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Minister of Defence,
Having regard to Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying the conditions for the transfer of defence-related products to the Community, including Article 2;
In light of Commission Directive 2012/47/EU of 14 December 2012 amending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on the list of defence products;
Vu le Defence codeincluding articles L. 2335-2, L. 2335-3, L. 2335-9 and L. 2335-10;
Vu le Decree No. 2009-1180 of 5 October 2009 fixing the functions and organization of the general direction of armament;
Vu le Decree No. 2011-1467 of 9 November 2011 concerning imports and exports outside the territory of the European Union of war materials, weapons and ammunition and similar materials and intra-community transfers of defence-related products, including articles 11 and 23;
Having regard to the 27 June 2012 Order on the List of War and Similar Materials subject to prior export authorization and defence products subject to prior transfer authorization,
Stop it!
The first part of the schedule to the above-mentioned June 27, 2012 Order is replaced by this Appendix.
The General Delegate for Arms is responsible for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
A N N E X E
LIST OF GUARANTEE MATTERIALS AND MATTERIALS
ASSIMILES AND PRODUCTS
PART I
Note 1. ― The terms in quotes are defined terms. Refer to the section "Term Definitions used on this list" below.
Note 2. – In some cases, chemical substances 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 automatic weapons and weapons of a calibre less than or equal to 12.7 mm (calibre 0.50 inch) and accessories, as follows, and their specially designed components:
(a) rifles, rifles, guns, handguns and machine guns;
Note. – The ML1. a does not apply to the following articles:
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) Silencers, special sharps, chargers, target devices and flame-retardant devices for ML1 weapons. a, ML1. b or ML1. c.
Note 1. – The ML1 point does not target smooth guns used 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 point does not apply to optical viewing devices without electronic image processing, with an enlargement power of 4 × or less, 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), smoker, projectile launcher and accessories, as follows, and their specially designed components:
(a) Guns, shells, artillery pieces, mortars, anti-tank weapons, projectile launchers, military-use flamethrowers, rifles, guns, smooth guns and their signature reduction devices;
Note 1. • The ML2 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 point. a 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. - Point ML2. a does not aim at portable projectile launchers specially designed to launch at a distance of 500 m or less of wire projectiles without explosive charge or communication link.
(b) Equipment for the launch or production of smoke, gas and pyrotechnic products, specially designed or modified for military use;
Note. – The ML2 point is not intended for signalling pistols.
(c) Targeting devices and supporting devices with all the following characteristics:
1. Specially designed for military applications; and
2. Specially designed for ML2 weapons. a;
(d) Supports specially designed for ML2 weapons. a.
ML3 Munitions and fuse adjustment devices, as follows, and their specially designed components:
(a) Munitions for weapons referred to in ML1, ML2 or ML12;
(b) Fuses specially designed for ML3 munitions. a.
Note 1. – The specially designed components referred to in ML3 include:
a. Metal or plastic parts such as primer components, 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 point. a does not apply to ammunition set without a projectile (slipper) and inert munitions of instruction with a powder room.
Note 3. – The ML3 point. a does not apply to cartridges specially designed for one of the following purposes:
a. Signaling;
b. Effect of birds; or
c. Torchlight on oil wells.
ML4 Bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, other explosive devices and related equipment and equipment, as follows, and their components specially designed:
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, loads, devices and demolition 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 point. a 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 activities connected to one of the following:
a. Articles referred to in ML4. a; or
b. IED improvised explosive devices;
Technical note. - For the purposes of ML4. b. 2, activities include handling, launching, pointing, checking, unloading, detonation, activation, rated power output monocouple, lure, interference, dredging, detection, disturbance or destruction.
Note 1. – The ML4 point. b 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. ― ML4. b 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 point does not apply to protection systems with all the following characteristics:
a. The system includes one of the following types of missile detection sensors:
1. Passive sensors with peak response between 100 and 400 nm; or
2. Active sensors with Doppler pulses;
b. The system includes countermeasures systems;
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 civilian aircraft in which it was installed and which holds:
a. A type certificate 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 that requires it not to function in the event of a withdrawal of the "civil aircraft" in which it was installed.
ML5 Shooting 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) Countermeasure equipment for items covered by ML5. a or ML5. b;
Note. – For the purposes of ML5. c, countermeasures equipment includes detection equipment.
