a.   Firearms specially designed for dummy ammunition and which are incapable of discharging a projectile;

b.   Firearms specially designed to launch tethered projectiles having no high explosive charge or communications link, to a range of less than or equal to 500 m.;

c.   Weapons using non-centre fire cased ammunition and which are not of the fully automatic firing type;

d.   "Deactivated firearms".

Note   ML1.a. does not apply to the following:

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

2. Other smooth-bore weapons as follows:

Note   ML1.d. does not apply to optical weapon sights without electronic image processing, with a magnification of 9 times or less, provided they are not specially designed or modified for military use, or incorporate any reticles specially designed for military use.

Note 1   ML2.a. includes injectors, metering devices, storage tanks and other specially designed components for use with liquid propelling charges for any of the equipment specified by ML2.a.

Note 2   ML2.a. does not apply to weapons as follows:

Note   ML2.b. does not apply to signal pistols.

1. Specially designed for military use; and

2. Specially designed for weapons specified in ML2.a.;

Note 1   Specially designed components specified by ML3 include:

Note 2   ML3.a. does not apply to any of the following:

Note 3   ML3.a. does not apply to cartridges specially designed for any of the following purposes:

Note   ML4.a. includes:

1. Specially designed for military use; and

2. Specially designed for 'activities' relating to any of the following:

Technical Note:

For the purpose of ML4.b.2. 'activities' applies to handling, launching, laying, controlling, discharging, detonating, activating, powering with one-time operational output, decoying, jamming, sweeping, detecting, disrupting or disposing.

Note   ML4.c. does not apply to AMPS having all of the following:

Note   For the purposes of ML5.c., countermeasure equipment includes detection equipment.

1. Vehicles having all of the following:

2. Components having all of the following:

a.   Tanks and other military armed vehicles and military vehicles fitted with mountings for arms or equipment for mine laying or the launching of munitions specified by ML4;

b.   Armoured vehicles;

c.   Amphibious and deep water fording vehicles;

d.   Recovery vehicles and vehicles for towing or transporting ammunition or weapon systems and associated load handling equipment.

a.   Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially designed to be bullet-proof;

b.   Armoured protection of vital parts (e.g. fuel tanks or vehicle cabs);

c.   Special reinforcements or mountings for weapons;

d.   Black-out lighting.

a.   Were manufactured before 1946;

b.   Do not have items specified by the EU Common Military List and manufactured after 1945, except for reproductions of original components or accessories for the vehicle; and

c.   Do not incorporate weapons specified in ML1., ML2. or ML4. unless they are inoperable and incapable of discharging a projectile.

1. CW nerve agents:

2. CW vesicant agents:

3. CW incapacitating agents, such as:

4. CW defoliants, such as:

1. Alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl) Phosphonyl Difluorides, such as:

DF: Methyl Phosphonyldifluoride (CAS 676-99-3);

2. O-Alkyl (H or equal to or less than C10, including cycloalkyl) O-2-dialkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl)-aminoethyl alkyl (Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl) phosphonites and corresponding alkylated and protonated salts, such as:

QL: O-Ethyl O-2-di-isopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonite (CAS 57856-11-8);

3. Chlorosarin: O-Isopropyl methylphosphonochloridate (CAS 1445-76-7);

4. Chlorosoman: O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonochloridate (CAS 7040-57-5);

1. α-Bromobenzeneacetonitrile, (Bromobenzyl cyanide) (CA) (CAS 5798-79-8);

2. [(2-chlorophenyl) methylene] propanedinitrile, (o-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS) (CAS 2698-41-1);

3. 2-Chloro-1-phenylethanone, Phenylacyl chloride (ω-chloroacetophenone) (CN) (CAS 532-27-4);

4. Dibenz-(b,f)-1,4-oxazephine, (CR) (CAS 257-07-8);

5. 10-Chloro-5,10-dihydrophenarsazine, (Phenarsazine chloride), (Adamsite), (DM) (CAS 578-94-9);

6. N-Nonanoylmorpholine, (MPA) (CAS 5299-64-9);

Note 1   ML7.d. does not apply to "riot control agents" individually packaged for personal self-defence purposes.

Note 2   ML7.d. does not apply to active constituent chemicals, and combinations thereof, identified and packaged for food production or medical purposes.

