3. related command and control equipment; (d) Aeronautical motors specially designed or modified for military use, and their specially designed components; (e) Airborne equipment, including fuel supply equipment, specially designed for "aircraft" at ML10.a or ML10.b points or for aeronautical engines at ML10.d, and their specially designed components; (f) Pressure-operating devices and apparatus; specially designed equipment to allow operations in restricted areas, and ground equipment, specially designed for "aircraft" at ML10.a or ML10.b points or for aeronautical engines at ML10.d point; (g) Helmets and protective military masks and their specially designed components, pressurized breathing equipment and partially pressurized combinations to be used in "aircraft", anti-g combinations, liquid oxygen converters for "aircraft" or missiles, catapult and ejection devices controlled by cartridges used for emergency rescue of personnel on board "aircrafts" ; (h) Parachutes and related equipment used for combat personnel, equipment lagging or deceleration of aircraft, as follows, and their specially designed components: 1. Parachutes, as follows: a. For precision parachuting; b. For the parachuting of troops; 2. Parachutes of equipment; 3. Parapentes, parachutes-freins, stabilizing parachutes for the stabilization and regulation of the orientation of bodies in fall (e.g., recovery capsules, ejectable seats, bombs); 4. Stabilizing parameters used with ejectable seat systems for the deployment and regulation of the inflating sequence of emergency parachutes; 5. Recovery Parachutes for guided missiles, unmanned vehicles or space vehicles; 6. Approach Parachutes and deceleration parachutes for landing; 7. Other military parachutes; 8. Material specially designed for people making parachuting at high altitudes (e.g., combinations, special helmets, breathing apparatus, navigation equipment); (i) Automatic steering systems for parachute loads; specially designed or modified equipment for military use, for open jumps controlled from any height, including oxygenation equipment. Note 1. ― The ML10.b point does not apply to "aircraft" or variants of "aircraft" specially designed for military use and having all the following characteristics: a. Not configured for military use and not equipped with specially designed or modified equipment for military use, and b. Certified for civil use by the civil aviation services of a Member State or a State participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement. Note 2. ― The ML10.d is not intended to: a. Aeronautical engines designed or modified for military use and certified by the civil aviation services of a member State or a State participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement for use in "civil aircraft" or their specially designed components; b. Alternative motors or components specially designed, except those specially designed for unmanned air vehicles. Note 3. – Under the ML10.b and ML10.d points on components specially designed for "aircraft" or modified non-military aeronautical engines for military use and related equipment, only the military components and related military equipment required to be modified for military use are covered. | |
| ML11 | Electronic equipment not otherwise included in the common list of European Union military equipment, as follows, and its specially designed components: (a) Electronic equipment specially designed for military use; Note. The ML11 point includes: a. Electronic countermeasures and electronic countermeasures equipment (i.e., equipment designed to introduce extrinsic or parasites signals in a radar or radiocommunication receivers or to otherwise hinder the reception, operation or effectiveness of the opponent's electronic receivers, including its countermeasures material); including interference and interference equipment; b. Frequency agility tubes; c. Electronic systems or equipment designed either for the monitoring and control of the electromagnetic spectrum for military intelligence or security, or for opposing such control and surveillance; d. Submarine countermeasures: acoustic and magnetic interference equipment, lures) designed to introduce extrinsic or parasites signals into sonar receptors; e. Data processing, information security and safety equipment for transmission and signalling channels using encryption processes; f. Key identification, authentication and loading equipment and key management, manufacturing and distribution equipment; g. Guidance and navigation equipment; h. The digital tropospheric radio transmission equipment; i. Digital demodulators specially designed for the intelligence by listening to signals. j. Automated control and control systems. (b) Cross-cutting equipment for global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). | |