(d) Field test or alignment equipment specially designed for items covered by ML5 points. a, ML5. b or ML5. c.
ML6 Terrestrial vehicles and their components as follows:
Note. ― For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.
(a) Earth vehicles and their components, specially designed or modified for military use;
Technical note. – For the purposes of ML6. a, the terms: ground vehicle includes trailers.
(b) Other ground vehicles and their components, as follows:
1. All integral traction vehicles that can be used off-road and manufactured with materials or components that are capable of providing ballistic protection at level III (NIJ 0108.1, September 1985, or comparable national standard) or equipped with these materials.
2. Components with all the following characteristics:
a. Specially designed for vehicles under ML6. b. 1. and
b. Offering level III ballistic protection (NIJ 0108.1, September 1985, or comparable national standard) or higher.
Note. ― See also ML13. a.
Note 1. The ML6 point. 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. Ball-proof tyre envelopes;
b. Armoured protection of vital parts, such as fuel tanks or cabins;
c. Structural reinforcements or support for weapons mounting;
d. The occulted lighting systems.
Note 3. – The ML6 point does not apply to civil vehicles or trucks designed or modified to carry valuable funds or objects and having shielded or ballistic protection.
Note 4. ― ML 6 does not apply to vehicles with all the following characteristics:
a. Made before 1946;
b. Do not include articles covered by the common list of EU military equipment and manufactured after 1945, except for reproductions of original components or accessories of the vehicle; and
c. Do not include weapons referred to in ML1, ML2 or ML4, unless they are no longer operational and they cannot fire any projectile.
ML7 Toxic chemical or biological agents, "anti-riot agents", radioactive substances, material, components and related substances as follows:
(a) Biological agents or "war-friendly" radioactive substances to produce destructive effects on populations or animals, to degrade the material or to damage the crops or the environment;
(b) Chemical warfare officers (agents C), including:
1. The following neurotoxic C agents:
a. Alkyl (methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl) phosphonofluoridates of O-alkyle (≤ C 10, 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 (≤ C 10, 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 ≤ C 10, 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. (CAS 505-60-2);
3. Bis (2-chloroethylthio) methane (CAS 63869-13-6);
4.1.2-bis (2-chloroethylthio) ethanity (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 oxide (2-chloroethylthiomethyl) (CAS 63918-90-1);
9. bis oxide (2-chloroethylthioethyl) (CAS 63918-89-8);
b. Lewisites, such as:
1.2-chlorovinyldichloroarsine (CAS 541-25-3);
2. Tris (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: tries (2-chloroethyl) amine (CAS 555-77-1);
3. Officers C:
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 (CAS 93-76-5) mixed with dichloro-2,4 phenoxyacetic acid (CAS 94-75-7) (orange agent [CAS 39277-47-9]);
(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 ≤ C 10, including cycloalkyle) and O-2-dialkyl (methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl) aminoethyl and associated alkylic 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 (bromobenzyle cyanide) (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, (phenarsazine chloride), (Adamsite), (DM) (CAS 578 ― 94-9);
6. N-Nonanoylmorpholine, (MPA) (CAS 5299-64-9);
Note 1. ― ML7.d is not intended for individually packed anti-riot agents and used for self-defense purposes.
Note 2. ― ML7.d 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 components, and its components specially designed:
1. Substances or agents referred to in ML7 points. 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. Equipment designed or modified for protection against ML7 substances. a, ML7. b or ML7. d and its specially designed components;
2. Equipment designed or modified for the decontamination of objects contaminated with ML7 substances. a or ML7. b, and its specially designed components;
3. Chemical mixtures specially designed/ formulated for the decontamination of objects contaminated with ML7 substances. a or ML7. b;
Note. - The ML7 point. 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 item 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 referred to in 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 C agents referred to in ML7. b and cultures of specific cells used for their production;
(i) Biocatalysers for the decontamination or degradation of C agents 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 containing specific genetic information of the production of "biocatalysts" referred to in ML7. i. 1, as follows:
a. "An expression vectors";
b. Virus;
c. Cell culture.