1. Materials or agents specified by ML7.a., ML7.b. or ML7.d.; or

2. CW agents made up of precursors specified by ML7.c.;

1. Equipment designed or modified for defence against materials specified by ML7.a., ML7.b. or ML7.d., and specially designed components therefor;

2. Equipment designed or modified for decontamination of objects contaminated with materials specified by ML7.a. or ML7.b. and specially designed components therefor;

3. Chemical mixtures specially developed or formulated for the decontamination of objects contaminated with materials specified by ML7.a. or ML7.b.;

Note   ML7.f.1. includes:

N.B.   For civil gas masks, protective and decontamination equipment, see also entry 1A004 on the EU Dual-Use List.

Note   ML7.g. does not apply to personal radiation monitoring dosimeters.

N.B.   See also entry 1A004 on the EU Dual-Use List.

1. "Biocatalysts" specially designed for the decontamination or degradation of CW agents specified by ML7.b., and resulting from directed laboratory selection or genetic manipulation of biological systems;

2. Biological systems containing the genetic information specific to the production of "biocatalysts" specified by ML7.i.1., as follows:

a.   Cyanogen chloride (CAS 506-77-4). See entry 1C450.a.5. on the EU Dual-Use List;

b.   Hydrocyanic acid (CAS 74-90-8);

c.   Chlorine (CAS 7782-50-5);

d.   Carbonyl chloride (phosgene) (CAS 75-44-5). See entry 1C450.a.4. on the EU Dual-Use List;

e.   Diphosgene (trichloromethyl-chloroformate) (CAS 503-38-8);

f.   Not used since 2004;

g.   Xylyl bromide, ortho: (CAS 89-92-9), meta: (CAS 620-13-3), para: (CAS 104-81-4);

h.   Benzyl bromide (CAS 100-39-0);

i.   Benzyl iodide (CAS 620-05-3);

j.   Bromo acetone (CAS 598-31-2);

k.   Cyanogen bromide (CAS 506-68-3);

l.   Bromo methylethylketone (CAS 816-40-0);

m.   Chloro acetone (CAS 78-95-5);

n.   Ethyl iodoacetate (CAS 623-48-3);

o.   Iodo acetone (CAS 3019-04-3);

p.   Chloropicrin (CAS 76-06-2). See entry 1C450.a.7. on the EU Dual-Use List.

1. ADNBF (aminodinitrobenzofuroxan or 7-amino-4,6-dinitrobenzofurazane-1-oxide) (CAS 97096-78-1);

2. BNCP (cis-bis (5-nitrotetrazolato) tetra amine-cobalt (III) perchlorate) (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. CP (2-(5-cyanotetrazolato) penta amine-cobalt (III) perchlorate) (CAS 70247-32-4);

6. DADE (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene, FOX7) (CAS 145250-81-3);

7. DATB (diaminotrinitrobenzene) (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'-hexanitrobiphenyl or dipicramide) (CAS 17215-44-0);