| ML12 | High-speed kinetic energy systems and related equipment, as follows, and their specially designed components: (a) Kinetic energy weapons systems specially designed to destroy a target or cause a target to fail; (b) Testing and evaluation equipment and specially designed test models, including diagnostic instruments and targets, for the dynamic testing of kinetic energy projectiles and systems. Note. ― For weapons systems using subcalibrated or exclusively chemical propulsion, and their ammunition, see ML1 to ML4. Note 1. ― The ML12 point includes the following material when specially designed for kinetic energy weapons systems: a. Launch-propulsion systems capable of accelerating masses greater than 0.1 g up to speeds greater than 1.6 km/s, in simple or fast firing mode; b. immediately available power generation equipment, electrical shielding, energy storage, thermal organization, conditioning, switching or fuel handling; electrical interfaces between power supply, cannon and other electrical control functions of the turret; c. Systems for the acquisition and prosecution of targets, firing or damage assessment; d. Self-director, guidance or deviated propulsion systems (lateral acceleration), for projectiles. Note 2. ― The ML12 point applies to weapons systems using one of the following propulsion methods: a. Electromagnetic; b. Electrothermal; c. Plasma; d. A light gas, or e. Chemical (only when used with one of the other methods above). | |
| ML13 | Equipment, constructions and shielded or protective components, as follows: (a) Armouring plates with one of the following characteristics: 1. Manufactured to meet a military standard or specification, or 2. Approved to military use; (b) Constructions of metallic or non-metallic materials or combinations specially designed to offer ballistic protection to military systems, and their specially designed components; (c) Helmets manufactured in accordance with military standards or specifications or comparable national standards and their specially designed components (such as the helmet shell, lining and comfort equipment); (d) Armoured clothing and protective clothing manufactured in accordance with military standards or specifications or equivalent, and their specially designed components. Note 1. ― The ML13.b point includes materials specially designed to form reactive shielding at the explosion or build military shelters. Note 2. ― The ML13.c point does not apply to conventional steel helmets not modified or designed to receive any type of accessory device or equipped with such device. Note 3. ― ML13.c and ML13.d points do not apply to helmets, ballistic protective clothing or protective clothing used by the user for personal protection. Note 4. ― The only helmets specially designed for bomb neutralization personnel at ML13 are helmets specially designed for military use. Note 1. ― See also item 1A005 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union. Note 2. ― For "fibrous or filamentous materials" entering the manufacture of armoured clothing and helmets, see point 1C010 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union. | |
| ML14 | 'Specialized equipment for training' or military layouts, simulators specially designed for training in the use of any weapon or firearm referred to in ML1 or ML2, and their specially designed components and accessories. Technical note: the term 'specialized equipment for military training' includes military types of attack coaches, operational flight coaches, radar target trainers, radar target generators, fire training devices, anti-season war coaches, flight simulators (including man's centrifuges, pilot training Note 1. ― The ML14 point includes image generation systems and interactive simulator environment systems when specially designed or modified for military use. Note 2. ― The ML14 point is not intended for equipment specifically designed for training in the use of hunting or shooting weapons. | |
| ML15 | Imaging or countermeasures equipment, as follows, specially designed for military use, and its specially designed components and accessories: (a) Recorders and image processing equipment; (b) Cameras, photographic material and material for the development of films; (c) Image intensifying equipment; (d) Infrared or thermal imaging equipment; (e) Radar imaging equipment; (f) Countermeasures or countermeasures equipment for equipment referred to in ML15.a to ML15.e. Note. ― ML15.f includes equipment designed to degrade the operation or effectiveness of military imaging systems or to reduce the effects of such degradation. Note 1. ― At ML15, specially designed components include the following material when specially designed for military use: a. Tubes infrared image converters; b. Image-intensive tubes (other than the first generation); c. Microchannel plates; d. Television camera tubes for low brightness; e. Detection antennas (including electronic interconnection or reading systems); f. Pyroelectric television camera tubes; g. Cooling systems for imaging systems; h. Electrical, photochrome or electro-optical shutters with a shut-off speed of less than 100 μs, excluding shutters forming an essential part of rapid-speed shooting devices; i. Fiber-optical image reversors; j. Photocathodes with semiconductor compounds. Note 2. ― The ML15 point is not intended for "first generation image intensive tubes" or specially designed material to include "first generation image intensive tubes". Note. ― With regard to the classification of weapon visors with "first generation image intensive tubes", see ML1, ML2 and ML5.a. Note. ― See also points 6A002.a.2 and 6A002.b of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union. | |