Note 1. – ML7.b and ML7 points. d does 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);
i. Benzenyl Yard (CAS 620-05-3);
j. Bromacétone (CAS 598-31-2);
k. Cyanogenic bromide (CAS 506-68-3);
l. Bromomethylketone (CAS 816-40-0);
m. Chloracetone (CAS 78-95-5);
n. Ethythm Iodacate (CAS 623-48-3);
o. Iodacetone (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 at ML7 points. h and ML7. i. 2 are exclusive, and these points do not apply to biological cells or systems for civilian use, such as agricultural, pharmaceutical, medical, veterinary, related to the environment, waste treatment or food industry.
ML8 "Energy Materials", and related substances, as follows:
Note 1. ― See also item 1C011 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union.
Note 2. ― See points ML4 and 1A008 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union for charges and devices.
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); CL-20 chlathrates (see also ML8. g. 3 and g. 4 for its "presumerators");
5. PC (perchlorate of 2-[5-cyanotetrazolato] penta-amine-cobalt [III]) (CAS 70247-32-4);
6. DADE (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene, FOX7) (CAS 145250-81-3);
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. difluoroamino analogues of HMX;
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 (triaminotrinitrobenzène) (CAS 3058-38-6) (see also 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-nitrotétrazole);
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. Not used since 2010;
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 otherwise listed in ML8. a and having one of the following characteristics:
a. Detonation speed greater than 8,700 m/ s at maximum density; or
b. Detonation pressure greater than 34 GPa (340 kbar);
34. Organic explosives not otherwise listed in ML8. a and having all the following characteristics:
a. Has a detonation pressure equal to or greater than 25 GPa (250 kbar);
b. remained stable for periods of 5 minutes or more at temperatures equal to or greater than 523 K (250° C);
(b) Propergols, as follows:
1. Any solid UN Class 1.1 "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. Any solid Class UN 1.3 "propellant" with a specific theoretical pulse (under 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;
7. "propergols" not otherwise included in the common list of military equipment of the European Union, specially designed for military use;
(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 ML8 points. d. 9 for oxidant 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 (TiH n) of stoechiometry equivalent to n = 0.65-1.68;
Note 1. - Aircraft fuels referred to in ML8. c. 1 are finished products, but not their constituents.
Note 2. The ML8 point. c. 4. a does not apply to hydrazine mixtures specially designed for corrosion protection.
Note 3. The ML8 point. c. 5 applies to explosives and fuels, whether or not metals or alloys are encapsulated in aluminium, magnesium, zirconium or beryllium.
Note 4. The ML8 point. c. 5. b. 2 does not apply to boron and boron carbide enriched with boron-10 (at least 20% boron-10 in total).
Note 5. The ML8 point. c. 5. b applies only to metal fuels in the form of particles when mixed with other substances to form a specially formulated mixture for military purposes, such as liquid propellant residues, solid propellants or pyrotechnic mixtures.
(d) Combins, 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. - ML8. d. 3 does not apply to chlorine trifluoride (CAS 7790-91-2).
Note 2. ― ML8. d. 3 does not apply to nitrogen trifluoride (CAS 7783-54-2) 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 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 or polymers specially designed for military use and containing one of the following groups:
a. Nitro groups;
b. Azido groups;
c. Nitrato groups;
d. Nitraza groups; or
e. Difluoroamino groups;
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 of 30° C less than 47 poises (CAS 69102-90-5);
13. Polyepchlorinated alcohol with a molecular mass of less than 10,000, as follows:
a. Polyepchlorhydrinediol;
b. Polyepchlorhydrinetriol;
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. Carboxylic ferrocene acids, including:
Carboxylic ferrocene acid (CAS 1271-42-7),
1.1'– dicarboxylic ferrocene acid (CAS 1293-87-4);
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, tries (dioctyle) pyrophosphate or KR 3538;
c. Titan IV, [(2-propanolate-1) methyl, n-propanolatomethyl] butanolate-1, tries (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) (CAS 1317-60-8) with a specific surface of more than 250 m 2/ g and particles of sizes 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) “Precuritors”, as follows:
Note. – At ML8. g, reference is made to the intended "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 ML8. a. 4); (CAS 182763-60-6);
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 ML8. (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. - Not used since 2009.