11. DNGU (DINGU or dinitroglycoluril) (CAS 55510-04-8);

12. Furazans as follows:

13. HMX and derivatives (see also ML8.g.5. for its "precursors"), as follows:

14. HNAD (hexanitroadamantane) (CAS 143850-71-9);

15. HNS (hexanitrostilbene) (CAS 20062-22-0);

16. Imidazoles as follows:

17. NTNMH (1-(2-nitrotriazolo)-2-dinitromethylene hydrazine);

18. NTO (ONTA or 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one) (CAS 932-64-9);

19. Polynitrocubanes with more than four nitro groups;

20. PYX (2,6-Bis(picrylamino)-3,5-dinitropyridine) (CAS 38082-89-2);

21. RDX and derivatives, as follows:

22. TAGN (triaminoguanidinenitrate) (CAS 4000-16-2);

23. TATB (triaminotrinitrobenzene) (CAS 3058-38-6) (see also ML8.g.7 for its "precursors");

24. TEDDZ (3,3,7,7-tetrabis(difluoroamine) octahydro-1,5-dinitro-1,5-diazocine);

25. Tetrazoles as follows:

26. Tetryl (trinitrophenylmethylnitramine) (CAS 479-45-8);

27. TNAD (1,4,5,8-tetranitro-1,4,5,8-tetraazadecalin) (CAS 135877-16-6) (see also ML8.g.6. for its "precursors");

28. TNAZ (1,3,3-trinitroazetidine) (CAS 97645-24-4) (see also ML8.g.2. for its "precursors");

29. TNGU (SORGUYL or tetranitroglycoluril) (CAS 55510-03-7);

30. TNP (1,4,5,8-tetranitro-pyridazino[4,5-d]pyridazine) (CAS 229176-04-9);

31. Triazines as follows:

32. Triazoles as follows:

33. Explosives not listed elsewhere in ML8.a. and having any of the following:

34. Not used since 2013;

35. DNAN (2,4-dinitroanisole) (CAS 119-27-7);

36. TEX (4,10-Dinitro-2,6,8,12-tetraoxa-4,10-diazaisowurtzitane)

37. GUDN (Guanylurea dinitramide) FOX-12 (CAS 217464-38-5)

38. Tetrazines as follows:

39. Energetic ionic materials melting between 343 K (70 °C) and 373 K (100 °C) and with detonation velocity exceeding 6 800 m/s or detonation pressure exceeding 18 GPa (180 kbar);

1. Any solid "propellant" with a theoretical specific impulse (under standard conditions) of more than:

2. Not used since 2013;

3. "Propellants" having a force constant of more than 1 200 kJ/kg;

4. "Propellants" that can sustain a steady-state linear burning rate of more than 38 mm/s under standard conditions (as measured in the form of an inhibited single strand) of 6,89 MPa (68,9 bar) pressure and 294 K (21 °C);

5. Elastomer Modified Cast Double Base (EMCDB) "propellants" with extensibility at maximum stress of more than 5 % at 233 K (– 40°C);

6. Any "propellant" containing substances specified by ML8.a.;

7. "Propellants", not specified elsewhere in the EU Common Military List, specially designed for military use;

1. Aircraft fuels specially formulated for military purposes;

2. Alane (aluminium hydride) (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 derivatives, as follows (see also ML8.d.8. and d.9. for oxidising hydrazine derivatives):

5. Metal fuels, fuel mixtures or ‘pyrotechnic’ mixtures, in particle form whether spherical, atomised, spheroidal, flaked or ground, manufactured from material consisting of 99 % or more of any of the following:

6. Military materials, containing thickeners for hydrocarbon fuels, specially formulated for use in flame throwers or incendiary munitions, such as metal stearates (e.g. octal (CAS 637-12-7)) or palmitates ;

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

8. Spherical or spheroidal aluminium powder (CAS 7429-90-5) with a particle size of 60 μm or less and manufactured from material with an aluminium content of 99 % or more;

9. Titanium subhydride (TiHn) of stoichiometry equivalent to n = 0,65-1,68;

10. Liquid high energy density fuels not specified in ML8.c.1., as follows:

11. "Pyrotechnic" and pyrophoric materials, as follows:

12. Fuel mixtures, "pyrotechnic" mixtures or "energetic materials", not specified elsewhere in ML8, having all of the following:

1. ADN (ammonium dinitramide or SR 12) (CAS 140456-78-6);

2. AP (ammonium perchlorate) (CAS 7790-98-9);

3. Compounds composed of fluorine and any of the following:

4. DNAD (1,3-dinitro-1,3-diazetidine) (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 oxidisers comprised of or containing inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA) (CAS 8007-58-7);

Note   ML8.d.10 does not apply to non-inhibited fuming nitric acid.

1. AMMO (azidomethylmethyloxetane and its polymers) (CAS 90683-29-7) (see also ML8.g.1. for its "precursors");

2. BAMO (3,3-bis(azidomethyl)oxetane 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 (butanetrioltrinitrate) (CAS 6659-60-5) (see also ML8.g.8. for its "precursors");

6. Energetic monomers, plasticizers or polymers, specially formulated for military use and containing any of the following;

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 (glycidylazide polymer) (CAS 143178-24-9) and its derivatives;

12. HTPB (hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene) with a hydroxyl functionality equal to or greater than 2,2 and less than or equal to 2,4, a hydroxyl value of less than 0,77 meq/g, and a viscosity at 30 °C of less than 47 poise (CAS 69102-90-5);

13. Alcohol functionalised poly(epichlorohydrin) with a molecular weight less than 10 000 , as follows:

14. NENAs (nitratoethylnitramine compounds) (CAS 17096-47-8, 85068-73-1, 82486-83-7, 82486-82-6 and 85954-06-9);

15. PGN (poly-GLYN, polyglycidylnitrate or poly(nitratomethyl oxirane)) (CAS 27814-48-8);

16. Poly-NIMMO (poly nitratomethylmethyloxetane), poly-NMMO or 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 adduct) (CAS 53159-39-0);

19. 4,5 diazidomethyl-2-methyl-1,2,3-triazole (iso-DAMTR);