| ML16 | Forge parts, foundry parts and other unfinished products whose use in a targeted product is recognizable by the composition of materials, geometry or function, and specially designed for any product referred to in ML1 to ML4, ML6, ML9, ML10, ML12 or ML19. | |
| ML17 | Other materials, materials and 'libraries', as follows, and their components specially designed: (a) Autonomous diving and underwater swimming apparatus, as follows: 1. Closed or semi-closed circuit apparatus (air regeneration) specially designed for military use (i.e. specially designed for amagnetism); 2. Specially designed components to give open circuit equipment military use; 3. Parts exclusively designed to be used for military purposes with autonomous diving and underwater swimming equipment; (b) Construction equipment specially designed for military use; (c) Accessories, coatings and treatments for the removal of signatures, specially designed for military use; (d) Engineering equipment specially designed for use in a combat zone; e) " Robots", control units of " robots" and "terminal effectors" of " robots" having one of the following characteristics: 1. Specially designed for military applications; 2. Including means for the protection of hydraulic ducts against external perforations due to projectile bursts (e.g., use of self-tancing ducts) and designed to use hydraulic fluids whose flash point is greater than 839 K (566 °C), or 3. Specially designed or planned to operate in an environment subject to electromagnetic pulses; Technical note: "Electromagnetic pulses" do not mean unintentional interference that is caused by the electromagnetic radiation of equipment (machines, appliances or electronic equipment) and lighting sources located nearby. (f) 'Libraries' (parametric technical databases) specially designed for military use with equipment covered by the common list of military equipment of the European Union; (g) Power-generating or nuclear propulsion equipment, including "nuclear reactors", specially designed for military use, and their components specially designed or 'modified' for military use; (h) Material and materials covered or processed for the removal of signatures, specially designed for military use, other than those covered by other parts of the common list of military equipment of the European Union; (i) Simulators specially designed for military nuclear reactors; (j) Mobile repair workshops specially designed or modified for military equipment; (k) specially designed or modified campaign alterators for military use; (l) Containers specially designed or 'modified' for military use; (m) Transborders other than those otherwise mentioned in the common list of European Union military equipment, bridges and pontoons, specially designed for military use; (n) Test models specially designed for the 'development' of products referred to in ML4, ML6, ML9 or ML10; (o) Laser protection equipment (e.g. eye protection and sensors) specially designed for military use. Technical notes: 1. For the purposes of ML17, the word "library" (parametric technical database) means a set of technical information of a military character, which could increase the performance of military equipment or systems. 2. For the purposes of ML17, the word "modified" means any structural, electrical, mechanical or other change that confers military capabilities equivalent to that of an article specially designed for military use on a non-military item. | |
| ML18 | Material for production and its components, as follows: (a) 'production' equipment specially designed or modified for the 'production' of goods covered by the common list of military equipment of the European Union, and its specially designed components; (b) Environmental testing facilities specially designed, and their specially designed equipment, for the registration, qualification or testing of goods covered by the common list of military equipment of the European Union. Technical Note: For the purposes of ML18, the word "production" includes development, examination, manufacturing, testing and verification. Note. • ML18.a and ML18.b points include: a. Continuous nitration installations; b. Test equipment or apparatus using centrifugal force, having one of the following characteristics: 1. Powered by one or more engines with a total rated power greater than 298 kW (400 CV); 2. Capable to carry a payload of 113 kg or more, or 3. Capable to print a centrifugal acceleration of 8 g or more at a useful load of 91 kg or more; c. Press dehydration; d. Screw presses specially designed or modified for the extrusion of military explosives; e. Machines for cutting filtered propulsion agents; f. Dragers (volving tanks) of a diameter equal to or greater than 1.85 m and having a production capacity of more than 227 kg; g. Continuous action diseases for solid propellant; h. Fluids for grinding or grinding military explosive ingredients; i. Material to obtain both the sphericity and the particulate uniformity of the metal powder quoted at ML8.c.8; j. Convection current converters for the conversion of substances listed in ML8.c.3. | |