Note 6. ― The ML8 point does not apply to the following substances when they are not composed or mixed with "energy equipment" referred to in ML8. a or metal powders referred to in ML8. c:
a. Ammonium picrate (CAS 131-74-8);
b. Black powder;
c. Hexanitrodiphenylamine (CAS 131-73-7);
d. Difluoroamine (CAS 10405-27-3);
e. Nitroamidon (CAS 9056-38-6);
f. Potassium nitrate (CAS 7757-79-1);
g. Tetranitronaphthalene;
h. Trinitroanisol;
i. Trinitronaphthalene;
j. Trinitroxylene;
k. N-pyrrolidinone; 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (CAS 872-50-4);
l. Dioctyle malate (CAS 142-16-5);
m. Ethyxyl acrylate (CAS 103-11-7);
n. Triethyl-aluminum (TEA) (CAS 97-93-8), trimethyl-aluminum (TMA) (CAS 75-24-1) and other pyrophoric metal alcoyles and arils of lithium, sodium, magnesium, zinc and boron;
o. Nitrocellulose (CAS 9004-70-0);
p. Nitroglycerin (or glycerol trinitrate, trinitroglycerin) (NG) (CAS 55-63-0);
q. 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) (CAS 118-96-7);
r. Ethylenediamine Dinitrate (EDDN) (CAS 20829-66-7);
s. Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) (CAS 78-11-5);
t. Lead Azide (CAS 13424-46-9), normal lead styphnate (CAS 15245-44-0) and basic lead styphnate (CAS 12403-82-6), and primary explosives or seed compositions containing azides or azid complexes;
u. Triethylene glycol (TEGDN) Dinitrate (CAS 111-22-8);
v. 2,4,6-trinitroresorcinol (styphnic acid) (CAS 82-71-3);
w. Diethyldiphenylurea (CAS 85-98-3); dimethyldiphenylurea (CAS 611-92-7); methylethyldiphenylurea (Centralites);
x. N, N-diphenylurea (dissymetric diphenylurea) (CAS 603-54-3);
There. Methyl-N, N-diphenylurea (methyl-diphenylurea dissymetric) (CAS 13114-72-2);
z. Ethyle-N, N-diphenylurea (ethyl-diphenylurea dissymetric) (CAS 64544-71-4);
aa. 2-nitrodiphenylamine (2-NDPA) (CAS 119-75-5);
bb. 4-nitrodiphenylamine (4-NDPA) (CAS 836-30-6);
cc. 2.2-dinitropropanol (CAS 918-52-5);
dd. Nitroguanidine (CAS 556-88-7) (see point 1C011. d of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union).
ML9 War vessels (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 of the following elements is attached or incorporated:
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. ― "waste" 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 features:
1. Nuclear, radiological, bacteriological and chemical (NRBC) protection; and
2.'Water system designed for decontamination;
Technical notes:
1.'Protection NRBC denotes a self-contained interior space with features such as overpressurization, isolation from ventilation systems, reduced ventilation openings equipped with NRBC filters and limited access points equipped with personnel-tight sas.
2.'System of watering means a watering system with sea water that can simultaneously wet the superstructure and the bridges of a ship.
d. Active countermeasure system referred to in ML4 points. b, ML5. c or ML11. has 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 equal to or greater than 1,12 MW (1,500 CV); and
b. Rotation speed equal to or greater than 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. Cooled by liquid; 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. 75% of the constituent mass is amagnetic;
4. Anaerobic propulsion systems specifically designed for submarines;
Technical note. ― An aerobic propulsion allows an immersion submarine to operate its propulsion system, without using atmospheric oxygen, for a longer period than the use of single batteries. For the purposes of ML9. b. 4, the anaerobic propulsion does not include nuclear energy.