20. PNO (Poly(3-nitrato oxetane));

1. Basic copper salicylate (CAS 62320-94-9);

2. BHEGA (bis-(2-hydroxyethyl) glycolamide) (CAS 17409-41-5);

3. BNO (butadienenitrileoxide) ;

4. Ferrocene derivatives as follows:

5. Lead beta-resorcylate (CAS 20936-32-7);

6. Lead citrate (CAS 14450-60-3);

7. Lead-copper chelates of beta-resorcylate or salicylates (CAS 68411-07-4);

8. Lead maleate (CAS 19136-34-6);

9. Lead salicylate (CAS 15748-73-9);

10. Lead stannate (CAS 12036-31-6);

11. MAPO (tris-1-(2-methyl)aziridinyl phosphine oxide) (CAS 57-39-6); BOBBA 8 (bis(2-methyl aziridinyl) 2-(2-hydroxypropanoxy) propylamino phosphine oxide); and other MAPO derivatives;

12. Methyl BAPO (bis(2-methyl aziridinyl) methylamino phosphine oxide) (CAS 85068-72-0);

13. N-methyl-p-nitroaniline (CAS 100-15-2);

14. 3-Nitraza-1,5-pentane diisocyanate (CAS 7406-61-9);

15. Organo-metallic coupling agents as follows:

16. Polycyanodifluoroaminoethyleneoxide;

17. Bonding agents as follows:

18. Propyleneimine (2-methylaziridine) (CAS 75-55-8);

19. Superfine iron oxide (Fe2O3) (CAS 1317-60-8) with a specific surface area more than 250 m2/g and an average particle size of 3,0 nm or less;

20. TEPAN (tetraethylenepentaamineacrylonitrile) (CAS 68412-45-3); cyanoethylated polyamines and their salts;

21. TEPANOL (tetraethylenepentaamineacrylonitrileglycidol) (CAS 68412-46-4); cyanoethylated polyamines adducted with glycidol and their salts;

22. TPB (triphenyl bismuth) (CAS 603-33-8);

23. TEPB (Tris (ethoxyphenyl) bismuth) (CAS 90591-48-3);

N.B.   In ML8.g. the references are to specified "Energetic Materials" manufactured from these substances.

1. BCMO (3,3-bis(chloromethyl)oxetane) (CAS 78-71-7) (see also ML8.e.1. and e.2.);

2. Dinitroazetidine-t-butyl salt (CAS 125735-38-8) (see also ML8.a.28.);

3. Hexaazaisowurtzitane derivates including HBIW (hexabenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane) (CAS 124782-15-6) (see also ML8.a.4.) and TAIW (tetraacetyldibenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane) (CAS 182763-60-6) (see also ML8.a.4.);

4. Not used since 2013;

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-tetraazadecalin (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.e.5.);

9. DADN (1,5-diacetyl-3,7-dinitro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetraaza-cyclooctane) (see also ML8.a.13.).

a.   Ammonium picrate (CAS 131-74-8);

b.   Black powder;

c.   Hexanitrodiphenylamine (CAS 131-73-7);

d.   Difluoroamine(CAS 10405-27-3);

e.   Nitrostarch (CAS9056-38-6);

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.   Dioctylmaleate (CAS 142-16-5);

m.   Ethylhexylacrylate (CAS 103-11-7);

n.   Triethylaluminium (TEA) (CAS 97-93-8), trimethylaluminium (TMA) (CAS 75-24-1), and other pyrophoric metal alkyls and aryls of lithium, sodium, magnesium, zinc or boron;

o.   Nitrocellulose (CAS 9004-70-0);

p.   Nitroglycerin (or glyceroltrinitrate, trinitroglycerine) (NG) (CAS 55-63-0);

q.   2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) (CAS 118-96-7);

r.   Ethylenediaminedinitrate (EDDN) (CAS 20829-66-7);

s.   Pentaerythritoltetranitrate (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 priming compositions containing azides or azide complexes;

u.   Triethyleneglycoldinitrate (TEGDN)(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); methylethyldiphenyl urea [Centralites];

x.   N,N-diphenylurea (unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (CAS 603-54-3);

y.   Methyl-N,N-diphenylurea (methyl unsymmetrical diphenylurea)(CAS 13114-72-2);

z.   Ethyl-N,N-diphenylurea (ethyl unsymmetrical diphenylurea) (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 entry 1C011.d. on the EU Dual-Use List).

a.   Specially shaped and formulated for civil-use gas generation devices;

b.   Compounded or mixed, with non-active thermoset binders or plasticizers, and having a mass of less than 250 g;

c.   Having a maximum of 80 % ammonium perchlorate (ML8.d.2.) in mass of active material;

d.   Having less than or equal to 4 g of NTO (ML8.a.18.); and

e.   Having less than or equal to 1 g of catocene (ML8.f.4.b.).