| ML19 | Conducted energy weapons systems, related equipment or countermeasures and test models, as follows, and their specially designed components: (a) Laser systems specially designed to destroy a target or cause a target to fail; (b) Particle beam systems capable of destroying a target or failing a target's mission; (c) High-power radio frequency (RF) systems capable of destroying a target or failing a target's mission; (d) Equipment specially designed for the detection or identification of systems referred to in ML19.a to ML19.c or for the defence against such systems; (e) Physical test models for systems, equipment and components referred to in ML19; (f) Laser-based systems specially designed for the permanent blindness of unimproved vision devices, that is, the naked eye or with visual correction devices. Note 1. ― The directed energy weapons systems referred to in ML19 include systems whose possibilities derive from the controlled application of: a. " Lasers" with maintained or power waves emitted in sufficient pulses to carry out destruction similar to that obtained by conventional ammunition; b. Particulate accelerators projecting a cluster of charged or neutral particles with destructive power; c. Power microwave beam transmitters emitted in high pulses or high average power generating sufficiently intense fields to render the electronic circuits of a remote target unusable. Note 2. ― The ML19 point includes the following material when specially designed for directed energy weapons systems: a. Power production equipment immediately available, storage or switching of energy, power conditioning or fuel handling; b. Acquisition or target tracking systems; c. Systems capable of assessing damage to a target, its destruction, or the failure of its mission; d. Handling, propagation or beam pointing equipment; e. Beam fast sweeping equipment for operations against fast multiple targets; f. Adaptive optical equipment and phase conjugation devices; g. Current injectors for negative hydrogen ion beams; h. Accelerator components "qualified for space use"; i. Negative beam focalization equipment; j. Material for the control and orientation of a high-energy ion beam; k. Fridges "qualified for space use" for the neutralization of negative hydrogen isotopes beams. | |
| ML20 | Cryogenic and superconducting equipment, as follows, and its specially designed components and accessories: (a) Equipment specially designed or fitted to be installed on a vehicle for ground, marine, aeronautical or space military applications, capable of operating in motion and producing or maintaining temperatures below 103 K ( – 170 °C). Note. ― The ML20.a point includes mobile systems containing or using accessories or components made from non-metallic or non-electrical materials, such as plastics or materials impregnated with epoxy resins. (b) Electrical equipment "superconductor" (rotary and transformer machines) specially designed or fitted to be installed on a vehicle for terrestrial, marine, aeronautical or space military applications, and capable of operating in motion. Note. ― The ML20.b point does not apply to hybrid hybrid current generators with normal metal frames at a single pole, rotating in a magnetic field produced by superconducting windings, provided these windings represent the only superconducting elements of the generator. | |
| ML21 | "Software", as follows: (a) "Software" specially designed or modified for "development", "production" or "use" of equipment or equipment covered by the common list of military equipment of the European Union; (b) "Specific" software, other than those referred to in ML21.a, as follows: 1. "Software" specially designed for military use and specially designed for modelling, simulation or evaluation of military weapons systems; 2. "Software" specially designed for military use and specially designed for modeling or simulation of military operational scenarios; 3. "Software" to determine the effects of conventional, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons; 4. "Software" specially designed for military use and specially designed for command-centered applications, Communicc.ation, Operations Conduct, Intelligence Collection (C3I) or Command, Communication, Operations Conduct, Information Technology and Intelligence Collection (C4I) applications; (c) "Software", not covered by ML21.a or ML21.b, specially designed or modified to allow equipment not covered by the common list of military equipment of the European Union to perform the military functions of the equipment referred to in the common list of military equipment of the European Union. | |