(c) Immersed detection devices, specially designed for military use, their control systems and components specially designed for military use;
(d) Anti-submarine and anti-torpilla nets specially designed for military use;
(e) Not used since 2003;
(f) Pill transceivers and connectors specially designed for military use allowing interaction with equipment outside a vessel and 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 hull-bearers, capable of withstanding leaks from the outside and retaining the characteristics required at submarine depths of more than 100 m, as well as optical fibre connectors and optical-bearing penetrators specially designed for the laser beam depth The ML9. f point does not apply to ordinary shell penetrators 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 than air", unmanned air vehicles ("UAC"), 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) "Aircraft" and "lighter than air" with crew and specially designed components;
(b) Not used since 2011;
(c) Crewless aircraft and related equipment as follows, and their specially designed components:
1. "UAV", teleguided aircraft, programmable autonomous vehicles and "lighter than air" without a crew;
2. Launchers, troubleshooting and ground support equipment;
3. Equipment designed for command and control;
(d) Aeronautical engines for aircraft and their specially designed components;
(e) Airported equipment, including fuel supply equipment, specially designed for aircraft referred to in ML10. a or for aeronautical engines referred to in 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 the "aircraft" referred to in ML10. a or for aeronautical engines referred to in ML10. d;
(g) Flight helmets and protective military oxygen masks and their specially designed components, pressurized breathing equipment and partially pressurized combinations for use in "aircraft", anti-g combinations, liquid oxygen converters for "aircraft" or missiles, catapult and ejection devices controlled by cartridges used for the emergency rescue of personnel on board "aircraft";
(h) Parachutes, paragliders and related equipment, as follows, and their specially designed components:
1. Parachutes not otherwise mentioned on the common list of military equipment of the European Union;
2. Parapentes;
3. Material specially designed for people making parachuting at high altitudes (e.g., combinations, special helmets, breathing apparatus, navigation equipment);
(i) Controlled open-air equipment or automatic steering systems designed for parachute loads.
Note 1. ― ML10. b does not apply to "aircraft", lighter vehicles than air or variants of "aircraft" specially designed for military use which:
a. are not combat aircraft;
b. are not configured for military use and not equipped with specially designed or modified equipment or accessories for military use; and
c. Civil use is certified by the civil aviation services of a Member State or a State participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement.
Note 2. ― ML10. d does not aim 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 motion engines or components specially designed, except those specially designed for "UAV".
Note 3. – Under ML10 points. b and ML10. d, components specially designed for "aircraft" or modified non-military aeronautical engines for military use and related equipment only apply to military components and related military equipment required for modification.
Note 4. – Under ML10. a, "military use" means combat, military recognition, attack, training, logistical support as well as the transport and parachuting of troops or military equipment.
Note 5. The ML10 point. a does not apply to "aircraft" with all the following characteristics:
a. Made for the first time before 1946;
b. Do not include items covered by the common list of EU military equipment, unless they are required to meet the safety or airworthiness standards of a Member State or a State participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement; and
c. Do not include weapons referred to in the common list of EU military equipment, unless they are out of service and cannot be back operational.
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. a 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 (i.e. acoustic and magnetic material, 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. Identification, authentication and key loader 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 information by listening to signals;
j. Automated control and control systems;
Note. ― See ML21 for "software" associated with military software radio.
(b) Global satellite navigation systems (GNSS) interference equipment.
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) Test and evaluation equipment and specially designed test models, including diagnostic instruments and targets, for the dynamic test of projectiles and kinetic energy systems.
Note. ― For weapons systems using sub-calibrated 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 speeding up masses greater than 0.1 g up to speeds greater than 1.6 km/s, in simple or fast firing mode;
b. Power production equipment immediately available, 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 targets weapons systems using one of the following propulsion methods:
a. Electromagnetic;
b. Electrothermal;
c. Plasma;
d. Light gas; or
e. Chemical (only when used with one of the other methods above).
ML13 Materials, 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;
Note. ― For body protection plates, see ML 13. d. 2.
(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) Ballistic protective clothing and components specially designed as follows:
1. Ballistic protective clothing or protective clothing manufactured in accordance with military standards or specifications or their equivalents, and their specially designed components;
Note. – Under ML13. d. 1, military standards or specifications shall include minimum requirements for protection against fragmentation.
2. Rigid body protection plates offering ballistic protection equal to or greater than Class III (norm NIJ 0101.06, July 2008) or its national equivalents.
Note 1. ― ML13. b includes materials specially designed to build reactive shields at the explosion or build military shelters.
Note 2. ― ML13. c 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 points. d does 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 the bomb neutralization personnel referred to in ML13 are helmets specially designed for military use.
Note 1. ― See also item 1A004 of the list of dual-use goods of the European Union.
Note 2. ― With respect to the "fibrous or filamentous materials" entering the manufacture of ballistic protective 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, specially designed simulators for training in the use of any firearm or weapon at ML1 or ML2 points, and their specially designed components and accessories.
Technical note:
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, pilots and astronauts 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 does not apply to 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 points. 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 the ML15 point, specially designed components include the following material when specially designed for military use:
a. Infrared image converter tubes;
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 respect to the classification of the target devices with "first generation image intensive tubes", see ML1, ML2 and ML5 points. 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 non-finished products specially designed for items covered by ML1 to ML4, ML6, ML9, ML10, ML12 or ML19.