1. Vessels (surface or underwater) specially designed or modified for military use, regardless of current state of repair or operating condition, and whether or not they contain weapon delivery systems or armour, and hulls or parts of hulls for such vessels, and components therefor specially designed for military use;

2. Surface vessels, other than those specified in ML9.a.1., having any of the following, fixed or integrated into the vessel:

1. Diesel engines specially designed for submarines and having all of the following:

2. Electric motors specially designed for submarines and having all of the following:

3. Non-magnetic diesel engines having all of the following:

4. 'Air Independent Propulsion' (AIP) systems specially designed for submarines;

Technical Note

'Air Independent Propulsion' (AIP) allows a submerged submarine to operate its propulsion system, without access to atmospheric oxygen, for a longer time than the batteries would have otherwise allowed. For the purposes of ML9.b.4., AIP does not include nuclear power.

Note   ML9.f. includes connectors for vessels which are of the single-conductor, multi-conductor, coaxial or waveguide type, and hull penetrators for vessels, both of which are capable of remaining impervious to leakage from without and of retaining required characteristics at marine depths exceeding 100 m; and fibre-optic connectors and optical hull penetrators, specially designed for "laser" beam transmission, regardless of depth. ML9.f. does not apply to ordinary propulsive shaft and hydrodynamic control-rod hull penetrators.

1. Gas or magnetic suspension;

2. Active signature controls; or

3. Vibration suppression controls.

1. "UAVs", Remotely Piloted Air Vehicles (RPVs), autonomous programmable vehicles and unmanned "lighter-than-air vehicles";

2. Launchers, recovery equipment and ground support equipment;

3. Equipment designed for command or control;

1. "Aircraft" specified by ML10.a.; or

2. Unmanned aircraft specified by ML10.c.;

Note   ML10.g. does not control aircrew helmets that do not incorporate, or have mountings or fittings for, equipment specified in the EU Common Military List.

N.B.   For helmets see also ML13.c.

1. Parachutes not specified elsewhere in the EU Common Military List;

2. Paragliders;

3. Equipment specially designed for high altitude parachutists (e.g. suits, special helmets, breathing systems, navigation equipment);

Note 1   ML10.a. does not apply to "aircraft" and "lighter-than-air vehicles" or variants of those "aircraft" specially designed for military use, and which are all of the following:

Note 2   ML10.d. does not apply to:

Note 3   For the purposes of ML10.a. and ML10.d., specially designed components and related equipment for non-military "aircraft" or aero-engines modified for military use applies only to those military components and to military related equipment required for the modification to military use.

Note 4   For the purposes of ML10.a., military use includes: combat, military reconnaissance, assault, military training, logistics support, and transporting and airdropping troops or military equipment.

Note 5   ML10.a. does not apply to "aircraft" that meet all of the following:

Note   ML11.a. includes:

a.   Launch propulsion systems capable of accelerating masses larger than 0,1 g to velocities in excess of 1,6 km/s, in single or rapid fire modes;

b.   Prime power generation, electric armour, energy storage (e.g., high energy storage capacitors), thermal management, conditioning, switching or fuel-handling equipment; and electrical interfaces between power supply, gun and other turret electric drive functions;

c.   Target acquisition, tracking, fire control or damage assessment systems;

d.   Homing seeker, guidance or divert propulsion (lateral acceleration) systems for projectiles.

a.   Electromagnetic;

b.   Electrothermal;

c.   Plasma;

d.   Light gas; or

e.   Chemical (when used in combination with any of the above).

1. Manufactured to comply with a military standard or specification; or

2. Suitable for military use;

N.B.   For body armour plate, see ML13.d.2.

1. Soft body armour or protective garments, manufactured to military standards or specifications, or to their equivalents, and specially designed components therefor;

2. Hard body armour plates providing ballistic protection equal to or greater than level III (NIJ 0101.06, July 2008) or national equivalents.

a.   Infrared image converter tubes;

b.   Image intensifier tubes (other than first generation);

c.   Microchannel plates;

d.   Low-light-level television camera tubes;

e.   Detector arrays (including electronic interconnection or read out systems);

f.   Pyroelectric television camera tubes;

g.   Cooling systems for imaging systems;

h.   Electrically triggered shutters of the photochromic or electro-optical type having a shutter speed of less than 100 μs, except in the case of shutters which are an essential part of a high-speed camera;

i.   Fibre optic image inverters;

j.   Compound semiconductor photocathodes.