| ML22 | "Technology" as follows: (a) "Technology", other than that specified in ML22.b, which is "necessary" to "development", to "production" or to "use" of articles referred to in the common list of EU military equipment; (b) "Technology" as follows: 1. "Technology " necessary" for the design of complete production facilities, the assembly of components in such installations, the operation, maintenance and repair of such installations for articles referred to in the common list of military equipment of the European Union, even though the components of these production facilities would not be covered; 2. "Technology" "necessary" to "development" or "production" of portable weapons, even though it would be used to make reproductions of ancient weapons; 3. "Technology" "necessary" to "development", to "production" or to "use" of toxicological agents, material or related components referred to in ML7.a to ML7.g; 4. "Technology" necessary for "development", "production" or "use" of "biopolymers" or specific cell cultures referred to in ML7.h; 5. "Technology " necessary" exclusively for the incorporation of "biocatalysts" referred to in ML7.i.1, in military carrier substances or military materials. Note 1. ― "Technology" "necessary" for "development", "production" or "use" of articles covered by the common list of military equipment of the European Union remains controlled, even if it applies to an article that is not covered by the common list of military equipment of the European Union. Note 2. ― The ML22 is not intended to: a. The minimum "technology" required for installation, operation, maintenance (verification) and repair of items that are not controlled or authorized to export; b. The "relevant" technology of the public domain, the "basic scientific research" or the minimum information required for filing patent applications; c. "Technology" related to magnetic induction for the continuous propulsion of civil transport gears. | |
The definitions of terms used in this list are in alphabetical order below.
Note 1. ― Definitions are applicable throughout the list. References are purely indicative and do not affect the universal application of the terms defined throughout the list.
Note 2. ― The words and terms in this list of definitions take the meaning that is indicated only when placed in quotes. The words and terms between apostrophes are defined in a technical note relating to the article concerned. In other cases, words and terms retain their commonly accepted meaning (dictionary).
| ML7 | " Adapted for use in war" Any modification or selection (including alteration of purity, shelf life, virulence, diffusion characteristics or resistance to UV rays) designed to increase the capacity to cause human or animal losses, to degrade material or to damage crops or the environment. | |
| ML8 | " Addendums" Products used in the formulation of an explosive to improve its properties. | |
| ML8, ML9 and ML10 | "Aeroe" Fixed-wing, rotating-wing, rotary-wing, rotary-wing (helicopter), rotating-wing or rotating-wing rotor. | |
| ML10 | "Civil Aircraft" "Aeroe" registered under its own name on the lists of airworthiness certificates published by civil aviation services as serving internal and external civil commercial lines or intended for legitimate, private or professional civilian use. | |
| ML7 | "Anti-riot agents" Substances that, under the conditions of use for anti-riot purposes, cause rapid irritation or temporary physical incapacity in humans that disappear within a few minutes as soon as exposure to gas has ceased (lacrymogenic gases form a subset of "anti-riot agents") | |
| ML7, 22 | " Biocatalyst" Enzyme for specific chemical or biochemical reactions or other biological compounds that bind to C agents and accelerate their degradation. Technical note: the term "enzyme" means a substance that acts as "biocatalyst" for specific chemical or biochemical reactions. | |
| ML7, 22 | "Bipolymer" The term "biopolymer" means biological macromolecules, as follows: (a) Enzymes for specific chemical or biochemical reactions; (b) monoclonal, polyclonal or anti-idiotypic antibodies; (c) Receivers specially designed or treated. Technical notes: 1. The terms "anti-idiotypical antibodies" mean an antibodies that are attached to specific antigen fixation sites of other antibodies. 2. The term " monoclonal antibodies" means a protein that is fixed to an antigen site and is produced by a single cell clone. 3. The term "polyclonal antibodies" means a mixture of protein that is fixed to a specific antigen and is produced by several cell clones. 4. The term "receptor" means a biological macromolecular structure capable of linking ligands and whose link affects physiological functions. | |
| ML21, 22 | "Development" Operations related to all pre-series production stages, such as design, design research, design analysis, design principles, build-ups and prototype testing, pilot production plans, design data, design data processing in a product, configuration design, integration design, plans. | |