Note. ― The ML16 point applies to unfinished products recognizable by the composition of materials, geometry or function.
ML17 Other materials, materials and library materials, as follows, and their specially designed components:
(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", robot control units and "terminal effectors" of "bots" with one of the following characteristics:
1. Specially designed for military applications;
2. Including means of protection of hydraulic ducts against external perforations due to projectile bursts (e.g., use of self-tancing ducts) and designed to use hydraulic fluids with a flashpoint greater than 839 K (566° C); or
3. Specially designed or planned to operate in an environment subject to electromagnetic pulses;
Technical note. ― By electromagnetic pulses, the unintentional interferences that are caused by the electromagnetic radiation of equipment (machines, appliances or electronic equipment) and nearby lighting sources are not understood.
(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 alternatives for military use;
(l) Containers specially designed or modified for military use;
(m) Transborders other than those otherwise mentioned on 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;
(p) "fuel batteries" other than those otherwise referred to in the common list of European Union military equipment, specially designed or modified for military use.
Technical notes:
1. For the purposes of ML17, the word "library" (parametric technical data base) 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" denotes any structural, electrical, mechanical or other change that confers on a non-military item military capabilities equivalent to that of an item specially designed for military use.
ML18 Production equipment and its components, as follows:
(a) Material of production specifically 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 points. a and ML18. b includes the following equipment:
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 useful load 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 extrusion of military explosives;
e. Machines for cutting extruded propellants;
f. Drage houses with a diameter equal to or greater than 1.85 m and with a production capacity of more than 227 kg;
g. Continuous mixing systems for solid propellants;
h. Liquid energy grinding or grinding military explosive ingredients;
i. Material to obtain both the sphericity and particle uniformity of the metal powder quoted at the ML8 point. c. 8;
j. Convection current converters for the conversion of substances listed in ML8. c. 3.
ML19 Power-driven weapons systems, related or countermeasure equipment and test models, as follows, and their specially designed components:
(a) Laser systems specially designed to destroy a target or abort a target's mission;
(b) Particle beam systems capable of destroying a target or aborting a target's mission;
(c) High-power radio frequency (RF) systems capable of destroying a target or aborting a target's mission;
(d) Equipment specially designed for the detection or identification of systems at ML19 points. a to ML19. c or for defence against these systems;
(e) Physical test models for systems, equipment and components referred to in ML19;
(f) Maintenanced or pulsed "laser" systems specially designed to cause the permanent blindness of unimproved vision devices, i.e. 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:
a. "lasers" with maintained wave or power emitted in sufficient pulse to carry out destruction similar to that obtained by conventional ammunition;
b. Particle accelerators projecting a cluster of charged or neutral particles with destructive power;
c. Emitted high pulse or high average power beam transmitters producing sufficiently intense fields to make 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 rapid operations against multiple targets;
f. Adaptive optical equipment and phase conjugation devices;
g. Current injectors for negative hydrogen ion beams;
h. Accelerator components "skilled for space use";
i. Negative ion beam focalization equipment;
j. Material for the control and orientation of a high-energy ion beam;
k. "skilled for space use" for the neutralization of negative hydrogen isotopes.
ML20 Cryogenic and superconductor equipment, as follows, and its specially designed components and accessories:
(a) Equipment specially designed or fitted to be installed on a vehicle for ground, naval, aeronautical or space military applications, capable of operating in motion and producing or maintaining temperatures below 103 K ( – 170° C);
Note. ― ML20. a includes mobile systems containing or using accessories or components made from non-metallic or non-conducting materials of electricity, 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 ground, naval, aeronautical or space military applications and capable of operating in motion.
Note. The ML20 point. b does not apply to hybrid homopolar generators of continuous current having 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, communication, operations conduct, intelligence collection (C 3 I) or command, communication, operations conduct, computer and intelligence collection (C 4 I);
(c) "Software" not covered by ML21 points. 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 that is "necessary" to the "development", to the "production" or to the "use" of articles covered by the common list of military equipment of the European Union;
(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" for "development" or "production" of portable weapons, even though it would be used to make reproductions of ancient weapons;
3. "Technology" "necessary" for "development", "production" or "use" of toxicological agents, equipment or related components referred to in ML7 points. 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 or military-bearing substances.