N.B.   For the classification of weapons sights incorporating "first generation image intensifier tubes" see ML1., ML2. and ML5.a.

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

1. Self-contained diving rebreathers, closed or semi-closed circuit;

2. Underwater swimming apparatus specially designed for use with the diving apparatus specified in ML 17.a.1.;

1. Specially designed for military use;

2. Incorporating means of protecting hydraulic lines against externally induced punctures caused by ballistic fragments (e.g. incorporating self-sealing lines) and designed to use hydraulic fluids with flash points higher than 839 K (566 °C); or

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

Technical Note

Electro-magnetic pulse does not refer to unintentional interference caused by electromagnetic radiation from nearby equipment (e.g. machinery, appliances or electronics) or lightning.

a.   Continuous nitrators;

b.   Centrifugal testing apparatus or equipment having any of the following:

c.   Dehydration presses;

d.   Screw extruders specially designed or modified for military explosive extrusion;

e.   Cutting machines for the sizing of extruded propellants;

f.   Sweetie barrels (tumblers) 1,85 m or more in diameter and having over 227 kg product capacity;

g.   Continuous mixers for solid propellants;

h.   Fluid energy mills for grinding or milling the ingredients of military explosives;

i.   Equipment to achieve both sphericity and uniform particle size in metal powder listed in ML8.c.8.;

j.   Convection current converters for the conversion of materials listed in ML8.c.3.

a.   "Lasers" of sufficient power to effect destruction similar to the manner of conventional ammunition;

b.   Particle accelerators which project a charged or neutral particle beam with destructive power;

c.   High pulsed power or high average power radio frequency beam transmitters, which produce fields sufficiently intense to disable electronic circuitry at a distant target.

a.   Prime power generation, energy storage, switching, power conditioning or fuel-handling equipment;

b.   Target acquisition or tracking systems;

c.   Systems capable of assessing target damage, destruction or mission-abort;

d.   Beam-handling, propagation or pointing equipment;

e.   Equipment with rapid beam slew capability for rapid multiple target operations;

f.   Adaptive optics and phase conjugators;

g.   Current injectors for negative hydrogen ion beams;

h.   "Space-qualified" accelerator components;

i.   Negative ion beam funnelling equipment;

j.   Equipment for controlling and slewing a high energy ion beam;

k.   "Space qualified" foils for neutralising negative hydrogen isotope beams.

Note   ML20.a. includes mobile systems incorporating or employing accessories or components manufactured from non-metallic or non-electrical conductive materials, such as plastics or epoxy-impregnated materials.

Note   ML20.b. does not apply to direct current hybrid homopol ar generators that have single-pole normal metal armatures which rotate in a magnetic field produced by superconducting windings, provided those windings are the only superconducting components in the generator.

1. "Development", "production", operation or maintenance of equipment specified by the EU Common Military List;

2. "Development" or "production" of materials specified by the EU Common Military List; or

3. "Development", "production", operation or maintenance of "software" specified by the EU Common Military List.

1. "Software" specially designed for military use and specially designed for modelling, simulating or evaluating military weapon systems;

2. "Software" specially designed for military use and specially designed for modelling or simulating military operational scenarios;

3. "Software" for determining the effects of conventional, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons;

4. "Software" specially designed for military use and specially designed for Command, Communications, Control and Intelligence (C3I) or Command, Communications, Control, Computer and Intelligence (C4I) applications;

1. "Technology" "required" for the design of, the assembly of components into, and the operation, maintenance and repair of, complete production installations for items specified in the Common Military List of the European Union, even if the components of such production installations are not specified;

2. "Technology" "required" for the "development" and "production" of small arms even if used to produce reproductions of antique small arms;

3. Not used since 2013;

4. Not used since 2013;

5. "Technology" "required" exclusively for the incorporation of "biocatalysts", specified by ML7.i.1., into military carrier substances or military material.

a.   "Technology" that is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation, maintenance (checking) or repair, of those items which are not controlled or whose export has been authorised;

b.   "Technology" that is "in the public domain", "basic scientific research" or the minimum necessary information for patent applications;

c.   "Technology" for magnetic induction for continuous propulsion of civil transport devices.