| ML22 | " Public domain (of) " "Technology" or "software" has been made accessible without any restrictions to its subsequent dissemination. Note. ― Restrictions under copyright do not prevent a technology or a "software" from being considered to be relevant to the "public domain". | |
| ML17 | "Percentages" Devices such as clamps, "active tools" and any other tools attached to the shell placed at the end of the manipulative arm of a " robot". Technical note: "Active tools": devices intended to apply the driving power, the energy required for the process or the sensors to the workpiece. | |
| ML8, 18 | " Explosives" Substances or mixtures of solid, liquid or gaseous substances that, used as the initiation, overpressure or main load in explosive heads, demolition devices and other applications, are used for detonation. | |
| ML5, 19 | Laser Set of components producing light both temporally and spatially consistent, amplified by stimulated radiation emission. | |
| ML21 | "Software" Collection of one or more "programs" or "microprogrammes" fixed on any material expression medium. | |
| ML13 | "Fifty or filamentous materials" includes: (a) Continuous monofilaments; (b) Continuous torons and tablecloths; (c) Bands, fabrics, irregular nattes and braids; (d) Covers of chopped fibre, fibranne and agglomerated fibres; (e) monocrystalline or polycrystalline trichites of all lengths; (f) The pulp of aromatic polyamide. | |
| ML4, 8 | "Energy matter" Substances or mixtures that react chemically by releasing energy necessary for their intended use. Explosives, pyrotechnics and propellants are subclasses of energy materials. | |
| ML22 | "Requires" The term "necessary" when it applies to "technology" means only the particular portion of "technology" that allows to reach or exceed the levels of performance, characteristics or functions. This "technology " necessary" can be common to different products. | |
| ML8 | "Precuritor" Chemical specialities used in the manufacture of explosives. | |
| ML21, 22 | "Production" All stages of production such as product engineering, manufacturing, integration, assembly (mounting), control, testing, quality assurance. | |
| ML4, 8 | "Pyrotechnic product" Mixtures of solid or liquid fuels and oxidants that, when set on fire, undergo a controlled chemical reaction generating energy to produce precise intervals or specified quantities of heat, noise, smoke, light or infrared radiation. Pyrophores are a subgroup of pyrotechnic products that do not contain oxidant but that ignites spontaneously in contact with air. | |
| ML8 | Propergols Substances or mixtures that react chemically to produce large volumes of hot gases at a controlled speed to perform mechanical work. | |
| ML19 | "Qualified for Space Use" Device designed, manufactured and controlled to match the electrical, mechanical or environmental characteristics required for the launch and deployment of satellites or high-altitude flight systems operating at altitudes of 100 km or more. | |
| ML17 | "Nuclear reactor" Materials that are in or are attached directly to the reactor vessel, power control equipment in the heart and components that normally contain the primary heater fluid in the reactor core, come into direct contact with this fluid or allow its adjustment. | |
| ML22 | "Basic scientific research" Theoretical or experimental work, undertaken primarily for the acquisition of new knowledge relating to the fundamental principles of observable phenomena or facts, not primarily directed towards a practical purpose or objective. | |
| ML17 | " Robot" Handling mechanism that can be of continuous trajectory type or point-by-point type, which can use sensors and have all the following characteristics: (a) Multiple functions; (b) Capable to position orient materials, parts, tools or special devices by variable movements in a three-dimensional space; (c) Including three or more of three open or closed loop attachment devices that may include step-by-step engines, and (d) Has a "programmability accessible to the user" by the method of learning or by a computer that can be a logical programming unit, i.e. without mechanical intervention. Note. ― The above definition does not include the following: 1. Handling mechanisms exclusively with manual or remote control; 2. Fixed-sequence manipulative mechanisms comprising automated mobile devices whose movements are programmed and delineated by mechanical means. The scheduled movements are mechanically delimited by fixed stops such as rods or cams. The sequence of movements and the selection of paths or angles are not variable or editable by mechanical, electronic or electrical means; 3. Variable-sequence and mechanical-controlled manipulation mechanisms that comprise automated mobile devices whose movements are programmed and delineated by mechanical means. Programmed movements are mechanically delimited by fixed but adjustable stops such as rods