Note 1. ― "Technology" "necessary" for "development", "production" or "use" of items covered by the European Union Joint List of Military Equipment remains controlled, even if it applies to an article that is not covered by the European Union Joint List of Military Equipment.
Note 2. The ML22 point 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 "fundamental scientific research" or the minimum information required for filing patent applications;
c. The "technology" related to magnetic induction for the continuous propulsion of civil transport gears.
DEFINITIONS OF USED TERMS
IN THE LIST PRESENT
The definitions of terms used on this list are in alphabetical order below.
Note 1. ― Definitions are applied to the entire list. References are purely indicative and do not affect the universal application of the terms defined on the entire list.
Note 2. ― The words and terms on 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 "Suitable for War Use"
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 "Addenda"
Products used in the formulation of an explosive to improve its properties.
ML8, ML10 and ML14 "Aircraft"
Fixed-wing, rotating-wing, rotary-wing, rotary-wing (helicopter), rotating-wing or rotating-wing rotor.
ML11 "Automatic control 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 "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.
ML7 and 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 and 22 Biopolymer
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 processed.
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 attaches to an antigen site and is produced by a single cell clone.
3. The terms: "polyclonal antibodies" mean 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.
ML10 "Civil Aircraft"
"Aeroe" registered under its own designation on the lists of airworthiness certificates issued by civil aviation services, such as serving internal and external civil commercial lines or intended for legitimate, private or professional civilian use.
ML21 and 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.
ML17 "Percentages terminals"
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 "Energy Material"
Substances or mixtures that react chemically by releasing energy necessary for their intended use. "explosives", "pyrotechnics" and "propellants" are subclasses of energy materials.
ML8 and 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.
ML7 "An expression vector"
Porter (e.g., plasmagen or virus) used to introduce genetic material into host cells.
ML17 "fuel stack"
Electrochemical device that directly transforms chemical energy into continuous current electricity (CC) by consuming fuel from an external source.
ML13 Fibery 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.
ML15 "First generation Image Intensive Tubes"
Electrostatically optimised tubes using input and output amplifiers with optical fibre or glass plates, multialkaline photocathodes (S-20 or S-25), but no microchannel plates.
ML22 "Public domain (du)"
"Technology" or "software" were made accessible without any restrictions to its subsequent dissemination.
Note. ― Restrictions under copyright do not prevent a technology or a "software" from being considered as "public domain".
ML9 and 19 Laser
Set of components producing light both temporally and spatially consistent, amplified by stimulated radiation emission.
ML10 "Lighter than air"
Balloons and airships using, to rise, hot air or other lighter gases than air such as helium or hydrogen.
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.
ML8 "Precuritor"
Chemical specialities used in the manufacture of explosives.
ML18, 21 and 22 "Production"
All stages of production such as product engineering, manufacturing, integration, assembly (mounting), control, testing, quality assurance.
ML8 « Propergols »
Substances or mixtures that react chemically to produce large volumes of hot gases at a controlled speed to perform mechanical work.
ML4 and 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.
ML22 "Required"
The term "necessary", when it applies to "technology", refers only to the specific portion of "technology" that allows to reach or exceed the levels of performance, characteristics or functions. This "necessary" technology can be common to different products.
ML7 "Anti-riot Agents"
Substances that, under the conditions of use for anti-riot purposes, cause rapid irritations or temporary physical incapacity in humans that disappear within a few minutes when exposure to gas has ceased (lacrymogenic gases form a subset of "anti-riot agents").
ML17 « Robot »
Handling mechanism that can be of the type with continuous trajectory or point-by-point type that 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 "user-accessible programmability" 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.
ML21 "Software"
Collection of one or more "programs" or "microprograms" fixed on any material expression medium.
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.
ML20 "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).
Critical temperature (sometimes referred to as transition temperature) of a specific "superconductor" material: temperature at which a material loses any resistance to continuous current flows.
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.
ML22 "Technology"
Specific knowledge required for "development", "production" or "use" of a product; this knowledge is transmitted through "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 strips, 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".
ML10 "Aircraft without Crew (UAV)"
Aircraft capable of taking off and conducting a controlled flight as well as navigation without human presence on board.
ML21 and 22 "Use"
Operation, installation (including in situ installation), maintenance (verification), repair, revision and renovation.
Done on March 7, 2013.
Jean-Yves Le Drian