or cams. The sequence of movements and the selection of paths or angles are variable within the framework of the setup. The changes or changes in the programmed configuration (e.g., the change of stems or cams) according to one or more motion axes are made only by mechanical operations; 4. Variable-sequence, non-supervisory-controlled manipulation mechanisms, comprising automated mobile devices, whose movements are programmed and delimited by mechanical means. The program is variable, but the sequence only progresses according to the binary signal from the electrical binary devices or mechanically delimited adjustable stops; 5. Gerbers defined as manipulative systems operating in maple coordinates, manufactured as integral parts of a vertical set of storage lockers and designed for access to these lockers for storage and destocking. | |
| ML18, 20 | "Superconductor" Material (metal, alloy or compound) that can lose any electrical resistance (i.e., present an infinite electrical conductivity and carry very large quantities of electricity without joule effect). Technical note: the "superconductor" state of a material is characterized for each material by a "critical temperature", a critical magnetic field that is temperature function, and a critical current intensity that is function both of the magnetic field and temperature. | |
| ML11 | "Automatic command and control systems" Electronic systems to record, process and transmit essential information to the effectiveness of the operations of the major grouping, tactical grouping, unit, vessel, detachment or controlled weapon. These systems use computers and other specialized equipment designed to support the functions of a military command and control organization. An automated command and control system consists mainly of the following functions: the effective collection, accumulation, storage and automated processing of information; visual representation of the situation and conditions that may affect the preparation and conduct of combat operations; the ability to perform operational and tactical calculations for the distribution of resources between groups or elements in the battle order, depending on the mission or stage of the operation; the preparation of data for the purpose of assessing the situation and making decisions at any time during the operation or battle; the computer simulation of operations. | |
| ML22 | "Technology" Specific knowledge required for "development", "production" or "use" of a product; these knowledge is transmitted through the "technical documentation" or technical assistance ". Technical notes: 1. "Technical documentation": data that can appear in forms such as blue, planes, diagrams, models, formulas, tables, drawings and engineering specifications, manuals and instructions written or recorded on supports or devices such as discs, magnetic tapes, dead memory. 2. "Technical assistance": assistance that may take such forms as instructions, practical processes, training, applied knowledge, consultancy services; may involve the transfer of "technical documentation". | |
| ML15 | "The first generation's image-intensive tubes" Electrostatically optimised tubes, using input and output amplifiers with fiber optic or glass plates, multialkaline photocathodes (S-20 or S-25), but no microchannel plates. | |
| ML21, 22 | "Use" Operation, installation (including in situ installation), maintenance (verification), repair, revision and renovation. | |
| ML7 | "An expression vector" Porter (e.g., plasmagen or virus) used to introduce genetic material into host cells. | |
| ML10 | "Slighter vehicles than air" Balloons and airships using, to rise, hot air or other lighter gases than air such as helium or hydrogen. |
1. (a) Detection or observation satellite, observation and shooting equipment, as well as their stations on operating ground, designed or modified for military use or to which their characteristics confer military capabilities;
When specially designed or modified for military use, space vehicles and other satellites, operating ground stations and equipment.
1. (b) Engines and propulsion systems specially designed or modified for equipment in paragraph 1.a above.
1. (c) Part, components, accessories and environmental equipment (including maintenance equipment) specific to the equipment referred to in paragraph 1. a and 1. b above.
1. (d) Specialized equipment manufacturing equipment referred to in paragraph 1. a, 1. b and 1. c above.
2. (a) Space rockets and launchers with military ballistic capacity.
2. (b) Equipment, components, means of production, testing and launch of the equipment referred to in 2. a.
Done in Paris, June 17, 2009.
The Prime Minister,
For the Prime Minister and by delegation:
The Secretary-General of the Government,
Serge Lasvignes
Minister of Defence,
Hervé Morin
Minister for Foreign Affairs
and European,
Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Economy,
industry and employment,
Christine Lagarde
Minister of Budget, Public Accounts
and the Public Service,
Eric Woerth
